Trinity Highlights from 2023

Trinity celebrates new Scholars and Fellows

Trinity College Dublin today celebrated a new cohort of Fellows and Scholars as Trinity Monday’s annual highlight took centre stage in Front Square.

20 April 2026

Awards and Funding|Students

“A quiet and determined powerhouse”: Mother of six graduates from Trinity

PhD student Rose Doolan-Maher was congratulated by all six of her children today as she graduated from the School of Social Work & Social Policy at Trinity.

17 April 2026

Awards and Funding|Students

Modern language scholars receive honorary degrees at Trinity

As part of the year-long celebrations to mark 250 years of modern languages at Trinity, four outstanding individuals were conferred today with honorary degrees of the university for their exceptional contributions to this field.

17 April 2026

Awards and Funding|Community|Culture|Society

Iconic sharks and tunas are overheating; face “double jeopardy” in warming seas

A new study led by researchers from Trinity and the University of Pretoria, reveals that some of the ocean’s most powerful predators are running hotter, and that they are likely paying an increasingly steep price for it.

16 April 2026

Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability

The surprising power of seashells: how oyster waste can recapture rare earth elements

Prof. Juan Diego Rodriguez-Blanco and his team in Trinity's School of Natural Sciences, are exploring how waste shells can "grab" critically needed rare earth elements.

15 April 2026

Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability

Archives reveal hardship faced by the families of those killed in 1916 Rising

Lindsey Earner-Byrne, School of Histories and Humanities, writes for The Conversation about what the archives reveal about the hardships faced by the families of those killed in 1916.

14 April 2026

Culture|Research

Trinity establishes Centre for Digital Security and Societal Resilience

The new research centre brings together multidisciplinary expertise and positions Ireland at the forefront of digital resilience, infrastructure protection and AI accountability.