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COVID-19 research projects at Trinity awarded government ‘rapid response’ funding

The eight research projects will further our understanding of COVID-19 and find solutions to the challenges the pandemic presents.

14 Dec 2020

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Researchers to study infection in cystic fibrosis with prestigious award

The research is one of ten successful projects to be funded by the Health Research Charities Ireland (HRCI) and the Health Research Board (HRB).

11 Dec 2020

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Four Trinity researchers win highly competitive ERC Consolidator Awards

These awards, announced annually and valued at €2 million each, go to emerging research leaders who are at the stage of growing their own independent research teams or programmes on the global stage.

9 Dec 2020

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Fresh insights into how Ireland’s system of caring affects older adults

New TILDA research highlights the social, financial, physical and emotional demands family caring places on those caring.

7 Dec 2020

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Research details impact of COVID-19 on persons ageing with an intellectual disability

The report was launched to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities and calls for further COVID-19 restrictions for people with ID to be data-driven.

3 Dec 2020

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Trinity partners with World Food Programme to address disability inclusion in food assistance programming

The research collaboration seeks to develop an evidence base for the inclusion of persons with disabilities in WFP food and nutrition assistance programmes.

3 Dec 2020

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Vitamin D deficiency highly prevalent in the Irish Asian community

The study, published in the journal Nutrients, is the first in Ireland to investigate vitamin D in an ethnic minority community.

1 Dec 2020

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Introducing Palaeontology – new book underlines importance of the fossil record for informing today’s conservation decisions

The book, by Patrick Wyse Jackson, from Trinity’s School of Natural Sciences, provides a timely reminder of how the fossil record can inform critical conservation decisions of the future.

1 Dec 2020

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Interim report released: Unification Referendums on island of Ireland

Referendums on the future of the island of Ireland should only be held with a clear plan for what follows, the interim report from the Working Group on Unification Referendums on the Island of Ireland has found. There were three Trinity members of the Working Group: Oran Doyle, Dr Etain Tannam and Dr David Kenny

26 Nov 2020

Health expert consortium calls for vitamin D policy in battle against COVID-19

Experts outline compelling evidence for health professionals and policymakers to revise guidance on vitamin D supplementation amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

26 Nov 2020

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Scientists develop new gene therapy for eye disease

The new approach offers promise for one day treating an eye disease that leads to a progressive loss of vision and affects thousands of people across the globe.

26 Nov 2020

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Trinity to commission four new sculptures of women for display in Old Library

The scientist Rosalind Franklin, the folklorist, dramatist and theatre-founder Augusta Gregory, the mathematician Ada Lovelace and the writer and pioneering women’s rights advocate Mary Wollstonecraft have been chosen from a list of more than 500 suggestions.

26 Nov 2020

Increased access to mental health services vital for survivors of sexual violence

The research from Trinity and Maynooth University is the first to study the incidence and effects of sexual violence in Ireland, since the SAVI Report of 2002.

25 Nov 2020

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International Sustainable Campus Network grant will help Trinity shine a light on Irish biodiversity

Researchers will create a new series of documentaries on the biodiversity of Trinity’s campus, bringing the public closer to the newly established wildflower meadows.

20 Nov 2020

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Máirtín Ó Cadhain 2020 | Comhdháil lae ar líne

Tá leathchéad bliain imithe ó cuireadh an mórscríbhneoir Máirtín Ó Cadhain i gcré na cille.

20 Nov 2020

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Trinity’s Grand Canal Innovation District takes step forward with plans for an Innovation Hub

Trinity College Dublin has today announced the first phase of the planned €1 billion Grand Canal Innovation District (GCID) - its proposed Innovation Hub.

20 Nov 2020

Trinity joins consortium to empower person-centred healthcare

The new research consortium aims to bring innovative digital health information tools to patients and empower person-centred healthcare.

19 Nov 2020

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Rural men’s mental health through the Covid-19 pandemic: a snap-shot

The TV programme for on-line broadcast, highlighting rural men's experiences through the pandemic, was aired to mark International Mens' Day 2020.

19 Nov 2020

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Let’s START talking about research! Trinity to host European Researchers’ Night

The annual Europe-wide event that showcases research and aims to bring researchers and the public closer together takes place on November 27th 2020.

18 Nov 2020

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Biodiversity survey reveals Áras an Uachtaráin site is “extremely diverse”

Ecologists from Trinity discovered that the 130-acre Dublin site contains 14 distinct habitats that provide homes to more than 800 different species of plant, animal and fungus.

17 Nov 2020

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