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As LERU Chair, Provost urges Europe to invest more in research and innovation

"Research and innovation are not one priority among many: they are what makes many of Europe’s other strategic priorities achievable. If Europe wants more from research, it must also be prepared to invest more in it.”

9 Sep 2026

Innovation|Research|Society

The INCLUDE-ID Network Celebrates Third-Level Programmes for People with Intellectual Disabilities

The Inclusive Network for Collaborative Learning, Understanding and Development in Education for People with Intellectual Disabilities (The INCLUDE-ID Network) held its first national symposium, “Being INCLUDE-ID: A Right to Learn, A Right to Belong,” on Friday 4th September at TU Dublin’s Grangegorman Campus.

8 Sep 2026

Community|Society|Students

Trinity College Dublin Lights Up in Support of Palliative Care Week 2026

This year's Palliative Care Week theme, "It's Not What You Think", seeks to challenge misconceptions about palliative care and encourage greater awareness of the role it plays in supporting people living with life-limiting illness, as well as their families and carers.

7 Sep 2026

Community|Research|Society

EU General Affairs Council visits Trinity

MEPs, EU Commissioners and European Affairs Ministers visited Trinity yesterday to see the magnificent Book of Kells and the Old Library.

4 Sep 2026

EU Presidency|Society

Trinity welcomes 25 fifth-year students to Computer Science Hedge School

The Computer Science Hedge School is a free, two-year programme that offers second-level students from DEIS schools the chance to study Leaving Certificate Computer Science if their school does not provide the subject.

27 Aug 2026

Community|Innovation|Society

We can and should do better for Gaza students seeking to study in Ireland

What is needed is a funded partnership model between the Government and the institutions backed by fee waivers and donor support, writes Emma Stokes, outgoing vice-president for global engagement, in a comment piece first published in The Irish Times.

26 Aug 2026

Community|Society|Students

College entry system is rigged in favour of comfortable classes

Our system of admissions to higher education is designed to sort students into colleges and courses starkly divided by class, writes Barra Roantree, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, in The Irish Times.

26 Aug 2026

Research|Society

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

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