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Learnovate launches RAIL initiative on responsible Artificial Intelligence for teaching and learning

Learnovate, a leading global future of work and learning research hub in Trinity College Dublin, is leading a new Community of Practice for AI implementers and practitioners involved in teaching and learning.

10 Feb 2026

Innovation

One in eight older people in Ireland require medical attention for a fall each year

New research from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing shows that falls represent a major and growing problem for the health system in Ireland.

11 Feb 2026

Health|Research|Society

Trinity formally endorses Fossil Fuel Treaty

Trinity has formally joined the global network calling for a Fossil Fuel Treaty, following approval by the Environment and Sustainability Principal Committee of Board.

11 Feb 2026

Environment|Sustainability

Simulating quantum chaos: how Trinity researchers are helping to push quantum computers beyond their limits

How rapidly does information spread through a quantum system? How does a quantum system forget its past? And can today’s noisy quantum computers tell us anything trustworthy about the limits of these deeply complex regimes known as quantum chaos?

11 Feb 2026

Research|Science

CONNECT and iCRAG launch SmartScape: a new Centre-to-Centre collaboration using fibre networks to sense the city

SmartScape brings together experts to explore explore how Dublin’s existing telecommunications infrastructure can be transformed into a powerful, city-scale sensing platform.

12 Feb 2026

Innovation|Research|Science|Society

Professor Yvonne Buckley honoured with Royal Irish Academy Gold Medal

Professor Buckley, a world leader in plant and animal population biology, has been honoured with the 2026 Royal Irish Academy Gold Medal in the Environmental Sciences, Geography and Geosciences.

12 Feb 2026

Awards and Funding|Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability

Trinity Executive Education to deliver Garda leadership development programme

An Garda Síochána has appointed Trinity Executive Education, Trinity College Dublin, to deliver a national senior leadership development programme over the next four years.

12 Feb 2026

Business

IrelandQCI team demonstrates quantum-secure communications with Dublin City Council

Researchers from the CONNECT Centre headquartered at Trinity, working with partners in the IrelandQCI project, successfully demonstrated quantum-secure communication at Dublin City Council headquarters today as part of the project’s first engagement with a local authority.

17 Feb 2026

Research|Science

Trinity College Dublin to become vape-free campus

Trinity will become a tobacco and e-cigarettes free campus from 18th March 2026 onwards.

18 Feb 2026

Community|Environment|Society|Sustainability

Key immune trigger identified that may be a central player in MS progression

Researchers believe this study further highlights that a key immune system switch warrants full investigation in MS and may be a promising potential target for future MS therapies.

19 Feb 2026

Health|Research

Endangered marine life is being caught in fishing nets, but it doesn’t need to be

Dr Nicholas Payne from Trinity's School of Natural Sciences co-authored this piece for The Conversation, following a new four-year study from Ireland’s national Marine Institute which highlights the particular problem tangle nets are causing in Ireland.

19 Feb 2026

Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability

A landmark “evolutionary double-bind” strategy to overcome treatment resistance in prostate cancer

A new study led by researchers from Trinity and the Moffitt Cancer Center shows how radiation therapy can be used to expose—and then eliminate—therapy-resistant cancer cells using natural killer cell immunotherapy.

23 Feb 2026

Health|Research|Science

Seven students receive Three Ireland Connect to STEM scholarships for women

The awardees, who are first and second-year students at Trinity, are the latest of more than 20 Trinity students to be awarded Three Ireland Connect to STEM Scholarships for Women since the programme began in 2022/23.

24 Feb 2026

Awards and Funding|Students

Some animals “see the world" more quickly than others

From dragonflies to starfish, new Trinity research shows that the speed of visual perception across the animal kingdom is driven by lifestyle and environment, with fast-paced lives demanding faster vision.

24 Feb 2026

Environment|Research|Science

Trinity-ADAPT team’s AI-enhanced, maritime vessel detection system wins Research Ireland's Defence Innovation Challenge

Researchers from Trinity and the ADAPT Research Ireland Centre for AI-Driven Digital Content Technology won the Maritime Situational Awareness Challenge after creating a system that will strengthen Ireland’s naval security.

25 Feb 2026

Awards and Funding|Environment|Innovation|Research|Science

Ruin of Giants on display at Trinity East

Abolitionist and activist Harriet Tubman and Jamaican political leader Marcus Garvey are the subjects of two new bronze sculptures which have been installed at Trinity College Dublin’s Trinity East campus.

26 Feb 2026

Community|Culture|Society

Trauma-informed, gender-sensitive care crucial for women

New Trinity study is first of its kind in Ireland to specifically focus on women to address the disproportionately poor physical health of this population when compared to the general population.

20 Feb 2026

Health|Research|Society

Creative Brain Week is back for 2026!

Now in its fifth year, the event returns to Dublin next week, March 2–6, 2026, seeding new ideas into society, culture and health with talks, exhibitions and workshops.

27 Feb 2026

Health|Research

Pytch team partners with Kinia to produce Irish-language coding resources

Researchers from Trinity, in partnership with Kinia, have produced a new set of Irish-language coding resources designed to support secondary school students beginning to code with Pytch.

4 Mar 2026

Research|Science|Students

Acmhainní códaithe Gaeilge le cur ar fáil ag foireann Pytch i gcomhpháirtíocht le Kinia

Tá taighdeoirí ó Choláiste na Tríonóide, i gcomhpháirtíocht le Kinia, tar éis sraith nua d’acmhainní códaithe Gaeilge a chur le chéile atá deartha chun tacú le scoláirí meánscoile atá ag tosú ag códú le Pytch.

4 Mar 2026

Research|Science

Green Week 2026: Trinity gathers to celebrate leadership in sustainability

This will be Trinity’s 24th Green Week, a time when our community gathers to put a spotlight on sustainability through talks, events and workshops. There are over 20 events to choose from, including the inaugural Sustainability Leadership Awards as the unofficial kick-off on Monday 9 March.

5 Mar 2026

Community|Sustainability

Women providing philanthropic leadership to deliver inclusive, long-term social change

The first in-depth qualitative exploration of contemporary women’s philanthropy in Ireland was conducted by Trinity Business School’s Centre for Social Innovation in partnership with Community Foundation Ireland and Trinity Development and Alumni.

5 Mar 2026

Business|Community|Research

Trinity partners with Open Forum for AI to advance transparent and accountable AI systems

Researchers from ADAPT and Trinity bring particular strength and expertise in standards development, AI governance, and human-centered system design, helping to ensure that openness is built into the technology and the way it is deployed.

5 Mar 2026

Research|Science|Society

What Irish politician Thomas Gould’s accent going viral in Jamaica reveals about colonial history

Jane Ohlmeyer, School of Histories and Humanities, writes for The Conversation about Ireland and Jamaica's complicated shared history.

6 Mar 2026

Culture|Research|Society

Trinity is first choice for 6.2% more students in 2026 CAO

11,236 students picked Trinity as their first choice for Level 8 courses, compared with 10,577 in 2025.

10 Mar 2026

Students

Six female film directors celebrating Spain’s linguistic diversity on screen

Catherine Barbour, School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies, writes in The Conversation about the Spanish film industry and a new generation of female film-makers.

10 Mar 2026

Culture|Research|Society

How the Greeks mapped the mythical places of their heroes and legends

Lisa Doyle, School of Histories and Humanities, writes in The Conversation about how the Greeks mapped the mythical places of their heroes and legends.

10 Mar 2026

Trinity receives landmark gift to support conservation and restoration of cultural treasures

The landmark €7m gift from The Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation will support the design and construction of a gallery on the ground floor of the Old Library.

11 Mar 2026

Arts|Awards and Funding|Culture

"When people are supported, you can find your way": student shares path to Trinity

Nora Corcoran, a member of the Traveller community, has credited Trinity in strengthening her confidence and developing skills and knowledge that shape her daily work and her commitment to lifelong learning and community empowerment.

11 Mar 2026

Community|Society|Students

Shortlist for Pollard Poetry Prize announced

Valued at €10,000, the prize is sponsored by the John Pollard Foundation and administered by the Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre in the School of English.

12 Mar 2026

Awards and Funding|Culture