Opinion
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St Brigid at home and on tour with Cuala
To celebrate St Brigid's Day, Dr Billy Shortall, research fellow at the Cuala Press Research Project, shows us how St Brigid was celebrated in the visual art of Cuala Industries, a female run arts and crafts cooperative in the early 20th century.
1 Feb 2024
Arts|Culture|Research
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Instapoetry is successful and there’s nothing wrong with that
Instagram poetry should be taken more seriously by the establishment, writes Rafael Mendes Silva, PhD candidate at the School of Languages, Literature and Cultural Studies in this piece for The Conversation.
1 Feb 2024
Culture|Research
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Friendship is crucial for refugee children – here’s how to talk to your child about being welcoming
Rachel Hoare, Director of the Trinity Centre for Forced Migration Studies at Trinity College Dublin writes in The Conversation about the importance of encouraging your children to be welcoming and inclusive towards refugee children.
30 Jan 2024
Community
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Silent fields: a cocktail of pesticides is stunting bumblebee colonies across Europe
Trinity's Professor Jessica Knapp writes, along with colleagues, about a recent study and the concerning results it delivered with regard to the plight of some of our precious pollinators.
29 Jan 2024
Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability
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Rape has been outlawed for 1,400 years, yet we’re still arguing about how to define it
Directives on combating violence against women have a long history as does wrangling over what defines rape, writes Prof Jane Ohlmeyer in a piece first published in the Irish Independent.
29 Jan 2024
Culture|Research|Society
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Dave Fanning’s AI defamation case is at a new frontier of litigation
The Achilles’ heel of generative AI is its pervasive tendency to spoof. This is giving rise to mind-bending legal issues - along with complaints from authors and artists, writes Deirdre Ahern, School of Law, in a piece originally published in The Irish Times.
26 Jan 2024
Research|Society
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The mysteries of The Book of Kells — from monks on magic mushrooms to superhuman detail
Although now faded by 1,200 years of use, the colours in the manuscript still retain some of their original psychedelic intensity, writes Dr Rachel Moss, School of Histories and Humanities, for The Conversation publication.
22 Jan 2024
Arts|Research
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Gaza war: how South Africa’s genocide case against Israel is shaping up
Carlo Aldrovandi, Assistant Professor in International Peace Studies at Trinity College Dublin, writes in The Conversation about how South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice in The Hague is developing.
17 Jan 2024
Arts|Research|Society
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Embracing ‘virtual dark tourism’ could help heritage sites at risk of degradation
Nicole Basaraba, School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies, writes about her research on virtual dark tourism for The Conversation.
15 Jan 2024
Culture|Research
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Are Irish nuns facing extinction?
In an article for The Irish Times, Dr Bronagh Ann McShane, School of Histories and Humanities, provides historical context for a new RTE documentary that asks if the nuns in Irish convents today are the last of their kind.
15 Jan 2024
Culture|Research|Society