It has been nearly 200 days since I was physically in college for my studies. At first it was a nice change from travelling every day for three hours on a germ infested bus just to get to my lectures …
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The Department of Education loosening third-level grant requirements for asylum seekers is a step in the right direction, but not enough
While students in direct provision no longer need to attend school in Ireland for three years, or obtain a Leaving Certificate to qualify for a college grant, structural inequalities in the education system persist for asylum seekers.
In August of this year, the Government announced that asylum seekers no longer have to spend three years in the Irish school system in order to qualify for educational support at third level. While this is a step in the …
Op-ed: Partnership and communication will help us navigate the year ahead
TD Rose Conway-Walsh writes about the challenges colleges will face this year.
My appointment as Sinn Féin Spokesperson for the new department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science this summer coincided with my eldest son Anthony completing second level and now starting at Trinity this week.
So, it’s not …
The rise of the far right in Ireland must be urgently resisted
Dangerous far right ideologies hide beneath calls for freedom at Dublin’s Yellow Vest Ireland rally.
Tensions following the government lockdown restrictions came to a head on August 22, with a rally on Custom House Quay organised by Yellow Vest Ireland. The demonstration stretched across the quay, with reports of hundreds in attendance but from photos, …
To make meaningful change, we must reconcile the desire to denounce with the ability to forgive
Actor John Connors’ public apology for his participation in a reactionary demonstration should be welcomed
On July 13, a rally under the banner of Hands off Our Kids took place outside the Dáil as a response to Green Party TD and Minister for Children, Roderic O’Gorman, being photographed with Peter Tatchell. This photo was taken …
Students need a sense of home not found on a screen
The increase of student learning off-campus will have more serious effects than not being able to sit on the Perch benches
Despite overwhelmingly positive advancements with regards to the easing of Ireland’s lockdown restrictions, uncertainty about the future still remains a huge issue weighing on the minds of students in Trinity and beyond. Between the choice students face regarding Erasmus, and …
Unionists have been fooled by English Nationalism
Sean Quinn analyses the shallow rhetoric of Boris Johnson throughout the pandemic
During the 2019 British general election, a fear lingered that large sections of the NHS would be sold off to the US in post-Brexit Britain. This is the health service that was celebrated at the opening ceremony of the London …
Combatting racism must be a priority for student politics
USI has promised to adapt activism to Covid-19 restrictions, and must use its platform to extend support and solidarity to those facing racism
The murder of George Floyd by police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis last week sparked protests and justifiable outrage across the US. An alleged use of a counterfeit twenty dollar bill at a local deli enabled Chauvin to murder Floyd …
The power of Normal People is its familiarity
Normal People’s appeal lies not only in its geographical familiarity, but in its skilful depiction of love and alienation
Kehoe’s pub on South Anne Street has a mural on its wall of a James Joyce quote which reads: “In the particular is contained the universal.” The full quote is preceded with the declaration that “for myself, I always write …
Trinity’s slow communication on study abroad has left students distressed
Studying abroad is difficult enough to organise without the stress of not knowing whether or not it’s going ahead
While this academic year has ended, students’ worries still linger, especially those who plan on studying abroad. The process of applying to study abroad is confusing and frustrating enough as it is already without the added pressures of having to …