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Minister for Health announces €15 million investment to support TILDA research on ageing

The funding will enable The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing in Ireland to collect information on health, economic and social circumstances of a representative group of adults, aged 45 years and over, between 2023 and 2030.

28 Dec 2023

Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Society

RTE films Christmas broadcast with Gaia in the Old Library

News presenter Samantha Libreri picked Trinity College Dublin’s Old Library, which is currently home to a revolving sculpture of the globe called Gaia, as the backdrop for a Santa news item shown on Christmas Eve.

24 Dec 2023

Science|Society

2023 Highlights from Trinity

As 2023 comes to a close we look back at some of the great stories of the year from across the university.

21 Dec 2023

12 things we learned in 2023, thanks to Trinity research

In the last year Trinity’s researchers have made significant contributions to their fields, enriching our culture, building better futures and increasing our understanding of the world we live in.

20 Dec 2023

Culture|Health|Research|Science

LUMA Vision secures US $22 million in new financing

The Bioinnovate Ireland and Trinity spinout will use the funding to secure FDA approval and advance development of its 4D cardiac imaging and navigation platform.

18 Dec 2023

Awards and Funding|Business|Health|Innovation

Seven Trinity projects awarded Irish Research Council ‘New Foundations’ funding

New Foundations awards bring researchers, civic society organisations and policy makers together to enhance the evidence base for policies and practices.

14 Dec 2023

1 in 7 people over 50 have chronic kidney disease in Ireland, and 98% don’t know they have it

Findings from the largest study to date in Ireland to characterise the population affected by chronic kidney disease (CKD), over the age of 50 years, have been published. The research was undertaken in collaboration with the National Renal Office (Health Service Executive (HSE)) who also part funded this project.

14 Dec 2023

Health|Research

Crucial role of behavioural sciences in policy decisions identified

A new global study, involving over 80 collaborators, including Trinity researchers, provide a comprehensive evaluation of behavioural science policy recommendations on COVID-19.

14 Dec 2023

Research|Society

Trinity researchers win distinguished IRC Advanced Laureate Awards

Seven researchers across a range of disciplines at Trinity have been announced as successful applicants to the Irish Research Council (IRC) Advanced Laureate Awards (ALA) programme.

12 Dec 2023

Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Science|Society

Even a brief experience of poverty is enough to harm a child's development

A one-off experience of poverty is enough to impact on a child’s development, according to a new study conducted by researchers from the Dept of Sociology.

11 Dec 2023

Research|Society

Paul Murray appointed Trinity Long Room Hub 2024 Rooney Writer Fellow

The fellowship, beginning in January 2024, will see the author engage with the themes and community of TLRH and partner schools in the Arts and Humanities.

7 Dec 2023

Culture

Trinity Corporate Governance Lab launched

Tech integrity and the governance of frontier technology are among pressing issues in the corporate world to be investigated at a new governance research and innovation lab launched by Trinity Business School.

6 Dec 2023

Society

Mary McGee awarded the Praeses Elit prize

The 50th anniversary of the legalisation of contraception in Ireland was marked by a conference on the landmark McGee v Attorney General case hosted by the Trinity Centre for Constitutional Governance.

4 Dec 2023

University alliance to foster impactful translational research

The Translational Medicine Alliance Ireland (TMAI) brings together the strengths of multiple institutions, creating a collaborative ecosystem to address the complex hurdles associated with translating scientific discoveries into practical healthcare applications and interventions.

3 Dec 2023

Health|Innovation|Research

Honorary degrees conferred at Trinity

Journalist Susan McKay, musician Fergus Sheil, Judge Mary Irvine and scientist Michael Coey received Trinity’s highest honour from Chancellor Dr Mary McAleese at a ceremony conducted in Latin in the historic Public Theatre.

1 Dec 2023

Awards and Funding|Community|Students

Long Room echoes with medieval chant to launch manuscript project

The Library of Trinity College Dublin celebrated the launch of the Manuscripts for Medieval Studies Project which is making precious medieval manuscripts freely available to the public for the first time.

1 Dec 2023

Arts|Culture|Research

Darndale urban forest collaboration led by Trinity and Dublin City Council

The Dublin suburb of Darndale has today become the location of a new innovative ‘urban forest’ as part of an EU funded city tree-planting initiative. It has joined Milan, Barcelona and the Romanian city of Brasov as one of four forests being planted in the ‘UForest’ project.

1 Dec 2023

Community|Environment

Why reading nursery rhymes and singing to babies may help them to learn language

New research shows that babies learn from rhythmic information – the changing emphasis of syllables in speech – which, unlike phonetic information, can be heard in the womb.

1 Dec 2023

Research|Science

Bees are still being harmed despite tightened pesticide regulations

A new study has confirmed that pesticides, commonly used in farmland, significantly harm bumblebees – Ireland’s most important wild pollinators. In a huge study spanning 106 sites across eight European countries, researchers have shown that despite tightened pesticide regulations, far more needs to be done.

29 Nov 2023

Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability

Trinity tree of the month - the Himalayan Dogwood

November’s tree of the month is the Cornus capitata, or Himalayan Dogwood located in the Provost’s garden. It is just over 11 m tall with a short trunk about one metre in girth. Currently the tree is estimated to store 333 kg of carbon.

29 Nov 2023

Environment|Sustainability