Category: Politics
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Attitudes Towards the Genocide in Gaza Globally
Since the brutality of October 7th 2023, the Israel-Palestine conflict has remained at the forefront of Irish political discourse and community life. However, responses to the conflict in Ireland cannot be discussed in isolation. While Ireland has repeatedly demonstrated support for Palestine and protested against Israel’s occupation of Palestinian…
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Warda’s Second Life
Dragged from the ruins of her home in Deir al-Balah, Warda Mslah was pronounced dead. Her lifeless body was wrapped in cloth, ready to be surrendered to the earth. The morgue doors shut behind her, sealing her among the nameless rows. Yet in the hours that followed, beneath the chill…
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Take the Cross Out of The Classroom
In 1978, the Dalkey School Project opened its doors to provide Ireland’s first multi-denominational school. Driven by the support of Fianna Fáil leader Jack Lynch and the Labour Party, it acted as a catalyst for what has been a (very) gradual shift towards alternative options to religious education. It did…
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Punching Below the Belt
We are the company we keep, so it’s no surprise that US President Donald Trump warmly welcomed Conor McGregor to the White House on Saint Patrick’s Day this year. Both men share many things in common: questionable charisma and popularity aplenty, yes — but most notably their convictions of serious…
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The Fight for the Right to Choose
Abortion in Ireland has long been a topic of debate and discourse — particularly at Trinity. Abortion rights are an inevitable evolution in Irish electorate thinking regarding secularisation, globalisation, and a decline in the church’s power, leading to more liberal policies and laws. This hop, skip, and jump, as outlined…
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Pheminism Pt II
It’s 2009: I’ve just graced the floors of my rural Galway junior infants classroom. Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face” is on the radio, and Rory Treanor is blessing the pages of the Misc with his acerbic article “Pheminism.” A personal rant against women—based heavily on Treanor’s grievances with the price of…
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Caps, Gowns and Curfews
Founded by Queen Elizabeth I in 1592, Trinity College Dublin, ironically, did not permit female enrolment until 1904. Indeed, from its genesis, Trinity established itself as an all-male academic bastion. However, by the late 19th century a wind of change was blowing throughout campus, and in the wake of the…
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Blindsided or Blind-sighted?
Since its establishment in 1592, Trinity College Dublin has stood in the centre of Ireland’s capital as an emblem of foreign rule. Originally founded under the name of England’s Queen Elizabeth I, the first professors and administrators of the university made no secret of its allegiance to the British crown,…
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Your October Political Round-Up
With Ireland’s general election now firmly decided to be happening this year – despite the Government’s insistence that they would work until the coalition’s term was up, some time in March 2025 – there has been a recent onslaught of activity in and around Leinster House. The sheer amount…
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Voting the Distance
A college library in Dublin is not, on first glance, the most likely battleground for the US election. But, for Americans studying at Trinity this November, voting necessarily takes place far beyond the ballot box. Fourth year European Studies student Luna Michelis cast her vote for North Carolina – a…