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Nicole Flattery awarded 2026 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature

Administered by the Oscar Wilde Centre for Creative Writing in the School of English, the Rooney prize is marking its 50th anniversary this year.

10 Sep 2026

Arts|Community|Culture

Trinity research shows agricultural fungicides drive evolution of multidrug resistance in soil microbes

Separate Trinity study finds that the combination of warming temperatures and fungicides disrupts microscopic life beneath our feet, negatively impacting plants growing in the soil.

11 Sep 2026

Environment|Health|Research|Science

Culture Night 2026

Trinity College Dublin is host to several events during Culture Night on Friday 18th September. Join in the fun during this annual public event that celebrates culture, creativity and the arts, all over Ireland.

11 Sep 2026

Culture|Society

Oíche Chultúir 2026

Beidh roinnt imeachtaí ar siúl i gColáiste na Tríonóide don Oíche Chultúir an Aoine bheag ar 18ú Meán Fómhair. Glac páirt sa spraoi san ócáid bhliantúil phoiblí seo a dhéanann ceiliúradh ar an gcultúr, ar chruthaitheacht agus ar na healaíona ar fud na Éireann.

11 Sep 2026

Culture|Society

Researchers launch global citizen science project “CoastSnap” in Dublin Bay

A team of scientists, led by those from Trinity’s School of Natural Sciences, have today launched the first in a series of “CoastSnap” stations across the Dublin Bay UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.

11 Sep 2026

Community|Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability

Insect Week 2026: Stand Tall for the Small

Trinity College Dublin is proud to be participating in Insect Week 2026, celebrating insects through education, research and engagement. Organised by the Royal Entomological Society and supported by partner organisations throughout Europe, Insect Week is an opportunity to take part in insect science, learn from experts and have fun.

18 Jun 2026

Sustainability

Humans bring gender bias to their interactions with AI – new study

Humans bring gender biases to their interactions with Artificial Intelligence, according to new research from Trinity and Ludwig-Maximilians Universität (LMU) Munich.

20 Nov 2025

Research|Society

CONNECT Centre awards over €500,000 to fund women-led STEAM research projects

Four awardees will now lead innovative projects with goals that range from improving the communications systems used by autonomous vehicles to creating eco-friendly options for powering wearable technologies.

7 Jan 2025

Awards and Funding|Innovation|Research|Sustainability

Societal inequality linked to reduced brain health in ageing and dementia

The study reveals a direct link between structural inequality—such as socioeconomic disparities measured by a country-level index (GINI)—and changes in brain structure and connectivity associated with aging and dementia.

30 Dec 2024

Health|Research|Society

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