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 …
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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”
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
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 …
The SU is in need of fundamental structural reform
Jack Kennedy argues that while the current sabbats work diligently, they could accomplish more if the structure of the Students’ union were reformed
…“This year’s team of officers has been working extremely hard, and I’ve no doubt they will continue do everything they can to serve the College community in the coming months. But they could be doing so much more, if only
Back to our Futures
Medical student Martin O’Donnell examines what drives people’s decisions around the CAO, why high-point achievers are pushed towards Medicine, and why we need to rethink our current paradigms
“Students should be encouraged to think critically about what they want in life”
The Leaving Cert holds a special place in Irish society. The media has a morbid fascination with it, expressed in supplement after supplement in newspapers and with …
We need a class narrative to defeat the alt-right
The key to a strong, coherent movement against the alt-right is mobilising those who were disillusioned with the choice on offer in last November’s election
“Any hopes for reversing the advance of the alt-right lie to the left”
It is, at the time of writing, the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration as 45th President of the United States. Hundreds of protests have been planned in …
Is Repeal enough?
The way in which we approach the campaign for abortion rights has recently evolved in an attempt to gain traction with the modern electorate – but could this affect the diversity of the campaign?
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“If we want to truly challenge the current of conservatism that preserves the 8th, it is worth examining the popular engagement people have with abortion rights as a single political issue, and to self-examine our role as activists within the
The commercialisation of art
Stacey Wrenn argues that increased privatisation of art allows ultra-wealthy individuals and corporations to dictate the art world, reaping great financial rewards in the process
“A businessperson very rarely invests in something that will not benefit them directly”
Art has been of consistent importance to all civilisations since man first picked up one object and rubbed it against the surface of another. It helps people …
Wrestling for meaning after Christmas
Sorcha Ní Cheallaigh reflects on the significance of the stress that comes with shopping at the end of the festive period
“I took part in the Boxing Day Sales this year… on Christmas Day”
Today is the day we’re traditionally meant to take down the Christmas decorations we were once so worried about. When I was 11 years old, my cousin …