Life, News

Heartwarming humour at VDP’s “Harry Potter and the Book of Spells”

This year’s pantomime played to the wide variety of audience members; slapstick humour, political commentary and pop-culture references were all on display at the highly entertaining and heartwarming spectacle

The St Vincent De Paul (VDP) society’s annual pantomime ended its run last night in what was a terrifically enjoyable performance for both the audience and the participants. The spectacle contained 18 adults with intellectual disabilities alongside over 70 children

Sport

Blood, sweat and fears: the P word

Research into female athletes’ health raises awareness and questions concerning the often unacknowledged and ‘taboo’ topic in women’s sport – the menstrual cycle

Health and Wellbeing

“We conducted a survey and we found that 55% of elite level athletes say that their menstrual cycle affects their training and performance,” explains Georgie Bruinvels, PhD student at St Mary’s and UCL. Bruinvels is currently researching

Sport

Pain now, beer later

Sports editor Clare McCarthy in conversation with some Trinity Students who completed the Dublin marathon over the bank holiday weekend.

“Pain and elation,” summed up Stephen Broe, a Maths and French student, speaking of his first-time marathon experience.

Broe was among the 16,825 people who took to the streets of Dublin over the October bank holiday weekend to run the

Sport

Reclaiming the land: Growing a culture of GAA in Trinity

Clare McCarthy, Sport Editor, sits down with the Trinity Hurlers; Leon Breen, Fionn O’Riain Broin and team captain Darragh O’Donoghue following their promotion to the Fitzgibbon Cup and to find out what really happened on ‘Inside Trinity’.

It’s a Tuesday morning and three hurlers are having a puck-about on the edge of the cricket pitch in the glare of the autumn sun. Two Swedish tourists stop and take pictures. “What is this sport?” one asks me. “Hurling,”

Sport

Trinity athletes impress at track and field championships

Clare McCarthy reports on Trinity’s performance at the IUAA Indoor Track & Field Championships 2016.

Friday 12 February heralded the arrival of the IUAA Indoor Track & Field Championships. Trinity’s athletes rose at an ungodly hour to catch the bus from Trinity to Athlone IT. Trinity had an impressive turnout of 25 athletes competing, not