The Latest Breaking News from Trinity College Dublin

How the dung queen of Dublin was swept from history

AI to be used by researchers to scour documents for information on women omitted from chronicles written by men about men

The Guardian - UK · Apr 10, 2024

Keep winning at tennis? You may see more images each second, scientists say

Elite athletes and professional gamers may have higher than average visual temporal resolution, research suggests

The Guardian - UK · Apr 1, 2024

Were the monks on drugs? How The Book of Kells went fully psychedelic

Spirited to Ireland to save it from the Vikings, this wild illumination of the New Testament, full of gilded curls and coils, is one of the most ecstatic artworks ever – and now it’s gone gloriously immersive

The Guardian - UK · Jan 4, 2024

Trinity College Dublin set to remove slave owner's name from library

The Berkeley Library was named after philosopher George Berkeley who "bought slaves, named Philip, Anthony, Edward, and Agnes Berkeley, to work on his Rhode Island estate in 1730-31"

Irish Mirror · Apr 26, 2023

Stephen Donnelly backs Micheál Martin's chief over Robert Watt in Holohan row

A report in Dr Tony Holohan's botched secondment to Trinity College Dublin contained a fiery letter from Micheál Martin's Chief of Staff Deirdre Gillane disputing suggestions from Health Secretary General Robert Watt that she knew about the move sooner

Irish Mirror · Apr 19, 2023

Ireland has lost almost all of its native forests – here's how to bring them back

Despite its green image, Ireland has surprisingly little forest. Across Europe, nations average around 35% forest cover but in Ireland the figure is just 11%, one of the lowest on the continent.

The Conversation · Feb 24, 2023

Trinity College Dublin to return skulls stolen from Inishbofin

Return of human remains robbed by academics in 1890 sets possible precedent for other artefacts

The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2023

Neuroscientists identified predisposition to accidental awareness under anesthesia

Brain structures which could predict an individual's proclivity to accidental awareness under anaesthetic have been identified for the first time by neuroscientists in Trinity College Dublin. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Feb 21, 2023

New Covid subvariant could make vaccines 'less effective', warns Dublin expert

Professor of Immunology at Trinity College Dublin Dr Kingston Mills says the Omicron BA5 variant is the most easily spread to date

Dublin Live · Jan 6, 2023

Trinity College Dublin considers returning Inishbofin skulls

Skulls’ removal from island in 1890s was colonial-era violation, say campaigners

The Guardian - UK · Dec 14, 2022