Trinity Highlights for 2023
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Minister O'Brien visits Trinity College Dublin SAF Research Facility at SMBC Aviation Capital Headquarters
Minister for Transport Darragh O'Brien visited the Trinity College Dublin Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Research Facility at SMBC Aviation Capital's headquarters in Dublin earlier this week.
21 January 2026
Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability
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Trinity presents Entrance Awards to 602 students from 32 counties
There are 59 students receiving awards from 39 countries outside Ireland. Of the Irish awardees, 393 are from schools in Leinster, 67 are from Munster, 42 from Connacht and 41 from Ulster.
21 January 2026
Awards and Funding|Community|Students
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Food & drink in sixteenth-century Ireland explored in FoodCult lecture series at Dublin Castle
Trinity’s FoodCult research project is partnering with Dublin Castle to present a six-part public lecture series in February, exploring how food and drink shaped everyday life, social relationships, and authority in sixteenth-century Ireland.
21 January 2026
Culture|Research
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Blocking immune cells in the brain can prevent infant forgetting
Blocking microglia prevents infant forgetting and improves memory in mice, suggesting that these specialist immune cells in the brain may actively manage memory formation and dictate what, and when, we forget.
21 January 2026
Health|Research|Science
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€6.5 million PEACE-Air project to improve air quality
Researchers from Trinity are working with collaborators across the island of Ireland on a major cross-border initiative to improve air quality.
20 January 2026
Environment|Health|Research|Science
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Trinity honours 154 students with inaugural FET distinction awards
These new awards celebrate those who come to Trinity from alternative routes and reflect Trinity’s commitment to widening access routes to the university, as detailed in the Strategic Plan 2025-30 -Thrive.
20 January 2026
Awards and Funding|Community|Society|Students
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New ALMA astronomical survey reveals teenage years and “growing pains” of new worlds
Astronomers have, for the first time, captured a detailed snapshot of planetary systems in an era long shrouded in mystery.
20 January 2026
Research|Science
Trinity Highlights from 2023
21 Dec 2023