It’s a Sunday afternoon, and when I eventually get through to the other end of the phone, a warm voice greets me. It belongs to Emma Brady, a German and Law Trinity graduate who is now pursuing the monastic life …
Dearbháil Kent is the current Student Living Editor of Trinity News, and a Junior Sophister Latin and Philosophy student.
A letter to my Fresher self
The first few weeks of college is a challenging time for students
Dear very idle, careless and younger Derv,
If you’re reading this, congratulations! I’m going to presume that you’re a Fresher and have overcome all the obstacles of the Leaving Cert and the CAO. Now that you’ve finally made it into …
Trinder – the epitome of inhibited student dating culture
Maybe just ask the subject of your library infatuation out?
It’s a Tuesday morning. As I enter the Arts Block with an impending hangover that will probably send me reeling later, I pause to check on Trinder’s latest updates before facing an hour of Latin grammar. I do what …
There is too much uncertainty to make a decision on Repeal
The referendum is approaching and we don’t know what the outcome will cause
It’s only a matter of weeks before the population of Ireland will vote whether or not to repeal the eighth amendment. Currently, the eighth amendment states that the mother and the unborn in utero have equal rights. The proposed amendment …
Christmas and the homelessness crisis
At Christmas time, we must to remember those with no home to go to.
In recent weeks, An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, has claimed that Ireland has a low level of homelessness compared to Ireland’s “peer countries”. There are various methods and measures that Ireland’s “peer countries” use to measure the rate of homelessness, so …