On September 13, a group of students blockaded the entrance to the Book of Kells in protest against College’s decision to increase the amount charged for its student accommodation by 2%, the legal maximum within a rent pressure zone like …
Sam Walsh is a Deputy Features editor for Trinity News. He is currently in his Senior Sophister Year studying Law and French.
Russia’s Student Diaspora: A Forgotten Side of Putin’s War
Trinity News speaks to Russian students about their experience of studying in Europe in the context of the war in Ukraine
One Spring day in 2022, Mark was sitting in a classroom in Trinity watching a pair of classmates from his degree in management science and information studies make a presentation which touched on a number of major current affairs. “When …
“War Is War but Classes Are Classes”
The experience of Ukrainian students after the Russian invasion
In February 2022, a year and a half into her degree in political science and philosophy at the University of Kiev, Paulina’s classes took an unscheduled break. Two weeks later, teaching resumed in hybrid format. She told Trinity News that …
“We’re just here to make sure it’s not a misery all the time”
Sam Walsh looks at the artists and organizations blurring the lines between music and activism
On Thursday March 30, Meryl Streek will headline the main stage of Dublin music venue Whelan’s with support from up-and-coming Wexford band Peer Pleasure. The last time these two acts played on the same stage the setting was very different …
The Ties They Find
The new generation of British people seeking Irish Citizenship
It was with a subtle yet unmistakable hint of triumph that Tánaiste Mícheál Martin announced in the Dáil in January that 2022 had been “an exceptionally busy year” for the passport office. The continued increase in passport application numbers, far …