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North-South team to establish Living Observatory of Shared Languages and Identities on the Island of Ireland

Researchers from Trinity and Queen's University Belfast have secured funding of approximately €3.7 million to establish a Living Observatory of Shared Languages and Identities on the Island of Ireland.

11 Aug 2025

Arts|Awards and Funding|Research|Society

Sun newspaper boycott made people in Liverpool more left wing, study shows

The Department of Political Science study focused on the longstanding Liverpool boycott of The Sun newspaper after it blamed the 1989 Hillsborough Stadium crush on Liverpool F.C. supporters.

8 Aug 2025

Research|Society

HRB invests a further €1 million into collaborative dementia network

This recently awarded funding will strengthen dementia research and improve care and quality of life for patients.

31 Jul 2025

New electronic voting platform preserves voter anonymity and electoral integrity

Researchers from Trinity and the Research Ireland ADAPT Centre have developed the platform, zkBallot, which resolves one of the core challenges in digital elections: ensuring both voter anonymity and public auditability.

31 Jul 2025

Innovation|Research|Science

Irish scientists unlock nature’s 500-million-year-old colour secrets with nano-tech breakthrough

Half a billion years ago nature evolved a remarkable trick: generating vibrant, shimmering colours via intricate, microscopic structures in feathers, wings and shells that reflect light in precise ways. Now, researchers from Trinity have taken a major step forward in harnessing it for advanced materials science.

30 Jul 2025

Health|Innovation|Research|Science

Life and global legacies of Daniel O’Connell under the spotlight

Marking 250 years since the birth of ‘The Liberator’ Daniel O’Connell, Trinity Long Room Hub is hosting a two-day symposium looking at his life, legacy and global human rights challenges.

30 Jul 2025

New research dispels myth of conspiracy theorists as isolated outsiders

Dr Stephen Murphy, from Trinity Business School, said: “The uncertainty and fear caused by the pandemic created the initial spark for conspiracy beliefs to prosper. In both places, there was a lot of anger around lockdown restrictions, vaccinations and the way that authorities were handling the situation.”

29 Jul 2025

Business|Community|Research

Trinity names its first professor specialising in cerebral palsy

The first Associate Professor of Cerebral Palsy has been appointed at Trinity College, supported by philanthropic funding through the Cerebral Palsy Foundation.

28 Jul 2025

Health|Research|Society

Trinity alumni receive Fulbright awards for 2025-26

Awardees will research, innovate and collaborate across a diverse range of fields including multimedia arts, philosophy, medicine, agriculture, education, art history, AI technology in medicine, AI technology in education, visual arts, and health.

25 Jul 2025

Awards and Funding|Students

Seeing the unseen: Trinity team builds game-changing particle impact machine

The new machine, the first of its kind in Europe, allows users to visualise what happens when tiny particles hit a surface three times faster than a bullet. This information will enable engineers to make better materials and coatings for aircraft parts, medical implants, and help to simulate intergalactic collisions.

24 Jul 2025

Innovation|Research|Science