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New €2.3 million project seeks to deliver next-gen, sustainable 6G networks

The collaborative ENERGISE project, led by researchers from CONNECT at Trinity College Dublin, and involving Intel and other key industry partners targets significant energy reduction in mobile networks.

15 Jan 2024

Awards and Funding|Research|Sustainability

Abuse survivors’ experience of family law focus of new research

The research is being undertaken by the School of Social Work and Social Policy in conjunction with Women's Aid and University College Cork.

8 Jan 2024

Research|Society

Trinity hosts major world conference on school effectiveness

More than 500 delegates will attend the conference from 9-12 January, reflecting on strategies to support and enhance the functioning of schools.

5 Jan 2024

Research|Society

How Ireland served as a laboratory for the British empire

What we are bearing witness to in the Middle East and Ukraine are legacies associated with the collapse of the Ottoman, British and Russian empires, writes Prof Jane Ohlmeyer in an analysis piece first published in the Irish Times.

31 Dec 2023

Culture|Research

Minister for Health announces €15 million investment to support TILDA research on ageing

The funding will enable The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing in Ireland to collect information on health, economic and social circumstances of a representative group of adults, aged 45 years and over, between 2023 and 2030.

28 Dec 2023

Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Society

Who are the new greats of Irish music? Five musicians to watch out for in 2024

The world lost three great Irish musicians in 2023: Shane MacGowan, Sinéad O’Connor and Christy Dignam. Dr Jonathan Hodgers, School of Creative Arts, writes for The Conversation about five musicians to watch out for in 2024.

21 Dec 2023

Culture|Research

12 things we learned in 2023, thanks to Trinity research

In the last year Trinity’s researchers have made significant contributions to their fields, enriching our culture, building better futures and increasing our understanding of the world we live in.

20 Dec 2023

Culture|Health|Research|Science

Yes, climate change is a crisis. But let’s stop using the language of war

We talk about the need for improved flood defences, the need to protect ourselves against the forces of nature. But what we really need is to work with nature, writes Prof Iris Möller in an analysis piece first published in The Irish Times.

19 Dec 2023

Research|Science|Sustainability

How writing 'made us human' – an 'emotional history' from ancient Iraq to the present day

Dr Martin Worthington, School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies, reviews Walter Stephens's new book 'How Writing Made Us Human' for The Conversation.

19 Dec 2023

Culture|Research

1 in 7 people over 50 have chronic kidney disease in Ireland, and 98% don’t know they have it

Findings from the largest study to date in Ireland to characterise the population affected by chronic kidney disease (CKD), over the age of 50 years, have been published. The research was undertaken in collaboration with the National Renal Office (Health Service Executive (HSE)) who also part funded this project.

14 Dec 2023

Health|Research