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Thank you to the talented Sydney Thompson, HDip student @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social, who has been working in our laboratory with archaeological conservator Susannah Kelly reconstructing some extremely fragmented and challenging bronze age burial urns
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February 12, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Thank you to the talented Sydney Thompson, HDip student @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social, who has been working in our laboratory with archaeological conservator Susannah Kelly reconstructing some extremely fragmented and challenging bronze age burial urns
@ucdsocscilaw.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social
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👨🎓✨ Ireland's Fastest Man! UCD Athletics Club sprinter Bori Akinola has just set a new 60m Irish record at the Belgrade Indoor Meeting in Serbia.
February 12, 2026 at 2:31 PM
👨🎓✨ Ireland's Fastest Man! UCD Athletics Club sprinter Bori Akinola has just set a new 60m Irish record at the Belgrade Indoor Meeting in Serbia.
👩🎓🌱 “The tipping point has been reached.” - @noeleensmyth.bsky.social, Assistant Professor in Horticulture at UCD, warns that alien invasive non-native plant species now outnumber native ones growing in Ireland, raising urgent questions about the health of our ecosystems and what comes next.
‘We don’t have a plan’: Invasive species take hold as action lags legislation
Sitka spruce, sika deer and common garden plants are all invasive species with potential to cause harm to native varieties
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February 12, 2026 at 11:34 AM
👩🎓🌱 “The tipping point has been reached.” - @noeleensmyth.bsky.social, Assistant Professor in Horticulture at UCD, warns that alien invasive non-native plant species now outnumber native ones growing in Ireland, raising urgent questions about the health of our ecosystems and what comes next.
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Beautiful paintings. Part of the Beranger watercolour collection in UCD Special Collections.
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Two watercolour paintings, 1776, one of the 'N. W. View of Confee [Confey, near #Leixlip] Castle and Church', Co. #Kildare by Thomas Ashworth, and one of the 'Church & Tower of Taptoe [Taghadoe]' Co. Kildare by Pope Stevens Reyly from
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February 11, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Beautiful paintings. Part of the Beranger watercolour collection in UCD Special Collections.
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www.ucd.ie/specialcolle...
🧛♂️☘️ Bleh! The alleged Vampiro-Gaelic roots of Dracula are EXPOSED in the latest episode of Folklore Fragments from Cnuasach Bhéaloideas Éireann/ The National Folklore Collection!
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February 11, 2026 at 5:09 PM
🧛♂️☘️ Bleh! The alleged Vampiro-Gaelic roots of Dracula are EXPOSED in the latest episode of Folklore Fragments from Cnuasach Bhéaloideas Éireann/ The National Folklore Collection!
👏🎧 @bealoideasucd.bsky.social
👏🎧 @bealoideasucd.bsky.social
👩🎓🌍 Warmest congratulations to UCD alumna Dr Eimear Cotter on her appointment as Director General of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), announced by Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment Darragh O’Brien TD.
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February 11, 2026 at 11:06 AM
👩🎓🌍 Warmest congratulations to UCD alumna Dr Eimear Cotter on her appointment as Director General of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), announced by Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment Darragh O’Brien TD.
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👏 @epaireland.bsky.social
👨⚕️👩⚕️ Huge congratulations to the medical students from Undergraduate Entry Medicine Stage 4 and Graduate Entry Medicine 2 who received their White Coats at this year's UCD School of Medicine Clinical Commencement ceremony.
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👏 @ucdmedicine.bsky.social
February 10, 2026 at 11:45 AM
👨⚕️👩⚕️ Huge congratulations to the medical students from Undergraduate Entry Medicine Stage 4 and Graduate Entry Medicine 2 who received their White Coats at this year's UCD School of Medicine Clinical Commencement ceremony.
👏 @ucdmedicine.bsky.social
👏 @ucdmedicine.bsky.social
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We've closed the loop! UCD is now making mushrooms from discarded coffee grounds from UCD University Club - and then delivering them back for use on the same menu.
Read the full story, which features AI, robots, quiche, linguine - and a five year collective effort! 🍄🤖
www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
Read the full story, which features AI, robots, quiche, linguine - and a five year collective effort! 🍄🤖
www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
February 10, 2026 at 9:47 AM
We've closed the loop! UCD is now making mushrooms from discarded coffee grounds from UCD University Club - and then delivering them back for use on the same menu.
Read the full story, which features AI, robots, quiche, linguine - and a five year collective effort! 🍄🤖
www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
Read the full story, which features AI, robots, quiche, linguine - and a five year collective effort! 🍄🤖
www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
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Born 100 years ago today. They don't make them like they used to. Former Chancellor of National University of Ireland graduate of @ucddublin.bsky.social and founder of Institute of Public Administration Garret Fitzgerald
February 9, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Born 100 years ago today. They don't make them like they used to. Former Chancellor of National University of Ireland graduate of @ucddublin.bsky.social and founder of Institute of Public Administration Garret Fitzgerald
🏉🏆 Three-in-a-Row: UCD Women's Rugby Club has secured the Kay Bowen Trophy for the third consecutive year.
February 6, 2026 at 4:17 PM
🏉🏆 Three-in-a-Row: UCD Women's Rugby Club has secured the Kay Bowen Trophy for the third consecutive year.
🌊✋ Is the planning system broken, or is the solution to flooding less engineering and more nature-based? UCD Assistant Professor Fiachra O'Loughlin of
@ucdengarch.bsky.social joins @thejournal.ie The Explainer podcast to discuss flood defences and the devastation caused by recent storms.
@ucdengarch.bsky.social joins @thejournal.ie The Explainer podcast to discuss flood defences and the devastation caused by recent storms.
February 6, 2026 at 1:37 PM
🌊✋ Is the planning system broken, or is the solution to flooding less engineering and more nature-based? UCD Assistant Professor Fiachra O'Loughlin of
@ucdengarch.bsky.social joins @thejournal.ie The Explainer podcast to discuss flood defences and the devastation caused by recent storms.
@ucdengarch.bsky.social joins @thejournal.ie The Explainer podcast to discuss flood defences and the devastation caused by recent storms.
👨🔬🏅 Warmest congratulations to Assistant Professor Alan Seltzer, who has been named this year’s recipient of the F.G. Houtermans Award by the European Association of Geochemistry (EAG).
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February 5, 2026 at 4:45 PM
👨🔬🏅 Warmest congratulations to Assistant Professor Alan Seltzer, who has been named this year’s recipient of the F.G. Houtermans Award by the European Association of Geochemistry (EAG).
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💡⚡️ Ireland’s approach to protecting vulnerable energy consumers could help other countries phase out harmful electricity disconnections without destabilising power markets, new research has found. 🧵
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February 5, 2026 at 9:23 AM
💡⚡️ Ireland’s approach to protecting vulnerable energy consumers could help other countries phase out harmful electricity disconnections without destabilising power markets, new research has found. 🧵
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The Observer Effect is now live.
Hosted by Assoc Prof Shane Bergin (UCD School of Education), the podcast features researchers from across the UCD College of Social Sciences and Law reflecting on their work and motivations.
Listen now:
open.spotify.com/show/4ysNczV...
Hosted by Assoc Prof Shane Bergin (UCD School of Education), the podcast features researchers from across the UCD College of Social Sciences and Law reflecting on their work and motivations.
Listen now:
open.spotify.com/show/4ysNczV...
Chatting with Chatbots: Why Ben Cowan is interested in the psychology of AI interaction
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February 4, 2026 at 12:13 PM
The Observer Effect is now live.
Hosted by Assoc Prof Shane Bergin (UCD School of Education), the podcast features researchers from across the UCD College of Social Sciences and Law reflecting on their work and motivations.
Listen now:
open.spotify.com/show/4ysNczV...
Hosted by Assoc Prof Shane Bergin (UCD School of Education), the podcast features researchers from across the UCD College of Social Sciences and Law reflecting on their work and motivations.
Listen now:
open.spotify.com/show/4ysNczV...
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Social determinants of health affect cancer prevention, screening and early detection for Ireland’s Traveller community.
Our research shows Traveller health and anti-racism action plans must be implemented.
Health equity is cancer care.
#WorldCancerDay #TravellerHealth #CancerResearch #Equity
Our research shows Traveller health and anti-racism action plans must be implemented.
Health equity is cancer care.
#WorldCancerDay #TravellerHealth #CancerResearch #Equity
February 4, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Social determinants of health affect cancer prevention, screening and early detection for Ireland’s Traveller community.
Our research shows Traveller health and anti-racism action plans must be implemented.
Health equity is cancer care.
#WorldCancerDay #TravellerHealth #CancerResearch #Equity
Our research shows Traveller health and anti-racism action plans must be implemented.
Health equity is cancer care.
#WorldCancerDay #TravellerHealth #CancerResearch #Equity
💙💛 #WorldCancerDay: University College Dublin is to lead a €1 million research programme aimed at improving early detection of pancreatic cancer, one of Ireland’s most difficult to treat cancers.
February 4, 2026 at 2:45 PM
💙💛 #WorldCancerDay: University College Dublin is to lead a €1 million research programme aimed at improving early detection of pancreatic cancer, one of Ireland’s most difficult to treat cancers.
👩🏫📚 A new UCD-led study warns that our current education system is too slow to respond to emerging threats and opportunities, such as Artificial Intelligence. 🧵
February 3, 2026 at 9:28 AM
👩🏫📚 A new UCD-led study warns that our current education system is too slow to respond to emerging threats and opportunities, such as Artificial Intelligence. 🧵
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Congratulations to researchers from the UCD College of Social Sciences and Law following the 2025 Research Impact Awards.
Special congratulations to Prof Orla Doyle, overall winner for Preparing for Life, alongside awardees and finalists across the College.
Read more: bit.ly/3NG3kSD
Special congratulations to Prof Orla Doyle, overall winner for Preparing for Life, alongside awardees and finalists across the College.
Read more: bit.ly/3NG3kSD
January 30, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Congratulations to researchers from the UCD College of Social Sciences and Law following the 2025 Research Impact Awards.
Special congratulations to Prof Orla Doyle, overall winner for Preparing for Life, alongside awardees and finalists across the College.
Read more: bit.ly/3NG3kSD
Special congratulations to Prof Orla Doyle, overall winner for Preparing for Life, alongside awardees and finalists across the College.
Read more: bit.ly/3NG3kSD
🧑🧑🧒🧒🏆 A project promoting enhanced parenting support within disadvantaged communities has won the 2025 UCD Research Impact Case Study Competition.
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Parenting support project that informed national policy wins 2025 UCD Research Impact Competition
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January 30, 2026 at 3:08 PM
🧑🧑🧒🧒🏆 A project promoting enhanced parenting support within disadvantaged communities has won the 2025 UCD Research Impact Case Study Competition.
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👏 @orladoyle.bsky.social @ucdgearyinst.bsky.social
👨🎓🇮🇪 UCD Professor Diarmaid Ferriter has been named the patron of the Dr Éamon Phoenix Foundation, a charity dedicated to preserving and developing the legacy of Dr Éamon Phoenix.
January 30, 2026 at 2:30 PM
👨🎓🇮🇪 UCD Professor Diarmaid Ferriter has been named the patron of the Dr Éamon Phoenix Foundation, a charity dedicated to preserving and developing the legacy of Dr Éamon Phoenix.
📸🦦Elusive otter captured on camera by UCD researcher after five-year wait
After five years of waiting, an otter has been captured on camera in Wicklow as part of a project led by a UCD researcher.
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After five years of waiting, an otter has been captured on camera in Wicklow as part of a project led by a UCD researcher.
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January 30, 2026 at 12:43 PM
📸🦦Elusive otter captured on camera by UCD researcher after five-year wait
After five years of waiting, an otter has been captured on camera in Wicklow as part of a project led by a UCD researcher.
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After five years of waiting, an otter has been captured on camera in Wicklow as part of a project led by a UCD researcher.
@ucdwildlife.bsky.social
🏆👨🎓 Incredible scenes! The Students make history as UCD FC claims a record-breaking four-in-a-row Harding Cup title, following a 3–2 victory over University College Cork.
January 29, 2026 at 4:32 PM
🏆👨🎓 Incredible scenes! The Students make history as UCD FC claims a record-breaking four-in-a-row Harding Cup title, following a 3–2 victory over University College Cork.
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In the first UCD Library #CulturalHeritage Collections blog post of 2026 Ailbe Van Der Heide of @bealoideasucd.bsky.social describes the folklore and traditions surrounding sheep.
Read: ucdculturalheritagecollections.com/2026/01/29/t...
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Read: ucdculturalheritagecollections.com/2026/01/29/t...
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January 29, 2026 at 12:48 PM
In the first UCD Library #CulturalHeritage Collections blog post of 2026 Ailbe Van Der Heide of @bealoideasucd.bsky.social describes the folklore and traditions surrounding sheep.
Read: ucdculturalheritagecollections.com/2026/01/29/t...
@ucdarchives.bsky.social @ucdscoilglcb.bsky.social
Read: ucdculturalheritagecollections.com/2026/01/29/t...
@ucdarchives.bsky.social @ucdscoilglcb.bsky.social
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