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 – …
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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 …
Street Doctors Ireland: a public health approach to reducing street violence
Trinity News speaks to College students trying to empower at-risk youth in a unique way
In 2013, Street Doctors Ireland set out for the first time to deliver their first aid classes at the now closed St Patrick’s Institution, a penal facility for 16 to 21 year olds. Overwhelmingly, the feedback that they got was, …
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 …
For the love of college: a part-time job, a full-time passion
What it’s really like to voluntarily take on some of the most demanding student positions at Trinity
Academics, GMB chamber debates, drunken society balls, and packed pub crawls. With this being the experience of most Trinity students, it is often too easy to forget that our college experience is largely shaped by fellow students. For a select …
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
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 …