With students having moved into shared accommodation ahead of a busy academic year, the phrases ‘bin rota’ and ‘cleaning schedule’ have no doubt already shot up in their usage. The challenges of sharing a common kitchen are both numerous and …
The “dos and don’ts” of making friends in college
Lara Monahan puts together some tips on how to build friendships as a college student
College is often described by graduates as the best years of their lives. A heavenly place in which you will make friends for life with whom you will later share the nostalgia of being hungover outside the Perch. Of course, …
Working at Trinity as a Trinity Student
Trinity News sits down with students who work at Trinity to get to the bottom of why these positions are so competitive.
“Yeah we’ve got a grand old group. You make good friends while you’re there.” These are the words of Trinity student Alex, under pseudonym, who works through the summer as a Trinity Trails tour guide. Alex isn’t the only student …
Is Freshers overhyped?
Lara Monahan explores if the most hyped week of the college year lives up to the stereotypes
Dunnes is all out of duvet covers, thousands of Dr Martens are being broken in at once, and you have joined five societies just because they smiled and gave you a party-size bag of Haribo. That means only one thing …
A labour of LinkedIn: How to deal with career anxiety
I’m sure you’re familiar with LinkedIn: the social media platform apparently focused on employment, but more frequently used to find out just how many synonyms there are for the phrase “I am delighted to announce.” In my experience, LinkedIn is …
About Bloody Time: Period Poverty in Ireland
Lara Monahan discusses the impact of new initiatives against period poverty
Following TCDSU’s announcement of a free period product scheme earlier this month, which itself followed the announcement from the government last year of a “pilot initiative which will see free, sustainable period products and dispensers for students”, period poverty seems …
Can work and student life actually be balanced?
Lara Monahan explores the difficulties that come with being a working student
I had a moment this week where, staring at my crossed out and question-marked hand-drawn timetable, I wondered how students fit in all their commitments. The College semester being an intensive twelve weeks means that a lot of students have …
Getting over someone in the digital age
Lara Monahan explores the difficulties that arise when it comes to exes and social media
With Valentine’s Day drawing ever nearer, the pressure to scrutinise our love lives peaks and, for better or worse, a thought preying on many minds will be their relationship status — or at least the state of their relationship. If …
Going home for the winter holidays
Lara Monahan reflects on the difficulties of the holiday season and what best to do to overcome them
Going home from time to time to visit your family after moving out can bring up a lot of confusing, sometimes upsetting feelings. However, returning from college for the winter holidays? Those challenges are next level. There is something about …
Why do we continue to sexualise Halloween?
Lara Monahan explores the complexity of Halloween’s costume culture
The leaves are falling, your new flatmates are still taking the bins out on time, and your tights don’t yet have ladders in them. This can only mean one thing: we are officially approaching Halloween. At this time of year, …