Comment & Analysis

Editorial
Provostial Candidates Can’t Allow Sustainability to Become a Buzzword
Provostial candidates battled it out at the climate change hustings last week.

The Environmental Crisis is Complex. Ecoscarcity Does Not Explain it
Humans are the cause of the environmental crisis, but we must be careful to acknowledge all the factors that are to blame, writes Alix Pletcher.

A Truly Sustainable Fashion Industry Will Need Collaboration – Not Competition
Regardless of what the big players say – as they protect their own interests – there is always room for more solutions, writes Aisling Byrne.

Ents Race Likely Close as Two Candidates Pitch Similar Visions
This year’s race for entertainment officer will see two candidates pushing for better inclusivity in Trinity’s social scene.

Students Must Find New Ways to Grab the Attention of Politicians
It’s time for us to think outside the box. It’s what we’re told to do in every Zoom class, after all, writes Tara Nic Giolla Seanáin.

Sole Communications and Marketing Candidate Pitches Continuity and Experience
In this year’s only uncontested race, final-year sociology student Aoife Cronin presents her vast society experience in marketing and public relations to make the case against RON.

Welfare Candidates Put Ever-Changing Student Priorities at Heart of Race
Three candidates – Sierra Mueller-Owens, Dylan Krug and Cathal O’Riordan – will contest the position.

Editorial
Théis Dhá Bhliain, Ní Leor Tagairtí Mary Robinson maidir le Banphrionsa Dubai
Dúirt Robinson gur bhuail an teaghlach ríoga Dubai bob uirthi, ag tarraingt siar a tagairtí a dúirt sí in 2018 go raibh Sheikha Latifa mar ‘bhean óg imníoch’.

Editorial
Tá an Stair Tábhachtach. Ba Chóir an Tríonóid a Mholadh as a Stair a Imscrúdú
Tá beirt thaighdeoirí na Tríonóide ag dul i mbun imscrúdaithe ar feadh dhá bhliana ar naisc stairiúla an Choláiste leis an sclábhaíocht agus an t-impiriúlachas.

Natural Capital is Attractive, But We Cannot Put a Price Tag on Natural Resources
It is important to question who the increasingly normalized concept of natural capital truly benefits – and the answer is not necessarily the greater good, writers Alix Pletcher.