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Books written and illustrated by schoolchildren go on exhibit in the Long Room

An exhibition of 52 handmade books written and illustrated by Dublin primary school students was launched in the Long Room of Trinity’s Old Library on Tues, March 19th.

20 Mar 2024

Community|Culture

Green Week '24 - 'Healthy Planet, Healthy People'

This has been Trinity’s 22nd year marking Green Week. The event started in 2003 to honour the late Professor Simon Perry, who started the College Recycling and Environment Committee, now known as the Green Campus Committee. After his untimely passing in 2002, the Green Campus Committee decided to hold the first Trinity Green Week in his honour, and the College’s Green Week has grown in strength every year since.

19 Mar 2024

Community|Environment|Students|Sustainability

Professor Mary McCarron appointed to the Commission on Care for Older People

The Commission on Care for Older People will examine the health and social care services and supports for older people across the continuum of care, and make recommendations for their strategic developments.

11 Mar 2024

Community|Health|Society

A quiet revolution: Trinity’s women employees over the years

On International Women’s Day 2024, Trinity is celebrating not only its graduates, but also the many wonderful women who have worked in administration, catering and a whole range of other functions without which the university could not operate.

8 Mar 2024

Community|Culture|Society

Mary Harney becomes first female president of Trinity’s Hist

Mary Harney, who served as the student debating society’s first ever female auditor as an economics student at Trinity in 1976-1977, succeeds Professor David McConnell who has been the Hist president since 2002.

8 Mar 2024

Community|Students

Ocean farmers join forces with researchers to explore potential of nature-positive economy

The GoNaturePositive! research project, led by Trinity Business School and involving 20 partners across 14 countries, was launched by Minister Malcolm Noonan.

6 Mar 2024

Business|Community|Research|Society

Bryan Murray and Deirdre Kinahan win inaugural Pratchett Prize

The Trinity Centre for Literary and Cultural Translation has awarded the actor and playwright the inaugural Pratchett Prize for challenging the stigma of Alzheimer’s Disease in their 2023 play 'An Old Song, Half Forgotten'.

4 Mar 2024

Community|Culture|Research|Science

Trinity on the Move

Calling all members of the Trinity community - join us for a day of sponsored sport on 14th March to raise money for student hardship funds!

23 Feb 2024

Community

New era dawns for the retrofitted Rubrics

The beautiful red-brick building, built between 1699 and 1705, will now be home to new staff while they ‘find their feet’ in Dublin, as well as provide short-term accommodation for visiting scholars, student accommodation and a new reading room

15 Feb 2024

Community|Sustainability

Westport food security project wins community climate action collaboration

A Westport climate action project that will cultivate mini-forests and edible landscapes to enhance food security has been announced as the national winner of a community climate justice project call out by Trinity College Dublin.

14 Feb 2024

Business|Community|Environment|Sustainability