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Mother and baby homes inquiry: now reveal the secrets of Ireland’s psychiatric hospitals

Professor in Social Policy at Trinity, Eoin O'Sullivan, with a co-authored piece first published by The Conversation, considering Ireland's grim legacy of coercive confinement.

26 Jan 2021

Findings reveal stark health impacts of ‘cocooning’ for older people

The study showed that 1 in 5 older persons did not leave their home since being advised to 'cocoon', while over 57% reported loneliness.

25 Jan 2021

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Trinity receives funding to help students with disabilities

Trinity Disability Service is delighted to announce that it has been successful in a funding application to develop strategic initiatives to provide additional supports to Trinity's students with disabilities and to make Trinity a more inclusive and accessible University.

22 Jan 2021

How anti-vax memes replicate through satire and irony

Jan Buts, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Translation Studies at Trinity, with a fascinating look at memes, and how they can quickly mutate from jokes into more harmful viral content.

21 Jan 2021

Trinity launches a new Postgraduate Certificate in Healthcare Innovation

Trinity College Dublin has launched a Postgraduate Certificate in Healthcare Innovation . Developed by Tangent, Trinity's Ideas Workspace in collaboration with the School of Medicine and Health Innovation Hub Ireland, this Postgraduate Certificate in Healthcare Innovation brings together the academic expertise with the entrepreneurial capacity of a world class innovation hub to deliver something truly unique.

21 Jan 2021

Four researchers win new UK-Ireland Social Sciences Networking Grants

Four researchers from Trinity College Dublin have won ESRC-IRC UK-Ireland Social Sciences Networking Grants from the Irish Research Council. The new awards, designed to foster the development of long-term relationships between social science researchers in the UK and Republic of Ireland have been given to Fiona Newell, Joe Barry, Martine Smith and Yekaterina Chzhen.

19 Jan 2021

Trinity joins Poetry Ireland to highlight the creativity of older people

The Global Brain Health Institute collaborates to host this nationwide call encouraging Ireland's older people to imagine, to create and to write.

19 Jan 2021

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New €7 million sustainable crop production project focuses on underutilised crops

The €7 million funding will be used to promote underutilised crops in Europe. The Trinity team will develop a toolkit to assess these production systems in terms of nutritional, environmental and ecological impact.

18 Jan 2021

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TILDA reveals vital evidence to inform HSE COVID vaccine roll-out

Researchers release key recommendations to boost uptake and efficacy of vaccine in older adults.

18 Jan 2021

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Trinity launches Ireland’s first Postgraduate Certificate in Climate Entrepreneurship

Trinity has launched a brand new Postgraduate Certificate in Climate Entrepreneurship, the first of its kind in Ireland, to address the climate change emergency we all face.

13 Jan 2021