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Climate change fuelling mental health crisis in areas most affected by climate crisis
Climate change is not just an environmental issue — it’s a mental health crisis impacting on adolescent wellbeing right now in areas most affected by climate change, according to new research from the School of Psychology.
18 Mar 2025
Environment|Research|Society|Sustainability
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Building a healthy Tallaght: new research launched
The report reviews the health and wellbeing landscape in Tallaght, Dublin 24 and reveals important information on the health of the community over the last 23 years.
18 Mar 2025
Community|Health|Research
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New study shows promise for gamified app in managing MS-related fatigue
Trinity researchers have developed a new gamified mobile health (mHealth) app designed to help people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) manage fatigue, one of the most common and debilitating symptoms of the disease.
14 Mar 2025
Health|Innovation|Research
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New €5 million project will transform fibre optic cables into active sensors, safeguarding networks from damage
The project will help to safeguard telecommunications networks from damage – accidental and malicious – as well as boosting how we communicate and understand our environment
14 Mar 2025
Environment|Research|Science
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Dr Jo-Hanna Ivers speaks at the United Nations on Irish Citizen’s Assembly on Drug Use
Speaking as one of a three-person panel to discuss ‘Models of Deliberative Democracy to inform Drugs Policy’, Dr Ivers was joined by representatives from Cyprus and Colombia.
13 Mar 2025
Health|Research|Society
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AI expected to add €250bn to Ireland’s economy by 2035
AI adoption in Ireland has surged to 91% , nearly doubling from 49% in 2024, according to new research from Trinity Business School.
13 Mar 2025
Business|Research|Society
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Six students receive 2024/25 Three Ireland Connect to STEM Scholarships
Trinity celebrated six student recipients of the 2024/25 Three Ireland Trinity College Dublin Connect to STEM Scholarships for Women at an evening ceremony.
12 Mar 2025
Awards and Funding|Science|Students
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Trinity ranks highly in 42 subjects in 2025 QS World University Rankings
Trinity has four subjects in the top 50 globally in the latest ranking.
12 Mar 2025
Community|Research
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Fake news spreads further on X if the story is about the future
The more a fake news story talks about the future, the more likely it is to be spread on X (formerly Twitter), research from Trinity Business School has found – and this is linked to human evolution.
12 Mar 2025
Business|Research|Society
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Green week 2025 launches with new sustainable accreditation
Trinity kicks off Green Week 2025 as the first university in the Republic of Ireland to receive the Responsible Futures accreditation following a student-led audit to measure Trinity’s progress in embedding sustainability in the curriculum, in our governance and in our operations. The week launched with a student Q&A with former President and Adjunct Lecturer for Climate Justice Mary Robinson on Monday, March 10th.
11 Mar 2025
Sustainability
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Trinity sees strong rise in CAO applicants for the 2025/6 academic year
10,569 students picked Trinity as their first choice for level 8 courses, an increase of 13.5%.
11 Mar 2025
Community|Students
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Trinity celebrates renaming of Library after poet Eavan Boland
Librarian and College Archivist Helen Shenton said: "Under its new name, it provides an inclusive and inspirational space for current and future students, now bolstered by Eavan Boland’s scholarly and feminist reputation.”
11 Mar 2025
Arts|Community|Culture|Society|Students
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The future is bright for Down syndrome research
The research group 'DISCO' aims to progress research that will provide improved outcomes for children who have been diagnosed with Down syndrome
10 Mar 2025
Health|Research
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Leading mathematicians and physicists come to Trinity as conference honours Sir William Rowan Hamilton
Later this week Trinity’s Hamilton Mathematics Institute (HMI) plays host to the international research conference honouring one of Trinity’s (and Ireland’s) greatest ever mathematicians and scientists. The timing is fitting as 2025 marks the 220th anniversary of Hamilton’s birth, and the 20th of the HMI.
10 Mar 2025
Research|Science
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New advocacy group aims to develop cohesive concussion guidelines across all sporting codes
Trinity is today hosting the inaugural meeting of a new concussion advocacy group, which brings together researchers, medics, sportspeople and charities, and puts the burning issue of concussive brain injuries in sports such as rugby, GAA, football and boxing firmly in the spotlight.
7 Mar 2025
Health|Research|Science|Society
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Female contractors earn higher average daily rate than male counterparts
Female contractors in Ireland earn a higher average daily rate than their male counterparts, according to a new study from the Ireland’s Project Economy survey conducted by researchers in Trinity Business School.
5 Mar 2025
Business|Research|Society
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Trailblazer Aoife McLysaght stars on new Women in STEM stamp
Issuing just ahead of International Women’s Day 2025 on 8th March, An Post’s new stamps acknowledge the achievements of Women in STEM and the challenges.
5 Mar 2025
Culture|Science|Society
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Astrophysicists discover complex weather of starless “Super-Jupiter”
An international team of researchers has discovered that variations in brightness must be the result of complex weather, providing crucial new insights into the 3-D complexity of gas giant atmospheres within and beyond our solar system.
3 Mar 2025
Research|Science
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One-in-five people who use alcohol and other drugs have symptoms of ADHD
Professor Catherine Comiskey and a research team at the School of Nursing and Midwifery in partnership with the national Citywide Drugs Crisis Campaign called for Immediate training in neurodiversity for drugs services’ staff at all levels.
28 Feb 2025
Health|Research|Society
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Untapped potential of seaweed farming the focus of new Irish Seaweed Association
Hosted by the Centre for Social Innovation at Trinity Business School and the School of Natural Sciences, the Irish Seaweed Association is a spin out from the C-FAARER research project.
28 Feb 2025
Business|Research|Science|Sustainability
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America is suffering from an epidemic of mass cowardice
The US is not yet a fascist society, but acting as if it is risks becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy, writes Prof. Daniel Geary, School of Histories and Humanities, in a comment piece in The Irish Times
27 Feb 2025
Research|Society
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Trinity lays to rest human remains found during E3 works
“These remains, now entrusted to our care, are the remnants of real people, each with their own stories, who lived at a time when the study of anatomy was in its infancy."
27 Feb 2025
Community|Society
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Seven Trinity projects scoop Research Ireland Frontiers for the Future funding
Researchers from Trinity have scooped a combined €6.5 million to lead research projects tackling challenges that range from enhancing the performance of 2D nanomaterials to bioengineering corneas.
26 Feb 2025
Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Science
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Cookies, identifiers “silently stored” on Android phones by Google apps
A recent measurement study by Prof. Doug Leith, Professor of Computer Systems in Trinity’s School of Computer Science and Statistics, shows that advertising and tracking cookies and other device and user identifiers are sent by Google servers and stored on a handset, even when no Google apps have ever been opened by the user.
25 Feb 2025
Innovation|Research
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Irish study identifies financial and canvassing barriers for disabled political candidates
The first Irish study of disabled political candidates was conducted by researchers in the School of Education and colleagues in the University of Galway.
25 Feb 2025
Research|Society
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Ireland’s protected dunes are thriving – thanks to well-managed tourism
Biodiversity is proliferating within one of Ireland’s Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) according to new research from Trinity, which is at odds with the often-held assumption that tourism and conservation make for poor bedfellows.
25 Feb 2025
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Shortlist for the John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize announced
The shortlist for the John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize 2025 has been announced today by the Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre.
24 Feb 2025
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Trinity's iconic Campanile re-emerges after repairs
Trinity’s Estates and Facilities team have worked since the summer of 2024 towards a comprehensive upgrade of the 100-foot bell tower, which was constructed in 1853, and is the first major structure visitors to Trinity see after coming through the Front Arch.
21 Feb 2025
Community|Environment
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Researchers secure EPA funding to pursue seven “green living” projects
Seven researchers from Trinity have secured Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) funding totalling €4.4 million to pursue research projects with a focus in climate change, environmental and human health, and more sustainable living
20 Feb 2025
Research|Science|Sustainability
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Trinity and Dublin City Council launch Ireland’s first local government Generative AI Lab
The ADAPT Research Ireland Centre at Trinity is leading a new model of collaboration to support the safe and trusted adoption of GenAI opportunities within Dublin City Council.
20 Feb 2025
Business|Community|Innovation|Research