Articles
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Vitamin D could help fight off Covid-19 – new TILDA research
New TILDA research highlights the key role of Vitamin D in the body’s immune response to fight infection and emphasises the importance of increasing intake while staying at home/’cocooning’.
3 Apr 2020
Research
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Student groups urged to apply for Trinity Trust Special Fund
The Trinity College Dublin Trust is inviting applications from student groups for grants from a special fund of €100,000 to support student life during the pandemic. This fund has been established to assist societies, sports clubs and other organised student groups to develop new projects.
27 Nov 2020
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Internet access and use by older adults in the ‘new normal’
The TILDA report delves into the internet habits and behaviours of adults aged 50 and over in Ireland.
3 Jun 2020
Research
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Birds, bees and butter – biodiversity crucial for shea production in West Africa
Shea yields are likely to benefit from a diversity of trees and shrubs, which has implications for managing a crop typically harvested and sold by women in rural areas, and which helps finance education for children.
26 May 2020
Research
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“We need those summer dollars!”: Why the COVID shark is out there still
In the Sunday Independent, Prof. Luke O'Neill wrote about the parallels between the film Jaws and COVID-19, casting Tony Holohan as Chief Brody
6 Jul 2020
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Trinity research suggests head shop closures reduced drug harm
Research from Trinity College Dublin suggests that the closure of Ireland’s head shops in June 2010 resulted in a decline in the incidence of drug-related emergency hospital admissions.
16 Nov 2020
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Northern Ireland after coronavirus: three scenarios for politics and peace
A thought-provoking opinion piece published by The Conversation and written by David Mitchell, assistant professor in conflict resolution and reconiliation at Trinity.
4 Jun 2020
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Researchers question Google Play component of COVID tracker apps
Prof. Doug Leith and Dr Stephen Farrell at the School of Computer Science and Statistics have issued a new report concluding that user privacy is not protected adequately in COVID-19 tracking apps.
23 Jul 2020
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Documenting the toll of COVID-19 on Ireland’s older people
Trinity researchers to study how people 50 years and older in Ireland have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
29 Jun 2020
Research
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Trinity PhD student in European final for innovation award
A PhD student at Trinity College Dublin is today (Wednesday May 20th) competing with counterparts in major European universities in the final of an innovation competition run by electronics company Qualcomm. Daniel Joseph (DJ) Ringis works in the area of AI for video streaming with the Sigmedia Group in Trinity’s Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. From Trinidad, he is in his third year and is supervised by Professor Anil Kokaram and Dr Francois Pitie. The Sigmedia group has […]
20 May 2020