Trinity Highlights for 2023
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Steroids reduce inflammation in chronic mycobacterial lung infections without limiting antimicrobial defence
Researchers from Trinity and St. James’s Hospital have shown that dexamethasone, a commonly prescribed anti-inflammatory steroid, can reduce harmful inflammation triggered by Mycobacterium avium without weakening the ability of human immune cells to control the infection.
11 August 2026
Health|Research|Science
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Donald Trump is right for once. The EU is soft on slave labour
Surely we are past the point of cutting sweatshops some slack? writes Dr Alan Eustace, School of Law, in an analysis piece in The Irish Times.
11 August 2026
Research|Society
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Scientists take to the skies to observe 2026 Solar Eclipse from Flying Observatory
On 12 August a team of scientists from Ireland and Italy will take to the skies off Ireland’s west coast to observe one of nature’s most spectacular phenomena: a total solar eclipse.
10 August 2026
Research|Science
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Ancient Irish volcano offers new clues about the development of its modern-day, active “brothers and sisters”
The research team, led by scientists from Trinity College Dublin and including those from the UK, USA, and the Geological Survey of Northern Ireland, studied rocks across Carlingford Mountain which formed as the magma system inflated beneath the volcano over thousands of years.
31 July 2026
Research|Science
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Ancient genomes reveal how European colonisation brought smallpox to the Americas
Smallpox, caused by variola virus, played a major role in the catastrophic population decline experienced by Indigenous peoples after European arrival.
31 July 2026
Research|Science
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Trinity hosts EU Research and Innovation Ministers in the Old Library
European Research and Innovation Ministers and policy makers visited Trinity College Dublin this week to visit the Long Room and view the Book of Kells, the exquisite medieval manuscript housed in Trinity's Old Library.
23 July 2026
Innovation|Research|Society
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Trinity-led report: sustainability in healthcare offers huge opportunity
Sustainability in healthcare should not be viewed as a cost, but as an opportunity, according to a new report launched today by Health Innovation Hub Ireland (HIHI).
21 July 2026
Health|Innovation|Sustainability
Trinity Highlights from 2023
21 Dec 2023