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Trinity News and Events
22nd April 2021
22nd April 2021
Three researchers from Trinity – Professors Jennifer McElwain, Seamus Martin and Daniel Kelly – have won highly prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grants.
These awards, announced annually and valued at approximately €2.5 million each, go to established, leading principal investigators with a significant record of research achievements over the last decade.
These three awards now bring the total number of ERC Investigator Grants awarded at Trinity under the Horizon 2020 funding programme to 44, with a total award value of €83 million. The funding supports ground-breaking projects with the potential to make major impact within a research field.
Harp and the Fridge: Ireland s 1980s NFL flirtation
Ahead of Super Bowl LV, Myles Dungan tells Conor Neville how he came to front RTÉ s 1980s NFL coverage - where eight-day-old games were shown and Dickie Rock appeared as a pundit.
• 7 Feb 2021
RTÉ Sport Reporter
On 31 January 1986, an RTÉ News crew set off for Kilkenny College to sample the opinions of students in their Teenagers Point of View slot.
Among the items under discussion were the Challenger space shuttle disaster, Alan Dukes budget (no use apparently), the Stormont elections, the discovery of an arms dump in Sligo and. The Refrigerator!