Covid-19 has changed the way we have sex. Some of us are single, some of us are separated from our partners. A lot of us don’t know when we will have our next sexual encounter. Amid Level 3 lockdowns and …
Eva O'Beirne is the Deputy Sex and Relationships Editor and Co-Podcast Editor of Trinity News, and a Senior Fresh student of History and Economics.
Sunday longread: Let’s talk about our sexual health
Eva O’Beirne interviews Dr Caroline West on the stigma surrounding women’s sexual health in Ireland
It is estimated that 3 out of 4 women will experience thrush in their lifetime. Around two thirds will get a urinary tract infection (UTI) and one third will have a form of bacterial vaginosis. With such high incidences rates, …
Podcast – A Look at Level 5 : Calculated points, online college and a virtual freshers’ week – Fresher Panel
In this final installment of a three part episode, podcast host Eva O’Beirne interviews a group of students from UCD and Trinity about their experiences with entering their first year of college. Listen to the panel discuss their virtual freshers’
Podcast – A Look at Level 5 : Ents officers panel
In this second installment of a three part episode, podcast host Eva O’Beirne interviews a selection of ents officers across campus. Listen to the panel discuss diversity, accessibility and restrictions as well as what events are coming up in the …
Podcast – A look at Level 5: Talking to TCDSU
The first segment of our three-part Lockdown special podcast episode is available now
In this first installment of a three-part episode, podcast host Eva O’Beirne interviews TCDSU Welfare Officer Leah Keogh, TCDSU Communications Officer Philly Holmes and TCDSU Ents Officer Hugh McInerney. Listen to the panel discuss Freshers’ Week, Level 5 restrictions, and …
“Protection within legislation”: interview with Revenge Porn Activist Megan Sims
With revenge porn finally becoming illegal in Ireland, how safe will we really be?
In a world where most sexual encounters will be online for the foreseeable future, consent and revenge porn have become more topical than ever. With new HSE guidelines being vague at best and dangerous to sex workers at worst, Megan …
Finding a home for consent in Trinity: interview with Sexual Consent Intern Aoife Grimes
“It’s important to note that all colleges in Ireland and across the world have a problem with sexual violence and Trinity is no exception”
This article contains topics of consent and sexual assault.
In March 2019, the Students’ Union (SU) voted to introduce an intern for sexual consent education and development to Trinity. Speaking to Trinity News over Zoom, Aoife Grimes, the current sexual …
Socially distant dates can be more than an awkward walk
Eva O’Beirne highlights sea swimming as one way to break free of virtual dating
It’s been six months since Ireland went into lockdown, and for a lot of us, so did our love lives. The rules of dating became increasingly blurred as we spent more time apart from our crushes and partners. We got …
Ireland’s Sex Education is failing its students at every turn
Eva O’Beirne examines Ireland’s failing sex education system and the ramifications of sexual ignorance
When it comes to sex education, I have always taken any advice given to me with a pinch of salt. A built-in skepticism, or perhaps even a hereditary form of Catholic guilt, has continuously plagued me whenever I had a …
Carrie Bradshaw is not the feminist icon we want her to be
Rewatching Sex and the City in a modern feminist context reveals a lackluster approach to sexual health
The escapism of a fictional world can be dangerous. One can start to believe that buying full-priced Manolo and Fendi products can be a weekly occurrence. Pretending that you can live like or even be a certain character gives your …