The Trinity Centre for Ageing and the Life Course in Intellectual Disability (TCAID) and Avista have formally signed a Memorandum of Understanding, strengthening their longstanding partnership and shared commitment to advancing research, practice, and innovation in intellectual disability. This collaboration will support joint research, knowledge exchange, and improved outcomes for people with intellectual disabilities across Ireland.

To mark International Nurses Day, we are proud to highlight the contributions of Registered Nurses in Intellectual Disability (RNIDs) at TCAID. This video showcases the diverse roles of RNIDs within TCAID and reflects the values, expertise, and commitment that underpin their work — from building meaningful relationships, to generating evidence, and translating that evidence into more inclusive, person‑centred services.

Trinity College Dublin recently celebrated five years of Public and Patient Involvement (PPI), highlighting its leadership in the PPI Ignite Network. The event featured the launch of a new national PPI Impact Framework to help plan and measure research impact, while also recognising PhD students and setting future goals for strengthening public and patient involvement in research.

February marked the launch of the new PPI Impact Framework. This framework provides PPI contributors, researchers and other stakeholders a model that can be used to plan for and capture the impact of a research project that includes PPI contributors and contributions. The PPI Impact Framework Report describes how the framework was developed, positions this framework in the context of the current discourses around impact assessment frameworks and PPI, and presents the final model and how to use it.

A Singaporean delegation visited Ireland to explore innovative, person-centred intellectual disability services and research at the Trinity Centre for Ageing and the Life Course in Intellectual Disability and partner organisations, gaining insights to inform practice and policy development back home.

This webinar is part of the Research in Action: Shaping Policy, Driving Change series, which explores how academic research can inform and influence public policy. In this session, Professor Mary McCarron, Director of TCAID, will focus on ageing well with an intellectual disability, highlighting how findings from IDS-TILDA can shape policy development and professional practice. The webinar offers practical insights for researchers seeking to engage effectively with policymakers.