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Opinion: Supreme Court’s interpretation of Judicial Appointments Bill matters greatly

Prof Oran Doyle, School of Law, provides an explainer on the upcoming Supreme Court hearing of legal argument about the constitutionality of the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill. This was first published in the Irish Independent.

13 Nov 2023

Research|Society

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill under the spotlight this week

The Trinity Centre for Constitutional Governance (TriCON) is hosting a conference this week on the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill.

13 Nov 2023

Research|Society

New research offers hope for reduced muscle wastage for cancer patients

Researchers from Trinity, in collaboration with Artelo Biosciences, have made a breakthrough in cancer cachexia. Their work shows the drug ART27.13 protects against the muscle degeneration associated with colon and lung cancers (cachexia) and believe it may also positively impact life expectancy.

10 Nov 2023

Health|Research|Science

“Monstrous” Women in history, politics, & law

Renowned historian Professor Joanna Bourke will deliver the 8th annual Edmund Burke Lecture on Thursday, November 16th.

9 Nov 2023

Culture|Research|Society

Autism brain states hold the key to unlocking childhood memories

Neuroscientists have discovered a fascinating connection between the retention of early life memories and brain developmental trajectories associated with autism. Their research reveals that “infantile amnesia” – the forgetting of memories formed during early infancy – is both reversible and preventable.

9 Nov 2023

Research|Science

Trinity Innovation Awards celebrate academics’ contribution to research and innovation

Dr Bruce Murphy, a prolific innovator and translational researcher working in medical device design, received the headline Provost’s Innovation Award at the annual event that brings Trinity’s stellar innovation and enterprise community together.

8 Nov 2023

Awards and Funding|Innovation|Research

People experiencing homelessness impeded from full access to health services

Call for national strategy to guide integrated, coordinated health services for people experiencing homelessness as research finds high degree of fragmentation in mainstream health services impeding full access to healthcare.

8 Nov 2023

Health|Research|Society

Competition inspires students to focus on proficiency in specialised care of older patients

Teams of under-graduate medical students from the medical schools in Ireland will compete for the Dr Jack Flanagan Medal in Gerontology.

8 Nov 2023

Awards and Funding|Health|Research

Seven awards for SFI-IRC pathway programme represent the richness of Trinity’s research

The awards, designed to support Ireland’s emerging research talent and to encourage interdisciplinary approaches, were announced this week by Simon Harris, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

8 Nov 2023

Health|Research

Why a surprise discovery, warming seas and the demise of the ‘Meg’ may spell trouble for sharks

Some unexpected shark strandings and subsequent surprises following autopsies have, ironically, taken marine biologists millions of years back in time as they look to the future with concern.

8 Nov 2023

Environment|Research|Science

TILDA works with WHO to address knowledge gaps on measurements of ageing

Regius Professor Rose Anne Kenny was one of four speakers to deliver a presentation at the launch of the WHO and Age and Ageing ‘Special Issue’ on Measurements of Healthy Ageing

6 Nov 2023

Health|Research

First winners of Joly Cancer Leadership Programme award named

The first two awardees under the Joly Cancer Leadership Programme are Dr Nina Orfali, Consultant Haematologist, and Mr Michael Kelly, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon.

3 Nov 2023

Health|Research|Science

Late not great – imperfect timekeeping places significant limit on quantum computers

New research from a consortium of quantum physicists, led by Trinity College Dublin’s Dr Mark Mitchison, shows that imperfect timekeeping places a fundamental limit to quantum computers and their applications.

31 Oct 2023

Research|Science

It’s time for Irish legislation to keep vulnerable adults safe

The inaugural International Adult Safeguarding Conference highlighted the need to create protective and intervention systems across sectors and to introduce adult safeguarding legislation.

27 Oct 2023

Health|Research|Society

Amazon.com CTO Werner Vogels delivers masterclass to Trinity computer science students

Amazon.com Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Dr Werner Vogels delivered a Masterclass entitled ‘From Research to Production: Applying Distributed Computing Concepts to the Real World’ to students on the MSc programme in Computer Science on his recent visit to Trinity.

26 Oct 2023

Innovation|Research|Students

ET phone Dublin? Astrophysicists scan the Galaxy for signs of life

The astrophysicists, from Trinity and the Breakthrough Listen team and Onsala Space Observatory in Sweden, are scanning the Universe for “technosignatures” emanating from distant planets that would provide support for the existence of intelligent, alien life.

24 Oct 2023

Research|Science

New project chases net-zero renewable energy systems for the Atlantic Area

Researchers from Trinity are leading a €3.2 million project (HY4RES) that will see them develop hybrid renewable energy systems for the green transition of the Atlantic area of Europe.

19 Oct 2023

Awards and Funding|Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability

People with ID often diagnosed late when cancer is well advanced

Many people with intellectual disability are diagnosed with cancer when it has already spread (metastasized) and the odds of survival are lower, writes Martin McMahon for The Conversation

18 Oct 2023

Health|Research

Mental health of staff working in nursing homes declined further despite COVID-19 pandemic restrictions easing

Follow-on findings from an initial study showed that nursing home staff working after Ireland’s pandemic restrictions had been lifted reported substantially higher levels of post-traumatic stress, moral injury, low mood and suicidal thinking than during the pandemic.

16 Oct 2023

Health|Research|Science

Free Agents: How evolution gave us free will

Kevin Mitchell, Professor in Trinity’s School of Genetics and Microbiology and the Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, launched his fascinating new book at a special event in Trinity this week.

12 Oct 2023

Culture|Research|Science