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🏅 DCU was named Student Sports College of the Year 2025—and it’s easy to see why!We’re proud to offer state-of-the-art s...
18/06/2026

🏅 DCU was named Student Sports College of the Year 2025—and it’s easy to see why!
We’re proud to offer state-of-the-art sports facilities across our campuses:
📍 DCU Sports Complex (Glasnevin)
📍 DCU Sports Grounds
📍 St Patrick’s Campus Sports Complex
📍 Morton Stadium (Santry)

From pitches and pools to arenas and athletics tracks, DCU Sport has something for everyone— whether you are a student, alumni or living nearby!

👉 Learn more and explore our facilities and membership: https://www.dcu.ie/dcusport/membership

Life on Land is number 15 on the United Nations list of Sustainable Development Goals - one area of DCU research aimed a...
18/06/2026

Life on Land is number 15 on the United Nations list of Sustainable Development Goals - one area of DCU research aimed at delivering this goal is ‘How DCU Research is tackling poor indoor air quality in social housing'.

For roughly 24% of Irish households, particularly those in social housing, poor indoor air quality, dampness, and mould are silent but severe health threats. In fact, mould alone increases a child's risk of asthma by 50%.

Traditionally, housing bodies could only react after the damage was done. To change this, researchers at Dublin City University have launched the SHINE project. Led by Dr Valesca Lima and Prof Stephen Daniels alongside ClĂșid Housing, the team is using low-cost, non-intrusive sensors to continuously monitor indoor conditions.

This data allows housing providers to spot and fix air quality or mould issues before they escalate. It’s a proactive model that not only cuts down on massive repair bills but, most importantly, protects vulnerable children and older residents before they get sick.

Read more: https://launch.dcu.ie/4oD9AZN



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How is AI already affecting our lives?DCU’s Prof Alan Smeaton joined RTÉ's 'Drivetime' to chat about how AI has actually...
17/06/2026

How is AI already affecting our lives?

DCU’s Prof Alan Smeaton joined RTÉ's 'Drivetime' to chat about how AI has actually underpinned our daily routines for over a decade, from Google Maps rerouting our commutes to banks flagging fraudulent credit card transactions.

While the corporate rush to deploy new technologies has outpaced ethics and regulation, the most impactful AI is happening under the radar. In Irish healthcare, it's acting as a vital 'second pair of eyes' at the Mater Hospital and cutting gruelling travel times for oncology patients at Tallaght Hospital to a 6-minute remote check-in. Despite worries about 'cognitive laziness', Prof Smeaton says it’s simply evolving how we think, shifting our mental processing rather than turning it off.

Listen to the full interview: https://launch.dcu.ie/4aU5ypX



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Is it fair to make parents the sole gatekeepers of the internet?Prof James O’Higgins Norman, Professor of Education and ...
17/06/2026

Is it fair to make parents the sole gatekeepers of the internet?

Prof James O’Higgins Norman, Professor of Education and Society at DCU's Institute of Education, UNESCO Chair on Bullying and Cyberbullying, and Director of DCU Anti Bullying Centre, said: “Young people can encounter cyberbullying, harmful content, harassment, exploitation and other risks through social media platforms.

“Parents cannot carry this burden alone. Age-based bans risk turning parents into digital police officers responsible for enforcing increasingly complex restrictions. Online safety should be a shared responsibility involving governments, regulators, schools, communities and technology companies.”

Read more via Irish Independent: https://launch.dcu.ie/4xwdzuW



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Why there's no quick fix to counter abusive manosphere content.Society needs to talk honestly to boys and young men and ...
17/06/2026

Why there's no quick fix to counter abusive manosphere content.

Society needs to talk honestly to boys and young men and offer them something more than the scams and abuse the manosphere currently provides.

Piece by Dr Shane Murphy, Postdoctoral Researcher at DCU's Institute for Future Media, Democracy and Society (FuJo), for RTÉ Brainstorm.

In 2024, An Garda Síochána received over 65,000 domestic violence calls – a crisis the National Women’s Council calls 'epidemic'. Femicides accounted for nearly one in three homicides referred to the State Pathologist between 2021 and 2023, up from one in five in preceding years. Highlighting this surge, the Dublin R**e Crisis Centre's helpline handled nearly 24,000 contacts in 2025, marking a 30% increase since 2023 and the highest volume in its 47-year history.

Against this backdrop, Irish boys and young men are being algorithmically funnelled into online spaces that frame society as rigged against them and paint misogyny as a rational response. This 'manosphere' has evolved beyond traditional incels and men's rights activists into a mainstream, aspirational ecosystem. By focusing on finance, fitness, and 'looksmaxxing', it attracts young men with promises of confidence and status while subtly fostering contempt for women.

Read more: https://launch.dcu.ie/4uCkXlS



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'Just let them play'? Why young GAA players need training drills.'Somewhere along the line the idea that the coach needs...
17/06/2026

'Just let them play'? Why young GAA players need training drills.

'Somewhere along the line the idea that the coach needs to simply set up the game and the game will do the rest has taken hold.'

Piece by Dr David Moran of The Insight Centre for Data Analytics for RTÉ Brainstorm.

Across all ages, abilities, and codes, GAA coaches frequently use a games-based approach to training, yet their interpretations of what this actually means vary widely. This lack of a unified definition isn't the coaches' fault, but it highlights a broader coaching issue that significantly impacts how players experience and develop in their sport.

Read more: https://launch.dcu.ie/3SMMEer



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Will the Iran ceasefire ease this summer's aviation squeeze?The ceasefire is good news, but the relief won't be felt by ...
16/06/2026

Will the Iran ceasefire ease this summer's aviation squeeze?

The ceasefire is good news, but the relief won't be felt by airlines or paying passengers until crude oil becomes jet fuel in plane tanks.

Piece by Prof Marina Efthymiou, Professor of Aviation Management at DCU Business School, for RTÉ Brainstorm.

Although a weekend agreement to end the four-month war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz caused Brent crude prices to drop sharply to $83 a barrel, it offers no immediate relief for the aviation industry. While Iran has confirmed the ceasefire, translating a Swiss treaty into actual jet fuel will take weeks or months. This logistical delay hits airlines at the worst possible time: the start of the peak summer season, when European and transatlantic networks are already operating at maximum capacity with zero room for error.

Read more: https://launch.dcu.ie/4uE9ylw



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Irish people continue to trust major news brands but are losing trust in news more generally according to the annual Dig...
16/06/2026

Irish people continue to trust major news brands but are losing trust in news more generally according to the annual Digital News Report Ireland 2026.

Research for the Digital News Report is undertaken by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford and analysis of the Irish data is provided by the DCU Institute for Future Media, Democracy and Society (FuJo).

The Report shows that 42% of Irish people say they can trust most news most of the time, down from 51% last year. Trust in news is lowest (33%) among the 18–24-year-old age demographic, and highest (52%) among those 65+. Trust in news in Ireland remains relatively high compared to the UK at 31%, the US at 26% and the European average at 36%.

Despite this decline in trust in news, Irish people continue to trust major news brands. RTÉ News and local radio news emerge as the most trusted brands, with 71% of those surveyed saying these are trustworthy sources of news. They are followed closely by local newspapers (69%), The Irish Times (69%) and the Irish Independent (68%).

An increase in news avoidance has emerged as another key trend in this year’s Irish Report and is at its highest ever recorded rate in this survey. When asked if you find yourself actively trying to avoid news, almost half (47%) of those surveyed said that they did. This is up from 41% last year.

Read more about the report: https://launch.dcu.ie/43FkxjL



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Happy !This year’s jaunt through Drumcondra celebrated all things Joycean and featured readings, poetry, songs, and sto...
16/06/2026

Happy !

This year’s jaunt through Drumcondra celebrated all things Joycean and featured readings, poetry, songs, and stories, connected with James Joyce. The Jaunt began at Our Lady’s Park and concluded on St Patrick’s Campus.

📾 Kyran O'Brien



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