Articles
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Professor Dermot Kelleher’s portrait unveiled
A celebration of a life’s work in medicine took place recently to mark the many achievements and significant contributions to medicine made by Professor Dermot Kelleher.
19 May 2023
Health
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Travellers suffer disproportionate burden of physical health conditions, review finds
Scoping review from Trinity College Dublin highlights the poor health of Travellers and the health disparity between Travellers and the general population in Ireland
29 Aug 2023
Health|Research
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Trinity wins prestigious Athena Swan Silver Awards
Trinity College Dublin has won a silver institutional Athena Swan award for advancing gender equality. Two of its schools (Natural Sciences and Chemistry) have also received silver awards.
30 Aug 2023
Awards and Funding
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One in 4 students choose Trinity as top points ease
Cut-off points for Trinity’s Level 8 Single Honours courses have dropped on average by 12 points, while cut-offs for Joint Honours courses rose on average by 26 points. The number of courses requiring candidates to have achieved 600 points or more fell to eight from nine in both 2022 and 2021.
30 Aug 2023
Students
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Who wants to write an email? Interactive quiz show about AI at Dublin Fringe Festival
A new interactive quiz show about AI-generated emails, developed by TLRH's Laura Allcorn & Jennifer Edmond, will open in The Lir Academy on September 9th as part of the Dublin Fringe Festival.
4 Sep 2023
Arts|Community|Research
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Scientists unpick how lung cells induce immune response to influenza
Researchers from Trinity have discovered some new and surprising ways that viral RNA and influenza virus are detected by human lung cells, which has potential implications for treating people affected by such viruses.
31 Aug 2023
Health|Research|Science
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Astrophysicist wins European Research Council award to assess how life may emerge on other planets
Dr Luca Matrà has won a prestigious ERC Starting Grant valued at €1.5 million. He will use the funds to support a five-year research project aimed at understanding how exoplanets and exocomets can affect the presence of volatile molecules that could provide the potential building blocks of life on other Earth-like planets.
5 Sep 2023
Awards and Funding|Research|Science
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Dr Thomas Laurent wins prestigious Lero Prize for work in software testing
Dr Laurent, from the School of Computer Science and Statistics, was recently awarded a Lero Director’s Prize for PhD / Post-Doctoral Researcher Contribution at the annual summit of the Science Foundation Ireland Centre for Software.
6 Sep 2023
Awards and Funding|Research
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New project will improve EU hydropower sustainability with potential to save €1 billion per year
Researchers from Trinity will lead a €4.1 million Horizon Europe project to develop digital solutions that improve the efficiency, flexibility and sustainability of the existing EU hydropower fleet. The project will make a huge impact on energy sustainability in the EU, where 50% of the current hydro fleet may require upgrading by 2030.
7 Sep 2023
Environment|Innovation|Research|Sustainability
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Second-tier of child benefit has potential to take over 40,000 children out of poverty
A new ESRI report co-authored by Dr Barra Roantree, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, has shown that child poverty could be reduced by a quarter by introducing a means-tested second-tier of child benefit.
7 Sep 2023
Research|Society
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Professor Abeba Birhane named to TIME’s inaugural TIME100 AI list
TIME today named Professor Abeba Birhane to the first-ever TIME100 AI list, which highlights 100 individuals advancing major conversations about how AI is reshaping the world.
7 Sep 2023
Research|Science
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Launch of new All-Ireland Centre of Excellence in Economics, History and Policy
A new research centre devoted to the study of economic history located in Trinity College Dublin and Queen’s University Belfast was launched today by Provost Dr Linda Doyle.
7 Sep 2023
Research|Society
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Student start-up Hebe Adventures wins LaunchBox contest
This year, ten teams collectively representing seven Trinity schools were selected to partake in the LaunchBox programme, which is the oldest of its kind in Ireland, and which is currently seeking a new sponsor.
7 Sep 2023
Awards and Funding|Business|Innovation|Students
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Deputy Róisín Shortall awarded Trinity’s Edward Kennedy Health Policy Award
Deputy Shortall’s award presentation took place at the inaugural Edward Kennedy Annual Guest Lecture with Professor Greg Marchildon, University of Toronto.
8 Sep 2023
Health|Research|Society
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Trinity hosts educational conference on domestic violence and child protection
Over 200 participants came to Trinity today to attend the Domestic Violence and Child Protection Conference.
8 Sep 2023
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Researchers join National Challenge Fund to help Ireland prepare for green transition and digital transformation
Six researchers from Trinity – who make up four teams – are among those taking part in the latest round of the National Challenge Fund. While pursuing different projects, they share the goal of helping Ireland prepare for its green transition and digital transformation.
11 Sep 2023
Awards and Funding|Environment|Research|Sustainability
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Palliative care study finds patients and caregivers feel obliged to give and receive support
Study finds relationships between informal caregiver and patient can impact on possibility for open conversations on decision-making.
11 Sep 2023
Health|Research
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Trinity’s rising researchers receive IRC funding for pioneering projects
Funding for 49 Trinity researchers and their projects has been announced as part of the €24.6m in funding under the Irish Research Council’s (IRC) flagship Government of Ireland programmes.
13 Sep 2023
Awards and Funding|Research
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The Hist declared world's oldest student society
The 253-year-old debating society has been recognised by Guinness World Records.
18 Sep 2023
Community|Students
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AI-driven integrity platform to address ethics and compliance issues in global corporations
A team of researchers at Trinity College Dublin has secured €365,000 in funding to develop an AI-driven platform to address failings in ethics and compliance. IntegrityIQ will be a spin-out of Trinity Business School and is supported by The Learnovate Centre.
18 Sep 2023
Business|Research