Category: Social
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Worst Ways to Make Friends in First Year
Alice Matty gives advice on how to establish yourself as someone to be avoided throughout your four years in Trinity. As Trinity’s third-year (wannabe) social butterfly, people constantly ask me “How do you make and retain friends?” (truly, it’s actually me asking everyone else, but let’s conceal that for the…
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How to Make Friends During Freshers’ Week – and Get Rid of Them
Chances are, if you’re an incoming first year, you’ll have spent the last two weeks hearing about Freshers’ Week from parents, relatives and anyone your mam has told you got into Trinity. “Freshers is huge!” They say, “You go out every night and get a cough that lasts until Christmas!…
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Can we ever be truly present at College?
At college, it can often feel like everyone is always one step ahead. Planning summer trips, internships, jobs, Erasmus. Days pass in a constant speculation on where we’ll be – and what we’ll be like – this time next month, year or decade. At this time of year especially, when…
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Moon Under Water: The Long Hall, South Great George’s Street
In his second review inspired by Orwell’s fastidious criteria, Tom Comer ventures into a pub too eager to prove its historical significance When classifying his “perfect pub” Orwell had a number of criteria that are nearly impossible to fulfil in the city centre. Firstly, he specified a “a fairly large…
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Mother Reilly’s, Murphy’s and More: a definitive guide to your Rathmines locals
For the Halls population, Alli Dixon outlines the best spots within a walking distance of home So, you went out seven nights in a row during re-freshers and now you’re too afraid to show your face in a club ever again? Or maybe you’ve decided that rainy January nights are…
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Misc’s 2023 T-Ball predictions
From the lineup to the night itself, Phoebe Pascoe outlines her predictions for this year’s event The most stressful day of the year at Trinity is looming. No, exams haven’t snuck up on you: tickets for Trinity Ball are going on sale. Crashing websites, audible screams in lectures and BESS…
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Moon Under Water: Bowe’s of Fleet Street
Tom Comer takes a leaf out of Orwell’s book in a search for Dublin’s perfect pub While he was best known for astute allegory on authoritarianism, I have always empathised more strongly with Orwell’s desire for the perfect pub (though I also oppose encroachment on individual liberties, I promise). In…
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A discussion on oversharing in your first month of college
I may not know you, but I know about your unresolved family trauma. In my first few months at college, I’ve had much time to reflect. Why was I passionately telling relative strangers about my opinions on Jessie J threatening to release new music in the smoking area of Tramline?…
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Tinder Tourism: Making a match with a new city
Holyn Thigpen reflects on her uniquely approach to finding her feet as an American in Dublin
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Rave organisers Bush Buzz announce Dublin event
“Gurning Man” will take place in a a secret location on November 4