Draped across the portico of the Bank of Ireland College Green Building (former home of the Irish Houses of Parliament before the British government and their pawns in this country shut down any façade of Irish democracy in 1800 through …
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Why I won’t be celebrating the Easter Rising
Focusing on the Rising itself gives us a blinkered view of history and betrays the unfinished cause of social revolution.
I am not against the celebration of the Rising, as it certainly was an important event in our history. I am, however, against how the Rising is being celebrated. It, ultimately, was a small event, involving no more than 1,500 …
Are we going forward?
Seán Ó Deoráin analyses the current political landscape in the wake of the general election
And so, the dust settles on another Irish general election. Or has it? The results of February’s poll means that the Irish electorate could be facing into a prolonged period of political uncertainty. Gone are the days when the “internal …
Op-ed: supporting a fossil free campus
In an op-ed for Trinity News, professor Sean Barrett talks about the connections between capital and politics
I was dismayed to hear that a group of students holding a meeting on climate change were turned away from a space in Trinity College Library this week. In the past few weeks the TCD Fossil Free divestment campaign, part …
My life as an Irish Traveller in Trinity
Patrick McDonagh writes about his Trinity experience as a member of the travelling community
My own life as a Traveller is not perhaps a typical one. I qualify that statement, as there is no such thing as a typical life for an Irish Traveller, considering how diverse the group actually is. I, personally, grew …
Why I’m sick of people bashing Donald Trump
Well meaning liberal platitudes about Trump are no substitute for a real movement of people power, says Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin
The latest passionate condemnation of Donald Trump came this week in the form of an open letter from Brandon Stanton of Humans of New York on Monday (the 14th of March) – another well-constructed, facile enumeration of all the terrible …
Fossil Free TCD: Trinity must follow its strategic plan and divest
We want to show that students still have the power to have a positive influence on the pressing issues of our time
We write this piece in the hope that all readers understand the urgent need for immediate action regarding divestment from Trinity’s holdings in the fossil fuel industry.
Climate change is the most pressing issue of our time. At the 2015 …
The First ‘Gentleman’ – an appraisal
What will happen to the role of First Lady, should America elect a female president?
Four score and seven years ago, Herbert Hoover had just entered the White House. A fifty-five year old, libertarian white guy, he proved an utterly unremarkable president and is generally accredited with failing to stop the Great Depression before it …
The Elephant in the Room
Fear rises as Trump’s popularity seems to escalate, but when it comes down to the real competition, he doesn’t stand a chance.
I’m sitting in a pub on a Tuesday night, 3609 miles away from the man himself and yet even here, in the basement of a small drinking establishment in a country many miles away, Donald Trump’s name comes up, almost …
#OscarSoWhite: lack of black awardees at the Oscars
Following ongoing criticism for the dominance of white actors and actresses at the Academy Awards in recent years, Luca Arfini explains why this bias is so prevalent, and discusses what steps are being taken to address it.
The most discussed theme of this famous night, maybe after Leonardo Di Caprio’s belated win, and the widespread comic viral posts about his difficulty in reaching this goal, is for sure the presumed racism of the Academy Awards.
It is …