(The students interviewed have been named after members of the Spice Girls in order to protect their identities.)
“I really didn’t want to quit,” Victoria said, “but I was dreading going back.” When Victoria, a Joint Honours student on exchange …
Gianna Care: Misinformation on a bathroom door
How one anti-abortion agency is using stickers, a staple of campus, to market itself as a women’s health organisation
There are so many stickers and posters dotted around campus that they become easy to ignore. The battle for our attention never seems to stop and the backs of bathroom doors are a consistently popular target for advertising new societies, …
A long hard look at Love Languages
Hazel Mulkeen questions the love languages, and asks why we place so much value on them
If you’re reading the Sex and Relationships section of Trinity News, it’s probably fair to assume you’re familiar with the five love languages. They’ve found their way into Gen-Z culture and become a shorthand for what kind of person you …
Debunking the mystery of Trinity tunnels
Trinity News investigates the enduring legend of tunnels under campus
“Legend has it”, a 2021 Trinity News article claimed: “there is a network of underground tunnels beneath Trinity.” In this anniversary issue, Trinity News decided to delve deeper into the reality behind this enduring myth.
Generations of freshers have been …
Street Doctors Ireland: a public health approach to reducing street violence
Trinity News speaks to College students trying to empower at-risk youth in a unique way
In 2013, Street Doctors Ireland set out for the first time to deliver their first aid classes at the now closed St Patrick’s Institution, a penal facility for 16 to 21 year olds. Overwhelmingly, the feedback that they got was, …