Step aside, Roz Purcell and Pippa O’Connor. Micheál Martin and Leo Varadkar are currently Ireland’s trendiest influencers. Mere weeks before our rotating Taoiseach system is due to be implemented, as Varadkar assumes Martin’s role, the British government decided that they …
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‘Tis the season to be stressed out
Christmas shopping during a cost-of-living crisis is surprisingly not as fun as it sounds…
“Christmas! Already? No wait, it’s just the shops getting ready for Christmas shopping. Christmas shopping? Panic, panic!” These were the thoughts banging around my tender skull as I nursed the Halloween hangover. Bruised and battered from all sides by essay …
Cramming culture leaves already stressed students living off after-care, rather than self-care, during busy deadline seasons
As we approach the business end of the semester, we need to ask ourselves if our study methods are doing more harm than good
When picturing deadline season, one often conjures up the image of stressed students bent over their books, desperately trying to retain information. Needless to say (or rather, write), this is the result of cramming culture-that is, working intensely to learn …
The supplemental exam experience this year has been an overly stressful ordeal for students, for factors as unnecessary as they were unprecedented
Isolation from college over the summer, notable lack of college support, and the pressure of perceived high stakes of supplemental exams is a much larger problem than expected, and a significant disadvantage
In August of this year I was one of the hundreds of students who sat a supplemental exam. As with any exam preparation process, stress followed me from my term results all the way to the exam day itself. However, …
The back and forth nature of climate activism versus climate fatalism is exhausting
When facing a sizeable global threat such as climate change, it is sometimes difficult to continue to make the small changes when you worry that they have no significant impact
For some time, I have worried that my climate activism pales in comparison to the mass climate atrocities that are committed by corporations, countries, and celebrities daily. It is hard to feel as though the small steps you take count …
Capitalism: the toxic ex our governments need to stop calling
Capitalism is a boundary to climate change action, and we need to treat it as such before it is too late
You know that ex you keep running back to, even though you know you shouldn’t? The one you want to fix all your problems, even though they were the ones who caused the problem in the first place? Well, that’s …
Ibec’s objections to paid domestic violence leave are as nonsensical as they are contemptible
For victims of domestic violence trying to escape abusive situations, monetary concerns are an ever-present factor that this new bill will help alleviate, whether Ibec like it or not
On 5 October 2022, the work-life balance and miscellaneous provisions bill 2022 was presented to Dáil Éireann and legislation to implement it is currently being worked on by Green Party TD and Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth …
The council’s joyless decision to remove stickers from lamposts is a kick in the teeth to local artists
Now more than ever, let Dublin be vibrant
Earlier this month, Dublin City Council made the decision to apply a special paint on over fifty lamp posts across the city centre in order to discourage the placement of stickers. Most of these poles are located in the Temple …
Revisiting the controversy behind DUGES name, and the reasons it is still yet to be changed
The self-proclaimed feminist society in Trinity is called FemSoc in every way… except officially recognised by the Central Societies Committee
In 2017, the Dublin University Gender Equality Society (DUGES) attempted to rename themselves as FemSoc. In response, the CSC not only disapproved of the change, but cautioned that such a name could jeopardise the acknowledgement of them as an official …
DAHMER sparks controversial question about the the ethics of the true crime genre
As true crime grows rapidly in popularity, it also leans further into a grey-area ethical debate considering the crimes, the victims, and the huge profits of their stories
True crime TV shows, movies, books and podcasts have skyrocketed in popularity. The new Netflix show DAHMER has joined the ever-growing list of extremely successful true crime series. The show is about the serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer and on its …