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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

Culture|Research|Society

James Webb Space Telescope discovers its first exoplanet

The exoplanet – TWA 7 b – is similar in mass to Saturn, and around 10 times lighter than anything we have previously been able to image from afar.

25 Jun 2025

Research|Science