Trinity College Dublin (TCD)

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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

Corporate sponsors contribute an annual cash infusion each year, and gains are typically reinvested

The graduate business school was the only Irish institution named in the FT’s top 100 this year

Taoiseach said talent in science, technology, engineering and maths is ‘paramount’ for sustainable future and economy

New to the Parish: Brian McNerney moved here from Austin, Texas, in 2024

Violence is a devastatingly routine part of life for a major segment of the population

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’

‘Impossible to put a number’ on level of risk, says TCD immunologist who supervised research

Sale will feature rare book auction as well as a wide choice of reasonably priced second-hand books

Rob Fitzpatrick and Adrianne Ward advance as a team after winning Cork semi-final, with Trinity’s Tom Frances the winning individual

David Rattigan and Emer Nolan take team place, while Trinity’s Mary Woods makes individual final

Three outgoing Senators on NUI panel - Michael McDowell, Rónán Mullen and Alice Mary Higgins - are returned

Research Lives: Dr Deirdre Robertson is a senior researcher at the behavioural research unit, ESRI

Novelist’s work is packed with references to medicine, sickness and health

Polar bears’ secret to surviving in the Arctic ice revealed: greasy hair

Dublin University can claim to have elected Jane Austen’s Mr Darcy, or a bit of him

Former taoiseach honoured by university’s Law Society for contribution to building peace in Ireland

Coastwatch survey finds nitrate levels were lowest since 2012, while raw sewage discharges also declined

Joe Veselsky (106) made his mark on Ireland after his parents and brother died in Auschwitz

Michael Longley, from Belfast, received several awards for his 13 collections, including the Feltrinelli Prize

Television review: The story of how leading women of 1916 were later marginalised is chunkily incorporated into the grand sweep of de Valera’s fall and rise in TG4′s De Valera san Fhásach

Trinity College Tilda study shows benefits include socialisation, fewer falls and less fear of falls and injuries

From a bar management apprenticeship to a BA in content creation

Defence argued gun in Phelan’s pocket was ‘his last and only line of defence’ in emotionally charged situation involving Keith Conlon

Lack of even a basic list raises questions about how the scheme was monitored

Many native trees and shrubs provide natural bird food over several months in the winter

This selection provides a stimulating guide to the collection of graphic satire engravings assembled by Nicholas K Robinson, one of Ireland’s less well-known cultural treasures

Universities are providing more programmes for disabled students - but learners say we need to do far more to promote greater inclusion in education

University to transform flagship exhibition space on Pearse Street into campus’s first student centre

We have many of the technological tools needed to make significant reductions in emissions

Report highlights gaps in policies around aspects of artificial intelligence

Former Trinity College librarian ran Uniskin Press and was prominent member of the Irish Labour History Society

Fewer students awarded first-class degrees but proportion of high achievers is 40% higher than in 2015

The bus memorialised by Bagatelle, which runs from Phoenix Park to Dún Laoghaire, is a cross-section of the city, geographically and socially. It will soon be replaced by a 24-hour service

Dr Linda Doyle is the first female Provost of Trinity College Dublin. She is a professor of engineering and the arts

Up-and-coming comedian Rachel Galvo talks mental health, finding her feet and being a Shite Feminist

Veteran war reporter’s records over 50-year career include notes from interviews with Osama bin Laden

About a tenth of cigarettes are destroyed; Rezero aims to capitalise on that destruction

Syrian-Irish writer’s memoir I Don’t Want to Talk About Home was published in 2022