Ireland's Oldest Student Paper
Every year, Trinity somewhat unknowingly is home to Ireland’s only festival of its kind – the TCD Drama Debut Festival. Five students are chosen through a process of study, performance practice, and conceptual envisioning to lead five shows of their …
In the last few years the terms “refugee”, “asylum seekers”, and “immigrants” have been widely used in mass media to refer to people who don’t belong to their country of residence. However, there are crucial differences in these labels that …
Atop the peak of Montpelier Hill, nestled well amongst the Dublin mountains sits a ruined stone building which, for generations has served as a place of ghostly tales and frightening night time retreats. Montpelier Hill, known more commonly as “The …
Former Taoiseach Enda Kenny described March 1, 2017, when the State gave formal recognition to the distinct ethnic identity of Travellers, as “a historic day for our Travellers and a proud day for Ireland”. Kenny continued: “I hope that today …
Sitting proudly amongst the historical Georgian architecture of South Dublin and just a short walk from many of our states’ political institutions, shopping districts, and some of the city’s finest restaurants and bars, Trinity seems to be blessed with an …
In its over 400 years of existence, Trinity has amassed over 120 societies and clubs for its students’ extracurricular interests. These range from large debating societies to the many cultural societies that Trinity has gained over the years as the …
“Hey fam!” followed by a chuckle. That is the last greeting you would expect from a training paediatric cardiac surgeon, tackling the Irish refugee crisis in her spare time. Yet so it was, meeting the bubbly 21 year old Niveta …
Commuting is a fact of life for many students at Trinity. Attending university in many countries is tied to taking that big step and moving out of the family home. In Ireland, however, if you’re from a region with a …
It is difficult to imagine that the conditions of Trinity’s security staff would be of any concern to students. For most, security is one amongst a large set of the static institutions of the college: predictable, boring, at worst an …
You’ve seen their advertisements all over College: posters in bathroom stalls, pamphlets around the Arts Block, flyers in the corridors. As students in Trinity, most of us are vaguely familiar with the existence of a service called NiteLine. But what …