Opinion - News & Events | Trinity College Dublin

2016 US Presidential Election:Trinity experts give their views and predictions

Hilary Clinton & Donald Trump on free trade, climate change, race, class and gender.

4 Oct 2016

Was De Gaulle Right After All?

Maybe De Gaulle was right to reject British membership of the EU in the 1960s, on the grounds that Britain was too insular and non-European in outlook.

29 Jun 2016

Pooling of Decision Making Increases Freedom

The Brexit campaign, at least up to now, is based on the assumption that the alternative to EU membership is some nirvana, where the British government will be free to do what it wills on the global stage without being constrained by the decisions of others or the need for collective and binding decision making.

10 May 2016

‘People With Intellectual Disability Have Been Silenced Too Often’

We, as a society, need to tackle continued physical segregation, political invisibility and abuse of human rights of people with intellectual disability.

10 May 2016

The Proclamation was a speech by Pearse, not a constitution

The Easter Rising document did not reflect the range of views of its seven signatories.

28 Mar 2016

Recognising the impact of research in the Arts and Humanities

The Arts and Humanities both celebrate and challenge the expression of the human condition, according to Professor Jane Ohlmeyer.

3 Mar 2016

How Our Employment Laws Could Better Support People with Mental Health Issues

People with mental health problems in Ireland experience persistent labour market disadvantage, according to Mark Bell, Regius Professor of Laws at Trinity.

2 Feb 2016

The Proclamation – The Spirit of 1916 Captured on a Piece of Paper

It was met with indifference when it was first read out and is now often misquoted, but the 1916 Proclamation remains a triumph of inspiration, according to Professor of History Patrick Geoghegan

1 Feb 2016

Shareholders can learn about company risk from Volkswagen scandal

Poor corporate governance is always dangerous, according to Dr Elaine Laing, Assistant Professor in Finance, Trinity Business School

19 Jan 2016

Restrict free markets and other freedoms may be curtailed

Markets are not without limitations, but they allow freedom, according to Professor of Economics John O'Hagan

18 Jan 2016

Brain Disease: Where Ireland Stands

A large majority of us will experience some form of brain illness during our lifetimes, with over half of us requiring therapy for a neurological or psychiatric disease

7 Dec 2015

The Interrogator’s Soul : The Neuroscience of Torture

An ordinary person becomes a torturer with surprising ease, the hard part comes when it’s time to be human again, according to Professor of Experimental Brain Research Shane O'Mara

1 Dec 2015

Inquests Are Essential To Understanding Maternal Deaths

Between 2008 and 2014, eight public inquests into the deaths of women who died in Irish maternity units ended with verdicts of medical misadventure.

26 Nov 2015

The Blame for Paris Atrocities Rests with Attackers – not Islam

The horrific events in Paris last Friday night have presented us, once again, with the vista of so-called "Islamic terrorism", according to Neville Cox, Associate Professor, School of Law.

17 Nov 2015

Why 21st Century Skills? To Prepare Students For Life, Not Just Exams

Teaching for Tomorrow Project Manager, Aibhin Bray, argues the need for secondary schools to embrace 21st Century Learning Techniques.

13 Nov 2015

Ethics in Sport – Major Ethical Questions Trouble the Glorious Enterprise of Sport

Sport remains a glorious enterprise but major ethical questions abound, according to Dr John Scally, Adjunct Assistant Professor in Ecclesiastical History

4 Nov 2015

Digital Age’s Deluge of Data Spells New Chapter for Libraries

Libraries are undergoing massive shifts in how they operate, according to Helen Shenton, Librarian and Archivist at Library of Trinity College Dublin.

19 Oct 2015

Thinking & Feeling About the Migrant Crisis

Emotional reactions are essential to a moral response to the migrant crisis, according to Professor Paul O'Grady, who says that the groundswell of public opinion has been generated by peoples' emotional responses to the images of the migrant crisis.By Professor Paul O'Grady, Head of the Department of Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin

29 Sep 2015

Crowning of Ireland’s Last, Scottish High King

700 years ago, after the Battle of Bannockburn, Ireland and Scotland united to fight England. We should cherish the links that were forged, according to Professor Seán Duffy.

22 Sep 2015

Weighing up the Value of the Arts in Ireland

It is not the number of artists assisted, or the number of events sponsored that matter but the value to wider society, according to Professor of Economics John O'Hagan

17 Sep 2015