An Taoiseach Enda Kenny is expected to announce the polling day for the upcoming general election tomorrow, further delaying the decision. The decision comes down to a choice between Thursday 25 or Friday 26 February, with Friday being considered as …
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Mumbai is Right to Say “Yes” to “No-Selfie Zones”
The city has banned selfies in several areas after teenagers fell into the sea posing for a selfie.
The Union of Students in Ireland unveils the ‘Tinder of Politics’
The USI hopes that Smartvote will help students to engage with politics and make a smart choice in the General Election
The Union of Students in Ireland have partnered with Smartvote, a website referred to as ‘the Tinder of politics.’ Smartvote went live today.
The website asks the voter a series of questions on policy areas which include housing, the …
Science Gallery receives Google Field Trip Grant
The grant will cover transport and others costs for every secondary school student in Ireland to visit the gallery.
Students in Myanmar continue hunger strike for release of political prisoners
Aung San Suu Kyi, chairperson of the National League for Democracy in Myanmar, has urged students to stop.
What can you gain from an Arts degree?
Arts students shouldn’t live in a bubble, but their choices are as valid as anyone else’s.
Student drug culture isn’t the end of the world
Common student drug use is not about the minority of students for whom drugs become an issue.
Escaping a broken health system
Trinity medics outline their reasons for emigrating and react to talk of plans to make them stay.
A recent NUI Galway study of medical students in Ireland found that 88% of respondents were considering pursuing their professional career overseas following graduation. Of course, soon after the study was published, the headline “9 in 10 medical students may …
I don’t want to change the world…
Maxime Bercholz
Contributor
When I arrived in the Lecky library one morning a few weeks ago, I picked up a leaflet about a student referendum that had taken place three days beforehand, on whether the SU should adopt another long-term …
The Student’s Guide to Apathy
Tommy Gavin
Deputy Editor
Apathy, indifference; the weariness that begs the question of whether it’s even worth the effort of paying attention, and ultimately concludes that it’s not. Apathy allows the voter an escape from the compromise of trying to …