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In April 2022, the TCPID hosted a successful event on disability rights organised by the second year students, their lecturers Dr. Patricia McCarthy, Dr. Vivian Rath and the Course Coordinator Dr. Donatella Camedda. Guests at the event included the Minister of State at the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Anne Rabbitte and Dublin City Councillor Declan Meenagh.

The Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities are delighted to announce a new partnership with Viatris. Viatris is a global healthcare company, founded in November 2020 through the merger of two major pharmaceutical companies, and amid the COVID-19 pandemic during a time of evolving healthcare needs.

We want to congratulate our most recent students of the Certificate in Arts, Science and Inclusive Applied Practice who had their graduation on March 16th 2022. We celebrated with them and their families in the beautiful sunshine in Trinity College Dublin.

Congratulations to our graduate Benóg Brady Bates who has been offered a permanent contract with EY. Benóg completed the Certificate in Arts, Science and Inclusive Applied Practice in June 2020. He has been working with EY in their Cork office since March 2021, joining the team during the Covid pandemic. Benóg worked online for most of the past year but has recently been able to return to the office.

The Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities has launched a new report on Identifying Employment Opportunities and Programmes for People with Intellectual Disability in the Republic of Ireland. This report has been designed to document the current employment opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities and evaluates the success or otherwise of the many initiatives developed to enhance employment propspects for this marginalised cohort within Irish society.

A webinar on Transforming Disability: How Inclusion Benefits Everyone took place on February 23rd 2022. The webinar was part of the Inspiring Ideas @ Trinity webinar series and was produced by Trinity Development and Alumni in partnership with the Trinity Business Alumni.

The TCPID are excited to announce a new partnership with Coillte. Coillte is the custodian of more than 440,000 hectares of forest and land making it Ireland’s largest forest manager. Coillte aims to balance and deliver the multiple benefits of its forests for climate, nature, wood and people.

The Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities held our annual Business Partners meeting on Friday December 10th 2021. Due to the ongoing COVID situation the meeting was held online once again. Attendees included representatives from both our existing business partners and companies who are considering joining the network.

Students from the TCPID participated in the Art Exhibition Defining Disability 2021, organised by Trinity Student’s Union, Disability Service and the Ability Co-Op for Disability Awareness Week. The Exhibition was on show in the JCR Hamilton space (student common room) from the 29th November to the 3rd of December which marked the International Day of People with Disabilities.

The Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities are excited to announce a new partnership with the National Lottery. The National Lottery was established by the Irish Government in 1987 with the purpose of raising funds for Good Causes in line with the National Lottery Act. They are committed to running a responsible, world-class lottery for the people in Ireland, raising much-needed funding for Good Causes that benefit local communities throughout Ireland.

Our Open Days for students wishing to begin their studies with us in September 2022 will take place on two dates in November 2021 and in early 2022. Our Certificate in Arts, Science and Inclusive Applied Practice will be included in the Trinity College Dublin Undergraduate Virtual Open Day 2021 on Saturday November 6th 2021 between 10am and 4pm. The date for the next Open Day in early 2022 will be confirmed later.

The Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities are proud to announce a new partnership with daa. daa is a global airports and travel retail group with businesses in 16 countries. They are owned by the Irish State and headquartered at Dublin Airport. They own and manage Dublin and Cork airports and have international airport operations and investments in Cyprus, Germany, and Saudi Arabia.

French President Emmanuel Macron visited Ireland and Trinity College Dublin on Thursday August 26th. During his visit met with students to discuss topics that included post-COVID Europe, climate change and digital equality for all citizens. President Macron’s discussions with students was moderated by Vice-President for Global Relations Professor Juliette Hussey and took place in Trinity’s beautiful Public Theatre. Our new Course Coordinator Dr. Donatella Camedda and two of our students, Lia Gogarty and Sean Byrne were invited to take part in this exciting event.

We are very grateful to the graduation team in Trinity College Dublin who gave us the opportunity to have an on campus graduation for the Certificate in Arts, Science and Inclusive Applied Practice on August 19th. It was such an incredibly special and proud day for all the new graduates, their families and all the TCPID, School of Education and Trinity College team. A huge thank you to everyone who worked so hard to make this happen for us.

The Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities is proud to announce an exciting new partnership with Go-Ahead Ireland. Go-Ahead Ireland provides public transport bus services on behalf of the National Transport Authority (NTA), operating 25 Outer Dublin Metropolitan Area routes, as well as 5 Dublin Commuter routes.

At the beginning of the new academic year in September 2020, the Rory McDonagh Trust generously donated new laptops for every student in the Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities. These laptops allowed each student to be able to participate fully in their course during a time when all students were forced to attend their lectures remotely. Our students put together a video to express their gratitude and to speak about how the laptops helped them with their studies.

The Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities is very proud to welcome Applegreen as a new TCPID Business Partner. Established in 1992, Applegreen is a leading convenience roadside retailer in the Republic of Ireland, the UK and the US in both large-scale Motorway Service Areas and Travel Plazas, as well as smaller petrol stations.

We are very proud of our graduate Niamh who has secured a permanent contract with An Post. In Niamhs own words: I found it hard to believe that I got a permanent contract with An Post. I was so happy with joy and surprised at how good this news was, I started crying, because having a permanent part-time job was something I always dreamed of from when I first started in Trinity College in 2016.

On May 27th 2021, the TCPID met with Minister Simon Harris and Minister Josepha Madigan in Trinity College Dublin. Both Ministers were keen to learn about our programme with a view to seeing how similar programmes could be replicated around the country.

The Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities is delighted to announce an exciting new partnership with RSA Insurance and 123.ie. As one of the world’s leading insurance companies, RSA Group has a long tradition of delivering consistent quality to customers for over 300 years.