Opinion - News & Events | Trinity College Dublin

How Ireland turned around one of the biggest spikes in COVID cases in the world

Luke O'Neill, Professor of Biochemistry at Trinity, with an insightful look at Ireland's response to the deadly COVID-19 spike over the past few weeks. The piece was originally published by The Conversation.

10 Feb 2021

Mother and baby homes inquiry: now reveal the secrets of Ireland’s psychiatric hospitals

Professor in Social Policy at Trinity, Eoin O'Sullivan, with a co-authored piece first published by The Conversation, considering Ireland's grim legacy of coercive confinement.

26 Jan 2021

How anti-vax memes replicate through satire and irony

Jan Buts, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Translation Studies at Trinity, with a fascinating look at memes, and how they can quickly mutate from jokes into more harmful viral content.

21 Jan 2021

Three ways to move more while working from home

Julie Broderick, Assistant Professor in Physiotherapy at Trinity, has some easy tips for anyone working from home. The article was originally published by The Conversation.

8 Jan 2021

Three ways to move more when working from home

Stand up more; use lunchbreaks for exercises and add "exercise snacks"; bthree ways to move more while working from home from Julie Broderick, Assistant Professor, Physiotherapy, Trinity College Dublin

7 Jan 2021

Trump’s legacy in Africa and what to expect from Biden

Professor Padraig Carmody and Ricardo Reboredo from Trinity, along with Francis Owusu from Iowa State University, consider the US election's implications for Africa in this piece first published by The Conversation.

25 Nov 2020

The Future of Back to Work Requires a Hybrid Systems Thinking

Tanusree Jain, Assistant Professor in Ethical Business and Louis Brennan, Fellow and Associate Dean at the Trinity Business School, argue that the COVID-19 crisis and the reality of the new normal makes planning for the future extremely complex and challenging, requiring agile adaptations on the part of employees and employers.

23 Nov 2020

Exercise and the brain: three ways physical activity changes its very structure

Áine Kelly, Professor in Physiology at Trinity, explains how exercise has wider-reaching impacts on our physiology than many believe in this piece first published by The Conversation.

18 Nov 2020

Exercise and the brain: 3 ways physical activity affects its structure Physiology Professor Áine Kelly writes about the impact exercise has on the structure of the brain in an article first published in The Conversation.

Physiology Professor Áine Kelly writes about the impact exercise has on the structure of the brain in an article first published in The Conversation.

17 Nov 2020

What does Joe Biden mean for Brexit? A quick primer on the current state of play

Etain Tannam, Associate Professor in International Peace Studies at Trinity, writes about the implications Joe Biden's election win will have on Brexit in a piece first published by The Conversation.

16 Nov 2020

Bottle-fed babies may consume millions of microplastic particles, our research suggests

A thought-provoking piece of research led to this article, written by Dunzhu Li and Yunhong Shi, from Trinity's School of Engineering.

30 Oct 2020

Norway’s Supreme Court set to rule on whether the country can keep searching for new Arctic oil

Trinity's Alexandru Gociu and Suryapratim Roy discuss an important upcoming case with huge implications for Norway and the countries that import its oil.

23 Oct 2020

Is reaching zero COVID-19 possible?

Kingston Mills, Professor of Experimental Immunology at Trinity, asks one of the most pertinent questions facing the world today in a piece originally published by The Conversation.

20 Oct 2020

Trinity’s 1641 Depositions a game-changer for genealogy-hunters

Celebrating its tenth birthday, the 1641 Depositions Project provides a unique window into everyday life in 17th-century Ireland, writes Professor Micheál Ó Siochrú

20 Oct 2020

Plant diversity makes West Africa’s shea trees bear more fruit

Aoife Delaney, from Trinity's School of Natural Sciences, explains how ecosystem services provided by tree and shrub diversity support the well-being of millions of people in West Africa.

12 Oct 2020

Behind a smokescreen: State-owned companies complicate the global fight against tobacco use

Efforts to curb tobacco have been thwarted in part because half the global cigarette industry is controlled by countries who are part of those efforts, writes Daniel Malan in the South China Morning Post

6 Oct 2020

From psychopaths to ‘everyday sadists’: why do humans harm the harmless?

Simon McCarthy-Jones, Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology at Trinity, asks one of life's most curious questions in an article published by The Conversation.

25 Sep 2020

New Dublin on screen – a place of freedom and choice

Ruth Barton, Head of School of Creative Arts writes how Dublin's screen history reflects its real-life contradictions in this article published by The Conversation.

17 Sep 2020

Research

How tech billionaires’ visions of human nature shape our world

Trinity's Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology, Simon McCarthy-Jones, writes his latest thought-provoking piece, first published by The Conversation.

15 Sep 2020

Irish business can do more to protect human rights defenders

Mary Lawlor, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, and adjunct professor at the Centre for Social Innovation, Trinity Business School, says business should help protect human rights defenders

11 Sep 2020