Aisling Leen, a fourth year English Literature and French student, is the sole candidate in the race for the position of Welfare Officer this year. After an uncontroversial campaign with a few blips, she looks set to have a strong …
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Donal MacNamee discusses the future of the University Times
The sole candidate in the race for Editor of the University Times discusses his manifesto points as well as the paper’s €16,000 deficit
Donal MacNamee, a Senior Sophister English and History student from Limerick, is the sole candidate in this year’s election bid for Editor of the University Times. MacNamee has led a successful campaign so far, coming out on top in the …
1982: the year of the engineer
The 49 engineering students who put forward their candidacy for the 1982 TCDSU Presidential election reflect on their flirtation with student politics
The President is the highest office in Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU), and although some may consider the Ents Officer as having the most significant effect on their student lives, the President is the most influential student leader on …
What is a holiday?
Holly Moore examines how 2019 fashion trends reflect a millennial interpretation of a getaway
Though it may sound obvious, a Spring/Summer 2019 collection often alludes in some way to the idea of a getaway. Tenuous as that connection may sound, this season it seems that designers have returned with a heightened consciousness to the …
Wood you like to know where the trees went?
Despite being the most deforested EU country, tree cover in Ireland is now at its highest level in 350 years
Ireland is known as the Emerald Isle, yet despite an abundance of green spaces, there is a shortage of forests and woodlands. This lack of forestry has had a huge impact on the biological diversity of the country, and consequently …
Building the city up, to knock rental prices down
A new plan for greater construction density in Dublin hopes to improve future housing development
Dublin is a city in crisis. Housing issues have continued to plague the capital and its potential development as a leading European city. Annually, thousands of people continue to make the choice to move to Dublin for work and education, …
Is safe refuge possible in “fortress Europe”?
Four years into the refugee crisis, Trinity News looks at Europe’s response
Summer of 2015 was when the refugee crisis peaked and first came to the attention of many Europeans. For the first time during the crisis, the media brought attention to images of refugees travelling across the sea and walking across …
Unpaid placements are a bitter pill to swallow
Pharmacy students across Ireland call for compensation for their placement hours
Since 1977, the Trinity School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has been the home of education for Pharmacy and other related subjects. In 2002 and 2003, RCSI and UCC joined the forces of providing high quality education and experience to …
Queen of Brussels says Ireland won’t be left alone
The EU Commissioner for Competition, Margrethe Vestager, delivered a speech in Trinity yesterday
The EU Commissioner for Competition, Margrethe Vestager, delivered a speech in Trinity yesterday on the current state of the Union, as well as the challenges facing the EU 27, sans Britain, in the years to come. Praising the “no-nonsense, ‘we’ll …
The end of blasphemy?
In the wake of the blasphemy referendum, are we living in a more secular, progressive society, or will this historically ineffectual law lead to an equally nonexistent impact?
On October 31, Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian, was acquitted by the Pakistani’s Supreme Court after spending eight years on death row following a conviction of blasphemy. Due to Pakistan’s strict blasphemy laws, when accused of defaming the Prophet Mohammed, …