Eric was on holiday in Spain during last October’s Right2Water march, the first major rally against water charges held in Dublin. Taken aback by the size of the “colossal” crowd that marched on that autumn weekend, however, he was quick …
Conor O’Donovan
Remembering a much less mobilised student community
Trinity student politics of the 1960s suffered from relentless in-fighting as well a shortage of candidates.
Trinity in the 1960s, according to this paper, was a place where “everyone knew everyone”, a claim supported by gossip columns in which campus parties were dissected and students vomiting in Triumph Heralds were named in bold lettering. Student politics, …
Live blog: Jailbreak 2015
Catherine Healy, Andrew O’Donovan, Conor O’Donovan and Tadgh Healy bring you updates from Jailbreak HQ.
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A student’s guide to commuting
Dundalk native Emer McGinnity shares her advice on getting the most out of the daily trek to college.
As a veteran commuter from the cultural cornucopia of Dundalk, I know all of the bus drivers of the service by name, taste in radio station, and small talk topic of choice. I therefore feel qualified to advise you on …
Students celebrate spring festival of Holi
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Room to improve at the Web Summit
Some Summit volunteers say they struggled to deal with significant administrative issues.
Two weeks ago, Paddy Cosgrave, the founder and CEO of the Web Summit, opened proceedings on the main stage with an anecdote intended to define the essence of the event. One year previously, at last year’s Night Summit, Travis Kalanick, …
Getting a job with an arts degree
“Fresh eyes, fresh eyes, fresh eyes,” the speaker encouraged us to chant. This surreal mantra was the one piece of advice that we were to take from the CV clinic, which had been sponsored by Deloitte. The clinic was being …