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Group Image: Pictured from left are Anding Zhu, Rüdiger Quay, Leo de Vreede and Bogdan Staszewski 06Nov
ERC funding for research that could reduce the energy consumption of next-generation wireless networks by 50%

European Research Council awards prestigious Synergy Grant to the DISRUPT team, aiming to pioneer revolutionary digital Radio-Frequency (RF) power solutions to tackle the growing energy demands of future wireless networks. University College Dublin (UCD) researchers Professor Anding Zhu and Professor Bogdan Staszewski are part of the international DISRUPT project team, which was today announced as a recipient of a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Synergy Grant.
La Borda’s shared laundry room, an everyday space of maintenance, cooperation, and communal infrastructure. Photo Louise Kelly 05Nov
Architecture through use, adaptation and shared maintenance

A group of this summer’s 2025 Master of Architecture graduates, 'Fite Fuaite' from the UCD School of Architecture, Planning & Environmental Policy, have been awarded a Lina Fellowship. Fite Fuaite is a collective exploring how architecture is shaped by everyday use, material culture, and the quiet systems that sustain public life.
Leinster House with heads of three academics overlaid 01Nov
Ireland risks breaching carbon budgets as Oireachtas committee hears calls to reuse vacant properties to meet climate and housing goals

Representatives of the Oireachtas have heard that Ireland risks overshooting its carbon budgets unless immediate measures are taken to reduce emissions in the construction sector. Head of the UCD School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy, Dr Oliver Kinnane, told the Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy that “much work is required” to balance continued construction with the need to meet national carbon targets.
A pristine native oyster bed habitat in Connemara, County Galway, currently undergoing active research Credit: Jose M. Fariñas-Franco 29Oct
UCD leads new €1.5m project to restore native oyster reefs to strengthen coastal resilience

A new €1.5m biodiversity programme will see native oyster reefs restored along the Irish coast to explore their potential to protect and sustain marine biodiversity. University College Dublin is leading an all-island partnership of universities as part of the project BRICONS, which will establish pilot restoration across Ireland and Northern Ireland to demonstrate how Nature-Based Solutions (NbS), such as oyster reefs, can enhance the resilience of coastal ecosystems.
Darrin Morrissey (NIBRT); Dr Aisling McEvoy (Research Ireland); Brian Glennon (APC Ltd); James Lawless TD, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science; Mark Barrett (APC Ltd); Dr Siobhan Roche (Research Ireland) and Professor Niall Barron (UCD and NIBRT) Credit: Jason Clarke 24Oct
€2m funding for gene therapy research led by UCD Professor Niall Barron

A gene therapy research project led by Professor Niall Barron from the UCD School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering has received €2 million in funding.
The investment came from Research Ireland and APC Ltd, an Irish biopharmaceutical process development and manufacturing company.
UCD Vice President for Global Engagement, Professor Dolores O'Riordan and Bernardus Krisna Brata (MEngSc Water, Waste & Environmental Engineering), a recipient of the LPDP-UCD Scholarship 23Oct
183 high-achieving students honoured at UCD Global Excellence Scholarships Event

Recipients of prestigious international scholarships at UCD have been honoured at the UCD Global Excellence Scholarships Event 2025-26.
This year, UCD welcomed 183 international scholarship recipients, representing 45 different nationalities.
The event included a ceremony with an address from the UCD Vice President for Global Engagement, Professor Dolores O’Riordan. Scholarship recipients were each presented with a certificate.
The LaNua Medical team: Denis Nolan, CTO; Tom Fitzmaurice, CEO; Dr Cormac Farrelly, CMO; Dr Sajjad Amiri, co-founder; and Dr Eoin O'Cearbhail, co-founder Credit - Paul Sharp/Sharppix 01Oct
Groundbreaking MedTech device by UCD spin-out secures €6m in funding

LaNua Medical, a NovaUCD spin-out company, has successfully secured €6 million in funding under the Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF) for its pioneering ECORE™ device.

The ECORE™ device will help to modernise embolisation procedures – a technique used by surgeons and radiologists to control the flow of blood in certain areas of the body. The umbrella-shaped device will enter blood vessels deep within the body and form an occlusive barrier. 
EIRSAT-1-team-Aware-Christmas-5k 03Sep
Ireland’s first satellite EIRSAT-1 completes its mission

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN: Ireland’s first satellite, EIRSAT-1, has completed its mission orbiting the Earth. The CubeSat, which was built and launched by students and faculty of University College Dublin (UCD), will de-orbit in the next day or two.

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