How to Find Events and Latest News at Trinity College Dublin

Trinity College Dublin's website (tcd.ie) has two dedicated sections for this: Latest News for research, awards, and institutional announcements, and What's On for public events such as talks, festivals, and exhibitions. Both are linked from the homepage, and each has a "More" link that leads to the full listing. If you want a specific event's time, venue, or whether it's open to the public, start with What's On; if you want research findings or College announcements, start with Latest News.

Finding the Latest News

The homepage's Latest News block shows a handful of recent stories, each with a headline, a short summary, a date, and topic tags. A MORE NEWS link sits below the block and opens the full news listing.

The stories shown on the homepage give a sense of what the section covers:

Two things are worth noting about how this section is organised. First, the topic tags are the fastest way to judge relevance — a story tagged Health, Research, Science is a research item, while one tagged Community, Environment, Society, Students is more likely to describe a programme or report. Second, the news mix is broad: it includes research findings (the diabetic retinopathy study, conducted with Breye Therapeutics), public engagement work (the smart city education programme, reported as reaching roughly 800 primary school pupils across 18 schools), and recognition for staff (the DAU film project, whose director received the Silver Lion for Best Director at the Venice International Film Festival).

Finding Events in What's On

What's On lists upcoming public events with a title, a host or venue, and a date and time. The homepage shows a few entries plus a More Events link.

Examples from the listing:

• Festival Finale: Colm Tóibín's Testaments of Mary: An Interview with the Author — Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute, Monday 28 September 2026, 6–7:30pm.
• Climate and Biodiversity Action Week 2026 — across campus, Monday 12 October to Thursday 15 October 2026.
• The Conditions of Being Here | Student Forum Exhibition at the Douglas Hyde — The Douglas Hyde Gallery, ongoing through Monday 28 September 2026.

The entries follow a consistent pattern: event name, then the organising body or location, then the date (and time where relevant). Use that pattern to decide quickly whether an event fits your schedule and interests — a single evening interview at the Long Room Hub is a different commitment from a four-day campus-wide week.

Which Section to Use

• Looking for research results, awards, or College announcements? Use Latest News and its topic tags.
• Looking for something to attend, with a date and venue? Use What's On.
• Want the complete list rather than the homepage highlights? Follow MORE NEWS or More Events respectively.

Other Entry Points on the Homepage

The homepage footer also links to Libraries, Alumni & Giving, Visitors & Book of Kells, Innovation & Enterprise, Clubs & Societies, and Sport. These are separate from the news and events feeds — for example, visitor information and Book of Kells access sit under Visitors & Book of Kells rather than under What's On, so check there if your interest is a site visit rather than a scheduled event.

Practical Notes

• Dates on the homepage listings are explicit, so you can confirm timing without opening each item.
• Venue or host is included in most What's On entries, which matters for events held outside the main campus or in a specific institute.
• The homepage shows only a selection; the full news and events listings are behind the More links, so don't assume the homepage block is everything on offer.