Trinity Development & Alumni

Ana-Maria Murphy-Teixidor shares with Trinity Today how her Masters in Development Practice prepared her for deployment to Ukraine, working for the UN International Organisation for Migration. Read by Gislaine Teca.

Manus O’Donnell, Chair of the Trinity Investment Committee, tells Trinity Today why the Trinity Endowment Fund is performing so well whilst focusing on sustainability

Trinity student, Yifei Qu, chats to Trinity Today about the scope and impact of the MPhil in Applied Intercultural Communications in the Trinity Centre for Global Intercultural Communications

Dr Etain Tannam, Associate Professor, International Peace Studies at Trinity looks back on 25 years of highs and lows of the Good Friday Agreement.

Maddie's Journey: A Testament to the Power of Alumni Support

One year on, the war in Ukraine has scattered millions of its innocent citizens across the globe. Trinity student, Maksym Tieriekhov, shares his story and reveals his hopes for the future.

The Lord Mayor of the City of London, Nicholas Lyons, talks to Trinity Today about the Coronation, his mayoral theme of ‘Financing our Future’, and growing up in the Provost’s House in Trinity as son of historian FSL Lyons

Kingsley Aikins, BA (1974), CEO of The Networking Institute, and his daughter Darcy Aikins, BA (2020), talk to Trinity Today about networking, why it should be taught in college and why it all comes down to listening

Preservation and Progress

We pay tribute to Melissa’s love for Trinity, the rights of women and her influence on the health of the nation

Mark Nesbitt, BA BAI (1985), talks to his uncle Tony Boyd, BA BAI (1953), about playing hockey for the Trinity 1st XI, establishing the Canadian field hockey team and playing in the team’s first ever Olympics in 1964

Trinity Today gets to know Dayna Finn, one of Ireland’s most talented dual athletes as a rising star on the court and pitch

Reconnecting and Reminiscing: The Power of Building Lifelong Connections

Business and Russian to Showbiz and Radio

From the cobblestones in Front Square to opening doors to space working  with NASA, we caught up with Caoimhe Rooney, to discover more about her  extraordinary journey and her thoughts on the question of life. Read by Miriam Dardis

Zohar Hadromi Allouche, assistant professor in Trinity’s School of  Religion, Theology and Peace Studies, looks at depictions of femininity,  liminality, and evil in the Islamic tradition. Read by Aisling Shanley

Leinster and Ireland player, Linda Djougang, BSc (2020), talks to  Trinity Today about juggling nursing and rugby and only taking up the  game in her late teens. Read by Aisling Shanley

Captain Dr Lisa McNamee, BA (2009) talks about moving from Classics  & French to film production, to the RCSI, to the Irish Defence  Forces, to aviation and space medicine. Read by James Fleming

Oncologists Eileen O’Reilly and Ghassan Abou-Alfa talk about their journey from Dublin and Beirut to Memorial Sloan Kettering, and the importance of demonstrating integrity and compassion. Read by Lucas Dowling

Anne Gormley, BA (1974), resident Trinity Trails tour-guide, takes us through her campus highlights. Read by Anthony Hopper

How Trinity's first new square in a century is working with students to improve healthcare and disability services. Read by Miriam Dardis

We asked friends and colleagues in Trinity what New Year’s resolutions they are planning to make - and which ones they expect to keep! Read by Meghan Donaldson.

Shaun Bythell, BL (1993), on running Scotland's largest second-hand  bookstore, publishing his diaries, and why he’s so delighted to swop  affidavits for Victorian travel books. Read by Aoife Brady

Angela Griffith, assistant professor in History of Art, looks at an  extraordinary Irish printing press and how Trinity Virtual Library and  the Schooner Foundation are opening it up to the public. Read by Meghan Donaldson

From working on Sky news to writing her first novel in ten weeks, Amanda  Cassidy, BA (2002), talks TV deals, her student years, and books two  and three. Read by Aoife Brady