Being a student in a university comes with many benefits, a huge one being how easily
accessible just about everything becomes. But probably the most convenient aspect of this is how easily we can access fast food. In the time …
health
The world is your gym
Bláithin Sheil gives you all the motivation to keep fit while avoiding costly gym memberships
Do you NEED to go to the gym this year? Is this the year you are finally going to start that barre class, and stick at it? Is this the year that fitness is not going to know what hit …
Mind, body, spirit: beating autoimmune disease
I want to be an overall better, healthy individual with the wisdom that this illness is not who I am.
“But where do you get your protein?”
Thinking of going vegan? Aaron Downey explains the things you need to prepare yourself for before you make your decision.
There is no one reason that a person may move towards a vegan diet. Many factors influence an individual’s decision; be it animal rights issues, environmental concerns or even health benefits. But one thing I’m sure everyone who has taken …
Why I’ve decided to ditch makeup
Not being able to feel my own painted face was a reminder that it was not really mine.
It’s happened before, usually by accident. I’ve forgotten my bag, run out of a given product, or decided a particular occasion wasn’t worth the effort. But this is the first time since the start of secondary school that I’ve deliberately …
Pulling a sickie pulling the wool over our eyes
Sam Barrett, Beronica Garcia, Kristen Levermore,
Luke McGuiness, Maeve O’Dowd Forrestal, Tomasz Pawlak
Contributors
The long winter months are usually spent drinking tea and celebrating Christmas and the New Year. However, it is common for these normally enjoyable periods to …
The concussion discussion
James Larkin
Contributor
Contact sports are coming under huge scrutiny at the moment over the topic of concussion. Every weekend there seems to be an example of a player suffering a concussion in a contact sport such as rugby, NFL …
HSE tells woman with incurable neurological condition that losing her medical card would be her decision
Deputy Editor
In a document obtained by Trinity News of a correspondence made to the HSE by a woman with motor neuron disease, the patient, who is extremely impaired by her ailment, is told that failure to gather …
The end of smoking on campus?
Nils Fischer-Kerrane discusses the plans for a ‘Tobacco-free Trinity’ and the influence and necessity of ‘No Smoking’ signs in general.
As the idea of a ‘Tobacco-Free Trinity’ becomes more and more of a topic for debate around college, one naturally …