Trinity is renowned as Ireland’s most prestigious university. Boasting alumni such as Oscar Wilde, Edmund Burke, Bram Stoker, and other members of the Irish liberal literati, College often exists in the public imagination as something to be revered: a bastion …
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Comedy gigs, student workshops and Blindboy: Mental Health Week 2017
From mindfulness meditation to comedy gigs, this year’s Mental Health Week promises society collaboration events, educational sub-campaigns, and a workshop by the Rubberbandits’ Blindboy
TCDSU Mental Health Week 2017 begins today, Monday 20 March, marking the final welfare campaign week of the year. The week aims “raise awareness of the different mental health issues that affect us”, highlighting issues such as spotting the signs …
Tick, tock, the clock strikes done
An anonymous writer describes the stress and isolation associated with constant connectivity and juggling many commitments at once
“Chest tightens, heart throbs, throat closes up. I need to run to the beach and turn off my phone, but I can’t, I have things to do.”
I feel like a puppet, there are a million strings coming from me; …
Find a lifeline in Niteline
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Most students recognise the name. When trying to remember where they recognise it from, it usually brings up flashbacks of sitting on the loo in the arts block toilets and reading the replies to someone’s existential crisis …