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Discovery of rogue messengers that hinder body’s immune response to cancer

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have made a discovery around treatment-resistant breast cancer that may turn the phrase, 'don't shoot the messenger', on its head. The scientists have found that cell to cell messengers released by cancer cells which are not responding to treatment, can negatively affect the body’s immune system response against the cancer.

3 Oct 2017

Ryanair’s red hot growth may have left its pilots in the cold

Lecturer in Strategy and Researcher in Aviation at Trinity, Padraic Regan, comments on a difficult week for Ryanair.

22 Sep 2017

Trinity Centre for Gender Equality and Leadership is launched

The new Centre seeks to deliver sustainable structural and cultural change across all academic disciplines and support areas of Trinity College Dublin and act as a national leader for other Irish higher education institutions.

11 Oct 2017

Trinity Family Experience Facebook Competition

Enter our Facebook competition to win a Trinity family experience weekend.

9 Aug 2017

Trinity Professor of Geography honoured with Royal Irish Academy membership

Professor Anna Davies was among the 18 new members of the RIA announced today, elected in recognition of their world-class contribution to science and the humanities.

26 May 2017

Low socioeconomic status reduces life expectancy

Low socioeconomic status reduces life expectancy and should be counted as a major risk factor in health policy, new 'Lancet' study says.

3 Feb 2017

Trinity Summer Series 2017

Information on the arrangements for the Trinity Summer Series, 06 - 11 July can be found here.

29 Jun 2017

Study finds innovative specialist epilepsy nurse model improves patient care

A new study launched today at Trinity College Dublin has found that an innovative model of care involving specialist epilepsy nurses had a very positive impact of the health of people with epilepsy and is a cost effective way of delivering quality care to thousands of epilepsy patients and their families while reducing attendance at emergency departments.

2 Feb 2017

Irish Rugby player Brian O’Driscoll awarded another cap at Honorary Degrees

Other Honorary Degree Candidates included one of Ireland’s foremost journalists, Olivia O'Leary and archivist, Caitriona Crowe along with leading neuroscientist, Gero Miesenböck and astronomer, George Miley.

8 Dec 2017

Global experts discuss regional inequalities at international conference

Regional inequalities and their differing spatial impacts across the globe are the key topics to be discussed at The Great Awakening: New Directions conference.

4 Jun 2017

Pioneering Student Partnership Policy launched

Ireland’s first partnership agreement to improve the engagement of staff and students was signed in Trinity College Dublin this week.

12 May 2017

ERC awards will support genetics and immunology research

Professor Aoife McLysaght and Dr David Finlay's won prestigious ERC Consolidator Awards, which will help them expand their research teams.

14 Dec 2017

Freud’s divide between psychiatry and neurology is redundant — here’s why

Neurological and psychiatric conditions both involve the brain, but are treated very differently. Perhaps they shouldn't be.

28 Mar 2017

Trinity manuscripts project offers public rare window into the medieval world

Eight remarkable and rarely-seen medieval manuscripts from the Library of Trinity College Dublin will be introduced to the world through public lecture series and digitisation project.

26 Sep 2017

Nature+ launches to better connect sustainability science with industry

The Nature+ group comprises scientists with a deep understanding of natural systems and how to manage them sustainably so that we can benefit from the goods and services they provide.

9 Nov 2017

Dealing with disclosure – how to tell someone you have epilepsy

Researchers from the School of Nursing and Midwifery in Trinity College Dublin have been working with people with epilepsy in Ireland to identify the common strategies that are used in the process of telling others about their epilepsy.

4 Dec 2017

Brexit: never underestimate political potency of symbolism in Northern Ireland

Even when the question at hand is beyond the everyday governance of Northern Ireland, identity politics and ethno-national tribalism continue to rear their unhelpful heads, according to Dr Brendan Browne, Assistant Professor, Irish School of Ecumenics.

7 Dec 2017

Legacy of Conor Cruise O’Brien examined at Trinity public lecture and symposium

The centenary of the birth of Conor Cruise O'Brien was marked with a public lecture and symposium exploring the legacy of the politician, journalist, historian and Trinity graduate.

2 Nov 2017

Trinity sees increase in first preference CAO applications for 2017

A total of 8,142 students selected Trinity as their first choice, an increase of almost 2% on 2016.

9 Mar 2017

Colombia faces challenge to build peace without sacrificing its biodiversity

Jane Feeney, PhD candidate, says Colombia is the second most biodiverse country in the world, but over the past half century it has also been home to a brutal civil war, inflicting death and displacement on its citizens, with negative repercussions on its natural environment.

21 Aug 2017