The discussion of genre is enough to send any lecture-attending literature student into a spiral of existential dread. We all know what a genre is and can give a rough description of what each genre means. If the story solves …
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Trinity Musical Theatre Takes on Sondheim’s Into the Woods
Trinity Musical Theatre stages a faithful yet new retelling of Into the Woods, Tanvi Sethi reviews
On March 19th 2025, at 7.15pm, the doors to the main stage at the Smock Alley Theatre opened for the first show of Trinity Musical Theatre’s production of Into the Woods, directed by Erica O’Reilly. The musical’s two hours and …
Raw, Juicy and Not So Tender
Trinity News review Glass Mask Theater’s production of Men’s Business
Simon Stephen’s adaptation of Men’s Business, based on Franz Xaver Kroetz’s Männersache, is raw, juicy and not so tender. Packed with violence, nudity and sexuality, Men’s Business takes a nihilistic head dive into a brutal love affair set in the …
Ancient DNA analysis by Trinity team reveals women-centred society in Iron Age Britain
Findings of widespread matrilocality evidence female empowerment in this Celtic society
A team of ancient DNA researchers at Trinity have found evidence of matrilocality — a societal system in which married men migrate to live with their female partner’s community — in Iron Age Britain. The study was published in the …
Virtual hospitals, the future of healthcare?
Galway University Hospital’s virtual trial bridges the gap between medicine and engineering
Galway University Hospital (GUH) recently launched a virtual hospital trial in a ground-breaking endeavour bringing engineering and medicine together to rethink healthcare. Speaking with Dr. Derek O’Keeffe, the project’s principal investigator, Trinity News heard how this ongoing innovation is reshaping …
Stay or go: why should students stay in Ireland after graduation?
Between health, housing, and education — should students be leaving Ireland with their degrees?
These days, it can be difficult to decide how students should view Ireland as a part oftheir future. Recent surges of activism, progressivism, and a swell in youth votes have brought about a feeling of hopefulness for people, and a …
Not the reluctant winners but the “gratefully oppressed”
Why we owe our lack of success to our fluctuating expectations and the ghost of our colonial past
“Denmark.” When it was announced that the Danes would be our opponents in the World Cup play-offs, most of us had already booked our tickets to Russia. This was a team in a similar situation to us: similar population size, …
Fighting the rising tides
Cork city struggles to keep its head above water
Cork city has experienced regular and violent flooding for many years. The southern city is built on gravel and sand, and works like a big sponge. It sits on islands and marsh, right where the river Lee meets the ocean. …
What next for the Ireland team?
There is no “quick fix” for Ireland’s footballing woes. The long road to redemption must start now.
“To stick the boot in and kick players and staff when they are down is bang out of order”. These were the words of a distraught James McClean in the wake of last night’s disastrous 1-5 defeat to Denmark in …
Trinity students to launch boycott campaign against Westland Eats caterer
The boycott of Aramark relates to the company’s relationship with three direct provision centres.
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A group of Trinity students are starting a campaign to boycott the Aramark company,which is the College-appointed food caterer for Westland Eats in the Hamilton building, due to its connection to direct provision centres.
The campaign is using …