Opinion
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AI can democratise higher education if used wisely
Professor Orla Sheils, Vice-Provost and Chief Academic Officer, writes in The Irish Times about the opportunities presented by artificial intelligence to the higher education sphere, and argues that they should be embraced.
25 Aug 2025
Community|Innovation|Society|Students
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Why Ireland’s mild temperatures won’t protect it from the climate crisis
Prof. Graham Dwyer from the Trinity Centre for Social Innovation and Prof. Karen Wilshire, Professor of Climate Sciences at Trinity, write about a topical issue for The Conversation.
22 Aug 2025
Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability
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Kneecap trial spotlights challenges for Irish speakers in British and Irish courts
Many would rather use the language they know best to answer questions on which their liberty or livelihood could depend, writes Dr Róisín Á Costello, School of Law, in an article first published in The Irish Times.
21 Aug 2025
Research|Society
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Did the Sun boycott make Liverpool more leftwing? My study indicates it may have shifted views
Lucas da Silva, Department of Political Science, examines how the longstanding boycott of the rightwing tabloid the Sun in Liverpool affected people’s political attitudes up to 2004.
8 Aug 2025
Research|Society
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Why the Nazis stole a fragment of the Bayeux tapestry
Millie Horton-Insch, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the History of Art Department, Trinity, tells the tale of how a fragment of the Bayeux tapestry ended up in the Schleswig-Holstein state archives. This piece was first published by The Conversation.
15 Jul 2025
Arts|Culture|Research
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Will the Government really put McDonald’s ahead of children in poverty?
The reason child poverty persists is that whenever the opportunity comes to translate words into action there is always some higher priority. This year that higher priority looks to be the hospitality sector, writes economist Barra Roantree
7 Jul 2025
Culture|Health|Society
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Trinity hosts Ireland’s first BioBrillouin microscope
Trinity now has Ireland’s first and only BioBrillouin microscope, which will enable researchers to make giant strides in the fields of inflammation, cancer, developmental biology and biomedical materials, among others.
4 Jul 2025
Research|Science
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There is no loneliness epidemic – so why do we keep talking as if there is?
Most people experience periods of loneliness, isolation or solitude in their lives, but these are different things, writes Brendan Kelly, School of Medicine, in a piece for The Conversation.
27 Jun 2025
Health|Research|Society
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Rent reforms are the sticking plaster on a crisis – only radical change will work
By offering something to landlords and tenants with new rental rules, the Government is taking something from both, writes Sarah Hamill, School of Law, in the Irish Independent.
27 Jun 2025
Research|Society
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In a world dominated by loud, divisive politics, the cardinals found an antidote in Pope Leo XIV
Leo XIV was a choice few saw coming, and is a figure of humility, steadiness and introspective strength, writes Bronagh Ann McShane in an opinion article first published by The Irish Times.
12 May 2025
Research|Society