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The 100-year life: TILDA marks 20 years of research into ageing

At a public event, leading voices in research, policy and public life reflected on how Ireland is ageing, what TILDA has revealed over two decades, and how this evidence can help shape healthier, longer and more connected futures for generations to come.

9 Jun 2026

Community|Research|Society

Trinity team to repurpose injectable influenza vaccine into nasally delivered option

Researchers from Trinity’s School of Biochemistry and Immunology will lead a project to repurpose an injectable influenza vaccine into one administered nasally.

4 Jun 2026

Health|Research|Science

Life under the shadow of regeneration in Dolphin House flats

Everyday life under the shadow of a major regeneration project is the subject of a new research project undertaken by researchers at the School of Social Work and Social Policy.

2 Jun 2026

Trinity partners with local primary school for Clean Air Living Lab

The Clean Air Living Lab project was launched during Green Schools Ireland Clean Air Week last November, engaging students, staff, and the wider community in understanding air quality in Dublin.

2 Jun 2026

Sustainability

New Trinity study reveals rapid evolution of cancers with shrunken genomes

Researchers at Trinity have found that a largely overlooked form of cancer evolution, which drives aggressive disease and poor patient outcomes, is far more widespread than previously thought.

2 Jun 2026

Health|Research|Science

Dá laghad an géanóm is ea is ionsaithí an ailse – léiríonn staidéar nua éabhlóid thapa ailsí a mbaineann géanóim chraptha leo

Tá sé faighte amach ag taighdeoirí i gColáiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath, go bhfuil cineál éabhlóide ailse, ar tugadh neamhaird air den chuid is mó agus a spreagann galar ionsaitheach agus drochthorthaí othar, i bhfad níos forleithne ná mar a measadh roimhe seo.

2 Jun 2026

Health|Research|Science

"Something for everyone": Book club launches global reading of Ulysses in 80 days

“There is something for everyone, even if they don't read the 10-12 pages EVERY day”, said Cliona O’Farrelly, Professor of Comparative Immunology at Trinity College Dublin and the power behind the annual book club, whose 2026 Dublin readings take place in Unit18.

28 May 2026

Arts|Community|Culture|Society

Trinity researchers identify immune ‘energy signature’ linked to tuberculosis protection

The findings could help pave the way for improved TB monitoring tools and future therapies or vaccines that target how immune cells generate energy.

28 May 2026

Health|Research

Trinity to host new research on how immune system repairs brain

Prof. Denise Fitzgerald, from Trinity’s School of Medicine, has been awarded €6.26 million Research Professorship funding from Research Ireland to investigate how ageing affects the ways the immune system helps repair brain tissue in illnesses such as Multiple Sclerosis (MS).

27 May 2026

Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Science

Trinity trio elected Members of the Royal Irish Academy

The Royal Irish Academy (RIA) celebrated Admittance Day on Friday 22 May, where 29 newly elected Members were officially admitted to the Academy for their exceptional contributions to the sciences, humanities and social sciences, as well as to public service.

26 May 2026

Awards and Funding|Research|Science|Society