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Machine learning could help predict how people with depression respond to treatment

Trinity researchers have found that a machine learning model could help clinicians predict which people with depression are more likely to improve with digital cognitive behavioural therapy compared to antidepressant medication.

19 Mar 2026

Health|Research|Society

Groundbreaking Trinity research reveals “leaky” brain barrier as driver of chronic brain damage in retired combat and collision sports athletes

The work, led by teams at Trinity and the FutureNeuro Research Ireland Centre, has pinpointed the mechanism linking some sports injuries to poor brain health in retired athletes.

18 Mar 2026

Health|Research|Science

The Keepsake Chronicles: stories in times of dementia

Keepsake Chronicles is a collaboration between a nurse, a creative writer and a photographer. As participants tell their stories, we record their words and photograph them in the act of telling. This captures expressions rich with emotion that are inseparable from the stories themselves.

16 Mar 2026

Health|Research|Society

Shortlist for Pollard Poetry Prize announced

Valued at €10,000, the prize is sponsored by the John Pollard Foundation and administered by the Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre in the School of English.

12 Mar 2026

Awards and Funding|Culture

Mental health toll of flooding in Ireland highlighted in new research

The psychological impacts of flooding in Ireland often far outlast the physical damage, according to new research from Trinity College Dublin, Dublin City University and National College of Ireland.

12 Mar 2026

Research|Society

Sustainability Leadership Awards 2026

Provost Linda Doyle and Vice President for Biodiversity and Climate Action Jane Stout kicked off the awards held in Portal on Monday 9th March as part of Trinity's 24th annual Green Week. The awards are in their fourth year running, an initiative conceived and led by Sustainability Manager Jane Hackett.

11 Mar 2026

Sustainability

"When people are supported, you can find your way": student shares path to Trinity

Nora Corcoran, a member of the Traveller community, has credited Trinity in strengthening her confidence and developing skills and knowledge that shape her daily work and her commitment to lifelong learning and community empowerment.

11 Mar 2026

Community|Society|Students

Trinity receives landmark gift to support conservation and restoration of cultural treasures

The landmark €7m gift from The Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation will support the design and construction of a gallery on the ground floor of the Old Library.

11 Mar 2026

Arts|Awards and Funding|Culture