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Trinity COVID-19 Law Report Recommends Key Policy Changes

A report, ‘Law and Policy Responses to COVID-19 in Ireland: Supporting Individuals, Communities, Businesses, and the Economy (Response Report)', by the COVID-19 Legal Observatory at the School of Law, Trinity College Dublin, has identified a number of recommendations for policy makers and private parties with respect to socio-economic issues arising in the wake of COVID-19.

9 Dec 2020

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Fresh insights into how Ireland’s system of caring affects older adults

New TILDA research highlights the social, financial, physical and emotional demands family caring places on those caring.

7 Dec 2020

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Research details impact of COVID-19 on persons ageing with an intellectual disability

The report was launched to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities and calls for further COVID-19 restrictions for people with ID to be data-driven.

3 Dec 2020

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Trinity partners with World Food Programme to address disability inclusion in food assistance programming

The research collaboration seeks to develop an evidence base for the inclusion of persons with disabilities in WFP food and nutrition assistance programmes.

3 Dec 2020

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Trinity’s technology transfer team wins Industry Engagement Impact Award

The team was succesful for their efforts with Intel, with whom a new research collaboration has recently been agreed to enable world-class research to continue between the global company, Trinity, and AMBER.

1 Dec 2020

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Vitamin D deficiency highly prevalent in the Irish Asian community

The study, published in the journal Nutrients, is the first in Ireland to investigate vitamin D in an ethnic minority community.

1 Dec 2020

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Introducing Palaeontology – new book underlines importance of the fossil record for informing today’s conservation decisions

The book, by Patrick Wyse Jackson, from Trinity’s School of Natural Sciences, provides a timely reminder of how the fossil record can inform critical conservation decisions of the future.

1 Dec 2020

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Exciting field of Neurohumanities featured in latest issue of Neuron

Trinity researchers have authored a series of articles in the “hybrid” field of Neurohumanities, marking an exciting new chapter to expand connections across the neurosciences and humanities.

30 Nov 2020

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Health expert consortium calls for vitamin D policy in battle against COVID-19

Experts outline compelling evidence for health professionals and policymakers to revise guidance on vitamin D supplementation amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

26 Nov 2020

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Scientists develop new gene therapy for eye disease

The new approach offers promise for one day treating an eye disease that leads to a progressive loss of vision and affects thousands of people across the globe.

26 Nov 2020

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