No country for old people? Ireland’s declining younger population suggests it might be
Faster-than-anticipated fall in number of children under 14 raises questions about how State will pay for ageing population
Trinity College Dublin (TCD)
Scramble for student accommodation begins as shortages deepen nationwide
Ireland’s housing crisis has made the ritual of living away from home a nerve-racking one for the country’s 280,000 third-level students
Dublin Mean Time: When Ireland was 25 minutes and 21 seconds behind Britain
In humanity’s pursuit of the right time, our modern technologies have achieved a level of accuracy far beyond what can be perceived in everyday life
Still plenty of options for those who didn’t receive an offer
Applicants who receive no offer can check the CAO’s ‘available places’ facility, or wait for Round 2
CAO points and college places: Good news and bad for the class of 2026
For some, the good fortune of high points is countered by the misfortune of random selection
Points rise in over half of all college courses across Ireland
Campaigners call for reform of ‘pressure cooker’ points system
We can and should do better for Gaza students seeking to study in Ireland
What is needed is a funded partnership model between the Government and the institutions backed by fee waivers and donor support
College entry system is rigged in favour of comfortable classes
Our system of admissions to higher education is designed to sort students into colleges and courses starkly divided by class
‘Nature needs all the help it can get’: projects aim to re-establish oyster reefs
Overharvesting, pollution and harsh winters all contributed to the decline of oysters in Ireland
We reached ‘peak-woke’ in 2020-2023. Today that looks ridiculous
Participants subtly try to distance themselves from their 2020-2023 behaviour in shaping groupthink mindset
Trinity College Dublin suggests students petition Government Ministers over Palestinian visa issue
Widespread rejection of Palestinian scholars’ visa applications ‘deeply concerning’, administrators say
Why you should quit the coding job and retrain as a philosopher for hire
US philosophy graduates are more likely to have jobs than their computer science peers
‘It’ll be nice when it’s a proper estate’: Breathing new life into a derelict development in Roscommon
Residents of Shannon Valley, where almost half the houses are boarded-up, are now hopeful for the future
An oyster’s journey from sea to spoon in Ireland: ‘It’s far from umami we were reared’
There’s a glorious simplicity to harvesting and preparing an oyster to eat, but that doesn’t mean there’s no work involved
Irish scientists celebrated ‘like Nasa’ after capturing perfect eclipse 550km off coast
Findings will be used to help solve a mystery about the outer layer of the sun
Quantum leap: New research centre will ‘really boost’ physics in Ireland
John Goold is a professor in physics at Trinity College Dublin and codirector of Rinn Quantum
Solar eclipse: A team of Irish scientists took to the sky to capture these images
Ireland will not see such a deep eclipse again until 2090, and the phenomenon changes the sky in ways worth understanding
Most Irish universities hike on-campus accommodation costs for new academic year
UCD Village room for almost €12,000 remains Ireland’s most expensive student accommodation
The low budget pollinator project that grew wings and created real change
Low-budget, highly ambitious project to restore populations of critical insects fast became a top nature-positive initiative
Justine Megan: ‘It wasn’t until I went to Trinity that I was diagnosed as working class’
Justine Megan: When Irish people have big ideas about themselves, you’re told ‘Oh, you’ve got notions’. We need to lose that
Big reduction in costs could see explosion of robot car services
As costs fall, partly thanks to AI, autonomous driving services including robotaxis are set to increase dramatically
We are living longer. This is how workplaces need to adapt
Forced retirement robs many people of a sense of purpose, which is a key factor in longevity. But it also denies organisations something they need
Doing time: Colm Keena reflects on how he has spent much of his career in lovely buildings
A felicitous aspect of a reporter’s work is the amount of time spent in the rooms and corridors of Ireland’s architectural treasures
Ancient Irish volcano provides new clues to modern-day eruptions
Research led by Trinity College reveals how magma moves and changes underground
Ancient smallpox DNA recovered from mummies by TCD researchers
Trinity College Dublin-led research sheds new light on one of history's deadliest epidemics
Meet the Irish woman standing at the most visible conducting podium in the world
Why was Handel’s Messiah first performed in Dublin? Because 243 years before Bob Geldof’s Live Aid, Ireland invented the benefit gig
‘A dream come true’: Jonathan Anderson to present Dior show in Trinity College Dublin
Trinity show will be the first time Anderson has presented a collection in Ireland
‘There’s so few things to do that don’t cost money’: Dublin named 14th dearest city for students
Dublin has been ranked as the 137th least affordable of 150 cities in a new report
Move to a four-day week and ditch plastic straws: 10 steps to boost your sustainability
Simple measures alongside long-term ones can help businesses fight against climate change
What to do if you suspect a spy in your midst in Ireland
Six easy steps, plus appendix, to root out foreign intelligence assets operating in Ireland
The gender gap among senior civil servants is closing, but not at secretary general level
Women in senior management roles have jumped 10% but there is some way to go to achieve gender balance at the top
We need creative help to understand and reverse human-induced climate change
Artists can be shape-shifters of cultural norms, as they are not afraid to push against the status quo and stimulate behaviour change
Trinity’s Treasures with Ruth Negga on RTÉ One: Why restrict such a good idea to just one college?
Television: With all the learning and accomplishments of Irish institutions RTÉ has – presumably for budgetary reasons – limited its scope here to Trinity College
The secret to successful eavesdropping: Trinity College study shows how we do it
Findings challenge long-held view that people can only focus on one speaker at a time
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