I grew up surrounded by trade unionists. I distinctly remember seeing a news report about an industrial action on the news when my mother said: “If I ever crossed a picket line, my father would turn in his grave.” Her …
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The more things change, the more they stay the same
In the run-up to the assembly elections in Northern Ireland, Patrick Higgins looks at the current relationship between Sinn Féin and the DUP.
The praise of Martin McGuiness upon his withdrawal from frontline politics from unionists and nationalists alike, along with comments made by Gerry Adams about the advancement of a “new generation” upon the promotion of Michele O’Neill of Sinn Fein made …
Students should support Tesco workers’ strike
Rachel Graham argues that students should go out of their way to support the Tesco workers on strike. The dispute over worsening conditions for veteran employees at the multinational can be seen as a microcosm of the wider environment that awaits students upon their exit from college, where precarious and low-paid employment reigns supreme
“Don’t cross picket lines, don’t show implicit support for Tesco by shopping at branches that are not on strike, and encourage your peers to do the same.”
Pickets at numerous branches of supermarket giant Tesco have been seen since Valentine’s …
The open university and its enemies
“no one, it seems, should be allowed to speak in any public organisation unless SJP deems them worthy. “
An open university is a university where societies and individuals are free to organise whatever events and have whatever discussions they …
Response: Students For Justice in Palestine on the cancellation of Israeli Ambassador
Students for Justice in Palestine member Jonathan Farrell comments on the protest which resulted in the Israeli ambassador cancelling the SOFIA event
On Monday, the Israeli ambassador to Ireland was due to give a talk in Trinity College Dublin, having been invited by the college Society for International Affairs (SOFIA) TCD. Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) TCD opposed the platform afforded …
Why do you care that I don’t want to have sex?
“[I want] be in social circles where that doesn’t matter; where we can share stories of doing it or not doing it and not worry about how we’ll look as a result”
On Valentine’s Day, I visited the doctor. He examined me to find that clamminess, tiredness, irregular discharge and glandular swelling could all point towards an STD. The following conversation occurred:
Him: “Is their any chance you have an STD?”
Me: …
Preferendum will alienate Northern-Irish students
TCDSU’s vote for a preferendum on taking a stance on the constitutional position of Northern Ireland defies both right and reason. The preferendum, proposed and voted upon by the SU council on Valentine’s day, can only go badly. There is …
Spreagann ráiteas an Seanadóir Aodhán Ó Ríordáin ceist thábhachtach ar an dóigh a chaitear le lucht na Gaeilge in Éirinn
D’iarr Conradh na Gaeilge air a raiteas “maslach” a tharraingt siar, ach ina agallamh le Nuacht TG4 faoina chuid foclaiÂochta, duirt se nach raibh aifeala air faoi a raibh raite aige, ach b’fheidir go n-usaidfeadh se “tearmaiÂocht difriuil” an chead uair eile go mbeidh an Ghaeilge a phle
Déardaoin seo a chuaigh thart labhair an Seanadóir Aodhán Ó Ríordáin os comhair an Seanaid mar chuid de plé ar theanga na Gaeilge. Labhair sé ar líofacht na tíre sa Ghaeilge, teagasc na teanga sa chóras oideachais, agus an dóigh …
The Many Faces of Stephen Donnelly
Independent beginnings
‘He had argued in late 2014 that there was a need for new political parties, as the “traditional parties” had led Ireland “to the abyss”’
Stephen Donnelly entered the Irish political scene to the surprise of many in …
Op-ed: Why you should support the Strike 4 Repeal campaign
Strike 4 repeal TCD member Aislinn Shanahan Daly outlines why you should support the strike on the 8th of March
12 women travel to England each day to have abortions; safe yet illegal abortion pills are used by thousands of Irish women through services like need abortion Ireland and women on web; the last Irish Magdalene laundry was closed …