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The funding of €2.5m has been awarded to scientists from AMBER, the Research Ireland Centre for Advanced Materials and BioEngineering Research based in Trinity College Dublin

€2.5m for Trinity College researchers for cancer healing

€2.5m has been awarded for the development of a project called "SMARTHEAL", an implant which aims to improve postoperative care for colorectal cancer patients.

Business • 26 Feb

Students at TU Dublin have welcomed plans to extend Seanad election voting to all university graduates

Watch: Students back changes to Seanad election voting

Students at TU Dublin have welcomed plans to allow all graduates to vote in Seanad elections.

Politics • 21 Nov 23

There are currently 40 marble busts - all of men - in the Long Room

Trinity College to display four new sculptures of women

Trinity College Dublin is to commission four new sculptures representing women scholars for display in the Long Room of the Old Library.

Dublin • 26 Nov 20

Students are likely to spend a lot less time on campus than before

7 ways college will look different next year

Like so many other things, third level education will have to change to deal with the challenges posed by Covid-19. Samantha Libreri takes a look at what will be different at some of the country's universities and colleges when the next academic year begins in the autumn.

Education • 11 Jun 20

At NUI Galway students will be asked to sign a disclaimer statement at the start of each online exam

Online tests replace 'face-to-face' exams at 3rd level

'Face to face' end of year exams have been cancelled at the country's third level colleges and students will be asked to self-certify that they are complying with the rules in online assessments and tests that will in many instances replace them.

Coronavirus • 25 Mar 20

Students have been given until 8pm tomorrow to leave campus accommodation

Trinity closing campus accommodation over Covid-19

Trinity College is closing its on campus accommodation after at least eight students attending the college tested positive for Covid-19.

Education • 16 Mar 20

Trinity College Dublin said the 'disappointing' decline is relative to other countries' investment in education

TCD falls more than 40 places in university rankings

Trinity College Dublin's position in an international university rankings table has slipped dramatically by more than 40 places.

Education • 12 Sep 19

The report says weight issues established in early childhood can be difficult to reverse

Report highlights inequalities among 13-year-olds

Over a quarter of 13-year-olds in Ireland were heavier than the medical profession says they should have been when they were surveyed in 2012 - and 6% of the total were obese.

Ireland • 17 Oct 18

The protests included the occupation of Trinity's 18th century Dining Hall as well as the blocking of exits and tourist access to the Book of Kells

Trinity reverses plans for €450 resit fee after protest

Trinity College has reversed plans to introduce a €450 charge for students who need to resit exams.

Education • 28 Mar 18

TCD Students' Union has said the charge is unfair

Trinity students end college occupation in fees protest

There were jubilant scenes at Trinity College Dublin as students who had occupied the university's 18th century Dining Hall ended their protest over exam resit fees.

Education • 15 Mar 18

Research will focus on how internet connect objects can be used to improve quality of life

€14m 'internet of things' study to be launched

A €14.5 million research programme to study how internet connected objects can be used to improve the quality of life of ordinary citizens living in urban areas is being launched today.

Technology • 31 Jan 18

Mario Draghi was in Trinity College Dublin today

Europe needs to tackle youth unemployment - Draghi

The President of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, said that completing the European single market would help to reduce the rate of youth unemployment in the EU.

Business • 22 Sep 17

The changes would allow unhindered pedestrian access from St Stephen's Green to the south quays

Plans unveiled to pedestrianise College Green

Plans to begin permanent traffic restrictions at College Green have been unveiled by Dublin City Council.

Ireland • 08 Feb 16

Much of the work will be carried out in Trinity College’s newly established Academic Unit of Neurology

TCD to take part in worldwide MND study

A team of scientists at Trinity College Dublin is to build full DNA profiles of at least 400 Motor Neurone Disease (MND) patients as part of an international project to try to establish genetic links to the disease.

News • 04 Dec 14

The study was carried out by the ESRI and Trinity College

Study outlines impact of child abuse on older men

A new study has found that older male survivors of child sexual abuse are three times more likely than other men in Ireland to consider themselves too sick or disabled to work.

News • 15 Aug 14

Trinity College has set itself a target of having 8% of its student body from Northern Ireland

Trinity College to increase number of NI students

Trinity College Dublin has launched an initiative to triple its intake of students from Northern Ireland.

News • 04 Jul 14

New research at Trinity College has shed light on the variety of symptoms that can signify a heart attack

Study shows variance in heart attack symptoms

Two thirds of people who suffer a heart attack experience the slow onset of symptoms, not the sudden and dramatic onset depicted in TV dramas and movies, new research has found.

News • 11 Nov 13

As well as giving off light and heat the sun also has huge eruptions of hot gas

Irish scientists make sun storms breakthrough

A group of international scientists, including some from Trinity College Dublin, have identified a missing link between storms on the sun and radio bursts that can damage technology on earth.

News • 07 Oct 13

Trinity College Dublin is now placed 61 internationally, up from 67 last year

Most Irish universities drop in world rankings

International university rankings published today show a fall in the standing of most universities in Ireland.

News • 10 Sep 13

Trinity College's CRANN centre has received a major funding boost

Irish research institution gets EU funding boost

An Irish research institution has secured a significant role in a massive €1 billion flagship EU funded research project.

News • 29 Jan 13

It has been reported that 25 places will be reserved on three TCD courses using the alternative entry method

Trinity College to trial new admissions system

The Dean of Undergraduate Studies at Trinity College Dublin, Dr Patrick Geoghegan, has described the CAO points system as "one of the least fair methods" to determine admissions to third level courses.

News • 14 Jan 13