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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
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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
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Storm Debi Update: Trinity reopens
The university has reopened as of 11 am, Monday 13 November.
12 Nov 2023
Community
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Storm Debi Update
The university will be closed until the red warning expires which is currently at 8.00am, Monday 13 November.
12 Nov 2023
Community|Students
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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
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“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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Foghlaim gan teorainneacha – ceiliúradh ag Coláiste na Tríonóide ar 20 bliain den oideachas ionchuimsitheach
Tagann an tAire Simon Harris le chéile le mic léinn na linne seo agus na mblianta a caitheadh chun ceiliúradh a dhéanamh ar a bhfuil bainte amach ag Lárionad Choláiste na Tríonóide do Dhaoine faoi Mhíchumas Intleachta
27 Oct 2023
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Learning without limits – Trinity celebrates 20 years of inclusive education
Minister Simon Harris joined students, past and present, at the ‘Learning Without Limits’ conference. Together they celebrated the achievements of the Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities, which has hit a 20-year milestone of inclusive education.
27 Oct 2023
Community|Society|Students
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Michael Magee awarded 2023 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature
The Rooney Prize, administered by the Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre for Creative Writing, celebrates an outstanding body of work by an emerging Irish writer under 40 years of age.
24 Oct 2023
Arts|Awards and Funding|Culture
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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