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An Taoiseach Micheál Martin, TD, visited Trinity to pay tribute to the late Chuck Feeney, whose vision and generosity utterly transformed research and higher education in Ireland. At Trinity, Chuck’s philanthropy enabled, among other developments, the creation of the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) in 2015. At the celebration, speakers including Former President of Ireland Mary Robinson, Provost Dr Linda Doyle, GBHI Co-Founders Prof Emeritus, Ian Robertson, and Prof Brian Lawlor, and GBHI Site Director Prof Iracema Leroi reflected on how new thinking and emerging research from GBHI are reshaping our understanding of brain health - not simply as the absence of disease, but as central to how individuals and societies function and thrive. An Taoiseach Micheál Martin, TD, said: “Chuck Feeney had a deep and sincere belief in humanity. He believed that, to achieve a high standard of living in a society, investment in advanced research was not an option, it was essential. And there are few more important public health issues than brain health. It affects our ability to think, learn, work, connect, and contribute to society. The Global Brain Health Institute empowers people with an understanding of their personal agency with brain health. This is the extraordinary legacy Chuck Feeney has left for the people of Ireland.” #GBHI #TrinityResearch #BrainHealth #TrinityCollegeDublin