Since Russia’s sudden invasion of Ukraine on February 24th, College has released a statement condemning it and showing solidarity for “the Ukrainian people”. Undeniably the crisis has had a devastating impact on many members of the College community, including students …
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A survival guide to college ball season
Ria Walls reflects on a range of Trinity’s most-anticipated social events this year
Buy your overpriced dresses, find those bow ties and dig out your heels that cut your ankles—because it’s college ball season! The past few months have been bustling with balls left right and centre; from ones hosted on campus, to …
Fighting food waste with Too Good To Go
Sophie Dibben and Saskia Steinberg rate Dublin’s best Too Good To Go spots
Too Good To Go is all about fighting food waste. The company was founded in Denmark in 2015, connecting people through their app to cheap surplus food, and has saved 29 million meals since its launch in 2015. For a …
Ents to host mental health charity event
Ria Walls gives the lowdown on the Shit Shirt Shindig
Trinity Ents will be hosting a charity event on Wednesday March 30 in the Button Factory in order to raise money for mental health causes.
The event, which is being organised in collaboration with Dublin University Hockey Club (DUHC), is …
Sunday Longread: Vicky Smith’s complex portrayal of womanhood
Ciarán Drohan discusses Vicky Smith’s exhibit The Cold Bark Against My Back curated at the Olivier Cornet Contemporary Gallery
On a first visit to the Olivier Cornet Contemporary Gallery, it is immediately impressive. Facilitated by its large windows, it is a bright open space that invokes a grander scale than this single room in a Georgian town house, normally …
A further look into Trinity’s exchange programmes
In this issue Ria Walls discusses Erasmus with Shana Beims as she spends her second term in Belgium
Shana Beims, a third year classical civilisation and philosophy student, is currently on Erasmus for second term at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven). In the third part of this series, I spoke to Beims about her experience so far in …
Spotlight Society: Trinity Hiking
Ella-Bleu Kiely speaks with Trinity Hiking OCM Robert Gaynor about the hike life
Hiking culture has seemed to have moved up on the social scale in recent years. After being locked up indoors for so long, it was the outside that provided many of us with comfort. It still continues to. I spoke …
TAF time of year
Ella-Bleu Kiely speaks with TAF Festival Director Seirce Mhac Conghail on the nature of the society
This year’s Trinity Arts Festival (TAF) week began on the day devoted to romance. Running from 14-16 February, the society of tote bags and glitter held events every day from morning to night ranging from scrambled egg workshops, pop-up plays, …
Reading between the lines: Alice Rekab’s Project at the Douglas Hyde
Caitlin Kawalek explores the multi-platform Family Lines Project at the Douglas Hyde Gallery
The centrepiece of the online page for Alice Rekab’s multi-platform Family Lines Project at the Douglas Hyde Gallery is a composite artwork that combines images of individuals with trees, animals, traditional African sculpture, and digital drawings. Its most prominent feature …
In Conversation with Paul Hallahan
Oona Kauppi sits down with artist Paul Hallahan to discuss his new exhibit at Hang Tough Contemporary, Words as Colour Not Language, closing on Sunday 20 March
When I say that Paul Hallahan’s works are arresting, what I mean is that I walked past the gallery showing his work – Hang Tough Contemporary – and could not take my eyes away. The painting that had attracted my …