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How Much Do You Really Care About Your Online Data?

The perceived concern about losing control of our online data is actually far smaller than the desire to control our purse strings, according to Dr Kevin Koidl.

6 Jul 2015

The North Began – The Forgotten Exodus of Northern Nationalists

Northern activists who fled Ulster to avoid persecution after partition made significant contribution to cultural and political life in the new Free State, according to Professor of Contemporary Irish History Eunan O'Halpin

22 Jun 2015

Magna Carta at 800 – the Dublin Connection

Eight hundred years ago this week one of the most famous documents in world history was born: Magna Carta. It established the principle that executive power should not be above the law, explains Dr Peter Crooks, Assistant Professor in Medieval History

16 Jun 2015

Inspiring Change: Empowering Women’s Futures in Africa

Global progress towards equality for women and girls has been significant in the last 20 years, yet enormous barriers to female empowerment still persist, says Dr Gillian Wylie, Head of the Irish School of Ecumenics.

25 May 2015

Britain Shouldn’t Leave the EU – It Should Join the Euro Group

If the UK wants beneficial reform of the EU then let it be as a fully committed club member, observing the collective rules of that club, says Professor of Economics John O'Hagan.

7 May 2015

Why we don’t hear about the 10,000 French deaths at Gallipoli

Professor John Horne on why the Gallipoli campaign, which became a foundation myth in Australia and the Turkish ,was eventually forgotten in France.

27 Apr 2015

Neonicotinoids are Harmful to More Than Just Honeybees

Professor in Botany, Dr Jane Stout, believes a paradigm shift is needed in agricultural pest control to safeguard bees and other pollinators that provide an incredibly valuable ecosystem service.

27 Apr 2015

State Taking Grandparents Who Provide Childcare for Granted

As long as grandparents are doing the job 'for free' the State avoids the significant investment required for good-quality childcare, says Dr Virpi Timonen, Professor of Social Policy and Ageing at the School of Social Work and Social Policy.

16 Apr 2015

Zoologists Hope ‘Big Brother’ Approach Will Help Combat TB in Badgers and Cattle

The zoologists are using GPS systems to better understand how badgers live their lives in Ireland, so as to develop a highly effective TB vaccination programme.

31 Mar 2015

Bitcoin: A Currency without a Country

Professor in Computer Science at Trinity, Donal O'Mahony, believes the crypto-currency genie is now well and truly out of the bottle.

3 Feb 2015

Time to Talk about Youth Homelessness – Expert Comment on Homeless Crisis

Media attention has focussed on homelessness among families and adults, but if we're really serious about tackling this crisis, then we have to start talking about youth homelessness as this is where the problem often begins argues Paula Mayock, Assistant Professor in Youth Research in the School of Social Work and Social Policy.

19 Dec 2014

The Ebola Outbreak – Is Africa Really Rising?

Associate Professor in Geography in the School of Natural Sciences at Trinity College Dublin, Padraig Carmody, says: “Much of Africa has made substantial socio-economic progress in the last decade in particular, but for the continent to truly “rise”, a new relationship with the international system and a new state-citizen bargain is required.”

27 Nov 2014

The Future of Sustainable Urban Planning Requires an Understanding of Urban Metabolism

If we are to plan for a sustainable future, it is vital that we assess material and energy flows in and out of cities and plan for some flexibility in their changes, says Dr Ainhoa Gonzáles Del Campo, Teaching Fellow in Trinity's School of Natural Sciences.

22 Oct 2014

Ireland’s obesity problem affects people from all walks of life – it can no longer be ignored or considered ’someone else’s problem’.

Obesity is affecting a growing proportion of older Irish adults and Dr Siobhan Leahy, TILDA Research Fellow and lead author of the July 2014 TILDA report: 'Obesity in an Ageing Society" discusses what is needed now and in the future to address this national epidemic.

2 Oct 2014

Let those damaged by the Irish asylum system tell their stories

A statutory review into the excessive use of Irish mental hospitals is needed according to Dr Damien Brennan from Trinity's School of Nursing and Midwifery. He argues however, that it would be an error for such a review to be incorporated within the inquiry into mother-and-baby homes.

22 Jul 2014

Assessing Ireland’s Hidden ‘Natural Capital’ Wealth Requires Collaboration Between Environmentalists and Economists

A Natural Capital Forum (NCF) for Ireland will be established to advance an economic assessment of all the resources, goods and services produced by the Irish environment, but Dr Jane Stout, Director of the Trinity Centre for Biodiversity Research, says the task ahead is a tricky one.

22 May 2014