The overlooked issue of passport privilege

To get at the bottom of what passport privilege really looks like, Trinity News spoke with students whose passports have been a constant barrier to their travel and immigration plans

Travel is often viewed as a core part of the student experience at Trinity. From society trips to spontaneous weekend flights with budget airlines, travel is integral to the Irish and European university experience. 

For most students at Trinity –

The stories behind the vests: getting to know Trinity Security

The Trinity security team is responsible for the safety of thousands who arrive on campus daily, but who are these individuals behind the bright yellow vests they wear? Trinity News had the opportunity to sit down with a few members of the team; here are their stories

TW this article contains brief discussion of suicide

Peering over a computer screen displaying different camera angles of campus, security officer Trevor Ward shared a smile and a hello with the staff and students who entered the front gate security

The USSR flag and student communism: a controversial combination

Trinity News sits down with students and government officials to discuss the flying of the USSR flag at the freshers’ fair

When second-year Estonian-American student Kaia walked through the front gates of Trinity to volunteer at her freshers’ fair table at the end of September, she was expecting crowds pillaging for slices of pizza and energy drinks, exhausted society leadership teams

Printing House Square: hitting four birds with one stone?

Trinity News spoke with the officials responsible for Printing House’s construction to find out what their vision was and how they got it done

On Monday, October 9, 2023, the official launch of Printing House Square took place outside the brand new complex. Tasked with accommodating 249 student bedrooms, the Trinity Health Centre, Trinity DisAbility Hub, and a modern Sports Centre facility, the design

Mould or homelessness? Horror stories of the Dublin housing crisis

Trinity News sits down with students who have endured terrible living conditions due to the Dublin housing crisis to get at the bottom of just how bad circumstances have become.

Some names have been changed for anonymity. 

Amidst the seemingly never-ending and ever-worsening housing crisis, thousands of students across the country live in terrible conditions they can barely afford. Following the protests on campus two weeks ago, Trinity News spoke

112,783 student interactions, 80 employees: Inside the Academic Registry

Trinity News goes inside the Academic Registry to find out how this one office handles the queries of 30,000 students and whether or not its poor reputation is truly the product of inefficient management

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Before 2013, if a Trinity student needed help paying their tuition, they had to venture over to the College Green Costa Coffee and visit the Financial Services Office located upstairs. For Erasmus and admissions queries, help could be found in

“People-power and protest”: the leftist organisations mobilising students

Trinity News examines the methods and motivations of increasingly prevalent left-wing activist groups

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

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