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Ireland-Australia cancer research fellowship launched

Dr Tim Nugent has been appointed the first recipient of the Ireland Funds Trinity St James’s Global Fellowship and will undertake advanced cancer research at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne.

27 Aug 2026

Research

Trinity pair win European Research Council Starting Grants

Dr Casey Platnich and Dr Gabriela Kronemberger have won the highly prestigious awards, which are valued at €1.5 million each, and allow outstanding early career researchers to lead five-year, frontier projects.

3 Sep 2026

Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Science

EU General Affairs Council visits Trinity

MEPs, EU Commissioners and European Affairs Ministers visited Trinity yesterday to see the magnificent Book of Kells and the Old Library.

4 Sep 2026

Society

Trinity College Dublin Lights Up in Support of Palliative Care Week 2026

This year's Palliative Care Week theme, "It's Not What You Think", seeks to challenge misconceptions about palliative care and encourage greater awareness of the role it plays in supporting people living with life-limiting illness, as well as their families and carers.

7 Sep 2026

Community|Research|Society

The INCLUDE-ID Network Celebrates Third-Level Programmes for People with Intellectual Disabilities

The Inclusive Network for Collaborative Learning, Understanding and Development in Education for People with Intellectual Disabilities (The INCLUDE-ID Network) held its first national symposium, “Being INCLUDE-ID: A Right to Learn, A Right to Belong,” on Friday 4th September at TU Dublin’s Grangegorman Campus.

8 Sep 2026

Community|Society|Students

Sharp rise in child poverty despite strong growth in average incomes

The latest ESRI report on poverty, income inequality and living standards was co-authored by Trinity economist Barra Roantree.

8 Sep 2026

As LERU Chair, Provost urges Europe to invest more in research and innovation

"Research and innovation are not one priority among many: they are what makes many of Europe’s other strategic priorities achievable. If Europe wants more from research, it must also be prepared to invest more in it.”

9 Sep 2026

Innovation|Research|Society

Opinion: The HSE has been ordered to destroy some patient records. This is wrong

Georgina Laragy, School of Histories and Humanities, co-authors an analysis piece in the The Irish Times today about the fine imposed on the HSE for its failure to properly secure patient medical records and argues that these records have immense value.

9 Sep 2026

Culture|Research

New study reveals HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) alters immune cell function and metabolism

A new study from Trinity Translational Medicine Institute and St James’s Hospital reveals HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) alters immune cell function and metabolism

9 Sep 2026

Research|Science

AI is reshaping workplace, not replacing jobs, new research finds

The research finds that AI is increasingly supporting workers across a range of occupations, with the most significant changes occurring at the level of tasks and workflows, rather than through the elimination of jobs.

10 Sep 2026