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175,000 new historical records released by Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland

Among new treasures freely available online today for the first time are 60,000 pre-and-post famine names for family historians to explore in the new Population Portal.

30 Jun 2025

Culture|Research|Science

There is no loneliness epidemic – so why do we keep talking as if there is?

Most people experience periods of loneliness, isolation or solitude in their lives, but these are different things, writes Brendan Kelly, School of Medicine, in a piece for The Conversation.

27 Jun 2025

Health|Research|Society

Rent reforms are the sticking plaster on a crisis – only radical change will work

By offering something to landlords and tenants with new rental rules, the Government is taking something from both, writes Sarah Hamill, School of Law, in the Irish Independent.

27 Jun 2025

Research|Society

TSJCI receives prestigious Comprehensive Cancer Centre status

The Trinity St James's Cancer Institute's new designation - the first Comprehensive Cancer Centre in Ireland - places TSJCI at the forefront of cancer care in Ireland alongside other leading cancer centres in Europe.

26 Jun 2025

Awards and Funding|Community|Health|Research|Society

Pervasive surveillance of people is being used to access, monetise, coerce, and control

Analyses of over 40,000 documents, computer vision papers and downstream patents spanning four decades indicates the extent of this surveillance and the rise of obfuscating language that helps to normalise such approaches.

25 Jun 2025

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