Although it often falls under the radar of non-business students, the Trinity Student Managed Fund (SMF) has grown to impressive heights since its conception in November 2010. With a current base of over 1,000 members, SMF seeks to aid the …
The Hist takes on #MeToo
The debate discussed and analysed its successes and failures
On Wednesday evening, the GMB witnessed a thoughtful and timely debate on the successes and failures of the #MeToo movement. Organised by the Hist and chaired by Joan Burton TD, the motion, that this house believes that the #MeToo movement …
On Cookery and Kindness: Mary Berry speaks to the Phil
The renowned baker visited the Phil yesterday to speak about her contribution to the culinary arts
Beloved baker and television personality Mary Berry became an Honorary Patron of the University Philosophical Society yesterday. She delivered a talk to a packed audience in the GMB, followed by a Q&A session chaired by Sorcha Ryder, president of the …
Students are not at the centre of TEP
The Christmas assessments were cripplingly stressful
Trinity is renowned as Ireland’s most prestigious university. Boasting alumni such as Oscar Wilde, Edmund Burke, Bram Stoker, and other members of the Irish liberal literati, College often exists in the public imagination as something to be revered: a bastion …
The hallowed halls
As the summer surges onward, Grainne Sexton looks back on the highs and lows of a year spent living in Trinity Hall
Before I made the move to Dublin, and prior to even considering a future uproot from the security of life in rural Cork, I had heard of Trinity Hall.
Friends of friends went there, coming home at weekends to recount …
Trinity supports campaign for improved cycling infrastructure
The college is the first large employer to back the campaign
Trinity has announced its decision to support the “Cycling Works Dublin” campaign, becoming the first large employer to back a campaign for improved cycling infrastructure in Dublin.
College stated that it decided to support the campaign when nearly 90% of …
Top scenic walks in Dublin
To set you off on your saunters, Grainne Sexton has put together a list of the must-try scenic walks throughout Dublin
“Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature and vast curiosity” (Henry David Thoreau)
Despite its status as the most primal act of mobility, leisurely walking has faded …
UCC teams claim victory in Jailbreak 2018
Four teams reached Location X this evening in a first-time tie
Four teams from University College Cork (UCC) have been announced as the winners of Jailbreak 2018, in a first-time tie in the competition, and also the first occasion on which a Trinity team have failed to be crowned champions.
The …
Life without Instagram
The trials and triumphs of breaking up with Instagram
I was sixteen when I first downloaded Instagram. Imbued with the uncanny ability to recite dates and “life-defining” moments: it was September 2013, the day after receiving my Junior Cert results. While lolling on the sofa of a friend’s house, …
Presidential candidate Shane De Rís discusses refocusing the SU
Third year Irish and German student is one of four candidates in this year’s President race
Shane De Rís is a third year Irish and German student. His campaign for the Students’ Union presidency is centralised on a promise to “refocus the SU,” with De Rís hoping that it will become “a union that listens and …