After a century of partition, the prospect of a reunified Ireland has often appeared elusive. A variety of factors including (but not limited to) gradual demographic change, the chaos of Brexit, and the electoral success of Sinn Féin on both …
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College has a moral responsibility to abolish the scholarship exams
Schols operates as little more than a reproduction of privilege and elitism
The scholarship exams (or schols) in College occupy an unusual place in the campus imagination: often glorified as the hardest examinations students can take, they occupy a symbolic function as much as a material one. However, given the material rewards …
College is reopening with caution, and students must follow suit
College’s hesitancy to fully reopen is completely sensible, but their communication and prioritisation of tourists raises questions.
This September, thousands of students around the country will be returning to in-person classes, with restrictions in place. In comparison to other colleges in the country, Trinity’s approach to reopening has been relatively conservative.
After more than a year of …
Poor working conditions are to blame for young people not returning to work, not the Pandemic Unemployment Payment
It is not the Pandemic Unemployment Payment keeping young people from working, but rather unacceptable working conditions and low wages offered by employers.
With the reopening of restaurants, pubs and retail, the usual disparaging comments about the work ethic of the young can be heard again. Now the argument is that staff shortages nationwide can be attributed to lazy students who are refusing …
Trinity is a college, but it is also a Place
The grounds of College must open to all
When we talk about the public spaces of a city, we are talking about the character of the city itself. The city’s ability to foster meaningful community relationships and individual fulfilment is dependent on its very structure. As students, many …
Even with consent classes, sexual violence education is lacking
As college reopens, prevention of sexual violence must be on top of Trinity’s agenda
The move from secondary school to university often serves as an emblem of liberation; college is a time for adolescents to meet new people, cook their own meals and explore their sexuality. Essentially, it is the first opportunity to live …
The #BloodForAll campaign is laudable, but we must push even further
The Irish Blood Transfusion Service’s rules are discriminatory against a number of marginalised groups, and any political action must be representative of this
In June this year, for the first time since the 1990s, the Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) imported 115 units of blood from the NHS due to a shortage of home-donated blood. When this was reported, people took to Twitter …
College has a duty to engage in ethical investment
Trinity’s continued investment in harmful industries is damaging its integrity as an academic institution
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 …
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 …