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Communications & marketing race: Channing Kehoe wants to “keep them engaged”

The final year law and political science student hopes to continue the policies of the current officer, Beth Strahan

Channing Kehoe is a senior sophister law and political science student from Phoenix, Arizona running for TCDSU communications and marketing officer. They are the sole candidate in the race.

Kehoe believes that they have both the “hard and soft skills” …

Life, Student Living

How to budget as a student: in conversation with money mentor Santis O’Garro

Kate Byrne chats to the founder of the Budget Mindset Club about how students can manage their finances

Santis O’Garro is a hands-on money mentor who specialises in helping people manage and budget their finances. She also likes to call herself a “light worker” – someone who has learnt something important in their life, and shares what they

Life, Sex & Relationships

Chemsex amongst students

Kate Byrne considers how students are using drugs to enhance their sexual experiences

Chemsex refers to the use of one or more drugs, in any combination, to facilitate or enhance sexual activity. The most common drugs used during chemsex are Methamphetamine (Meth), Mephedrone (Meph) and GHB (G). Ketamine and cocaine, especially in Ireland,

Arts & Culture, Life

Sorry You Felt That Way

Kate Byrne reviews Harry Butler’s Sorry You Felt That Way as part of Dublin Fringe Festival 2024

Showcased between September 12-15 at the Project Arts Centre, Sorry You Felt That Way is a timely, thought-provoking piece about the things we wish we didn’t know about our partners. 

The play follows Emma, who has just moved into her

Arts & Culture, Life

Grania at The Abbey

Kate Byrne and Cat Grogan review Caitríona McLaughlin’s production of the 1912 play.

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120 years after it was first written, Lady Gregory’s play Grania runs for the first time in the Abbey Theatre. With Lady Gregory herself having founded The Abbey alongside WB Yeats, this debut performance carries a certain degree of weight.

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Life inside the Trinity BDS encampment

College has outlined its plans to cut ties to Israeli institutions. What was life like in the encampment that led to this unprecedented divestment?

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Names have been changed for anonymity purposes 

“I wasn’t a Trinity student. So the only way I could actually get in was by sneaking in as an UberEats driver.”

These are the words of Gareth, who arrived at the Trinity