The naked truth about porn addiction

An anonymous contributor reveals their personal experience of porn addiction and outlines how to the taboo around the issue makes it difficult to combat

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“We once viewed smoking as harmless, even healthy. Now we know better. How will future generations regard our naive consumption of porn?”

Porn cannot continue to live under the radar. If porn sites receive more visitors per month than Netflix,

Voting for The Man

Rory O’Neill dissects one of the most shocking election results of our time

“Whilst Trump is undoubtedly horrendous, and the rest of this article will proceed from that premise, none of this is of any explanatory value in understanding what happened.”

Donald Trump’s election as President of the United States has left the

A poppy with any other aim

As Armistice Day comes to pass, Joel Coussins argues the case for a new Irish symbol of remembrance.

“I couldn’t help but catch a glimpse of the headline of the Daily Record which read “James McClean in new poppy snub as West Brom star refuses to wear symbol”, which rather begs the question as to what the sports

If we are concerned about our society’s future, now is the time to act

Caught between the plight on either side of the Atlantic, the direction Ireland decides to take when it comes to immigration policy needs to be kept in focus

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“We cannot polish DP – we have to end it.”
-Lassane Ouedraogo, Africa House.

By now, those of us outside the Irish immigration system are slowly beginning to become aware of its shortcomings. TN has talked to the Irish Refugee

Our sense of foreboding has rung true and it’s a deafening sound

Zahra Khan describes the dumbfounding fear she felt as the electoral votes began to clock up in favour of Donald Trump, America’s 45th President

“We were never prepared to expect a man who wished to bar all Muslims from entering the US. We were never prepared to expect that the Majority would agree.”

I did not wake up to the shocking, soul shattering news …

Tick, tock, the clock strikes done

An anonymous writer describes the stress and isolation associated with constant connectivity and juggling many commitments at once

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“Chest tightens, heart throbs, throat closes up. I need to run to the beach and turn off my phone, but I can’t, I have things to do.”

I feel like a puppet, there are a million strings coming from me;

Ireland Welcomes?

Orlaith Darling argues that Ireland should be more welcoming to asylum seekers

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Of late, there have been several campaigns focusing our attention on the plight of the refugee. TN recently published an article on the horrors of Calais, and the deplorable conditions daily faced by families and individuals there. From such articles,

We need an open dialogue on recreational drugs

Hester Malin argues that a more frank discussion of drugs would lead to better ways of preventing drug-related deaths

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I’m just going to say it: I have taken drugs. Be it the odd glass of cheap wine at fresher’s week, the dab of some non-specific white powder on that fated A-Level results night, or sitting on a mattress shooting

Éire Amach? An Investigation

An investigation into growing Euroscepticism, countered by the continual pro-EU stance that the majority hold

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Euroscepticism – a criticism or strong opposition towards the European Union – continues to rise throughout Europe according to the latest Pew Research Center statistics. The result of the British referendum in favour of leaving the EU has raised many

Be wary of a culture where only one voice is heard

Calling for freedom of speech through the eyes and experiences of a pro-life student in Trinity

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I am woman. I am feminist. I am pro-life. To many my identities are contradictory but I have come to hold my pro-life views following much careful contemplation. I have looked to both sides of the debate, and this is