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Ó na léarscáileanna is luaithe go dtí léarscáileanna turasóireachta na hÉireann i dtús an 20ú céad

Tá léarscáileanna ón 16ú céad de réimsí farraige na hÉireann, suirbhéireacht talún ó ré Chromail agus léarscáileanna turasóirí ón 19ú céad le feiceáil i dtaispeántas nua sa tSean-Leabharlann i gColáiste na Tríonóide.

3 Nov 2025

Culture|Research

TILDA launches fully operational trusted research environment

This milestone strengthens TILDA’s and Trinity College’s position as leaders in research data infrastructure in Ireland.

1 Oct 2025

Health|Research

Trinity launches Climate Gateway to build momentum for a resilient future

Professor of Climate Science Karen Wiltshire has spearheaded the Climate Gateway, which is designed to inform policy, develop innovative solutions, and build shared accountability. Anyone interested is encouraged to visit the Climate Gateway website and get involved.

4 Nov 2025

Universities and colleges unite to boost safety on campuses

Funded by the Higher Education Authority, Speak Out’s dataset will be used to inform future responses to abuse and harassment in higher education, and to encourage formal reporting.

4 Nov 2025

Community|Society|Students

€10 million ERC grant to investigate coercive interrogation practices awarded to Trinity researcher and colleagues

An international, interdisciplinary team of researchers, including Trinity’s Shane O'Mara and colleagues from Dublin City University, De Montfort University and Tilburg University, has secured a €10 million European Research Council grant to investigate coercive and abusive interrogation practices.

6 Nov 2025

Awards and Funding|Research

First, simple memory tool for early recognition of rare types of lymphoma

Trinity researchers, along with UK collaborators, have created a simple but powerful diagnostic tool, which they believe will change a patient’s life in the diagnosis of a type of blood cancer that shows up on the skin.

5 Nov 2025

Health|Research

CONNECT celebrates a decade of pioneering research and innovation

The CONNECT Research Ireland Centre this week marked its tenth anniversary with a vibrant showcase celebrating a decade of pioneering research, innovation, and collaboration in future networks and communications.

7 Nov 2025

Innovation|Research|Science

ARC Hub for Therapeutics supports new nasal vaccine with potential to transform respiratory disease prevention

A research team from Trinity has unveiled a groundbreaking new approach to vaccination that could redefine how we protect against respiratory infections.

10 Nov 2025

Health|Innovation|Research|Science

Ferdia Lennon awarded 2025 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature

The €10,000 Rooney Prize, administered by the Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre for Creative Writing in the School of English, celebrates an outstanding body of work by an emerging Irish writer under 40 years of age.

10 Nov 2025

Arts|Awards and Funding|Culture

Trinity student delegates attend COP30 in Belém

Two delegates will represent Trinity at the 2025 United Nation Climate Change Conference (COP30), taking place in Belém, Brazil from 10-21 November. Trinity Sustainability gained observer status to the conference in 2023 and was allocated two in-person delegates and ten virtual delegates for 2025. Trinity’s representatives will access seminars, panels and networking opportunities, but not the negotiations.

10 Nov 2025

Community|Environment|Society|Students|Sustainability

Learners urged to take part in 2025 College Awareness Week

Now in its twelfth year, CAW celebrates the importance of post-secondary education and highlights the diverse pathways available to learners of all ages—especially those from underrepresented backgrounds.

10 Nov 2025

Community|Students

Study suggests speaking more languages might keep you younger

An international study led by Dr. Agustín Ibáñez and co-authors reveals that speaking multiple languages may slow the biological processes of aging and protect against age-related decline.

11 Nov 2025

Health|Research|Society

“AIdeology” – research coins a radical new description of AI and how it is shaping societal beliefs

Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a mere technological tool. It has already evolved into a new ideology — a system of values and beliefs that is shaping how society understands progress, sustainability, and even humanity itself.

12 Nov 2025

Culture|Research|Science

Trinity researchers feature in Highly Cited Researchers List of 2025

Three researchers from Trinity -- Profs. Valeria Nicolosi, Alan Irvine MD DSc, and Jonathan Coleman -- featured today in the Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2025 List.

12 Nov 2025

Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Science

Time capsule installed in Trinity Business School to connect with future business leaders

A time capsule designed to resemble a bank vault has been installed in the foyer of Trinity Business School. It preserves 155 messages from the graduating class of 2025, current students, and staff, and is set to be opened by the Dean of the School in 2075.

13 Nov 2025

Business|Community

Ireland’s first novel for children under the spotlight at Trinity symposium

Ireland’s ‘first’ novel for children, a coming-of-age tale published in 1794, is the focus of a talk celebrating the 20th anniversary of the arrival of the Pollard Collection of Children’s Books to the Library of Trinity College Dublin.

13 Nov 2025

Culture|Research

Link between gut microbiome and autism not backed by science, researchers say

There’s no scientific evidence that the gut microbiome causes autism, a group of scientists argue in an opinion paper publishing today in international Cell Press journal Neuron.

13 Nov 2025

Health|Research|Science

Trinity researchers secure Frontiers for the Future funding to pursue cutting-edge projects

Researchers from Trinity are leading seven newly announced research projects funded via Research Ireland’s Frontiers for the Future Programme.

14 Nov 2025

Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Science

Professor John Kelleher delivers inaugural lecture as Chair of Computer Science at Trinity

Prof. Kelleher delivered his lecture “Aging, Artificial Intelligence, and Outcomes: Modeling Age in Stroke Risk and Patient Prognosis” to a full house in the Trinity Business School last week.

14 Nov 2025

Health|Research|Science

Transforming Care: collective research leads the way in tackling multimorbidity

A comprehensive programme of new research from the Health Research Board (HRB) Collaborative Doctoral Award (CDA) in Multimorbidity has provided crucial insights and evidence-based solutions to improve healthcare and outcomes for people living with multiple long-term conditions (multimorbidity).

14 Nov 2025

Awards and Funding|Health|Research

Trinity places 29th in world in 2026 QS sustainability ranking

Trinity’s Vice-President for Biodiversity and Climate Action Jane Stout said: “There are now a huge number of people across the whole university working towards a shared vision for a better future, including our student body, colleagues in Estates and Facilities, Academic Practice, the Library, Catering, the Health Service, as well as the academic schools. We can be proud of what we have achieved so far."

18 Nov 2025

Environment|Health|Society|Students|Sustainability

Trinity welcomes three new Pro-Chancellors

Professor Gerard McHugh, Hugo MacNeill, and Mark Orr have been inaugurated as Pro-Chancellors of Trinity College Dublin at special ceremonies in the university.

18 Nov 2025

Community

From that Small Island documentary scoops award at Newport Beach Film Festival

From that Small Island documentary, which features a host of Trinity researchers, traces the story the Irish—from first inhabitants to a global diaspora of 80 million plus.

19 Nov 2025

Culture|Research

Trinity receives first philanthropic donation in cryptocurrency

The funds will be used to support Pathways to Business, a programme run by Trinity Business School and Trinity Access Programmes that bridges gaps for second-level and undergraduate students from underrepresented backgrounds, helping them pursue careers in business.

20 Nov 2025

Business|Community|Innovation|Students

Researchers begin study investigating shared languages and identities on the island of Ireland

The new research project based between Trinity and Queen's University Belfast will collect information about the rich linguistic and cultural diversities of communities from every county in Ireland north and south.

20 Nov 2025

Culture|Research|Society

Male vulnerability still ridiculed in contemporary societies, making it difficult for abused men to seek support

A new study, called the MENCALLHELP2 project, has explored the content, nature and characteristics of call data received by the Men’s Aid Ireland national helpline service over one calendar year (2022)

19 Nov 2025

Health|Research

First national study on LGBTQI+ inclusivity in football published

Trinity College joined with Bohemian Football Club, to examine the experiences of LGBTQI+ people in relation to participation, openness, discrimination and harassment, barriers and positive/protective factors in football settings in the Republic of Ireland.

20 Nov 2025

Culture|Health|Research

Trinity’s Bookmarks programme celebrates creativity and inclusion with Ballyfermot Traveller Action Project

This partnership forms part of the PATH 5 initiative supporting Traveller and Roma communities, with outreach activities carried out in collaboration between Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin and Royal College of Surgeons Ireland.

24 Nov 2025

Arts|Community|Society

Study demonstrates proof of concept for preventing oesophageal cancer

Trinity St James's Cancer Institute (TSJCI) researchers demonstrated the power of a structured, quality-assured Barrett’s Oesophagus Registry to prevent and detect early oesophageal cancer.

22 Nov 2025

Health|Innovation|Research

Study identifies powerful opportunity to act on dementia prevention

New research from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) highlights a widespread prevalence of treatable risk factors for dementia among older adults in Ireland, many of which remain under-treated.

17 Nov 2025

Health|Research|Society