Pollination: How to bringing the buzz back into our countryside, towns and cities
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ESRI appoints Prof Martina Lawless as new director
Martina Lawless worked as a research economist with the Central Bank for ten years before joining the ESRI in 2015
‘It’s not soccer money’ - Jamie Heaslip reflects on entering the business world after rugby
The idea that diversity practices in business oppose meritocracy is 'simply not true', the Dean said, suggesting the college should 'double down' on the drive for social diversity.
Sam the Trinity fox, immortalised in Derek Mahon poem, has died
Call for minute’s silence at Trinity Ball next weekend for pandemic celebrity who patrolled college grounds during lockdown
Former Trinity College Dublin administrator awarded €15,000 for unfair dismissal
Unfair Dismissals Act protections applied to Kate Brennan as she was asked to work out her notice period
Hooked: How Addiction Hijacks Your Brain review – Compelling documentary never resorts to finger-wagging
Television: It would have been tempting for Dr Brian Pennie to make this film all about his own addiction story but he never labours the point
Glitter microplastics damage shells and skeletons of sea life, Irish scientists find
Notorious pollutant found in sea turtles and chewing gum in wave of new studies
‘Punch to the gut’: Students condemn potential €1,000 rise in third-level fees
Minister signals the €1,000 cut to third-level fees could be reversed this year
Offshore surface vehicle project among nine recipients of €17.7m funding
Project financing announced through Research Ireland’s infrastructure programme
The starling: Decades of work to comprehend movement patterns in this feathered species
‘The shapes we see in starling murmurations are an example of “emergent behaviour” ... from relatively simple underlying rules’
No escape for professions from rolling revolution that is artificial intelligence
‘You have got to take a more dynamic approach, aim to run fast and still be able to change direction’
House price inflation in Ireland reaches eight-year high
First quarter level of available second hand homes now at lowest since 2007
In pictures: The 75th annual Colours Boat Race between UCD and Trinity College
The annual boat races between Trinity and UCD took place through Dublin city centre on the river Liffey
Author Claire Hennessy: ‘The world would be a better place if more people felt that being of service was worthwhile’
The author has spent almost 25 years focusing on young-adult and children’s fiction. In the Movie of Her Life is her first collection of stories for adults
The Routledge Companion to 21st-century Irish Writing: academics deliver hefty report from the coalface on the state of our culture
A mixed-bag on purpose, the volume spans prose, poetry and drama then looks at the new in an uncertain era of change
Food on campus: Greasy college grub makes way for smart student-led initiatives
From the Galway pantry tackling food waste to breakfast clubs and training restaurants, campus dining is having a moment
Spotlight on postgraduate options
Ireland’s third-level institutions offer a range of postgraduate degree options. Here we explore a selection of available courses.
Rise of the ‘fit-fluencer’: ‘We have people coming in with rashes because a TikTok said shampoo would clear their acne’
Experts say a growing amount of health misinformation is being shared online in the form of exercise and diet advice that’s not backed by science
If men were killing beetles at the rate they’re attacking women, something would be done
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Gamma rays could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions here on earth
Findings will inform targeting of emissions cuts, say University of Galway scientists
Delving into the power of DNA for patients
Research Lives: Dr Laura Whelan, post-doctoral researcher, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
Burrow Beach sewage fix criticised over fears next storm could undo it
Discharge was ongoing for three weeks before intervention
Leading thinkers to gather to honour Ireland’s greatest mathematician William Rowan Hamilton
Trinity College Dublin to remember former student with conference taking place this week
Trinity College Dublin celebrates renaming former Berkeley library after poet Eavan Boland
Trinity Chancellor Mary McAleese said move was part of dealing with ‘colonial legacies’
Prof Aoife McLysaght: ‘Mum just said, do what you love and the job will follow. Which is very optimistic and brave advice’
The professor of evolutionary genetics at Trinity College Dublin explains what has driven her through her career and what she hopes to achieve as the new Government science adviser
Project Sheela: International Women’s Day art trail highlights Ireland’s ‘open wounds’
Anonymous sheela-na-gig artists will reveal a new series of plaques from today
Executive education bursaries give Ukrainians in Ireland new tools to progress
Programme run by Trinity Business School is to be extended to other groups including those working in the areas of homelessness and mental health
The Enlightenment gave rise to a habit of worshipping ‘great men’, but they never had to worry about dying in childbirth
Unthinkable: Donald Trump is on a crusade to unwind the ‘woke’ agenda, but that does not mean the question of inclusivity is solved
Trinity argues law not intended for students to decide who comes and goes from accommodation
Former Student’s Union president László Molnárfi lodged dispute over ‘paternalistic’ overnight policy
Treasures from the home: Georgian prints, elegant cabinetry and musical instruments
Upcoming house content sales offer opportunity to acquire gems for your home
How robots are helping to set a sustainable course for Irish farming
Scientists at Maynooth University are applying a breadth of thinking and innovation with a view to putting farming on a surer footing
Humans don’t drink alone: alcohol consumption is widespread in nature
‘One species that can match us drink for drink, however, is the humble vinegar fly’
Disabled people wanting to go into politics are hindered by cost, negative attitudes and even fear of violence
Political parties urged to consider greater diversity when proposing candidates for election and co-option
Bird flu ‘could very well become the next pandemic’, says Irish virologist
Department of Agriculture and public health specialists consider risk manageable as no other animal species infected here
Any new data centres here will need to supply electricity to other premises under revised rules
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Crisis in academia: ‘I love research, but I don’t see any security or stability in it’
Lack of funding, precarious work and intense competition mean the once-revered job of lecturing has become less attractive as a viable long-term career
Meet the Trinity students managing a €700,000 fund
Corporate sponsors contribute an annual cash infusion each year, and gains are typically reinvested
UCD Smurfit School climbs global MBA programme rankings
The graduate business school was the only Irish institution named in the FT’s top 100 this year
‘My parents are proud’: Students from under-represented backgrounds receive funding for Stem study
Taoiseach said talent in science, technology, engineering and maths is ‘paramount’ for sustainable future and economy
‘I had a very gut-wrenching moment as an American, watching my country self-immolate’
New to the Parish: Brian McNerney moved here from Austin, Texas, in 2024
Nothing drives a truck through your prospects quite like the wrong man
Violence is a devastatingly routine part of life for a major segment of the population
How Senator Aubrey McCarthy befriended notorious murderer the Black Widow
Plus: Still waiting for Shane Ross to dish the dirt on RTÉ; ex-Ireland player’s country house plans hit a brick wall and team Trump take aim at an Irish ‘DEI musical’
Whooping cough increases autism risk in infants, Trinity research finds
‘Impossible to put a number’ on level of risk, says TCD immunologist who supervised research
Trinity book sale back for first time since pandemic
Sale will feature rare book auction as well as a wide choice of reasonably priced second-hand books
UCD’s L&H society gets second team into Irish Times debate final
Rob Fitzpatrick and Adrianne Ward advance as a team after winning Cork semi-final, with Trinity’s Tom Frances the winning individual
Student solicitors win place in Irish Times debate final
David Rattigan and Emer Nolan take team place, while Trinity’s Mary Woods makes individual final
Lynn Ruane and Tom Clonan re-elected on Trinity panel as Seanad counting nears end
Three outgoing Senators on NUI panel - Michael McDowell, Rónán Mullen and Alice Mary Higgins - are returned
Human psychology: ‘Even being told you are old could affect things like blood pressure’
Research Lives: Dr Deirdre Robertson is a senior researcher at the behavioural research unit, ESRI
Reimagining James Joyce as doctor of medical science
Novelist’s work is packed with references to medicine, sickness and health
Polar bears’ secret to surviving in the Arctic ice revealed: greasy hair
Polar bears’ secret to surviving in the Arctic ice revealed: greasy hair
Last Poll and Chorus – Frank McNally on the end of 400 years of Trinity College elections
Dublin University can claim to have elected Jane Austen’s Mr Darcy, or a bit of him
‘We’ll see’: Bertie Ahern coy on presidential ambitions as he receives award at Trinity College Dublin
Former taoiseach honoured by university’s Law Society for contribution to building peace in Ireland
Decline in nitrate levels and sewage pollution found in Irish coastal areas
Coastwatch survey finds nitrate levels were lowest since 2012, while raw sewage discharges also declined
Holocaust survivor Joe Veselsky, Ireland’s oldest man, prepares for anniversary of liberation
Joe Veselsky (106) made his mark on Ireland after his parents and brother died in Auschwitz
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