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Akara Robotics deploys two decontamination robots to NHS hospital
The Irish robotics startup, which spun out from Trinity, has developed two decontamination robots that have been deployed in a UK hospital, with the important mission of cleaning its wards and operating theatres more efficiently.
11 Dec 2024
Health|Innovation|Research|Society
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Christine McGarrigle awarded prestigious National Institutes of Health grant for spousal caregivers research
Research will explore resilience of spousal caregivers across a number of countries, who face unique challenges in supporting partners living with Alzheimer’s Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease Related Dementias (AD/ADRD).
10 Dec 2024
Awards and Funding|Health|Research
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Network raising awareness of ovarian cancer wins Irish Healthcare Award 2024
The Irish Network of Gynaecological Oncology (INGO) is coordinated by Dr Sharon O’Toole in the School of Medicine
9 Dec 2024
Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Society
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16 candidates nominated to contest Seanad election
This is the last time that the University of Dublin constituency will elect three Senators to the upper house of the Oireachtas. From 2026, Trinity graduates, along with graduates of other higher education institutions who hold Irish citizenship, will elect six Senators to the Seanad’s Higher Education constituency.
6 Dec 2024
Community|Society
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Why Ireland’s government was one of the few worldwide to be re-elected this year
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have essentially stolen the thunder of leftwing parties, writes Lisa Keenan and Gail McElroy, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, write in The Conversation.
4 Dec 2024
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Trinity St James’s Cancer Institute successfully selected into INTERACT-EUROPE 100
INTERACT-EUROPE 100 is a collaborative interdisciplinary training programme to improve cancer patient care across Europe
3 Dec 2024
Awards and Funding|Health|Research
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TransAtlantic Cancer Alliance for Liquid Biopsy Research and Training to be established through grant
The All-Ireland NCI Cancer Consortium (AICC) Research & Innovation Grant has been awarded to Dr Kathy Gately. The grant is delivered by the Health Research Board (HRB).
3 Dec 2024
Awards and Funding|Health
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Fintan O’Toole delivers Annual Edmund Burke Lecture 2024
Author and columnist Fintan O'Toole delivered the 2024 Edmund Burke lecture focusing on the theme of 'Terror and Self-Pity: The Reactionary Sublime'.
2 Dec 2024
Culture|Society
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Prestigious Wellcome Trust Award for Cathal Walsh and Matthew Chersich
The award valued at €3.3m over three years will enable the team to track the impacts of climate change on maternal and child health
2 Dec 2024
Environment|Health|Research|Science
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Centre holds as FF and FG preferred by majority in stable economic situation
The most striking aspect of the general elections results is how similar they are to those of the 2020 election, writes Prof Gail McElroy in a piece written for The Irish Times.
2 Dec 2024
Research|Society