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Trinity medtech startup NOVAP Medical wins IDEATE 2026; sets sights on tackling ventilator-associated pneumonia

The team are now building a clear pathway towards commercialisation and hope to secure more funding in the near future to test and ultimately bring their innovation into hospitals where it can improve patient care in the coming years.

20 Aug 2026

Awards and Funding|Health|Innovation|Research|Science

Trinity welcomes hundreds to international conference focused on improving access to dental care for disabled people

This week saw the launch of a World Health Organization policy brief that outlined the dire waits, and general lack of access to preventive treatment, that people from this cohort experience in Ireland. The launch kickstarted the International Association for Disability & Oral Health conference.

20 Aug 2026

Health|Research|Science|Society

Legacy of colonial biodiversity exploitation explains poverty in biodiversity-rich countries – new research

New research suggests that colonial exploitation of biodiversity by now-rich countries created poverty legacies that persist today.

19 Aug 2026

Environment|Research|Science|Society|Sustainability

Steroids reduce inflammation in chronic mycobacterial lung infections without limiting antimicrobial defence

Researchers from Trinity and St. James’s Hospital have shown that dexamethasone, a commonly prescribed anti-inflammatory steroid, can reduce harmful inflammation triggered by Mycobacterium avium without weakening the ability of human immune cells to control the infection.

11 Aug 2026

Health|Research|Science

Donald Trump is right for once. The EU is soft on slave labour

Surely we are past the point of cutting sweatshops some slack? writes Dr Alan Eustace, School of Law, in an analysis piece in The Irish Times.

11 Aug 2026

Research|Society

Scientists take to the skies to observe 2026 Solar Eclipse from Flying Observatory

On 12 August a team of scientists from Ireland and Italy will take to the skies off Ireland’s west coast to observe one of nature’s most spectacular phenomena: a total solar eclipse.

10 Aug 2026

Research|Science

Ancient Irish volcano offers new clues about the development of its modern-day, active “brothers and sisters”

The research team, led by scientists from Trinity College Dublin and including those from the UK, USA, and the Geological Survey of Northern Ireland, studied rocks across Carlingford Mountain which formed as the magma system inflated beneath the volcano over thousands of years.

31 Jul 2026

Research|Science

Ancient genomes reveal how European colonisation brought smallpox to the Americas

Smallpox, caused by variola virus, played a major role in the catastrophic population decline experienced by Indigenous peoples after European arrival.

31 Jul 2026

Research|Science

Trinity showcases research tackling Europe's hardest problems

EU research officials visited Trinity on 22 July to see first-hand how Irish research is helping address some of Europe’s most pressing challenges.

29 Jul 2026

Research

Trinity hosts EU Research and Innovation Ministers in the Old Library

European Research and Innovation Ministers and policy makers visited Trinity College Dublin this week to visit the Long Room and view the Book of Kells, the exquisite medieval manuscript housed in Trinity's Old Library.

23 Jul 2026

Innovation|Research|Society