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Published: March 2, 2026 16:20

Professor Sarah Gleeson, Professor in Sustainability Geoscience in the UCD School of Earth Sciences, has been appointed to the National Science Advice Forum, a new group of experts that will provide scientific advice to support government decision-making.…

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Published: February 27, 2026 15:07

🐐🧬 New research has revealed that the Old Irish Goat shares a 3,000-year genetic link with goats living in Ireland during the Late Bronze Age. The findings suggest the rare indigenous breed represents a continuous Irish lineage stretching back millennia. …

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Published: February 18, 2026 13:25

🦢💦 Even the swans are struggling to dry off #UCD #SustainableCampus #Wildlife #Dublin

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Published: February 18, 2026 09:42

🤰💊 Professor Patricia Maguire: "For now, if your doctor has prescribed aspirin in pregnancy, it’s important to continue taking it. It is a safe, effective and evidence-based treatment for women at higher risk of pre-eclampsia..."

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Published: February 18, 2026 07:50

🤰🍷 Previous estimates, based largely on self-reported data, suggested that between 20% and 60% of pregnant women in Ireland consumed alcohol. 🧵 @ucdmedicine.bsky.social

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Published: February 17, 2026 14:49

🤵🏅 Careful Now: Huge congratulations to Irish comedian, actor and author Ardal O’Hanlon, who has received the UCD Literary & Historical Society James Joyce Award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the arts and Irish cultural life.

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Published: February 17, 2026 12:06

👩‍⚕️🏥 More than 3,000 additional training places will be made available nationwide over the next three years following a €28.5 million Government investment in healthcare education. University College Dublin is set to play a key role in this expansion of…

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Published: February 17, 2026 11:27

🇮🇪🌍 UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School’s Full-Time MBA programme is ranked 73rd globally by the Financial Times, remaining Ireland’s only full-time MBA in the prestigious top 100. 👏 @ucdsmurfitschool.bsky.social

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Published: February 17, 2026 10:56

🐴🎉 Happy Lunar New Year! Wishing joy and prosperity to all our students and friends who are celebrating at home and around the globe.

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Published: February 12, 2026 14:31

👨‍🎓✨ 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.

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Published: February 12, 2026 11:34

👩‍🎓🌱 “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…

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Published: February 11, 2026 17:09

🧛‍♂️☘️ 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

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Published: February 11, 2026 11:06

👩‍🎓🌍 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. 👏 @epaireland.bsky.social

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Published: February 10, 2026 11:45

👨‍⚕️👩‍⚕️ 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

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Published: February 6, 2026 16:17

🏉🏆 Three-in-a-Row: UCD Women's Rugby Club has secured the Kay Bowen Trophy for the third consecutive year.

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Published: February 6, 2026 13:37

🌊✋ 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…

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Published: February 5, 2026 16:45

👨‍🔬🏅 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). 👏 @eageo.bsky.social @ucdscience.bsky.social

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Published: February 5, 2026 09:23

💡⚡️ 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. 🧵 📝 @ucdspswsj.bsky.social @ucdsocscilaw.bsky.social

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Published: February 4, 2026 14:45

💙💛 #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.

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Published: February 3, 2026 09:28

👩‍🏫📚 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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Published: January 30, 2026 15:08

🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒🏆 A project promoting enhanced parenting support within disadvantaged communities has won the 2025 UCD Research Impact Case Study Competition. 👏 @orladoyle.bsky.social @ucdgearyinst.bsky.social…

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Published: January 30, 2026 14:30

👨‍🎓🇮🇪 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.