Comment & Analysis

Unpaid Internships are an Insult to Students and Widen Socioeconomic Divides
We’re in 2021. It’s time to acknowledge the role of unpaid summer opportunities in the huge disparity that exists between classes, writes Mairead Maguire.

Óid do Bhál na Tríonóide
Fógraíodh an tseachtain seo go gcuirfear Bál na Tríonóide ar ceal don dara bliain as a chéile.

Provostial Candidates Would Do Well to Stay Local
Some 42 per cent of academics told this newspaper that administrative and bureaucratic problems are the most important issues in the provost elections.

Editorial
University Autonomy is Under Threat. Colleges Must Step Up
The government will consider passing a bill that would give them sweeping new powers when it comes to state-funded higher education institutions.

Editorial
An Ode, a Toast to Trinity Ball
It was this week announced that Trinity Ball would be cancelled for the second year in a row.

Pandemic or Not, You Don’t Have to Be at Rock Bottom to Seek Help
Too many people struggling with their mental health don’t reach out for support because they believe their problems ‘aren’t big enough’, writes Alex Connolly.

Caithfear Leanúint Leis an Troid ar son Altraí agus Cnáimhseacha atá Faoi Oiliúnt
D’fhógair an rialtas an tseachtain seo go mbeidh siad ag tarraingt mac léinn agus cnáimhseacha atá faoi oiliúnt ó shocrúchán.

Ní Mór don Tríonóid a Stair a Aithint Maidir le hÁrais Mháithreacha agus Leanaí
D’éascaigh agus ghlac iar-léachtóir na Tríonóide – Dr Victoria Coffey – páirt i dtrialacha vacsaíne mí-eiticiúla sna hárais mháithreacha agus leanaí sna 1960dí.

Schols Quota Debacle: The Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing
It is a disgrace that students who strive for Schols will be refused the award on account of the College prioritising money over students, writes Ryan Alberto Ó Giobúin.

Editorial
The Fight for Student Nurses and Midwives’s Pay Must Continue
The government this week announced that they would be pulling student nurses and midwives from placement.