It’s week four in Trinity and this week brings us a range of thought- provoking and fun events includingas well as Trinity’s Arts Festival (TAF) and Eigse na Trionoide. Combined, they have a whole host of enticing events for people …
Georgina Francis is a former Managing Editor, Life Editor and Assistant Life Editor of Trinity News.
This week in Trinity: Quidditch, Battle of the Bands and a petting farm
From EU Border discussions to Quidditch tournaments, here is your round up of whats happening this week
It’s the first week of Hilary Term and to ease us back into the new term, societies across campus have a range of events lined up. From the usual controversial debates to wild nights out and even a petting farm, …
This Week in Trinity: from jazz to Star Wars
It’s the week before Christmas (holidays) and TCD has everything from gingerbread decorating to gazing at meteor showers
If you’re anything like me you’ve spent the last few weeks holed up in the library, feeling nauseous at the sound of the word ‘deadline’ or ‘word count’ while dreaming about mince pies and decorating christmas trees! No fear, our …
Vedova walks through his vindication of Amanda Knox
Carlo Dalla Vedova, the lawyer of once convicted murderer Amanda Knox, speaks to the Law Soc
In 2007 Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, were arrested and convicted for the murder of Meredith Kercher, a British student studying in Italy. After spending four years in jail, in 2015 the sentence was overturned by an Italian …
This week in Trinity: from Amanda Knox’s lawyer to a night of Indian literature
With speakers ranging from Amanda Knox’s lawyers to Dr Rhona Mahony, there’s a variety of interesting events taking place this week on campus.
To avoid the miserable, cold weather, Trinity has a wide range of society events on in week ten to keep us interested and most importantly, out of the library.
On Monday, the Hist are holding a debating competition called the …
Revolution or witch hunt?
Swathes of victims have come forward with allegations of sexual harassment and assault against big stars. Is this merely a frenzy, or are we seeing positive change?
A stormy revolution began to unfold as victims came forward to share their stories of sexual harassment at the hands of Harvey Weinstein. A safe harbour was built where victims felt supported and believed which lead to more accusations of …
What’s on this week: Post-reading week events
Here’s what’s happening as we head into week 8
As we return from Reading Week to realisation of how little reading we actually completed, week 8 offers us a variety of events to distract us. This week is TCDSU Rainbow Week, a celebration of the LGBTQ+ community, and there …
This Week in Trinity: Fifth Week
It’s Mental Health and the week before Halloween so there are plenty of quirky and relaxing events to hit up
As we head into the fifth week at Trinity the societies show no sign of slowing down with a whole host of fun and informative events lined up for this week.
Mental Health Week kicks off on Monday with a …
Vincent Browne on ‘Racism in the Media’
As part of the 8×8 festival, Vincent Browne was joined by Dil Wickremasinghe, Salome Mbugua and Joanna Siewierska to discuss racism in the media
On Thursday night, the 8×8 festival teamed up with Trinity News to hold a discussion on racism in the media, hosted by Irish journalist and tv presenter Vincent Browne. Browne was joined by guest speakers Dil Wickremasinghe, Salome Mbugua and …
The launch of Jailbreak 2018
For anyone who couldn’t make the launch of Jailbreak, here’s a rundown on what happened at their information night and what you need to know to get involved
DU Amnesty, VDP and Cumann Gaelach have all teamed up for the second year to launch Jailbreak: a race where people follow clues to a mystery location in order to raise money for charity. Following their launch on Wednesday morning …