For the past two weeks, the Irish media has detailed the shortage of accommodation for refugees arriving in Ireland. This shortage problem is about to get significantly worse as there are currently 365 hotels in Ireland whose contracts to house …
A broke student’s guide to coffee breaks
Short of change after ball season? Desperately in need of a caffeine fix? We’re happy to help
The price of living in Dublin is getting increasingly higher and unfortunately that too means coffee is getting more expensive. In the next few weeks leading up to exams, you may have have the sudden realisation that your bank account …
Top society picks for freshers’ fair
Luke O’Reilly and Ferdy Emmet pick out the essential sign-ups for this week, so save yourself the four-year trial and error
The Phil
The Phil is the oldest student society in the world which goes from strength to strength every year. Popular among freshers, the Phil considers its members to all be part of one big Phamily (Lord!). A tight-knit group, …
Why I’m sick of people bashing Donald Trump
Well meaning liberal platitudes about Trump are no substitute for a real movement of people power, says Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin
The latest passionate condemnation of Donald Trump came this week in the form of an open letter from Brandon Stanton of Humans of New York on Monday (the 14th of March) – another well-constructed, facile enumeration of all the terrible …
Remembering Trinity Balls past
Faces of College present and past share their Trinity Ball memories ahead of this week’s celebrations.
‘The experience is quite different as a lecturer’
Ivana Bacik, Trinity College fellow and deputy leader of the Seanad
I have attended Trinity Ball many times, and it’s always been great. Of course I went nearly every year when I …
The stories you most cared about
The last college year gave us society scandals, new political campaigns and incoming TCDSU president Lynn Ruane, whose campaign and life story gripped the nation. But what were the stories that most captured your attention? Based on the number of …
€1k prize up for grabs at student media awards
A new award for ‘outstanding achievement’ in student journalism comes with a €1,000 prize at this year’s KBC National Student Media Awards (Smedias).
Nominations for the prize are open for individuals or groups who have made a special contribution to …
In review: TCDSU 2014-15
As the current sabbatical officers of Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union head into the final weeks of their tenures, our news staffers cast a cold eye back on their election manifestos and assess their performances to date.
President
Reading Domhnall …
Live blog: Jailbreak 2015
Catherine Healy, Andrew O’Donovan, Conor O’Donovan and Tadgh Healy bring you updates from Jailbreak HQ.
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Debate: should the SU be seeking commercial sponsorship?
The two candidates vying for the position of communications and marketing officer in this year’s SU elections go head to head.
This year’s SU elections has seen Aifric Ni Chriodain and Jemma O’Leary, the two candidates running for the new position of communications and marketing officer, publicly clash over the issue of headline sponsorship. Ni Chriodain says her proposal to increase …