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Untapped potential of seaweed farming the focus of new Irish Seaweed Association

Hosted by the Centre for Social Innovation at Trinity Business School and the School of Natural Sciences, the Irish Seaweed Association is a spin out from the C-FAARER research project.

28 Feb 2025

Business|Research|Science|Sustainability

One-in-five people who use alcohol and other drugs have symptoms of ADHD

Professor Catherine Comiskey and a research team at the School of Nursing and Midwifery in partnership with the national Citywide Drugs Crisis Campaign called for Immediate training in neurodiversity for drugs services’ staff at all levels.

28 Feb 2025

Health|Research|Society

If humans are ‘bundles of habits,’ can we take control of them?

Eike Buabang, School of Psychology and Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, shares five essential strategies to master your habits in an article for The Conversation.

3 Mar 2025

Research|Science|Society

Astrophysicists discover complex weather of starless “Super-Jupiter”

An international team of researchers has discovered that variations in brightness must be the result of complex weather, providing crucial new insights into the 3-D complexity of gas giant atmospheres within and beyond our solar system.

3 Mar 2025

Research|Science

Trailblazer Aoife McLysaght stars on new Women in STEM stamp

Issuing just ahead of International Women’s Day 2025 on 8th March, An Post’s new stamps acknowledge the achievements of Women in STEM and the challenges.

5 Mar 2025

Culture|Science|Society

AI could supercharge human collective intelligence in everything from disaster relief to medical research

By enhancing human decision-making, AI systems offer faster and more accurate insights – whether in medical research, disaster response, or environmental protection, write Hao Cui and Taha Yasseri, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy in a piece for The Conversation.

5 Mar 2025

Research|Society

Female contractors earn higher average daily rate than male counterparts

Female contractors in Ireland earn a higher average daily rate than their male counterparts, according to a new study from the Ireland’s Project Economy survey conducted by researchers in Trinity Business School.

5 Mar 2025

Business|Research|Society

Mark Little appointed new Director of Trinity Translational Medicine Institute

Professor Mark Little takes office from out-going Director Professor Aideen Long

5 Mar 2025

Health|Research

Decolonising Ireland’s education system remains vital despite the country’s wealth and privilege

Ireland urgently needs to decolonise its higher education system, write Aoife Lynam, Conor McGuckin and Lucie Ehiwe from the School of Education in this piece for The Conversation.

6 Mar 2025

Research|Society

New advocacy group aims to develop cohesive concussion guidelines across all sporting codes

Trinity is today hosting the inaugural meeting of a new concussion advocacy group, which brings together researchers, medics, sportspeople and charities, and puts the burning issue of concussive brain injuries in sports such as rugby, GAA, football and boxing firmly in the spotlight.

7 Mar 2025

Health|Research|Science|Society

Leading mathematicians and physicists come to Trinity as conference honours Sir William Rowan Hamilton

Later this week Trinity’s Hamilton Mathematics Institute (HMI) plays host to the international research conference honouring one of Trinity’s (and Ireland’s) greatest ever mathematicians and scientists. The timing is fitting as 2025 marks the 220th anniversary of Hamilton’s birth, and the 20th of the HMI.

10 Mar 2025

Research|Science

Trinity celebrates renaming of Library after poet Eavan Boland

Librarian and College Archivist Helen Shenton said: "Under its new name, it provides an inclusive and inspirational space for current and future students, now bolstered by Eavan Boland’s scholarly and feminist reputation.”

11 Mar 2025

Arts|Community|Culture|Society|Students

Trinity sees strong rise in CAO applicants for the 2025/6 academic year

10,569 students picked Trinity as their first choice for level 8 courses, an increase of 13.5%.

11 Mar 2025

Community|Students

Green week 2025 launches with new sustainable accreditation

Trinity kicks off Green Week 2025 as the first university in the Republic of Ireland to receive the Responsible Futures accreditation following a student-led audit to measure Trinity’s progress in embedding sustainability in the curriculum, in our governance and in our operations. The week launched with a student Q&A with former President and Adjunct Lecturer for Climate Justice Mary Robinson on Monday, March 10th.

11 Mar 2025

Sustainability

Vision of Pope Francis has signalled shift in how Vatican views women in leadership

Do recent reforms signify a genuine commitment to inclusivity or are they merely symbolic gestures aimed at appeasing critics, ask Dr Bronagh McShane in an article first published in the Irish Times.

11 Mar 2025

Culture|Research|Society

The future is bright for Down syndrome research

The research group 'DISCO' aims to progress research that will provide improved outcomes for children who have been diagnosed with Down syndrome

10 Mar 2025

Health|Research

Ceiliúrann Coláiste na Tríonóide athainmniú na Leabharlainne i ndiaidh an fhile Eavan Boland

Is é Leabharlann Eavan Boland an chéad fhoirgneamh ar champas na hOllscoile i lár na cathrach atá ainmnithe i ndiaidh mná.

11 Mar 2025

Community|Culture|Society|Students

Fake news spreads further on X if the story is about the future

The more a fake news story talks about the future, the more likely it is to be spread on X (formerly Twitter), research from Trinity Business School has found – and this is linked to human evolution.

12 Mar 2025

Business|Research|Society

Trinity ranks highly in 42 subjects in 2025 QS World University Rankings

Trinity has four subjects in the top 50 globally in the latest ranking.

12 Mar 2025

Community|Research

Six students receive 2024/25 Three Ireland Connect to STEM Scholarships

Trinity celebrated six student recipients of the 2024/25 Three Ireland Trinity College Dublin Connect to STEM Scholarships for Women at an evening ceremony.

12 Mar 2025

Awards and Funding|Science|Students

AI expected to add €250bn to Ireland’s economy by 2035

AI adoption in Ireland has surged to 91% , nearly doubling from 49% in 2024, according to new research from Trinity Business School.

13 Mar 2025

Business|Research|Society

Sustainability Leadership Awards 2025

Provost Linda Doyle and Vice President for Biodiversity and Climate Action Jane Stout kicked off the awards held in Portal on Wednesday, March 12th as part of Trinity's 23rd annual Green Week. The awards are in their third year running, an initiative conceived and led by Sustainability Manager Jane Hackett.

13 Mar 2025

Sustainability

Dr Jo-Hanna Ivers speaks at the United Nations on Irish Citizen’s Assembly on Drug Use

Speaking as one of a three-person panel to discuss ‘Models of Deliberative Democracy to inform Drugs Policy’, Dr Ivers was joined by representatives from Cyprus and Colombia.

13 Mar 2025

Health|Research|Society

Coláiste na Tríonóide ag Gluaiseacht 2025

Ba mhaith linn go mbeadh an oiread mac léinn, ball foirne agus céimithe agus is féidir inár dteannta Dé Céadaoin an 19 Márta don lá gluaiseachta agus gníomhaíochta coirp urraithe seo, ag bailiú airgid do chistí cruatain mac léinn

14 Mar 2025

Community|Health|Society|Students

New €5 million project will transform fibre optic cables into active sensors, safeguarding networks from damage

The project will help to safeguard telecommunications networks from damage – accidental and malicious – as well as boosting how we communicate and understand our environment

14 Mar 2025

Environment|Research|Science

Climate change fuelling mental health crisis in areas most affected by climate crisis

Climate change is not just an environmental issue — it’s a mental health crisis impacting on adolescent wellbeing right now in areas most affected by climate change, according to new research from the School of Psychology.

18 Mar 2025

Environment|Research|Society|Sustainability

Building a healthy Tallaght: new research launched

The report reviews the health and wellbeing landscape in Tallaght, Dublin 24 and reveals important information on the health of the community over the last 23 years.

18 Mar 2025

Community|Health|Research

Five student start-ups to take part in Phase 2 of LaunchBox programme

LaunchBox Phase 2 will take place over the summer months, with coworking space on campus and a bespoke programme aiming to accelerate our top student startups.

19 Mar 2025

Innovation|Students

New study shows promise for gamified app in managing MS-related fatigue

Trinity researchers have developed a new gamified mobile health (mHealth) app designed to help people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) manage fatigue, one of the most common and debilitating symptoms of the disease.

14 Mar 2025

Health|Innovation|Research

Campaign highlights history & experiences of one-parent families

To mark international Single Parents Day, Trinity College Dublin has partnered with One Family and Glasgow Caledonian University to launch a new campaign highlighting the history, lived experiences and misconceptions facing one-parent families

21 Mar 2025

Culture|Research|Society