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Bee more specific! New radar tech could revolutionise how we identify and track the world’s key pollinators

Scientists from Trinity and Technical University of Denmark have developed a new radar-based technique that could address a critical gap in global conservation efforts, by transforming how we identify and track the insects that are actually responsible for pollinating plants.

6 May 2026

Environment|Innovation|Research|Science|Sustainability

Trinity scientist aims to demystify debilitating inherited conditions and pinpoint new treatment options

Dr Dylan Ryan will pursue the research after securing a highly competitive Wellcome Career Development Award valued at around €2.5 million.

5 May 2026

Health|Research|Science

Researchers publish ‘playbook’ for understanding pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest cancers

Researchers have published a major new review that brings fresh clarity to one of the deadliest forms of cancer - pancreatic cancer - by mapping how the disease operates at every level. The review is published in the journal Cancer Letters.

30 Apr 2026

Health|Research

New copy of earliest poem in English language discovered by Trinity researchers in Rome

Old fashioned sleuthing and the help of modern technology leads to discovery of manuscript with poem composed by a farm labourer 1,300 years ago.

30 Apr 2026

Culture|Research

Trinity experts call for public health interventions for head injuries in sport

Professor Colin Doherty, Head of the School of Medicine at Trinity College Dublin, Professor Matthew Campbell of Trinity’s Smurfit Institute of Genetics, and Andrew Dunne, a former professional rugby union player, all addressed the Joint Committee today.

29 Apr 2026

Community|Health|Research|Society

Sticks and stones may break my bones but “hybrid” macrophages could heal me

Scientists from Trinity College Dublin and RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences have created new “hybrid” immune cells with the potential to help new bone form after a break by simultaneously promoting blood vessel and bone growth.

28 Apr 2026

Health|Research|Science

Karen Downs-Barton wins 2026 Pollard International Poetry Prize

Valued at €10,000, the prize is administered by the Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre in the School of English and sponsored by the John Pollard Foundation.

27 Apr 2026

Awards and Funding|Culture

Barriers to accessing contraception remain for older and marginalised women

Nearly one in three women may experience barriers to access the Free Contraception Scheme according to new research from Trinity's School of Social Work and Social Policy in collaboration with the National Women’s Council.

23 Apr 2026

Research|Society

Want to reduce your risk of dementia? Pick up an instrument or take a foreign trip

New research from Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience and the Global Brain Health Institute has found that engaging in physically, socially, and intellectually stimulating activities in middle age is one of the most powerful ways to boost cognition.

22 Apr 2026

Research|Science|Society

EY and Trinity join forces to appoint Assistant Professor in Financial Services

Trinity College Dublin and EY Ireland are to collaborate to create a new academic post of EY Assistant Professor in Financial Services

22 Apr 2026

Business|Community|Research