Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir and Jónína Leósdóttir were both awarded the gold medal of honorary patronage by the Philosophical society. Sigurðardóttir became the first openly gay head of government in the world when she was elected prime minister of Iceland in 2009. …
Neoliberalism, capitalism and modern feminism: Dr. Sinead Kennedy addresses third-wave feminism’s “unhealthy relationship with capitalism”
DU Gender Equality and Trinity Socialist Workers’ Student Society welcomed the Maynooth University lecturer as she addressed the issue of women’s liberation in the context of liberal feminism
On Thursday night the Dublin University Gender Equality society and the Trinity Socialist Workers’ Student Society held an event entitled “Women’s Liberation in the Age of Neoliberalism”. The guest speaker at the event was Dr. Sinead Kennedy of Maynooth University, …
Stigma, safety threats and barriers to human rights: DU Amnesty’s talk on sex work in Ireland
Kate McGrew, member of the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland, and Lucy Smyth, creator of uglymugs.ie, outlined the problems affecting sex workers in Ireland in a talk on Wednesday night as part of International Women’s Week.
On Wednesday night this week Dublin University Amnesty International held an event entitled “Sex Workers in Ireland: Lives, Problems, and Solutions” in the Mairtín Uí Cadhain theatre. Kate McGrew, a sex worker and sex worker rights activist with the Sex …
Trinity immunologists make breakthrough relating to vaccine immune-responses
A new adjuvant, key components in vaccines, called chitosan could pave the way for the future of vaccinations
Trinity immunologists have recently published groundbreaking research in the scientific journal Immunity relating to adjuvants. Adjuvants are key components in vaccines, and play an important role in enhancing the human body’s immune response to vaccination. Simply put, they help vaccines …
Graduate Student’s Union prepare report on the working conditions of Trinity teaching assistants
Outlining the intentions of the GSU in producing such a report, Hegarty insisted that it being “grounded in research” would be absolutely crucial.
In conversation with Trinity News, Gianna Hegarty, the vice president and welfare officer of the Graduate Students’ Union (GSU), has revealed that a report is being developed by the GSU to investigate the working conditions of teaching assistants (TAs) in …
The fashion industry makes us puppets of consumerism
We’re bombarded by marketing in almost every form of media, pushed to engage in faster and faster fashion.
I arrive at front gate in the morning. The route I take to the Hamilton depends on how I look that day. If it’s a good day I’ll barrel down past the Arts Building and the Berkeley. If I’m feeling …
Trinity researchers to create offshore energy solutions
Professor Ciarán McGoldrick: “The marine environment is harsh and necessitates new, innovative and robust design approaches”
Assistant professor Ciarán McGoldrick of Trinity’s school of computer science and statistics is coordinating the Project ICONN, which is funded by the European Commission under the largest ever European research and innovation programme, Horizon 2020. Project ICONN seeks to harness …
TAF 2016: The zine making workshop
As Harriet explained, zines are “a way for people to publish their own work in a valid format,” without financial restrictions or advertising. They are “a platform for private work”, she claimed, which is cheap, yet allows the artists to be “as daring as they want it to be”.
At 3 o’clock on Monday a zine workshop was held in the Phil conversation room in The GMB as part of Trinity Arts Festival. Elizabeth Rochford, of the visual arts magazine “The Bridge”, and experienced zine creator Harriet Bruce facilitated …