Sport

Football and the death of passion

Dylan O’Sullivan deconstructs the nature of sport as a surrogate battleground in the modern age

“It was more than just a game – it was a battle.”

As the human race has evolved over the centuries, our appetite for battle has come under increasing attack. The aggression and tribalism that led our species out of …

Features

Volunteering abroad: who benefits?

Eva O’Brien delves into the world of volunteer programmes; the volunteers who choose to go abroad and the varied approaches organisations take in funding these journeys

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Why do so many young Irish people choose to spend weeks in discomfort and heat, thrown into challenging circumstances, working often in an area in which they may have little or no experience?

This year, Suas sent 73 people abroad

News

Blueprint of globomycin created by Trinity researchers combats antibiotic resistance

The high resolution blueprint of the substance created by a team led by Trinity’s Professor Martin Caffery has been long sought after in the battle to delay the post-antibiotic era

NEWS

A clear molecular blueprint of globomycin, a substance which could be important in the design of new antibiotics, has been produced for the first time by researchers from the department of biochemistry immunology in Trinity College.

The importance of globomycin …

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Hist panel on future of LGBTQ movement says Republic must help Northern Ireland achieve marriage equality

Una Mullaly claims that it is “a fallacy” to believe that the Republic has done all that it can now that the marriage equality referendum has been passed

NEWS

The Hist, in association with Trinity Q Soc, held their first panel discussion of the year on the future of the LGBTQ movement in Ireland on Thursday last. The panel consisted of Una Mullaly, journalist for the Irish Times and

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Staff and students want Trinity to be more like Oxbridge according to survey by ‘Identity Initiative’

Lia Flattery

Staff Writer

  • Identity initiative part of new drive to boost Trinity’s international ranking
  • Hopes that new name and logo will “create a more cohesive and powerful story”
  • Members of public continue to identify Trinity as “snobbish”

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