Walking through the streets of Dublin, it is hard to miss the occupied sleeping bags nestled in doorways, or the tents pitched precariously under the steps of a suburban DART station. Homelessness in Ireland has risen at an alarming rate …
Rose Slocock is a Deputy Features Editor at Trinity News and is currently in her Junior Sophister Year studying History.
UT Race: Charlie Hastings wants to “to go out there and earn [his] pay” as Editor
After a turbulent three years at the UT, Hastings pledges to “go to the ends of the earth” to create a “sense of community” and a “mentally stable work environment”
Charlie Hastings is making his bid for this year’s University Times (UT) Editor on a platform which heavily prioritises the welfare of the UT staff, and the cultivation of a collaborative working environment. Highlighting the past shortcomings of the paper, …
“Go home girls and shut up”: articles from Trinity News on women through the decades
An archival exploration of the attitudes towards women held by Trinity News’s student journalists throughout history
Founded in 1592, Trinity College Dublin’s status as Ireland’s oldest university undoubtedly makes it an object ripe for historical analysis. As we approach the seventieth anniversary of the founding of Trinity News (TN) – which also boasts the title of …
For the love of college: a part-time job, a full-time passion
What it’s really like to voluntarily take on some of the most demanding student positions at Trinity
Academics, GMB chamber debates, drunken society balls, and packed pub crawls. With this being the experience of most Trinity students, it is often too easy to forget that our college experience is largely shaped by fellow students. For a select …
State of the Union
Understanding your 2023/24 TCD Student Union: how to take an active role in your education this year
Whether you are starting College or deeply embroiled in the rigours of your degree, it can often feel as though you have no direct input in the administration of your own education. In a large institution such as Trinity, it …
“It’s a fundamentally exploitative system here”: Inside the ongoing struggle for postgraduate rights
An in-depth look into the testing postgraduate experience in Ireland
“We are all hurt by the system, not everyone in the same way.” This is the harsh reality of postgraduate study according to Seathrún (Jeffrey) Sardina, chair of Trinity College Dublin’s branch of the Postgraduate Workers’ Organisation (PWO). Speaking to …