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Trinity ranked 26th in Europe by QS University Rankings

QS assessed 685 institutions in the Europe region, using 12 performance indicators, some of which differ to those used for the QS World University Rankings 2025, in which Trinity ranked 87th.

10 Jul 2024

Awards and Funding|Research|Students

Great white sharks in Ireland? International team plots September search

A group of Irish shark scientists will this September host OCEARCH, a US-based great white shark research non-profit, with the goal of documenting the first records of the famous species in Irish waters.

10 Jul 2024

Environment|Research|Science

New study advances understanding of brain responses to emotionally-charged scenes

A new study published by Prof Sonia Bishop in Nature Communications advances our understanding of how the brain responds to emotionally charged objects and scenes.

9 Jul 2024

Research|Science

Scientists discover how to improve vaccine responses to potentially deadly bacterium

The researchers from Trinity have taken a leap forward in understanding how we might fight back against the potentially deadly MRSA bacterium.

8 Jul 2024

Health|Research|Science

Operation of the ‘in camera’ rule in Irish family law system to be examined

A new research project being undertaken by social policy experts in the School of Social Work and Social Policy and legal experts in University College Cork will uncover how the 'in camera rule' works in practice in Ireland.

8 Jul 2024

Research|Society

Buataisí Doc Marten, Cloig agus Sionnach: Insítear scéal Choláiste na Tríonóide trí 50 mír

Buataisí Doc Marten, Cloig agus Sionnach: Insítear scéal Choláiste na Tríonóide trí 50 mír.

4 Jul 2024

Arts|Community|Culture|Research

Why politicians may find it hard to understand ordinary voters

The 2024 election has seen party leaders strain to present themselves as being in touch with the struggles ordinary people are facing in the cost of living crisis. And yet they don’t appear to be convincing anyone, writes Dr Emma Otterski, Department of Philosophy, in an article originally published in The Conversation.

3 Jul 2024

Research|Society

Low-dose aspirin could help prevent pregnancy complications caused by flu infections

The study - a collaboration between Trinity College, Royal Melbourne Institute (RMIT), Australia and University of South Australia - has been published in the journal Frontiers in Immunology.

3 Jul 2024

Health|Research

New research finds Dublin second most expensive European city to build apartments

Dublin is the second most expensive place to build apartments in Europe, according to a new construction cost report published today by Trinity College Dublin and the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland.

3 Jul 2024

Research|Society

Dr Martin Worthington wins €2.5m ERC Advanced Grant

Dr Martin Worthington of Trinity’s School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies has won a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Advance Grant.

2 Jul 2024

Awards and Funding|Culture|Research