On July 13, a rally under the banner of Hands off Our Kids took place outside the Dáil as a response to Green Party TD and Minister for Children, Roderic O’Gorman, being photographed with Peter Tatchell. This photo was taken …
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Students need a sense of home not found on a screen
The increase of student learning off-campus will have more serious effects than not being able to sit on the Perch benches
Despite overwhelmingly positive advancements with regards to the easing of Ireland’s lockdown restrictions, uncertainty about the future still remains a huge issue weighing on the minds of students in Trinity and beyond. Between the choice students face regarding Erasmus, and …
Unionists have been fooled by English Nationalism
Sean Quinn analyses the shallow rhetoric of Boris Johnson throughout the pandemic
During the 2019 British general election, a fear lingered that large sections of the NHS would be sold off to the US in post-Brexit Britain. This is the health service that was celebrated at the opening ceremony of the London …
Combatting racism must be a priority for student politics
USI has promised to adapt activism to Covid-19 restrictions, and must use its platform to extend support and solidarity to those facing racism
The murder of George Floyd by police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis last week sparked protests and justifiable outrage across the US. An alleged use of a counterfeit twenty dollar bill at a local deli enabled Chauvin to murder Floyd …
The power of Normal People is its familiarity
Normal People’s appeal lies not only in its geographical familiarity, but in its skilful depiction of love and alienation
Kehoe’s pub on South Anne Street has a mural on its wall of a James Joyce quote which reads: “In the particular is contained the universal.” The full quote is preceded with the declaration that “for myself, I always write …
Trinity’s slow communication on study abroad has left students distressed
Studying abroad is difficult enough to organise without the stress of not knowing whether or not it’s going ahead
While this academic year has ended, students’ worries still linger, especially those who plan on studying abroad. The process of applying to study abroad is confusing and frustrating enough as it is already without the added pressures of having to …
Good marking has always been a question for the heart, not the brain
The pandemic reminds us that it is the marker’s job to err on the side of generosity
To date, the best mark I have received in my four-year degree is a 70. On a numerical basis, this is not true. But factor into the bald sum a calculation of emotion, and this is the mark which comes …
Student nurses deserve to be paid
Student healthcare workers deserve to be paid not just in times of crisis
The current pandemic situation has brought us all to a standstill. It is at times like this that we truly realise the value of our frontline staff: the various nurses, doctors and other healthcare workers who are going out to …
How the Covid-19 epidemic puts students with EDs at risk of relapse
The habits of everyone throughout the pandemic can have a huge effect on those with EDs
Note: this article contains references to body image, mental health and eating disorders.
Issues of stockpiling, the collection of food provisionally and how to manage meals going forward are normal enough conversations at this stage of the Covid-19 pandemic. Students …
Housing cuts make women bleed: #MeToo and the fight for economic justice
In the face of the growing de-politicisation of International Women’s Day, feminism must be firmly re-framed along class lines
Note: this article contains references to sexual violence and harassment which some readers may find upsetting
Falling on the 8th of March each year, International Women’s Day often brings panel discussions on Women in Business, shops filled with bunches of …