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Women’s Rugby in Ireland

60% of Irish people have never attended a female sports event, and even more staggeringly 59% of the population said they would rather watch a men’s match on TV, then attend a live women’s match, according to a recent study.
By Flossy Whittow
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Struggling to Compete: The Impact of Underfunding of Trinity Sports Union

The underfunding of the Trinity Sports Union has become an increasingly pressing issue, hindering the potential of great athletes and even pushing some to transfer to rival universities.
By Flossy Whittow
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Tá Úinéirí Nua ag Club Peile Dhún Dealgan, ach an Leor an t-Athrú sin?

Pléann Leo Ó Nualláin cúrsaí Club Peile Dhún Dealgan agus iad i mbun deachrachtaí airgid.
By Leo Ó Nualláin
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Your Guide to Trinity’s Olympians and Paralympians

Aifric Keogh (MBA ‘22) will compete in the women’s rowing pairs semi-finals this Wednesday, while Jack Kelly (Law ‘19) represented Ireland in Paris on the Irish Rugby Sevens Team.
By Eliora Abramson
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William McCrum: Trinity’s Forgotten Sporting Hero

Matthew Keeley explores Trinity's surprising sporting legacy, spotlighting the alumnus who invented the penalty kick
By Matthew Keeley
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Trinity Ladies Take Gold for the Fourth Time in Five Years with Two Individual Bronzes

The Trinity Ladies won the Irish University Cross Country Championships on Saturday, March 9th
By Sophie Jackman and Ian Morrisson
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Kit or Couture?

Valentina Milne investigates how football is blurring the line between sport and fashion.
By Valentina Milne
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Trinity Host Women in Sport Campaign

On February 7th, Trinity hosted the launch event of Sport Ireland’s eagerly anticipated Women in Sport campaign. A star-studded panel and Trinity’s engaging Director of Sport, Michelle Tanner took to the floor to express key issues and demand the change that is needed to reduce the inequalities of women in sport.
By Valentina Milne and Flossy Whittow
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DUBES Charity Boxing: An Insider’s Account of the Boxing Experience

Trinity 3rd-Year, Ashling Bourke, gives The University Times an exclusive into the transition from friend to fighter and the vigorous training that the spectacle of boxing demands
By Ashling Bourke
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Jude Bellingham and the Search for Self-fulfilment

Matthew Keeley reminisces on his dreams of becoming a footballer given the rise of his peer-by-age Jude Bellingham
By Matthew Keeley