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Small Things Like These: Magdalene laundries drama a powerful rumination on compassion and its limits

The new film Small Things Like These prompts us to question the limits of compassion writes Ruth Barton, School of Creative Arts, in a piece for The Conversation.

4 Nov 2024

Culture|Research

Ancient DNA brings to life history of the iconic aurochs

Geneticists from Trinity, together with an international team of researchers, have deciphered the prehistory of aurochs – the animals that were the focus of some of the most iconic early human art, and whose tale is intertwined with climate change and human culture.

30 Oct 2024

Culture|Research|Science

What animal societies can teach us about ageing

A collection of 16 studies have been published as part of a special issue of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, investigating ageing and society across the natural world, and co-edited by Dr Greg Albery, Assistant Professor in Trinity College Dublin’s School of Natural Sciences.

29 Oct 2024

Environment|Research|Society

The case for broader accessibility to psychedelic therapies for mental disorders in Ireland

Dr John R. Kelly writes how easing regulatory constraints would facilitate the advance of the scientific evidence underpinning psychedelics and psychedelic therapy

28 Oct 2024

Health|Innovation|Research|Science

School of Medicine hosts 'Farming is Medicine' event

School of Medicine and Faculty of Health Sciences welcomed physician and author Professor Rupa Marya for public event.

28 Oct 2024

Environment|Health|Research|Society|Sustainability