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Nine exciting discoveries from Trinity researchers in 2025

Trinity researchers have made significant discoveries this year enriching our culture, building better futures and broadening our understanding of the world.

23 Dec 2025

Culture|Health|Research|Science|Society

EU team to detect earthquakes and infrastructure damage using internet cables

Researchers have begun a new €5 million EU-funded project that will allow fibre optic cable lines under our roads, fields and seas to double up as sensors that spot earthquakes and infrastructure damage, monitor traffic, and detect changes in the natural environment.

22 Dec 2025

Awards and Funding|Environment|Innovation|Research|Science

How many cervical cancers have been prevented so far through screening in Ireland?

The team has uncovered that the Irish Cervical Cancer Screening programme has prevented over 5500 cancers in Ireland, that would over wise have occurred in the lifetime of women screened.

19 Dec 2025

Health|Research|Science

The establishment and management of Addiction Research Network Ireland (ARNI)

The Network will be established as a national collaborative platform and led by Professor Jo-Hanna Ivers at the Department of Public Health & Primary Care at School of Medicine at Trinity.

18 Dec 2025

Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Society

Study to investigate impact of Covid-19 and technology on mourning practices in Ireland

A new study to investigate the impact of Covid-19 and technology on mourning practices in Ireland has been launched by a digital humanities researcher in Trinity College Dublin.

17 Dec 2025

Culture|Research|Society