In Week 11 of Michaelmas Term, Trinity released the results of its survey, offering valuable insight into how students are coping with learning under the pandemic. College’s focus was on the significant majority who said they were in favour of …
Editorial: A new provost is a chance for a new Trinity
The upcoming provost election could disrupt the college’s status quo for the better
We now have the likely field for the provost election. While Professors Linda Doyle, Linda Hogan and Jane Ohlmeyer still have to apply for candidacy, be accepted, and secure the necessary nominations, it seems highly probable they will, given their …
Editorial: Irish housing policy is unjustifiable
Decisions made at a local and national level have costs that are measurable in human lives
In the last week of October, five homeless people died on Irish streets. The number of homeless people who have died in this country since the beginning of the year is now at least fifty. Their homelessness was by no …
Editorial: The pandemic has highlighted that our systems can change – and we must change them
Even during Covid-19, we must push for equality
It’s easy to feel like the pandemic is the only thing that matters right now and that all other issues must take a backseat. This couldn’t be further from the truth. We find ourselves in a situation where long-overdue progress …
Editorial: The SU needs to be more political, not less
The presidential hopefuls are neither as agitated nor impassioned as the leader of a student movement needs to be
With another Student Union election season comes the inevitable debate around the SU’s value, its function, and its mandates as a political entity. The three candidates vying for the position of TCDSU president have supported at least some of SUs …
Editorial: This general election presents a major opportunity to break Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael rule
Ireland’s only hope for change lies in finding common ground among the parties of the left
With the general election fast approaching, a dramatic shift has emerged in the Irish electorate. For the first time in history, Sinn Féin has leapfrogged Fine Gael to command second place in the latest RedC poll. This general election could …
Editorial: The SU has lost sight of its purpose as a union
At a time when accommodation is such a critical issue, there simply is no excuse for haggling over details
On Tuesday evening, TCDSU Council voted against supporting Cut the Rent TCD and the group’s planned campaigns against rising accommodation costs. This represents a gross error on the part of the Union.
As the organisation set up to represent Trinity’s …
Cut the Rent: The student activism Ireland needs
We need to stand behind emerging movements within our own community if we want to see change
As the housing crisis grows worse with each passing day, Ireland’s activist groups have been mobilising for change. A grassroots organisation has sprang up in Trinity this week to “revive the spirit of Take Back Trinity”, protest rising accommodation costs …