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North-South team to establish Living Observatory of Shared Languages and Identities on the Island of Ireland

Researchers from Trinity and Queen's University Belfast have secured funding of approximately €3.7 million to establish a Living Observatory of Shared Languages and Identities on the Island of Ireland.

11 Aug 2025

Arts|Awards and Funding|Research|Society

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

Sun newspaper boycott made people in Liverpool more left wing, study shows

The Department of Political Science study focused on the longstanding Liverpool boycott of The Sun newspaper after it blamed the 1989 Hillsborough Stadium crush on Liverpool F.C. supporters.

8 Aug 2025

Research|Society

HRB invests a further €1 million into collaborative dementia network

This recently awarded funding will strengthen dementia research and improve care and quality of life for patients.

31 Jul 2025

Trinity names its first professor specialising in cerebral palsy

The first Associate Professor of Cerebral Palsy has been appointed at Trinity College, supported by philanthropic funding through the Cerebral Palsy Foundation.

28 Jul 2025

Health|Research|Society

Universities need restructuring for climate and community needs, study finds

Higher education institutions offer critical social infrastructure with untapped potential to contribute to more equitable and sustainable futures, according to new research.

15 Jul 2025

Culture|Environment|Research|Society|Students

National survey of intercountry adoption experiences launches

A new national survey of the lived experience of intercounty adoption for parents of children aged 0-12 has been launched today by researchers in Trinity College Dublin and University College Cork.

15 Jul 2025

Community|Research|Society

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

Craft My Street: young people reimagine Dublin with Minecraft in Smart Docklands pilot

In a city increasingly defined by data, design, and digital connectivity, a new pilot project is giving some of its youngest residents a powerful tool for change – Minecraft.

30 Jun 2025

Community|Research|Society|Students

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