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Bob Geldof Receives Honorary Degree from Trinity
Geldof received it alongside historian Prof Marianne Elliott and expert on children's health Terry Dwyer.
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Immunology Professor and FoodCloud Co-Founder Represent Trinity in List of Powerful Irish Women
Prof Lydia Lynch, an immunologist in Trinity, and co-founder of FoodCloud Iseult Ward made the 2017 Women's Executive Network list.
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Tagann An Triú Scéim Gaeilge de chuid Coláiste na Tríonóide i bhFeidhm
Tar éis próisis comhairliúcháin fairsinge, d’fhógair Rúnaí an Choláiste tús na scéime nua inniu.
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Higher Retirement Income Leads to Higher Quality of Life in Old Age, According to New Trinity Study
The study, from TILDA, will prove significant for health insurance companies.
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Bob Geldof and Marianne Elliott Among Those to Get Honorary Degrees from Trinity
The degrees will be conferred in Trinity’s Public Theatre on Friday, June 23rd.
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Trinity’s Patrick Geoghegan Appointed Speechwriter to Leo Varadkar
A popular lecturer and former senior lecturer, Geoghegan will be given a leave of absence from Trinity.
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Young People Will be Crucial in Referendum, Crowd Told at Repeal Rally
Students, unions and activists gathered outside the Central Bank days after the Taoiseach’s promise of 2018 referendum.
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Fianna Fáil and Labour Will Not Back Creation of New Higher Education Cabinet Position
The position, seen as a sign of greater focus on the sector, has been criticised as ‘farcical’ and for being introduced to lessen the pain of demotion.
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Former Lecturer’s “Offensive” All-Staff Email About Ann Louise Gilligan Condemned by DCU
The university suspended the account of a retired staff member in response to comments about Gilligan’s sexuality after she passed away this week.
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Varadkar Announces Plan to Hold a Referendum on the Eighth Amendment
Newly elected taoiseach Leo Varadkar has tasked the Minister for Health with preparing the necessary legislation.