What Bank of Ireland’s English-only ATMs tells us about the Irish language
Bank of Ireland’s removal of the Irish language option in new LATMs (lodgement ATMs) has been popularly condemned by the Irish public. Bank of Ireland (BOI) discontinued the service as less than 1% of people were choosing to conduct their ATM business in Irish. With so few people opting to carry out transactions in […]
Predators like Weinstein operate because we permit them to
The slew of actresses who have come forward with stories of sexual harassment and assault from a single perpetrator, Harvey Weinstein, have brought to light the seedy world of Hollywood we all suspected to exist. Hollywood turns against him only now, after years of rumours and allegations. He was expelled from the Academy of […]
It’s time to let societies into student politics
So far, almost every angle of the Dublin University Gender Equality Society (DUGES) name-change debate has been explored. However, the events of recent months are simply threads in the knot of a greater issue: the involvement of student societies in “political” issues. DUGES was last year cautioned by the Central Societies Committee (CSC) when […]
Joint authority is the next step for Northern Ireland
The Irish foreign minister, Simon Coveney, recently caused a stir at Westminster. Coveney demanded a voice for the Irish government in the administration of Northern Ireland, remarking that “there can be no British-only direct rule” in the province. The next day in the House of Commons, Theresa May herself ruled out any sharing of […]
What’s in a name?
This week, at the Central Societies Committee (CSC) Term General Meeting (TGM), some closure was reached when Dublin University Gender Equality Society (DUGES) were unable to change the society name to FemSoc. As previous chairperson of the society (and a proud feminist), many people have greeted me, since hearing the news, with condolences. Yet […]
The bloated egos of student politics
There are, as ever, many confusions to be found in student politics. The emerging confusion, however, is best embodied by the self-interested individual: the person who waves the flag for political virtue, but whose every action suggests that they are concerned only for their own good, with little more than contempt for the wider political […]
We need to be mature about commercialisation
Recent years have seen growing concern over the “commercialisation” of universities. For many, the integrity of universities is threatened by a slavish devotion to corporate interests and a toxic logic of rationalisation which knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. They fear that student welfare and the freedom of academic inquiry […]
Instead of a hard border, there should be a united Ireland
I sit in the harsh light of the television, watching the mounds of dried wooden pallets and defaced tricolours of the Twelfth on across my screen. It strikes me like a match against the hard edge of a matchbox: now, more than ever, the British government is playing with fire. Calls for a frictionless, seamless […]
Pulling down posters won’t win the argument
Trinity PBP has overreached with their removal of pro-life posters around campus. While abortion is a sensitive issue, no side in the debate has a mandate to suppress an opposing viewpoint. Any disrespect for democratic values only undermines the pro-choice campaign. The nature of a referendum, like that approaching in 2018, demands a public […]
Why do we hate attractive cities?
By Charlie Miliken on October 19, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Dublin, like many other Western cities throughout Europe, is in the throes of a construction epidemic. The need to fulfil housing quotas, alongside the rich rewards from foreign investment, has led to a clear demand for high-rise towers in central locations. Most notable in this has been historic Dublin Dockyards area, which back in 2016 […]
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