As government and student funded institutions, it is imperative that universities strive to uphold an ethical approach to investment, something which Trinity is crucially failing to do. Ethical investment is a strategy whereby investors, in this case College, choose to …
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Ireland has a duty to provide refuge to those fleeing Afghanistan
Given Ireland’s privilege and unique role in the Afghan war, Ireland must do more to help those fleeing Afghanistan.
The sudden nature of the recent US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the accompanying success of the Taliban have left many Afghans, who fear the oppressive religious conservatism and violent brutality of the incoming regime, scrambling to find a route out …
Zappone appointment reveals deep-seated hostility toward transparency in Leinster House
With this event, the government has shown that neither honesty nor fairness is a priority.
At the height of the most severe health and housing crises in the state’s history, one might be surprised to find that the topic presently dominating political discourse in Ireland is the attempted appointment of former minister Katherine Zappone as …
Unbalanced media coverage has masked Fine Gael’s fundamental policy failures
A failure to properly critique the party has led to a distorted public image and a misinformed electorate
Going into the 2020 election, Fine Gael were in crisis mode. 12 percent down on Fianna Fáil and only one point ahead of Sinn Féin, there was a genuine chance of key ministers losing their seats and real concern for …
Seanad Éireann is in urgent need of radical reform
Most citizens are excluded from Seanad elections. This must change.
Almost eight years have now passed since the people of Ireland narrowly voted to retain Seanad Éireann in the 2013 referendum on its abolition. Despite subsequent promises of reform, there has since been no serious attempt by the government to …
Drug users deserve dignity, not NIMBYism
The High Court’s decision to reject planning for a supervised injection facility will only cause further harm.
On Thursday, the High Court rejected a plan to open what would be Ireland’s first legal drug injection centre on Merchant’s Quay. Concerns about the proposed centre’s proximity to a local school were raised, with the school claiming this would …
Ivana Bacik takes seat in Dublin Bay South bye-election following Fine Gael’s disastrous campaign
Housing was identified as the key issue of this election, with Geoghegan failing to keep the seat, even in Fine Gael’s stronghold.
The Dublin Bay South bye-election results are now in, seeing Senator Ivana Bacik of the Labour party win the seat left vacant by Fine Gael’s Eoghan Murphy. Fine Gael opted to run James Geoghegan, a comparatively unknown figure in national …
LGBTQ+ communities pay a hefty price for corporate pride
The LGBTQ+ community continues its protest to not concede being accepted for becoming acceptable
Fifty years on from the first parades, we still see echoes of their ardent call to liberation in Prides across the world. One example is “Garvotsav” (‘‘A Festival to be Proud of”) in the small Union Territory of Chandigarh, India— …
An “outdoor summer” is meaningless without access to public spaces
The combination of over-policing and a lack of public facilities has made for a poor start to the government’s “outdoor summer.”
In the past week, Dublin has been decorated with new, bright posters of young people extolling the virtues of an “outdoor summer”. Yet, if the controversy during the last week has shown us anything, it is that the very idea …
The new vaccine rollout plan largely ignores the plight of young workers on the frontline
As non-essential retail begins to open in the coming months, it will become increasingly clear that frontline workers have been let down by the government
The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted every single person in the country. Many have lost jobs, been isolated from loved ones and many are feeling the effects of one of the longest lockdowns in the world. Students are no different. However, …