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If this analysis of Dublin's transport plan was submitted by a student, I would fail it

In an opinion piece originally published by The Journal, Trinity economist Barra Roantree us critical of new economic analysis that claims to show a lot of problems with the new Dublin city transport plan – but it doesn’t stack up

15 Jul 2024

Community|Environment|Sustainability

Trinity team delivers new universal design guidelines for long-term residential care settings

Researchers from Trinity recently launched new universal design guidelines to enhance quality of life, sustainability, and resilience in long-term residential care settings for older people in Ireland.

3 Mar 2026

Community|Environment|Health|Research|Sustainability

The Keepsake Chronicles: stories in times of dementia

Keepsake Chronicles is a collaboration between a nurse, a creative writer and a photographer. As participants tell their stories, we record their words and photograph them in the act of telling. This captures expressions rich with emotion that are inseparable from the stories themselves.

16 Mar 2026

Health|Research|Society

Engines of light: new theory suggests we could increase useful energy obtained from sunlight

Physicists from Trinity believe new insights into the behaviour of light may offer a new means of solving one of science’s oldest challenges – how to turn heat into useful energy.

9 Jan 2026

Research|Science

Legal aid reform under the spotlight at School of Law and FLAC conference

Trinity’s School of Law in collaboration with FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres) hosted a high-level conference on civil legal aid reform in Ireland this week.

14 Jan 2026

Research|Society

OpenIreland testbed transitions to ADAPT; expands into AI-driven network sensing

The OpenIreland testbed, a nationally significant and internationally connected research infrastructure supporting experimental research in open, programmable networking, is entering a new phase within the ADAPT Research Ireland Centre at Trinity.

15 Jan 2026

Innovation|Research|Science

High skilled freelancers’ confidence in the Irish economy declines, but remains positive

A 2026 Outlook published by Trinity Business School today contains early results from the annual Ireland’s Project Economy survey of high skilled independent contractors in Ireland.

15 Jan 2026

Business|Research|Society

Substantial under-diagnosis of high blood pressure in the over 50s

TILDA’s most recent data shows that 62% of people aged 50 and over have high blood pressure that is not being managed leading to serious potential health risks.

15 Jan 2026

Health|Research

Water erosion contributes to generation of micro and nanoplastics linked to cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases

A team of scientists, led by researchers from the AMBER Research Ireland Centre in Trinity, has determined that microbubble-induced erosion releases micro and nanoplastics (MNPs) into water.

16 Jan 2026

Environment|Health|Research|Science

SEAGROW project to advance sustainable seaweed cultivation and ecosystem restoration across EU waters

Europe is backing a new flagship initiative to help scale sustainable seaweed cultivation while strengthening marine ecosystems across European waters.

17 Jan 2026

Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability

New ALMA astronomical survey reveals teenage years and “growing pains” of new worlds

Astronomers have, for the first time, captured a detailed snapshot of planetary systems in an era long shrouded in mystery.

20 Jan 2026

Research|Science

Trinity honours 154 students with inaugural FET distinction awards

These new awards celebrate those who come to Trinity from alternative routes and reflect Trinity’s commitment to widening access routes to the university, as detailed in the Strategic Plan 2025-30 -Thrive.

20 Jan 2026

Awards and Funding|Community|Society|Students

€6.5 million PEACE-Air project to improve air quality

Researchers from Trinity are working with collaborators across the island of Ireland on a major cross-border initiative to improve air quality.

20 Jan 2026

Environment|Health|Research|Science

Blocking immune cells in the brain can prevent infant forgetting

Blocking microglia prevents infant forgetting and improves memory in mice, suggesting that these specialist immune cells in the brain may actively manage memory formation and dictate what, and when, we forget.

21 Jan 2026

Health|Research|Science

Food & drink in sixteenth-century Ireland explored in FoodCult lecture series at Dublin Castle

Trinity’s FoodCult research project is partnering with Dublin Castle to present a six-part public lecture series in February, exploring how food and drink shaped everyday life, social relationships, and authority in sixteenth-century Ireland.

21 Jan 2026

Culture|Research

School of Hibernia Goes to Rome

Devised by the art collective Na Cailleacha and staged in collaboration with Trinity’s History of Art and Architecture Department, the image is entitled The School of Hibernia (after Raphael).

29 Jan 2026

Arts|Culture|Research

Minister O'Brien visits Trinity College Dublin SAF Research Facility at SMBC Aviation Capital Headquarters

Minister for Transport Darragh O'Brien visited the Trinity College Dublin Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Research Facility at SMBC Aviation Capital's headquarters in Dublin earlier this week.

21 Jan 2026

Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability

Trinity geneticists seek new treatments for devastating childhood dementia

European Rare Diseases Research Alliance funding of €440,000 will allow the team to seek new treatments for Multiple Sulfatase Deficiency, an ultra-rare, deadly, inherited disorder where the body can't properly break down fats and sugars.

27 Jan 2026

Health|Research|Science

Trinity researcher to develop advanced AI-guided conflict prevention tools

Thomas Chadefaux, Professor in Political Science in Trinity’s School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, has secured European Research Council Proof of Concept funding to develop tools that will bridge the gap between cutting-edge research and real-world conflict prevention.

27 Jan 2026

Awards and Funding|Innovation|Research|Society

Titanic Belfast scholarship strengthens Trinity’s links with Northern Ireland

Now in its second year, the scholarship provides a €5,000 annual bursary over four years, offering financial support to undergraduate students from Northern Ireland and reinforcing Trinity’s commitment to being a university for the whole island of Ireland.

28 Jan 2026

Awards and Funding|Students