Irish universities have a secret they don’t want you to know about: the low pay and deeply exploitative employment conditions of a very significant proportion of academic staff in Ireland – between a third and 40% – who are employed …
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The public needs to allow politicians to have private lives
Aideen Ledwidge Lanigan explores the question: Should politicians be entitled to a private life despite their public roles?
With the rise of attention grabbing headlines and relentless media scrutiny, the delicate balance between public accountability and personal privacy in politics is a line that has become increasingly blurred. The rise of social media has allowed for aspects of …
Immigration is not at the root of violence against women
The murder of an innocent school teacher should not be fuel for racist rhetoric
In January 2022, the murder of Irish schoolteacher Ashling Murphy sent shock throughout the entire nation. The death of Murphy, who was attacked while walking along the Grand Canal in Offaly, was seen as a wake-up call to the Irish …
Thank you Chuck Feeney: Irish America’s great educational philanthropist
Chuck Feeney was more than a businessman: he was one of history’s great champions of education
Sitting in the timeworn chairs of Goldsmith Hall, I began a journey that would redefine my perception of education, thanks in no small part to an American philanthropist called Chuck Feeney. As I counted the number of students with me, …
Ag Baineadh na Speaclaí de Nós Díom
Is féidir linn dearmad a dhéanamh chun na dearudaí a fheiceáil i saol. Labhraíonn Martha Nic Mathúna linn faoi slí éascá chun draíocht an saol a choimeád beo lá i ndiaidh lae
Tá mo chairde ar fad bréan dom ag labhairt faoi na spéaclaí de nós. Mar sin, bheartaigh mé go labhróidh mé faoi anseo. Caithfidh mé a admháil gur tháinig mé ar an gcoincheap seo ar Tik Tok; ‘ag baineadh na …
The hypersexualisation of the Molly Malone statue is shameful
Over time, there has been an abhorrent uptake in the objectification of the Molly Malone statue through the means of touching her breasts. This must come to an end immediately
The Molly Malone statue erected by Irish sculptor Jeanne Rynhart in 1988 on Suffolk Street has been subjected to substantial sexual objectification throughout its history. Created as a celebration of the first millennium of the city of Dublin, the statue …
It’s time to tackle period poverty head on
TCDSU Welfare and Equality Officer Aoife Bennett discusses the barriers in place to period dignity at Trinity.
On Tuesday 7th of November, I brought a proposal to the Student Life Committee urging College to tackle period poverty on campus by providing students and staff with free period products in college bathrooms. The proposal was backed by the …
Promoting Gaeilge means taking action
Gaeilge must be at the centre of decolonising efforts in our institutions and society
For the last several hundred years in Ireland, being an Irish speaker has not been an easy existence. Centuries of British imperial policy attempted to eradicate the Irish language and Gaelic culture from the face of the earth, going to …
The importance of student journalism
70 years on from the foundation of Trinity News, Nina Crofts discusses the value of writing for a student publication
I started participating in student journalism when I was in high school. 15 to be exact. And when I started, I really just saw my articles as more fun versions of the academic essays I was writing every day in …
Memories of my undergraduate years
University of Dublin, Trinity College, 1958 — 1962
I finished secondary school (The King’s Hospital, then in Blackhall Place, Dublin) in June 1958. I had already gained my Trinity entrance by sitting the Matriculation exam in January of that year. The Matriculation exams were an alternative to the …