I remember the first time I attended a talk in Trinity. It was the Maths and Physics open day 2013, and I was a naïve 18-year-old Leaving Cert fresh from off a bus from Galway. The defining moment of that …
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Not my problem: the tale of Trinity admin
Trinity admin show us how not to run a college.
As the situation stands at the moment, I am neither a second or third year undergraduate student. Actually, that’s untrue; I am a second year student by default who was accidently, if conveniently, registered to the third year modules I …
It’s time to let societies into student politics
We could be entering a new era of student activism, but only if societies are allowed in.
So far, almost every angle of the Dublin University Gender Equality Society (DUGES) name-change debate has been explored. However, the events of recent months are simply threads in the knot of a greater issue: the involvement of student societies in …
Harvey and Irma are symptoms of our ever-worsening climate
Without action to prevent climate change, and preparation for the disasters that will occur, we can expect more disasters of the same scale as Harvey and Irma.
Hurricane Irma recently hit Florida, rewriting history books as the most powerful Atlantic hurricane on record, with winds reaching velocities as high as 298km/h. But with hurricanes, it isn’t only wind that we should be worrying about – it’s water.…
Pushing the public services card on you and me
How the newly-empowered public services card is going to lead us into an “eGovernment”
Something is about to happen in government administration that will alter how we access public services and where we stand in relation to our government. That is the state’s decision to make the Public Services Card (PSC) instrumental to the …
I want to make the most of my time at Trinity
We asked one of our writers to look ahead and tell us what she wants to achieve this year.
After successfully surviving one year of college, and spending four long summer months considering how I am going to approach this year differently, there is so much that I aspire to be in the next year.
Studying law and a …
In praise of cycling
Life on two wheels can be chaotic, but cycling has many benefits.
Cycling in Dublin is an experience in itself. It is an eco-friendly, healthy and efficient mode of transport in a city with an ever-growing population – yet it still remains a difficult and hazardous task to successfully navigate the city …
George Hook and his comments have no place on the airwaves
Rather than with Hook and his ilk, our sympathies lie with those he has offended.
At time of writing, George Hook has been suspended from Newstalk with immediate effect, following the furore surrounding his now infamous comments on rape earlier this month. Most will now be familiar with what he said. The substance of Hook’s …
Pro-life to pro-choice: confessions from a convert
On July 4, 2015 I attended the Rally for Life in Dublin. This September 30 I will be attending my first March for Choice.
I was working as a research assistant in College the summer after my first year. I saw the Rally for Life posters every day on my route to and from work but hadn’t seriously considered attending until the day of …
How dare they take our Pav grass
The Trinity Summer Series left a hole in our lives.
“Though nothing can bring back the hour/ Of splendour in the grass,/ of glory in the flower,
We will grieve not, rather find/ Strength in what remains behind”
I’m a man of simple pleasures. Sunshine, somewhere to lie down, a …