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Are interest rates really going to keep rising sharply?

Until core inflation is definitely under control, borrowing costs are going to rise more sharply than everyone was hoping, says Dr Supriya Kapoor, Trinity Business School, in this piece published in The Conversation.

13 Mar 2023

Business|Research|Society

Trinity partners with World Food Programme on food insecurity and situations of risk

People with disabilities are disproportionately affected by acute food insecurity, according to a new study by researchers from Trinity’s Department of Clinical Speech and Language Studies.

9 Mar 2023

Community|Research|Society

Trinity College Dublin named EU Gender Equality Champion

Trinity Provost Dr Linda Doyle said: “I am very proud that Trinity has won this award. Gender equality is a cornerstone of the deep-rooted fairness that we want Trinity to always embody. We have more to do and this wonderful award reminds us that we are on the right track."

8 Mar 2023

Awards and Funding|Community|Culture|Society

Creativity and brain science collide at Creative Brain Week 2023

The exciting week-long event puts Ireland on the world stage, hosting global experts to discuss creativity's impact on our health and well-being through the themes of conflict, joy and imagination.

6 Mar 2023

Three Trinity graduates feature in An Post stamps celebrating outstanding women

The stamps mark the outstanding contribution of Women in Public Life and feature Mary Robinson, Susan Denham, Jennie Wyse Power and Thekla Beere.

6 Mar 2023

Culture|Society

Windsor Framework is as good as it gets for unionism. Will it be enough?

The DUP’s response to the Windsor Agreement will determine whether we will celebrate the Good Friday Agreement’s 25th next month, its very future and that of these islands, says Etain Tannam, Associate Professor in international Peace Studies, in a piece originally published by The Irish Times.

6 Mar 2023

Research|Society

Rianú déanta ar fhréamhacha doimhne an éirí amach ón nGorta Mór go dtí tréimhse Réabhlóideach na hÉireann

De réir taighde nua ó staraithe eacnamaíocha, bhí sé níos dóchúla gurbh as na teaghlaigh agus na ceantair ba mó a raibh tionchar ag an nGorta Mór orthu do reibiliúnaigh na hÉireann a d’éirigh amach in aghaidh riail na Breataine.

2 Mar 2023

Culture|Research|Society

Deep roots of rebellion tracked from the Great Irish Famine to the Irish Revolutionary period

Irish rebels who revolted against British rule were more likely to come from families and locations most affected by the Great Irish Famine, according to new research from economic historians.

2 Mar 2023

Culture|Research|Society

Study explores conversion therapy practices in Ireland

Research findings from the School of Nursing and Midwifery indicate that conversion therapy practices take place in Ireland

24 Feb 2023

Health|Research|Society

Trinity to return human remains to Inishbofin

Trinity Provost Dr Linda Doyle said: “I am sorry for the upset that was caused by our retaining of these remains and I thank the Inishbofin community for their advocacy and engagement with us on this issue. We will now work with the community to ensure that the remains are returned in a respectful manner and in accordance with the community’s wishes."

22 Feb 2023

Community|Research|Society