I’m sitting in a pub on a Tuesday night, 3609 miles away from the man himself and yet even here, in the basement of a small drinking establishment in a country many miles away, Donald Trump’s name comes up, almost …
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Can we predict the results of an election using science?
Is it ever possible to accurately predict an election result using maths and science?
Elections and their outcomes can have major consequences on society for better or for worse. A new government can bring major changes and reforms to a country in a relatively short space of time. It is therefore unsurprising that people …
What recovery? Politics for the rest of us
“The Recovery” isn’t just disconcerting optimism and government spin. It’s a defence of the indefensible. It’s the cheery face of government policy that punishes poverty and entrenches deprivation and precarity.
For many the February 26 General Election looms large: pundits, politicos and beleaguered canvassers alike rabidly consume their daily drip of election coverage, ranging from poorly researched fiscal plans to increasingly grandiose Alan Kelly pronouncements.
The 2016 election will be …
Student fees and the curse of disillusionment
Has Ireland’s political climate impacted youthful idealism?
The possible increase of student fees and imposition of a loan scheme has become a more publicly contested debate in recent months. In Trinity, the Students Against Fees group was formed to challenge this. It’s a debate whose outcome will …
Fifth students’ union council round-up
Read our round-up of proceedings here to catch up on what you missed.
Last nights’s council saw Vice Provost Linda Hogan outlining the trajectory of the Trinity Education Project, a debate on bell-curve grading and updates on proposals for student counselling staffing and the introduction of a sun-room in Goldsmith Hall.
Trinity Education …
Ruane launches crowd-funding campaign to subsidise Seanad bid
She is running on “a platform of education, childcare and access – be that access to fair pay, mental health services, healthcare or equal opportunities.”
The language of recovery
Eóin Ó Murchú examines the problems with framing the national economy in the medical terminology of recovery.
The SU should prioritise Trinity issues rather than national issues
Bláithín Sheil argues that the SU should leave controversial politics to be expressed by cause-specific groups.
Candidates continue to announce for Trinity constituency in Seanad election
Ed Davitt is the latest candidate to announce for the Trinity panel.
