This Thursday, the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies will hold a staff-student forum in the Synge theatre. The poster for the event describes it to students as an “opportunity to express any concerns you have regarding teaching and …
James Bennett
Blasphemy and the historical suppression of free speech in Ireland
Politicians who seem eager to avoid the bother of removing it from the statute book are keen to emphasise that the definition is so tortured that it would be difficult if not impossible to convict anyone.
“In the Name of the Most Holy Trinity, from Whom is all authority and to Whom, as our final end, all actions both of men and States must be referred, we, the people of Eire, humbly acknowledging all our obligations …
Positive moves to change TSM degree must be support by university admin
Last Saturday afternoon, I spent an hour on the Spanish department stall at the College Open Day. I was surprised by the fact that most of the people approaching me with questions were the parents of prospective students rather than …
Not your typical killjoys
Killjoy Prophets, a collective of feminist women of colour, have risen to prominence through the #NotMyChristianLeader hashtag.
Contemporary feminism in the western world has already set itself apart in tone from the movements that preceded it. It is already being referred to by the media as “fourth-wave feminism” in order to acknowledge that it is doing things …
Anyone who calls themselves a poet is not a poet – Julie O’Callaghan
Poet Julie O’Callaghan talks to James Bennett about her accident career in writing and the death of her husband, Denis O’Driscoll.
Julie O’ Callaghan was never meant to live in Ireland. She was supposed to spend her third year of college studying abroad in Trinity, and then go back to the United States. She was never meant to be a published …
Pharmacy students taken aback by late Christmas exams
The School of Pharmacy caused an upset last week when they scheduled two exams for closer to Christmas than usual. Students were informed that the exams, which usually take place during the second week of January, would take place on …
Witnessing the demise of Irish party politics
The two by-elections that took place last week delivered a shock to the Irish political scene. In the Dublin South-West constituency, Paul Murphy of the Socialist Party won the seat vacated by Fine Gael’s Brian Hayes, who was elected to …
Young Workers’ Network protests over housing crisis
The Young Workers’ Network staged a protest outside Leinster House yesterday “to pressure government into making choices that benefit young people and workers.”
The activist group stood beside a Peppa Pig tent to highlight the inadequate quality of housing, despite …
Computer Says No
James Bennett
Contributing Editor
Anyone who has gone through the process of getting a work visa for a foreign country is familiar with the labyrinthine nightmare of bureaucracy that this entails. Recently, I found myself knee-deep in forms, authorisations, checklists …