The Phil and the Hist are the two largest and oldest student societies on campus. Their existence predates even the foundation of the Irish state. They are a part of Trinity’s rich history, providing a vital link to the past. …
Cian Mac Lochlainn is an Economics and Politics student, and a Contributing Writer for Trinity News.
Dominant Trinity Women’s Soccer put seven past IT Tallaght
An aggressive Trinity team never let up as they laid waste to Tallaght’s defence
Trinity 7
IT Tallaght 0
Trinity Women’s Soccer got their intervarsity season back on track with a 7-0 drubbing of IT Tallaght in College Park this morning. The match was the second of Trinity Women’s Soccer’s Colleges and Universities Football …
Irish universities launch campaign seeking increase in government funding
The #SaveOurSpark campaign is aimed at the public to demand that the government increases investment in Ireland’s higher education
Trinity is among Ireland’s seven universities that have launched a campaign to increase government investment in higher education. The “Save Our Spark” campaign is calling on the government to address funding issues in Ireland’s higher education sector if it hopes …
Bringing the mental health conversation to the Áras
Senator and Presidential candidate, Senator Joan Freeman spoke to PolSoc of her hopes to enable volunteers and continue the conversation on mental health if elected President.
Trinity Politics Society (PolSoc) hosted Irish presidential candidate and founder of Pieta House, Senator Joan Freeman yesterday evening. She was the second presidential candidate of the week who visited PolSoc following their hosting of Sean Gallagher on Tuesday. Opening with …
An uncertain future: a journalist’s perspective on Brexit
Andrew Byrne of The Sunday Times discusses Brexit with SOFIA
The Society for International Affairs (SOFIA) hosted Andrew Byrne, European correspondent for The Sunday Times, to give his take on Brexit last night. Byrne, a Trinity alumnus and former President of Trinity College Student’s Union, noted the sizeable attendance at …
Enabling a more connected Asia
Representatives from the Asian Development Bank visited Trinity to speak about what their bank does
Students were treated to guest speakers, Tomoyuki Kimura, the bank’s Director General of Strategy, Policy and Review and Robert Schoellhammer the bank’s European representative, from the Asian Development Bank in the Thomas Davis Theatre this morning. While it was primarily …
Petrolhead’s paradise: a more practical approach to engineering education
Trinity’s Formula One society hears from Neill Anderson, the head design judge for Formula Student UK
The event was hosted in the Global Room by Formula Trinity, Trinity’s student-run Formula One society and its UCD counterpart, where they welcomed Neill Anderson, the head design judge for Formula Student UK. Formula Trinity are currently working on designing …
Trinity’s Sinead Burke wins Green Carpet award at Milan fashion week
The awards celebrate sustainable fashion
Trinity graduate and disability activist Sinéad Burke received an advocacy award at the Green Carpet Fashion Awards last night, which are hosted during Milan Fashion Week. Burke was presented with a Leader’s Award by Gucci’s Chief Executive Marco Bizzarri which …
Does Ireland need a blasphemy law?
Trinity’s Young Fine Gael and Dublin University Laurentians co-hosted a thoughtful evening of philosophical and political arguments concerning the Blasphemy law
Yesterday evening, Trinity’s Young Fine Gael and Dublin University Laurentians Society hosted a panel to discuss Ireland’s blasphemy law. With the wave of liberalisation in Ireland since the early 1990s Ireland’s retention of a blasphemy law has led to ongoing …
UCD International Management MSc in top 10 worldwide
The Financial Times published its rankings today
University College Dublin (UCD) Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School’s MSc in international management is ranked seventh in the world, according to the the Financial Times in its 2018 Global Master in Management Ranking. Two other programmes run by the school, …