In the last week of October, five homeless people died on Irish streets. The number of homeless people who have died in this country since the beginning of the year is now at least fifty. Their homelessness was by no …
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Editorial: The pandemic has highlighted that our systems can change – and we must change them
Even during Covid-19, we must push for equality
It’s easy to feel like the pandemic is the only thing that matters right now and that all other issues must take a backseat. This couldn’t be further from the truth. We find ourselves in a situation where long-overdue progress …
Editorial: There’s no shame in struggling
This is an exceptionally difficult time, and it’s okay to feel overwhelmed
This past month has been disorienting, shocking and upsetting for just about everybody on the planet. After four weeks of social isolation and national lockdown even the most seasoned introverts among us are starting to go stir-crazy, and some are …
Editorial: The SU needs to be more political, not less
The presidential hopefuls are neither as agitated nor impassioned as the leader of a student movement needs to be
With another Student Union election season comes the inevitable debate around the SU’s value, its function, and its mandates as a political entity. The three candidates vying for the position of TCDSU president have supported at least some of SUs …
Editorial: This general election presents a major opportunity to break Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael rule
Ireland’s only hope for change lies in finding common ground among the parties of the left
With the general election fast approaching, a dramatic shift has emerged in the Irish electorate. For the first time in history, Sinn Féin has leapfrogged Fine Gael to command second place in the latest RedC poll. This general election could …
Editorial: As a new decade looms, our sights must not be swayed
Culture decline is only a symptom of a city on fire, and we must be more determined than ever to put it out
Coming to the end of a decade in Ireland defined, to many, by the activism of youth movements, it’s hard not to be dismayed at the cultural state of the nation’s capital. Many of the decade’s most enduring images will …
Editorial: The SU has lost sight of its purpose as a union
At a time when accommodation is such a critical issue, there simply is no excuse for haggling over details
On Tuesday evening, TCDSU Council voted against supporting Cut the Rent TCD and the group’s planned campaigns against rising accommodation costs. This represents a gross error on the part of the Union.
As the organisation set up to represent Trinity’s …
Editorial: Threats to cut admissions are further proof of College’s ambivalence toward its students
Amid funding issues and an ‘insufficient’ budget provision, College needs to reassess its priorities
It has been no secret that funding for third level education in Ireland has been lacking, but the response to underfunding in Trinity has been yet another exercise in exposing the ambivalence and misplaced priorities of its administration.
In his …
Editorial: Trinity must stand with its students in the face of climate crisis
From silence on last week’s marches to extensive private staff flights, does college remain true to its pledge to fight climate crisis?
As seemingly the entirety of Dublin, and indeed the whole world, took to the streets in a rallying call against the impending climate crisis facing us all, one voice was suspiciously silent. At the heart of Ireland’s capital and a …
Cut the Rent: The student activism Ireland needs
We need to stand behind emerging movements within our own community if we want to see change
As the housing crisis grows worse with each passing day, Ireland’s activist groups have been mobilising for change. A grassroots organisation has sprang up in Trinity this week to “revive the spirit of Take Back Trinity”, protest rising accommodation costs …