There is a moment, midway through my interview with Prof Cyril J Smyth, when a glint enters his eye and an edge creeps into the soft burr of his voice. “I’m one of these people,” he says, his tone measured yet deliberate, “that’s been there for a long time, and has a long memory.” Even placed in context – Smyth is discussing his experience of dealing with the college on financial issues – it is a telling statement. Over the course of a 37-year career in Trinity, Smyth has amassed a huge volume of knowledge of the college in the arena of sport and beyond. … Continue reading Meet the Man Asking Students to Help Save Trinity’s Sports Clubs