In Focus
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“It feels like a second job”: The Scoop on Schols
What do Mary Robinson, Samuel Beckett, Oscar Wilde, Bram Stoker, and Sally Rooney all have in common?
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The Freedom for Students Movement and the Rise of Anti-TCDSU Politics
“We essentially pay a bunch of full-time student activists”.
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Trinity Ability Co-op Hosts Senator Tom Clonan Alongside the Vincent de Paul Society
In celebration of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities the Trinity Ability Co-op hosted a panel discussion entitled "The Disability Experience".
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Climate Education and Collective Action Could Spare Higher Education from the Fossil Fuel Industry
A research study reveals the influence of the fossil fuel industry in higher education.
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How to Plan a Protest: Saturday’s Climate Justice March
Roisin Dolliver examines what goes into the making of a good protest.
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How to Go on a Painless Shopping Spree in Dublin
Where to go for groceries, clothes, pharmaceuticals, and self-care items for the best price. Comparing quality and quantity!
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How Luke Casserly Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bog
Casserly, a Trinity alum, describes himself as “a multidisciplinary performance maker…whose work weaves together ecology, autobiography, sound art, and site as a way of carving out space for new possibilities to emerge between live performance and physical landscape”.
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Senator Lynn Ruane in Conversation with The University Times
With an election taking place this month, former TCDSU President Lynn Ruane isn’t wholly satisfied with the options voters have on the table - but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t engage.
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Tá an Géarchéim Tithíochta ag Ídiú na Gaelteachtaí
Pléanann Saoirse Bhreathnach an chaoi ina bhfuil an géarchéin tithíochta ag dul in olcas sna Gaeltachtaí.
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A Worthy Addiction? Why Coffee in Ireland is so Expensive
Over the past four years, a large americano or cappuccino in a mainstream cafe like Costa has risen by over 23%!