As seemingly the entirety of Dublin, and indeed the whole world, took to the streets in a rallying call against the impending climate crisis facing us all, one voice was suspiciously silent. At the heart of Ireland’s capital and a …
Editorial
Cut the Rent: The student activism Ireland needs
We need to stand behind emerging movements within our own community if we want to see change
As the housing crisis grows worse with each passing day, Ireland’s activist groups have been mobilising for change. A grassroots organisation has sprang up in Trinity this week to “revive the spirit of Take Back Trinity”, protest rising accommodation costs …
Editorial: Students need to stand up for themselves now more than ever
If those in government won’t act on their own, we have to make them
It’s not a good time to be a student in Ireland. The country is deep in the throes of a funding crisis in tertiary education. Public funding on a per student basis is barely half of what it was a …
Editorial: Trinity students should be against hazing, bugging, and defunding
The nuance of the debate has been lost in the agenda-driven storm
And so another controversy at Trinity has become a national outpouring of anxiety and rage, and all middle-ground or nuance has disappeared. Everyone is now either for The University Times or against them, for progressivism and press freedom or censorship …
Editorial: Bugging has destroyed the integrity of the University Times
Any student is liable to bugging if the University Times does not face serious consequences
In 2015, the University Times’ staff insisted that the Editor take a leave of absence from the newspaper after details of emails that the Central Societies Committee had provided on the condition that they not be referred to in an …
Editorial: The RONs that got away
Contributing Editor, Rory O’Sullivan, and Editor, Niamh Lynch, weigh in on the prominence of re-opening nominations as an option in this year’s TCDSU Comms race
At the time of writing, there is a chance that, for the first time in recent memory, an unopposed candidate will lose an election to RON. Muireann Kane is polling at 56% among decided voters in the Communications and Marketing …
Editorial: Activists are being left behind in favour of SU egos
Both TCDSU and USI continue to sideline grassroots campaigners in order to take leadership positions themselves
Every now and again, one of us has to go to some kind of event catered to students’ union representatives. They tend to keep to a formula: finger food, wine, a guest appearance from a high-flying Dublin professional – a …
Editorial: Accountability is lacking in the Capitations Committee
Students deserve transparent access to the accounts of capitated bodies
The capitated bodies’ accounts came before the Capitations Committee last Thursday, with full coverage and analysis published in the News section of this issue of Trinity News. Those bodies include Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU), the Central Societies’ Committee …
Editorial: De Rís’ putting a strain on Trinity’s relationship with USI, with no apparent upsides
It’s hard to see what the point of all of this pinning of colours to mastheads from Shane de Rís is
The contents of Budget 2019 have evoked fiery responses from student political leaders all across the country. Some of them have even managed to become fiery with one another. TCDSU President Shane de Rís circulated an email to all USI …
A letter from the Editor: new year, new design, new vision
Editor Niamh Lynch discusses her vision for Trinity News as it enters its 65th year
Trinity News has undergone a number of changes over the past few months. We’ve moved to a compact print format, increased the number of pages in the print edition, changed our website, and expanded our issue run for the year. …