When asked what made her want to run for Provost, Professor Linda Doyle gives two reasons. One: After her term as Dean of Research, she felt a “natural desire to step up to the next level”. Two: She feels she …
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Sunday Longread: Breaking up big tech
Conservatives decrying “unfair” treatment ally with progressives
As concerns deepen over the power of companies such as Google and Facebook, a growing coalition of countries are making moves to regulate the power of Big Tech. Europe has been a global leader when it comes to increasing the …
Standing up for student renters
A look inside the newly established TCD Renters’ Union
Launched in the opening days of the new year, the newly formed TCD Renter’s Union (TCDRU) has attracted hundreds of followers across their three social media platforms in the first few weeks of its existence. On these platforms, the TCDRU …
Sunday Longread: As the transition period ends, Brexit finally takes hold
Anna Sheehan explores the consequences of Brexit on Irish students
Whilst 2020 will doubtless earn a sweeping spot in the history annals, it’s amusing to reflect on 2016, a year which, at the time, sparked political chaos amid two of the world’s most powerful nations. When the UK voted to …
Provost election swaps podiums for Zoom in highly unusual race
Trinity’s Registrar, who oversees the election, says its online format won’t stem collegiate spirit
For the first time since Trinity’s establishment by Queen Elizabeth I in 1592, the role of provost will go to a woman, whose ten-year term will commence on 1 August 2021. Professors Linda Doyle, Linda Hogan and Jane Ohlmeyer are …
New year, same online semester
Dearbháil Kent interviews students and staff about their thoughts on the online delivery of the second semester
Most students would agree that initially the prospect of going to a 9am class online in your pyjamas from the comfort of your own bed was very attractive, at least at the beginning of the academic year. It is almost …
How the Mother and Baby Homes Report came into existence – and what we’ve learned
The newly published report on mother and baby homes follows previous reports on Ireland’s institutional abuses, and is every bit as harrowing
The Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation Report, which was completed in the latter half of 2020, has just been released, and is one of many investigative reports into historic Irish institutional abuse completed in the last few decades. …
“We were left with just €15 after paying the rent”: Students living on the PUP
Loss of work due to the pandemic has brought unique challenges for students
In March, the Government was forced to act quickly when it was faced with a growing health and economic crisis that is likely to be remembered as a historic event. The then Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, announced that all non-essential retail …
Sunday Longread: Paving the path to rediscovery
With potential plans in place to pedestrianise Dame Street, Dubliners are afforded the chance to reclaim their city
As lockdowns infiltrated the world last March, cities experienced a dampening of background noise that was as unprecedented as the pandemic itself. The major boomtowns ceased to boom, and the usual cacophony of traffic was extinguished by unfamiliar harmonies of …
Busking for the homeless
Trinity students raising money for homeless charities this Christmas
The homelessness crisis in Ireland has become an increasingly more salient issue, with the issue of housing being voters’ number one priority in February’s General Election. Students and youth organisations have taken the lead in raising awareness and money, and …