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The View from Trinity: What’s next for Ireland’s trade union movement?

“And it’s hard to make predictions about this, but it looks as if the trend is good, that union membership will probably grow as a result of this industrial action. That’s normally what happens across Europe when there’s industrial action. So we might expect to see an increase in membership for trade unions."

10 Nov 2026

Community|Research|Society

The View from Trinity: “It can only be read as a repudiation of Trump”

"I think the polls had suggested the Democrats would have a very good night, but it turned out to be really a great night for them. Not just the scale of the victories, I suppose, but the places where they won, where you wouldn’t have thought they would have stood much of a chance at all, or where they hadn’t won in a very, very long time."

4 Nov 2026

Research|Society

Youth protests across Europe: the overlapping crises facing Gen Z

From climate change and mental health concerns to academic pressure, housing costs, job and economic insecurity, today’s young people are navigating a complex set of expectations, writes Alina Cosma, School of Psychology, writes in a piece first published in The Conversation.

22 Oct 2026

Research|Society

Language testing for citizenship: more demands on already stretched English teaching

Chelsea Whittaker, School of Education, writes in The Conversation about proposals in Ireland which could see people applying for citizenship required to demonstrate language proficiency as part of the naturalisation process.

21 Oct 2026

Research|Society

Neuroscience offers new insights into how our brain solves ‘the cocktail party problem’

Sara Carta and Prof. Giovanni Di Liberto from Trinity's School of Computer Science and Statistics write about the implications of their work that shows some people can briefly follow more than one conversation at once. This was first published by The Conversation.

18 Sep 2026

Research|Science|Society

The View from Trinity: The EU Kids Act could actually work

"We need a whole systems, integrated approach and that involves absolutely the big tech companies but it involves the children, parents, and caregivers and teachers as well."

17 Sep 2026

Community|EU Presidency|Society

We can and should do better for Gaza students seeking to study in Ireland

What is needed is a funded partnership model between the Government and the institutions backed by fee waivers and donor support, writes Emma Stokes, outgoing vice-president for global engagement, in a comment piece first published in The Irish Times.

26 Aug 2026

Community|Society|Students

College entry system is rigged in favour of comfortable classes

Our system of admissions to higher education is designed to sort students into colleges and courses starkly divided by class, writes Barra Roantree, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, in The Irish Times.

26 Aug 2026

Research|Society

"I do not want to see more tech in schools, and not just because of the cost"

"Do not stumble down this path of least resistance: go to the library": Dr Alan Eustace, of Trinity's School of Law, argues that students could benefit from less technology, not more, in a piece he originally wrote for the Irish Independent.

21 Aug 2026

Donald Trump is right for once. The EU is soft on slave labour

Surely we are past the point of cutting sweatshops some slack? writes Dr Alan Eustace, School of Law, in an analysis piece in The Irish Times.

11 Aug 2026

Research|Society