Demystifying PMDD

Ella Sloane highlights the under-discussed topic of PMDD through the experiences of those who suffer from the condition

Content warning: this article contains mention of suicidal ideation and self harm

Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) is a severe and under-recognised form of PMS. One student diagnosed with the disorder shared that whilst she often tries to explain it as …

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Student Economic Review and Phil host Yale in Big Tech debate

Alex Andrés documents the Phil’s latest chamber debate, which saw speakers balancing data-driven arguments with some humour

On Thursday 23 February at 7.30pm Trinity’s Student Economic Review (SER) and the University Philosophical Society (the Phil) jointly hosted the Yale Debate Association in the Phil’s weekly chamber debate, which took place in the Graduates Memorial Building (GMB). 

The

Making the Case for Independent Cinema

Libby Marchant guides us through the events of the Dublin International Film Festival, which will run until March 4

If you told me a year ago that I would be singing the praises of obscure art-house films, I wouldn’t have believed you. C’mon, who wants to watch a girl cry in a bathtub for an hour and a half? …

The art of collaboration on full show at TAF 2023

Trinity Arts Festival volunteer Ciara Chan recounts the week’s highlights

It’s 11am on Monday, February 13 and mother nature has woken up in her usual dreary mood. The overcast sky and moisture in the air threaten rain that will never come and the chill in the air adds to the

What is The Creative Climate Action Fund?

Anna Lyons outlines the creative processes of the Irish government’s Climate Act 2021

It’s old news that Climate Change is one of the most, if not the most, pressing and crucial issues facing our generation. So much more needs to be done in order to reach the goals set out in the Irish …

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

An Octoroon creative team denounce the Irish Times Theatre Awards’ nominations

Virginia Ferri examines the question of racial prejudice surrounding nominations for the Abbey Theatre’s production of An Octoroon

Although Anthony Simpson-Pike’s production of An Octoroon was nominated for Best Production in the Irish Times Theatre Awards, a notable aspect was omitted from the other categories: credit due to the people of colour in its cast and crew. It

This House on The Phil and The Hist

Ruth Brady sits down with President of the Phil and Auditor of the Hist to discuss upcoming plans for the societies

College’s debating societies have a combined age of over 600, so when it comes to semester two activities, they possess a wealth of experience. I don’t know about you, but as the Auditor of Law Soc organizing the society’s second-semester

Evoking the horrors of the Catholic Church

Ciara Chan reviews the highly acclaimed book Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

After being awarded the Orwell Prize in 2022 and being shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2022, with the Boston Globe claiming it is “a story you will want to read again and again,” and People Magazine declaring it “a sparse, …

Dear Diary: I hate Valentine’s Day, and you should too

Ria Walls tackles the Valentine’s Day blues in the first instalment of the Sex and Relationships section’s online journal series

February 14 is inescapable every year, but it seems even harder to avoid when you’re single. Every shop has its own Valentine’s Day-themed section in the run-up to the dreaded day. There are cards, flowers, teddy bears, heart-shaped chocolates, sexy