The recent ascent of Ivana Bacik to the top of the political pops should come as no surprise. The Dublin Bay South TD encapsulates all that the Labour party has come to stand for today, which is actually very little. …
Nobody has a right to a namesake
Renaming the Schrodinger Theatre was not an act of censorship, but correction
Trinity recently decided to change the name of the Schrodinger Theatre back to its original name — Physics Lecture Theatre. This decision was made in light of evidence revealing Erwin Schrodinger to be a serial abuser and paedophile, and has …
Minimum pricing is regressive and we must push back against it
Policymakers are counting on us acquiescing to this creeping classism
Gone are the golden days of cheap Karpackie cans and delightfully discounted wine. Minimum unit pricing (MUP) is here, and with relatively little fuss being kicked up by anybody, it looks like it’s here to stay. The introduction of a …
Robot Wars for billionaires
The high-speed hypocrisy of Formula 1
Widely considered to be the pinnacle of motorsport, the globetrotting circus that is Formula 1 (F1) has always been about money as much as it is about racing. With revenues of well over a billion dollars annually, ten teams pouring …