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From That Small Island TV series features Trinity researchers and treasures

A host of Trinity researchers will feature in a new four-part documentary series on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player which traces 8,000 years of Irish history, with the first episode airing on Sunday, June 8th.

5 Jun 2025

Culture|Research|Science|Society

Heatwaves greatly influence parasite burden; likely spread of disease

New research from scientists at Trinity College Dublin strongly implies that heatwaves have a major influence on the spread of many diseases – and that many existing predictive models have overlooked this complexity.

4 Jun 2025

Environment|Health|Research|Science|Sustainability

Irish family law system causes ‘secondary victimisation’

The report was authored by social scientists from the School of Social Work and Social Policy and legal experts from University College Cork.

4 Jun 2025

Research|Society

Immunotherapy before surgery improves lung cancer survival in global clinical trial

Study published in New England Journal of Medicine shows that the use of immunotherapy with chemotherapy before lung cancer surgery reduces the risk of cancer returning and improves long term survival for patients.

4 Jun 2025

Health|Research

Conference celebrates 50th anniversary of Seamus Heaney’s collection North

The 50th anniversary of Seamus Heaney’s landmark collection 'North' will be marked at a conference hosted by the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s University Belfast in collaboration with Trinity’s School of English.

3 Jun 2025

Arts|Culture|Research

Pioneering Sea-Scan project aims to detect and classify “dark vessels” in Irish waters

Researchers from Trinity are developing a system that uses undersea telecommunications cables for advanced maritime surveillance, with the aim of enhancing Ireland’s ability to detect and classify vessels operating without active transponders.

30 May 2025

Awards and Funding|Research|Science

IrelandQCI launches mobile quantum engagement trailer

The innovative mobile engagement unit, designed to bring quantum technologies to life for the Irish public, was launched in Trinity's Front Square by IrelandQCI with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications.

29 May 2025

Research|Science|Society

Trinity posts strong surplus for FY 23/24 but warns of challenging landscape

Dr Linda Doyle, Provost of Trinity College Dublin, said: “I am proud of the university’s solid financial performance reflected in the 2023/2024 statement and I want to thank our finance team for their strong stewardship and, indeed, the wider College community.

28 May 2025

Awards and Funding|Business|Research

Trinity trio elected Members of the Royal Irish Academy

Profs. Orla Sheils, Jane Farrar and Holger Claussen have been elected as new Members of the Royal Irish Academy for their exceptional contribution to the sciences.

26 May 2025

Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Science

2025 Dermot McAleese Teaching Assistant Awards

The awards recognise outstanding contributions to undergraduate teaching across the disciplines of Economics, Philosophy, Political Science, and Sociology.

26 May 2025

Research|Society

Geography PhD candidate wins 2025 Mary Mulvihill Award

Kevin O’Leary, a second-year PhD candidate in Geography in the School of Natural Sciences, is the co-winner of the 2025 Mary Mulvihill Award – a science media competition that commemorates the legacy of science journalist and author Mary Mulvihill (1959–2015).

23 May 2025

Awards and Funding|Environment|Research|Students

In Camera Rule Report published by Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan

The report was authored by social policy experts in Trinity's School of Social Work and Social Policy and legal experts in University College Cork.

22 May 2025

Research|Society

Trinity-Columbia Dual BA graduate delivers valedictorian speech

Peter Gorman, a graduate of the Dual BA Program between Trinity and Columbia University, recently delivered the Columbia GS Class of 2025 valedictorian speech.

22 May 2025

Research|Science|Students

Trust in scientists in Ireland lower in younger generation

Trust in scientists in Ireland is ahead of global averages, but lower among younger people, according to new research from the School of Education.

22 May 2025

Research|Science|Society

Breakthrough in childhood brain cancer research reveals possible new target for therapies

An international group of scientists has identified a key molecular process that drives a deadly form of childhood brain cancer, potentially offering a much-needed, new therapeutic target.

21 May 2025

Health|Research|Science

Leabhar Laighean le cur ar taispeáint i Seomra Fada tar éis mórthionscadal caomhnaithe

Tá leathanaigh ó cheann de na lámhscríbhinní is tábhachtaí a scríobhadh i nGaeilge sna meánaoiseanna agus atá againn go fóill, Leabhar Laighean, le cur ar taispeáint inniu [Dé Céadaoin an 21 Bealtaine] mar chuid de thaispeántas nua i Leabharlann Choláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath tar éis mórthionscadal caomhnaithe.

21 May 2025

Arts|Culture|Research

Book of Leinster on display in Long Room following conservation project

Written in Old and Middle Irish in the 12th century, the Book of Leinster, or Leabhar Laighean, is an important source of Irish literature and history from the medieval period.

21 May 2025

Arts|Culture|Research

Professor Patrick Geoghegan announced as new Director of the Trinity Long Room Hub

Professor Patrick Geoghegan, School of Histories and Humanities, will succeed Professor Eve Patten whose term as Director ends in June.

21 May 2025

Arts|Culture|Research

Professors Jennifer McElwain and Jonathan Coleman elected Fellows of the Royal Society

Prof. McElwain’s research on fossil plants has shaped our understanding of how the atmosphere has changed over millions of years, while Prof. Coleman developed a transformative technique for producing 2D nanomaterials like graphene from layered solids such as graphite.

20 May 2025

Awards and Funding|Environment|Research|Science

Sandbox AQ scholarship students represent Trinity at NYU-Abu Dhabi Hackathon

Gaurang Belekar and Sara Taha from the MSc in Quantum Science and Technology in Trinity’s School of Physics took part in the 13th annual NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) Hackathon for Social Good, where Gaurang’s team won 2nd prize for canQr, a quantum tool to optimise cancer drug design.

19 May 2025

Innovation|Research|Science|Students

Ancient ocean sediments link changes in currents to cooling of Northern Hemisphere 3.6 million years ago

New research from an international group has for the first time shown a strong correlation between the two. Differences in sediment composition imply profound changes in the circulation of deep water currents occurred at this time in Earth's history.

16 May 2025

Environment|Research|Science

Trinity Long Room Hub announces O’Mahony Music Research Fellowship

The new fellowship in music is dedicated to music and music-related research and will be awarded annually.

16 May 2025

Awards and Funding|Research

Plastic manufacturing technologies jeopardise food safety and the environment

AMBER Centre researchers based in Trinity have discovered that the way many everyday plastics are manufactured builds unseen stress into the material—stress that later drives the release of tiny plastic particles into our food and the environment.

13 May 2025

Environment|Health|Research|Science|Sustainability

The Climate Fiction Prize 2025: the five shortlisted books reviewed by our experts

Chris Morash, School of English, joins a panel of researchers to review the novels shortlisted for the 2025 Climate Fiction Prize.

13 May 2025

Culture|Environment|Research|Sustainability

In a world dominated by loud, divisive politics, the cardinals found an antidote in Pope Leo XIV

Leo XIV was a choice few saw coming, and is a figure of humility, steadiness and introspective strength, writes Bronagh Ann McShane in an opinion article first published by The Irish Times.

12 May 2025

Research|Society

Trinity Long Room Hub’s ‘Behind the Headlines’ series turns 10

10 years of public engagement on the pressing issues of our time will be celebrated this week by Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute.

12 May 2025

Culture|Research|Society

Fat-rich fluid fuels immune failure in ovarian cancer

New research led by Irish scientists has uncovered how lipid-rich fluid in the abdomen, known as ascites, plays a central role in weakening the body’s immune response in advanced ovarian cancer.

9 May 2025

Health|Research|Science

Professor John G Byrne added to Royal Irish Academy Dictionary of Irish Biography

Prof. Byrne, founder of Trinity’s Department of Computer Science and Head for 32 years, who was known by many as the “Father of Computing in Ireland”, was a distinguished computer scientist, dedicated public servant and Senior Fellow at Trinity.

9 May 2025

Research|Science

Winners of Christy Nolan inspired creativity competition announced

The creative competition was held to honour the legacy of Irish author, Christy Nolan, and to mark the 25th Anniversary of Trinity disAbility Service.

8 May 2025

Community|Culture|Research

Trinity projects awarded Research Ireland ‘New Foundations’ funding

Seven Trinity research projects have received funding from Research Ireland under its New Foundations programme. 

8 May 2025

Research|Society