Why do you care that I don’t want to have sex?

“[I want] be in social circles where that doesn’t matter; where we can share stories of doing it or not doing it and not worry about how we’ll look as a result”

On Valentine’s Day, I visited the doctor. He examined me to find that clamminess, tiredness, irregular discharge and glandular swelling could all point towards an STD. The following conversation occurred:

Him: “Is their any chance you have an STD?”

Me:

Spreagann ráiteas an Seanadóir Aodhán Ó Ríordáin ceist thábhachtach ar an dóigh a chaitear le lucht na Gaeilge in Éirinn

D’iarr Conradh na Gaeilge air a raiteas “maslach” a tharraingt siar, ach ina agallamh le Nuacht TG4 faoina chuid foclai­ochta, duirt se nach raibh aifeala air faoi a raibh raite aige, ach b’fheidir go n-usaidfeadh se “tearmai­ocht difriuil” an chead uair eile go mbeidh an Ghaeilge a phle

Déardaoin seo a chuaigh thart labhair an Seanadóir Aodhán Ó Ríordáin os comhair an Seanaid mar chuid de plé ar theanga na Gaeilge. Labhair sé ar líofacht na tíre sa Ghaeilge, teagasc na teanga sa chóras oideachais, agus an dóigh …

Op-ed: Why you should support the Strike 4 Repeal campaign

Strike 4 repeal TCD member Aislinn Shanahan Daly outlines why you should support the strike on the 8th of March

OP-ED

12 women travel to England each day to have abortions; safe yet illegal abortion pills are used by thousands of Irish women through services like need abortion Ireland and women on web; the last Irish Magdalene laundry was closed …

What Trinity means to me, and what I mean to College, as a graduate

D. Joyce-Ahearne evaluates his alumnus relationship with Trinity and with College, arguing that the two are far from the same thing

OP-ED

Last week, in my first act as a Trinity College alumnus, I requested my graduate reader’s card for the library. It came within five working days. In my first act as a graduate reader, I then requested a book from

Why the state must fund the arts

For access and inclusivity, there is no alternative to publicly providing art and culture

Last November, Taoiseach Enda Kenny admitted that the state has failed, repeatedly, to put arts and culture at the front of its public policy. Were the government to attempt to tackle this issue, it would be long overdue: arts funding

Head2Head: Should Trinity introduce Christmas exams?

Fiachra MacCanna and Niall Maher argue the cases for and against the introduction of Christmas exams

Fiachra MacCanna – Yes

“When we split the year in half, we are examined on what has just been covered in the last semester, and, thus,study rotas are easier to manage, and stress is somewhat relieved”

When exams seem so

Why sell out?

Jane Purdom delves into the minefield of multinational firms and discovers that “the idea of selling out is far from simple”

COMMENT

The Big Four in the world of business, the Big Five in the world of law — any final year student knows what these terms mean. Multinational firms that have set up in Ireland for what some may consider questionable

Students must show solidarity with Trade Unions

Faced with the growing commercialisation of College, students have no choice but to support industrial action

DONT USEE

For the first time in years Trinity faces the prospect of industrial action. The current impasse between non-academic staff and College could be ended through a negotiated settlement; however, we cannot ignore the important implications of the policies College has