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TCD

# tcd - Saturday 13 April, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Catholic Church

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin says church cannot be ‘self-serving’

In an address today, Martin reminisced about his time in Clonliffe College, describing it as a “very cold place in more ways than one.”

# tcd - Monday 18 February, 2013

Teenage Dirtbags This post contains videos

VIDEO: Dancing on tables in Trinity College library

Listening to Iron Maiden, no doubt.

# tcd - Tuesday 29 January, 2013

From TheJournal.ie MRSA

TCD researchers discover how MRSA bacterium is carried in human nose

Scientists say the discovery “opens new avenues” for reducing the number of MRSA infections.

# tcd - Monday 28 January, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Science

Good news: Irish scientists to play key role in giant €1 billion project

The largest ever research project funded in the history of the EU was announced this morning.

# tcd - Tuesday 22 January, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Hospice Care

Report: Irish hospice care high, but regional inequalities persist

A programme introduced in hospices was examined by Trinity College Dublin researchers.

# tcd - Tuesday 6 November, 2012

Trinity Ents pulls Chris Brown ticket competition after complaints

The Trinity College Dublin entertainment society pulled the Facebook competition, apologising to anyone offended by it.

# tcd - Friday 2 November, 2012

From TheJournal.ie BIG IDEAS

Dublin to host TEDx talks aimed solely at young people

Cystic Fibrosis campaigner and journalist Orla Tinsley and exonerated former Death Row inmate Peter Pringle are among the speakers at the TEDxYouth event which is being held to coincide with Universal Children’s Day.

# tcd - Thursday 25 October, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Help The Aged

3,000 extra people a year are going to need long-term care – report

The report found a lot more people than expected will need residential care or home help in coming years.

# tcd - Saturday 13 October, 2012

VIDEO: Conan O’Brien accepts TCD patronage, calling himself “dangerously inbred”

The TV host spoke to Trinity’s Philisophical Society about his “mother country”, “Irish begrudgery” and told TCD to “get over” the Book of Kells.

# tcd - Saturday 22 September, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Obesity

Scientists discover immune cells could protect against obesity

The research was undertaken by Marie Curie Fellow Lydia Lynch at Trinity College Dublin, and showed the importance of ‘iNKT’ cells in managing obesity and diabetes.

# tcd - Wednesday 19 September, 2012

TCD

Welcome to Dublin, Whoopi Goldberg

Goldberg and actor Hugh Laurie are in town to address The Phil at Trinity College Dublin.

# tcd - Tuesday 18 September, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Beer

Good news: Your beer could last longer*

*on the shelf, that is, thanks to Dublin-based scientists.

# tcd - Sunday 16 September, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Freshers

Why are Whoopi Goldberg and Hugh Laurie in Dublin?

The actors are part of the Trinity College Dublin society The Phil’s line-up for Freshers’ Week.

# tcd - Saturday 15 September, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Bendy

If only humans had the legs of grasshoppers…

…they would be twice as strong, say Trinity College Dublin researchers.

# tcd - Friday 31 August, 2012

Book Of Queues This post contains images

Pictures: Book of Kells has a bumper morning

Check out the queues at Trinity College this morning. Welcome tourists!

# tcd - Tuesday 21 August, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Points Race

Trinity scheme to offer college places to students below CAO minimum

A pilot programme – intended to begin with Law in 2014 – will see some places reserved for students measured on alternative grounds.

From TheJournal.ie Your Say This post contains a poll

Poll: Should more than just points be considered for entry to college courses?

A new scheme at TCD means students will need personal statements and references from teachers to get into college. Good idea?

# tcd - Wednesday 15 August, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Bollywood

Bollywood film shot in Dublin expected to be watched by 100 million people

Ek Tha Tiger, set in Trinity College, is being released in 24 countries around the world today.

# tcd - Monday 30 July, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Transport

Majority of cyclists admit to breaking rules of the road – survey

The report suggest a ‘points’ system for cyclists.

# tcd - Friday 27 July, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Ovarian Cancer

TCD study aiming to improve personalisation of ovarian cancer treatment

Study on drug resistant ovarian cancer cells could lead to more personalised treatment of the cancer.

# tcd - Monday 11 June, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Autoimmune Diseases

Link established between autoimmune diseases and nanoparticles in polluted air

TCD researchers have established a link between serious autoimmune diseases and the exposure to nanoparticles found in polluted air and smoke.

# tcd - Saturday 26 May, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Medicine

‘Breakthrough’ in premature birth research by Irish scientists

Premature births are the leading cause of infant mortality worldwide.

# tcd - Friday 18 May, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Student Loan Scheme

Government talks to AIB about public-private partnership for student loans Exclusive

The government started talking with AIB last December with the idea that students would pay back loans based on their future income.

# tcd - Wednesday 18 April, 2012

Photos: Stifler comes to Trinity (to accept an award, not to study)

American Pie actor Seann William Scott was in TCD this afternoon to accept an award from the Philosophical Society.

# tcd - Monday 16 April, 2012

Game of Thrones star becomes Trinity scholar

Jack Gleeson, who plays Joffery Baratheon in the hit TV show, has joined a record number of new Fellows and Scholars at Trinity College Dublin.

# tcd - Monday 26 March, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Drugs

Two-thirds of intravenous drug users die over course of Dublin study

The results of the first longitudinal study of a community-based population of injecting drug users in Ireland showed that the majority of participants have died within the past 25 years.

# tcd - Sunday 25 March, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Clowning Around

# tcd - Thursday 15 March, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Opinion

Column: Universities in crisis because they have no support

Irish universities fell out of the top 100 institutions rankings today but, writes Stephen Donnelly TD, without a bold, ambitious vision from Government they’ll never get back into them.

# tcd - Wednesday 29 February, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Off Swtich

TCD scientists find ‘off switch’ in immune response

Researchers have identified a protein in human cells that could provide new insights in our understanding of the our immune system.

# tcd - Friday 24 February, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Homeless

72 per cent of homeless women experience violence or abuse as children

In a TCD study, 15 women had spent time in a psychiatric hospital and 11 had spent time in prison. A large number of migrant women reported experiencing intimate partner violence.

# tcd - Friday 3 February, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Economy

Michael D: “Skewed values” partly to blame for economic collapse

The President said that “radical individualism” and light-touch regulation led to markets being seen as infallible.

# tcd - Wednesday 1 February, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Research

TCD among research group awarded €3m for anti-inflammatory project

The project will investigate the use of plants from the Amazon rainforest on immune processes.

# tcd - Sunday 15 January, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Irish Film This post contains videos

Watch: Irish silent films from the early 1900s

As critics hail contemporary silent film The Artist, TheJournal.ie takes a look back at Ireland’s silent films.

# tcd - Wednesday 7 December, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Ban

TCD bans Daily Mail from campus shops

Students voted last night to ban the newspaper from shops over an inaccurate article it ran about UCC student Caolan Mulrooney.

# tcd - Tuesday 22 November, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Dominic West This post contains images

In pictures: Dominic West at Trinity College Dublin

The TCD graduate and star of the ‘The Wire’ spoke at the University Philosophical Society tonight.

# tcd - Saturday 15 October, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Your Say This post contains a poll

Poll: Should far-right groups be given a platform to speak?

Nick Griffin’s invite to a college debate has been withdrawn over safety fears. But should similar figures be invited in the first place?

# tcd - Friday 14 October, 2011

From TheJournal.ie BNP

Trinity society withdraws invite to BNP leader Nick Griffin

The Phil had invited the controversial MEP to participate in a debate next week, but withdrew the invite after student protests.

# tcd - Thursday 15 September, 2011

From TheJournal.ie BNP

Far-right BNP leader Nick Griffin to speak at Trinity debate

Griffin has been invited address students about immigration – but some are calling on the university to cancel the event.

# tcd - Friday 29 July, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Daily Fix This post contains videos

The Daily Fix: Friday

In the Friday Fix: Report into Air France crash released, heartbreaking scenes as Dublin autism school shuts, Trinity College chief is an Anchorman fan… and has Microsoft ‘leaked’ an anti-Google video?

# tcd - Tuesday 5 July, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Brains

TCD fifteenth in the world when it comes to maths

Irish universities have fared very well in maths and engineering…

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