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Trinity Researchers Help Uncover New Treatment for Painful Skin Disease

Two staff in the TBSI helped lead the research and the new discovery.
By Ciaran Molloy
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As Ireland Waits on Repeal Referendum Date, Students’ Unions Are Planning their Campaigns

The campaign will be working to prepare for a 2018 referendum.
By Eleanor O'Mahony
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Promising Apprenticeships and Promoting Opportunity, DIT Launches New Access Programme

The programme, launched today by the Minister for Education, gives young people from inner city communities the opportunity to experience different types of apprenticeship.
By Ivan Rakhmanin
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After Year of Research, Trinity’s Pilot Programme Aims to Support Freshers Throughout First Term

The programme, devised by the Transition to Trinity Officer, will be run with engineering, maths and science students for the first year.
By Dominic McGrath
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TCDSU Revive Joint Campaign with Daft.ie and UCDSU to Secure Student Accommodation

The campaign appeals to homeowners to rent their rooms to students.
By Eleanor O'Mahony
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Amid Talk of Increased Levy, Government Promises Employers Greater Impact on Education Policy

A proposed increase in the national training fund has drawn scepticism from employers in the past.
By Dominic McGrath and Eleanor O'Mahony
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Trinity-Led Research Finds Homelessness in Women in Ireland is Among Highest in Europe

The research, led by Dr Paula Mayock, reveals that 42 per cent of homeless people in Ireland are women.
By Kathleen McNamee
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Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil Opposition Defeat Seanad Motion Calling for Free Education

The defeat is a blow to student activists, who had strongly supported the Labour motion.
By Dominic McGrath and Eleanor O'Mahony
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Trinity Scientists Aid Discovery that Could Develop Better Treatment for Viral Diseases

Prof John O'Leary and Prof Luke O'Neill helped contribute to the discovery, alongside researchers in the US and Australia.
By Grace Darcy
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With Seanad Vote, Fianna Fáil has Chance to Crystallise Stance on Third-Level Funding

USI President, Michael Kerrigan, said the lack of a clear rejection of a loan scheme was disappointing.
By Dominic McGrath