Last week Forbes released an article on the wealth of the new United Kingdom Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, proclaiming his and his wife’s joint net worth to be “higher than the personal fortune of King Charles III”. An eyebrow raising …
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Recent TUI survey highlights potential reasonings behind teacher shortage in Ireland – and not a single one is surprising
Bleak outlook for the future minds of Ireland as there are simply too many obstacles for those who are able and willing to teach them
A survey carried out by The Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) has returned disappointing yet unsurprising results on the recruitment difficulties faced by schools and the reasons that these positions are not being filled. The survey found that 91% of …
Longer nights for Irish pubs and clubs introduces as many potential issues as the ones it aims to solve
The expanding of opening hours for pubs and clubs across Ireland is a win for Irish nightlife only if predictable obstacles are accounted for, and soon
News of the change to pub and nightclub opening hours has quickly gained much attention and discussion from the public, both positive and negative, and it is easy to see why. On the one hand, it is a massive change …
Two Taoisigh and three Prime Ministers walk into a bar…
We cannot laugh too much at Britain’s three Prime Ministers in as many months when the best we could come up with is a rotating Taoiseach role that highlights the absurdity of our own system
Step aside, Roz Purcell and Pippa O’Connor. Micheál Martin and Leo Varadkar are currently Ireland’s trendiest influencers. Mere weeks before our rotating Taoiseach system is due to be implemented, as Varadkar assumes Martin’s role, the British government decided that they …
‘Tis the season to be stressed out
Christmas shopping during a cost-of-living crisis is surprisingly not as fun as it sounds…
“Christmas! Already? No wait, it’s just the shops getting ready for Christmas shopping. Christmas shopping? Panic, panic!” These were the thoughts banging around my tender skull as I nursed the Halloween hangover. Bruised and battered from all sides by essay …
Cramming culture leaves already stressed students living off after-care, rather than self-care, during busy deadline seasons
As we approach the business end of the semester, we need to ask ourselves if our study methods are doing more harm than good
When picturing deadline season, one often conjures up the image of stressed students bent over their books, desperately trying to retain information. Needless to say (or rather, write), this is the result of cramming culture-that is, working intensely to learn …
The supplemental exam experience this year has been an overly stressful ordeal for students, for factors as unnecessary as they were unprecedented
Isolation from college over the summer, notable lack of college support, and the pressure of perceived high stakes of supplemental exams is a much larger problem than expected, and a significant disadvantage
In August of this year I was one of the hundreds of students who sat a supplemental exam. As with any exam preparation process, stress followed me from my term results all the way to the exam day itself. However, …
The back and forth nature of climate activism versus climate fatalism is exhausting
When facing a sizeable global threat such as climate change, it is sometimes difficult to continue to make the small changes when you worry that they have no significant impact
For some time, I have worried that my climate activism pales in comparison to the mass climate atrocities that are committed by corporations, countries, and celebrities daily. It is hard to feel as though the small steps you take count …
Capitalism: the toxic ex our governments need to stop calling
Capitalism is a boundary to climate change action, and we need to treat it as such before it is too late
You know that ex you keep running back to, even though you know you shouldn’t? The one you want to fix all your problems, even though they were the ones who caused the problem in the first place? Well, that’s …
Ibec’s objections to paid domestic violence leave are as nonsensical as they are contemptible
For victims of domestic violence trying to escape abusive situations, monetary concerns are an ever-present factor that this new bill will help alleviate, whether Ibec like it or not
On 5 October 2022, the work-life balance and miscellaneous provisions bill 2022 was presented to Dáil Éireann and legislation to implement it is currently being worked on by Green Party TD and Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth …