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Trinity welcomes 25 fifth-year students to Computer Science Hedge School

The Computer Science Hedge School is a free, two-year programme that offers second-level students from DEIS schools the chance to study Leaving Certificate Computer Science if their school does not provide the subject.

27 Aug 2026

Community|Innovation|Society

We can and should do better for Gaza students seeking to study in Ireland

What is needed is a funded partnership model between the Government and the institutions backed by fee waivers and donor support, writes Emma Stokes, outgoing vice-president for global engagement, in a comment piece first published in The Irish Times.

26 Aug 2026

Community|Society|Students

College entry system is rigged in favour of comfortable classes

Our system of admissions to higher education is designed to sort students into colleges and courses starkly divided by class, writes Barra Roantree, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, in The Irish Times.

26 Aug 2026

Research|Society

Trinity welcomes hundreds to international conference focused on improving access to dental care for disabled people

This week saw the launch of a World Health Organization policy brief that outlined the dire waits, and general lack of access to preventive treatment, that people from this cohort experience in Ireland. The launch kickstarted the International Association for Disability & Oral Health conference.

20 Aug 2026

Health|Research|Science|Society

Legacy of colonial biodiversity exploitation explains poverty in biodiversity-rich countries – new research

New research suggests that colonial exploitation of biodiversity by now-rich countries created poverty legacies that persist today.

19 Aug 2026

Environment|Research|Science|Society|Sustainability

Donald Trump is right for once. The EU is soft on slave labour

Surely we are past the point of cutting sweatshops some slack? writes Dr Alan Eustace, School of Law, in an analysis piece in The Irish Times.

11 Aug 2026

Research|Society

Australian Governor-General visits Trinity

Her Excellency the Honourable Sam Mostyn AC visited Trinity recently to see the Old Library and view the magnificent Book of Kells.

7 Aug 2026

Society

Trinity hosts EU Research and Innovation Ministers in the Old Library

European Research and Innovation Ministers and policy makers visited Trinity College Dublin this week to visit the Long Room and view the Book of Kells, the exquisite medieval manuscript housed in Trinity's Old Library.

23 Jul 2026

Innovation|Research|Society

The Conversation: Why do some people who trust in science also believe in scientific conspiracy theories?

In a world where trust in institutions is mostly in decline, levels of trust in science remain relatively high. Yet at the same time, belief in scientific conspiracy theories, such as hushed-up effects of vaccines or aeroplane “chemtrails”, is also widespread.

20 Jul 2026

Science|Society

The Conversation: Why the UK government needed to apologise for its role in historical forced adoptions in England

British prime minister Keir Starmer has apologised in the House of Commons for historical forced adoptions in England. Lindsey Earner Byrne, School of Histories and Humanities, gives historical context to this apology in a piece co-written for The Conversation.

6 Jul 2026

Culture|Research|Society