The Students Unions of TCD, UCD, and DIT, in collaboration with the Ana Liffey Drug Project (ALDP), have launched a campaign aimed encouraging safer drug use among students. The “What’s in the Pill?” initiative, launched yesterday at Dublin’s Mansion House, …
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Actress Sarah Rafferty receives award from TCD Law Soc
The award ceremony, which was originally due to be held in Regent House, had to be moved to Goldsmith Hall at the last minute to accommodate the huge demand
Reflections on Terry Pratchett
Pratchett was often dismissed as just a funnyman writing in a silly genre. But besides being droll and imaginative, his works are also generous and unexpectedly wise.
JRR Tolkien is often credited with legitimising fantasy as a genre, and turning it into something that could be taken seriously by readers and critics alike. He gave us orcs, and hobbits, and epic quests. But it was Terry Pratchett …
College outlines ‘commitment’ to gender equality in new video
A new video released by Trinity College yesterday outlines its strategy for addressing gender imbalance in the academy.
The move comes after data released by the Higher Education Authority in December indicated that women make up only 33% of its …
You might convince others if you “fake it ’til you make it” – but you’ll never convince yourself
Doireann Ní Chonghaile examines the shortcomings of a common piece of advice given to those who struggle with self-confidence.
We’ve all heard the advice before – If you’re lacking in self-confidence, self-esteem, or are plagued with doubts about your own worth, all you need is this one simple trick: pretend to be confident, and eventually everyone, including yourself, will …
Is Catholic Ireland dead?
You can’t really argue with census figures.
It’s probably not too much of a stretch to say that Irish people have a complicated relationship with religion. Most of us nowadays have little or no interest in organised religion, and tend to stay as far away from the …
I’m sick of rural friends hating on Trinity
Fast-forward a few years and you are one of them. You’ve perfected your own brand of shabby chic fashion. You spend hours each day in hipster coffee shops, drinking overpriced blends that you hadn’t even heard of before you moved …