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The INCLUDE-ID Network Celebrates Third-Level Programmes for People with Intellectual Disabilities

The Inclusive Network for Collaborative Learning, Understanding and Development in Education for People with Intellectual Disabilities (The INCLUDE-ID Network) held its first national symposium, “Being INCLUDE-ID: A Right to Learn, A Right to Belong,” on Friday 4th September at TU Dublin’s Grangegorman Campus.

8 Sep 2026

Community|Society|Students

Trinity College Dublin Lights Up in Support of Palliative Care Week 2026

This year's Palliative Care Week theme, "It's Not What You Think", seeks to challenge misconceptions about palliative care and encourage greater awareness of the role it plays in supporting people living with life-limiting illness, as well as their families and carers.

7 Sep 2026

Community|Research|Society

Trinity welcomes 25 fifth-year students to Computer Science Hedge School

The Computer Science Hedge School is a free, two-year programme that offers second-level students from DEIS schools the chance to study Leaving Certificate Computer Science if their school does not provide the subject.

27 Aug 2026

Community|Innovation|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

Trinity makes 3,976 offers in first round of 2026 CAO

Trinity’s Vice-Provost and Chief Academic Officer Orla Sheils said: “The gradual reduction of the post-marking adjustment in Leaving Certificate results continues to generate volatility in the university admissions system."

26 Aug 2026

Community|Students

Champion boxer Katie Taylor receives honorary degree from Trinity

Katie Taylor, Sharon Shannon, civil rights lawyer Baroness Helena Kennedy and Sister Helen Prejean, the anti-death penalty activist who was depicted by Susan Sarandon in the film version of ‘Dead Man Walking’, were all honoured, as was Colm Tóibín, writer of some of the most successful Irish-authored books of the 21st century.

19 Jun 2026

Awards and Funding|Community|Culture

Trinity holds 75th position in 2027 QS World University Rankings

Trinity’s Provost and President Dr Linda Doyle said: “It is a solid achievement to hold our place at 75th in the world in these rankings, particularly in light of continued government underfunding of Ireland’s universities."

18 Jun 2026

Community|Research|Students|Sustainability

Budget 2027: Time to Invest in Ireland's Future

Government agreed in 2022 that the sector was underfunded by over €300m annually. Four years on, despite massive increases in spending elsewhere, the gap is still substantial - €133.5m of the original annual deficit remains compounded by emerging pressures on student numbers and pay awards.

16 Jun 2026

Awards and Funding|Community|Society|Students

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney gives inaugural De Chastelain lecture at Trinity

"Trinity is much more than a university,” Prime Minister Carney said: “It is a veritable wellspring for ideas, inventions and enduring moral clarity. Some of the western world’s greatest contributions to science, art and literature have their roots here."

13 Jun 2026

Community|Society

The 100-year life: TILDA marks 20 years of research into ageing

At a public event, leading voices in research, policy and public life reflected on how Ireland is ageing, what TILDA has revealed over two decades, and how this evidence can help shape healthier, longer and more connected futures for generations to come.

9 Jun 2026

Community|Research|Society