Trinity College Dublin

Three early career researchers participated in a 6-month workshop to learn how to present their research through the medium of video for a public audience. The Trinity Long Room Hub has launched a new initiative, giving early career researchers the opportunity to develop filming and editing skills and learn how to communicate their research to public audiences through video.

Giovanni Di Liberto, Assistant Professor in Intelligent Systems at the School of Computer Science and Statistics, is among the recepients of the Trinity College Dublin Award for Excellence in Supervision of Research Students. The award recognises supervisors who support their students’ academic progress and wellbeing throughout their postgraduate research.

Posted on: 09 October 2026 President of Ireland Catherine Connolly joined celebrations to mark 250 years of the study and teaching of modern languages at Trinity College Dublin. On 29 September 1776, Trinity was the first university in Ireland and the UK to introduce the study of modern continental languages when it appointed Chairs in French, German, Spanish and Italian.

Posted on: 09 October 2026 Against a backdrop of evolving cyber threats and expanding regulatory requirements, leaders from government, industry and European institutions gathered in Trinity to discuss how Ireland can strengthen cyber resilience while remaining an attractive location for investment and innovation. Cybersecurity is increasingly recognised not only as a security imperative, but as a critical enabler of competitiveness, economic security and business resilience.

Posted on: 09 October 2026 Against a backdrop of evolving cyber threats and expanding regulatory requirements, leaders from government, industry and European institutions gathered in Trinity to discuss how Ireland can strengthen cyber resilience while remaining an attractive location for investment and innovation. Cybersecurity is increasingly recognised not only as a security imperative, but as a critical enabler of competitiveness, economic security and business resilience.

President of Ireland Catherine Connolly joined celebrations to mark 250 years of the study and teaching of modern languages at Trinity College Dublin, following the Hely-Hutchinson Lectures, on 8 October 2026. President of Ireland Catherine Connolly with Provost Dr Linda Doyle. President of Ireland Catherine Connolly, Provost Dr Linda Doyle, and members of the Hely-Hutchinson family, with colleagues representing the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies.

Posted on: 09 October 2026 Tá an géarchéim tithíochta ag bagairt ar inmharthanacht na Gaelainne mar theanga phobail i nGaeltacht Chorca Dhuibhne de réir pháipéar polasaí nua a d’fhoilsigh taighdeoirí ó Choláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath, inniu. Eascraíonn an páipéar as bunstaidéar cáilíochtúil a d’fhiosraigh an cur amach a bhí ag muintir an cheantair ar an ngéarchéim tithíochta.

Posted on: 09 October 2026 The housing crisis is threatening the sustainability of Irish as a community language in the West Kerry Gaeltacht, according to a new policy paper published today by researchers from Trinity College Dublin. The paper draws on a small-scale qualitative study investigating how residents experience the housing crisis in the West Kerry Gaeltacht.

As part of the Maxeke-Robinson Research Chair, a partnership between the Trinity Long Room Hub and the Centre for Humanities Research (CHR) at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), Dr Brendan Ciarán Browne, Associate Professor at Trinity’s School of Religion, Theology and Peace Studies, writes about his experience at UWC and his reflections on the fellowship.

Posted on: 08 October 2026 Trinity's Prof. Tomás Ryan and his team were among the many neuroscientists around the world celebrating the success of Karl Deisseroth, who along with Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel was awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Hegemann and Nagel discovered channelrhodopsin, a light-sensitive ion channel in a single-celled alga. Deisseroth showed that it could be put into brain cells to “remote control” them with light.