Innovation - News & Events | Trinity College Dublin

Ambitious Martin Naughton E3 Learning Foundry opens at Trinity

The Martin Naughton E3 Learning Foundry’s layout allows for hybrid, collaborative and innovative teaching and learning.

28 Oct 2026

Community|Innovation|Students|Sustainability

From red mud to green concrete: Trinity-led team pioneers low-carbon construction material

An Enterprise Ireland-funded project has successfully brought a new bauxite refining residue concrete from the lab to industrial trials.

22 Oct 2026

Environment|Innovation|Research|Sustainability

REHEATZ wins CHARM DEN 2026

The Trinity-led transdisciplinary team behind REHEATZ, which works to recycle waste heat from food production in Zambia, has won this year’s CHARM-DEN competition.

22 Oct 2026

Business|Innovation

Trinity researchers develop pioneering new medicine for atopic dermatitis

Sitryx Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company co-founded by Trinity’s Professor Luke O’Neill has just announced positive results in a clinical trial of a new treatment for the inflammatory skin disease atopic dermatitis, which is commonly known as eczema.

15 Oct 2026

Health|Innovation|Research|Science

From quantum computers to earthquake detection: global experts explore future of optical communications

A three-day summer school brought together researchers, students and industry experts to examine the technologies shaping future communications networks.

13 Oct 2026

Innovation|Research|Science

Trinity welcomes EU Startups Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva

The EU Commissioner met with members of the Trinity Entrepreneurial Society, a student society that runs start-up competitions and an incubator, and which had issued an invitation to Trinity to her.

13 Oct 2026

Community|EU Presidency|Innovation|Students

Experts examine how Ireland can strengthen resilience while driving growth during its EU Presidency

Against a backdrop of evolving cyber threats and expanding regulatory requirements, leaders from government, industry and European institutions gathered in Trinity to discuss how Ireland can strengthen cyber resilience while remaining an attractive location for investment and innovation.

9 Oct 2026

Business|EU Presidency|Innovation|Science

Trinity and Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute to advance 6G research

Researchers at the Research Ireland CONNECT Centre headquartered at Trinity have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Taiwan’s ITRI to explore joint research, experimentation and innovation in 6G and other advanced communications technologies.

8 Oct 2026

Innovation|Research|Science

"Don't panic": AI's future role in healthcare debated at Trinity

At the free event at Trinity College Dublin, organised by the Fellows of Trinity College Dublin and chaired by Professor Rose Anne Kenny, experts explored the future of medicine, discussed whether human doctors remain essential, and examined the role of AI in biopharma and surgery.

1 Oct 2026

Community|Innovation|Society

Seven Trinity research projects secure HRB investment

The funding comes as the HRB is investing €12 million in 29 investigator-led research projects to support innovative and internationally competitive research across patient-oriented research (POR), population health research (PHR) and health services research (HSR).

23 Sep 2026

Awards and Funding|Health|Innovation|Research