“no one, it seems, should be allowed to speak in any public organisation unless SJP deems them worthy. “
An open university is a university where societies and individuals are free to organise whatever events and have whatever discussions they …
Rory O'Sullivan is a former Contributing Editor and Comment Editor of Trinity News, and an Ancient Greek graduate.
TCDSU passes motion of solidarity with non-academic staff balloting for a strike
Both SIPTU and UNITE are threatening industrial action after a breakdown in negotiations with College over a number of staff issues
Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) Council has passed a motion supporting SIPTU and Unite members in Trinity in their potential industrial action against College. Union members include most non-academic college workers, such as library, security, and cleaning staff.
Both …
SU Council backs lobbying for disability convention
TCDSU will be lobbying the government to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities
Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) passed a motion at SU Council this evening to lobby the government for rights for people with disabilities, and in particular for the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People …
Review: An hour of sound and spectacle at ‘Night at the Museum Building’
Rory O’ Sullivan checks out the lunchtime show in Players for Week 5 of their Freshers’ Fest
This week, anyone with a spare hour at lunchtime got to see something a little different at the Players theatre. Mercifully, ‘Night at the Museum Building’, written and directed by Úna Harty, had little to do with the Ben Stiller …
College is real, gut-wrenching, terrifying freedom
“What we spend time on becomes a large part of who we are, and so deciding how to spend your time is also about deciding who you want to be.”
Last week a friend of mine, an incoming fresher in Law and Politics, messaged me: “My timetable is awfully sparse”, he said. He was referring to the 15 contact hours a week – a good number, in my estimation. “Welcome …
Trinity’s QS Ranking Underlines the Desperate Need for Funding
In the wake of Trinity’s substantial drop in the QS rankings, Rory O’Sullivan highlights low funding provided to Irish universities as a pivotal issue.
The news that Trinity has dropped 20 places, from 78th to 98th, in the QS world university rankings, isn’t a Trinity story; it’s an Irish one. Of the 8 ranked Irish universities, 7 fell in this year’s rankings; only NUI …
HEAD TO HEAD: Is Corbyn to blame for Labour’s problems?
Rory O’Sullivan and Rory O’Neill go Head to Head on Labour’s controversial leader
There should be a military occupation of Syria – and Ireland should be part of it
If we truly care about the Syrian people we should make it so that they do not have to flee in broken boats across the Mediterranean. We should do what is hard and save their lives.
There is an illusion that often afflicts many people of all sides in the discussion of international affairs. We tend to believe, whether to attribute blame or to call for action, that we in the West can steer the world. …
Let Namazie speak
Even if you believe that racist or Islamophobic speakers ought not be allowed on university campuses, Maryam Namazie is neither. She was banned from speaking at Warwick because the SU believed that her ideas were wrong.
Whoever the argument about inviting offensive guest speakers on campus is about, it’s not about Maryam Namazie. Namazie is an Iranian who escaped with her family after the revolution of 1979. She studied in America and began her career aiding …