Time erodes all things, shifting our surroundings day by day, inch by inch until the outside world is unrecognisable to parents, or grandparents, or ancestors long gone. It is a perversion of the natural order to resist decay, and preserve …
Enya O'Connell-Hussey is a Staff Videographer for Trinity News.
Where Trinity’s recycling goes
What happens to paper and plastic thrown away on campus
Ever wondered what happens after you throw a scrap of paper into an Arts Block bin? Trinity News looked at how College’s recycling is collected and processed, and spoke to some of the people who help along the way.
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How bats fight poverty in Mexico
Like mangos and pitaya? You’d better start liking bats too
What is there to like about bats? Not a lot, one would think, as fears of diseased, night-flying, hairy blood-drinkers come to mind. We slap them on Halloween decorations with reckless abandon and no horror movie would be complete without …
Seaweed, worms and kitchen science
Professor Luke O’Neill shares his thoughts on his new children’s book
Children are fairly impressionable creatures. They also have an admirable lack of inhibition when it comes to asking questions about the apparently mundane. Thus, they are perfect candidates for anyone hoping to teach science, if not for the fact that …
Trinity students join Dublin Climate Strike
Thousands marched in the city centre demanding government action on global warming
Yesterday, students from Trinity joined other third and second level students, trade unions, and activist groups marching in Dublin as part of the worldwide “Climate Strike”. They called for an urgent government response to tackle global warming and drastically cut …
“Cynicism is the death of everything”: Ruth Negga speaks to LawSoc
The Law Society hosted Academy Award nominated actress Ruth Negga yesterday
Trinity Law Society (LawSoc) welcomed Ruth Negga to an intimate crowd in Regent House today, to receive the Praeses Elit award. The Academy Award-nominated actress is a Trinity alum herself, born to Irish and Ethiopian parents and raised in Limerick. …
“An object is only as good as its story”
The hidden wonder of the Zoological museum
Holed up in the Brutalist classrooms of the sixties Arts Block, or fluorescent labs in the glass-covered TBSI, the old-world charm Trinity teases as one walks into its entrance feels to many an unfulfilling deception. It’s a struggle to imagine …
Cheap drinks around Dublin: Smithfield and Phibsborough
Residents of Dublin’s most popular student areas tell us about their local watering holes
Sometimes the trek into town is just too much- the price of the taxi, the outrageously long queues, the same tunes night in and night out. Every now and again, you just need a change. So to save you the …
Schols: to try or not to try?
A student weighs up the pros and cons of the upcoming scholarship exams
The 2018 Scholarship Exams are coming up in less than two months and those of us who decided to sign up have probably already questioned our life choices as we stare at a mound of special reading that seems like …
What do students really think about Christmas exams?
Students from across campus tell us what they think of the Provost’s newest announcement
Although the announcement was made by the Students’ Union last year, the reality of Christmas exams did not become tangible until a few weeks ago when every student was greeted with an email welcoming us with semesterisation from next year …