OPINION
Contribution
For Many Students, Summer Jobs Pay for College. Now That’s Gone
It behoves the government to support students for whom vital summer work has gone out the window, writes Ella Connolly.
Contribution
Normal People Shatters the Illusion of the College Dream. Thank God for It
Normal People's TV adaptation did an excellent job of gently telling us that in fact, not living the dream is fairly normal after all, writes Emer Moreau.
Níl Aon Mheas ag an Rialtas Seo ar an nGaeilge sa Chóras Oideachais
Is údar díomá, seachas iontas, é an chaoi a gcaitear leis an teanga sa chóras oideachais, dar le Peter Kavanagh.
Analysis
Trinity’s Erasmus Decision Spawns as Many Questions as it Answers
Students want to be able to go on Erasmus next year – but today, mid-pandemic, what they really wanted was certainty, writes Faye Curran.
Normal People Helped Me Come To Terms With The Loss Of My Sligo Accent
Aoife Kearins, a Sligo native, on losing your accent when you come to Dublin – and how Normal People inspired her to get back to her roots.
I’m Due for Erasmus Next Year – I Need Trinity to Tell Me if It’s Happening
It might cause mass disappointment, but students need a decision from Trinity on its Erasmus and Study Abroad programmes, writes Faye Curran.
Analysis
On National Issues, Students Should Take Lessons From Marriage Equality
On repeal and marriage equality, students were right at the heart of Ireland's political discourse – a hard spot to reach, writes Faye Curran.
Contribution
Praying Helped Me – Slowly but Surely – Improve My Relationship With Myself
Everyone’s different, but praying for someone’s well-being, or upon the loss of a loved one, surely helps the mind to cope, writes Robert Quinn.
In Lockdown, Place – and Space – Seem More Important Than Ever
Aoibh Ní Chroimín on the value of perusing the local in lockdown – and the prospect of a joyful reunion with Dublin when it ends.
Reshaping Board Will Change Trinity’s Governance – And Not for the Better
Prof Eunan O'Halpin, a two-time member of College Board, says history does not support the ideas underpinning proposed alterations to Board.