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Members of the Students’ Union Organise a Protest at the Department of Justice
Officers of the SU organized a sit-in over the issue of Palestinian visa refusals
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Manasvini Naren
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If Gen Z is Drinking Less, Does That Mean Abandoning the Pub?
With conflicting statistics on Gen Z’s alcohol and nightlife habits, and a loneliness epidemic underscored by waning access to social spaces, could the pub space take on new value for what the Atlantic dubbed “the anti-social century”?
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Amalia Madrid-Lilly
103 Palestinian Student Visas Denied, Only 39 Granted
Trinity Awards 425 Places Through Disability Access Route to Education
A Guide to the Freshers Fair
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Trinity Confirms Renaming of Former Berkeley Library with Eavan Boland Plaque
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Harper Alderson
Journalists Fear Over New Bill’s Facilitation of Source Surveillance
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By
Sinead Scullion
Irish Unification is Supposedly “Off the Table” but is BRETURN?
Burnham’s first EU summit will carry much weight for the future of UK-EU relations, with the biggest standstill being the question of students and fees.
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Róisín Northcote
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Anna Domownik
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I Knew Rich People Existed but Never Thought I’d Be Standing Next to Them in My Crowded College Bar
Assistant Editor Anna Domownik discusses things that make Trinity’s Freshers’ Week a different experience for everyone
Analysis
The US Military’s Use of Shannon Airport Contradicts Irish Neutrality
Will restricting U.S. military access to Shannon Airport damage relations between Ireland and the U.S., or should Ireland enforce a complete ban on American military transit in defence of its neutral status?
By
Haya Gardner
Analysis
Racist Abuse of Dublin Rose Exposes a Widening National Problem
The backlash faced by Suad Mooge is demonstrable of the broader rise in hate crime and anti-immigrant sentiment
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Eliza Heaslip
Strength, Security, and Subtext: SOTEU 2026
By
Róisín Northcote
Analysis
Here’s Looking at You — Selling Surveillance Culture
What Meta’s smart glasses tell us about the future of surveillance and artificial intelligence
By
Mathilda Gross