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Harnessing Seashells to Extract Metals and Purify Water

Trinity study reveals that oyster shells can naturally capture rare elements critical for the green transition while cleaning polluted waters
In Focus
By Varvara Vasylchenko 4 minutes ago
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via Joe & the Juice

Joe & the Juice, a Company with Strong Israeli Ties, Comes to Dawson Street

Joe & The Juice has a majority stake purchased by General Atlantic, a company that prides itself on its relationship with Israel
News
By Ella Chepak

  • John Kiriakou Receives Hist Medal after Trinity Address on Torture, Conscience, and the CIA

  • Queens University Belfast students vote for the reinstatement of Irish Language signage

  • Rashid Khalidi Receives Phil Gold Medal of Honorary Patronage

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Tá Comhairle Cathrach Bhaile Átha Cliath ag Smaoineamh ar Cháin Turasóireachta Suas le €5 an Oíche a Ghearradh ar Chuairteoirí

De réir anailís a rinne Comhairle Cathrach Bhaile Átha Cliath, meastar go dtuillfí €17.5 milliún sa bhliain as táille €2 in aghaidh na hoíche a ghearradh ar chuairteoirí
News
By Gerard Loscher

“The First Woman to Address a Major Society of the College” — Sitting Down with Colette Weaire

Colette Weaire, upon her first visit to Trinity, managed to make history, completely by accident
In Focus
By Aoibheann Kearins
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80s Pop Legend Rick Astley Awarded Samuel Beckett Medal for Contribution to the Arts

Rick Astley on fame, loss, childhood, and giving it all up
In Focus
By Michaella Van Zutphen and Clara Frey

Comment & Analysis

Opinion Contribution

In Defense of Seagulls

The birds run this city, its time that we let them By Lotta Scheffel
Opinion Contribution

Opera, Ballet and Chalamet

What Timothée Chalamet’s comments – and the backlash to them – might tell us about the value we assign to these art forms By Oliver Donnellan
Op-ed

Tobacco-Free Trinity: Protection or Paternalism?

Trinity’s expansion of its tobacco-free policy to include vaping has sparked debate regarding enforcement and student autonomy By Erin Des Fontaine
Editorial

Trinity Isn’t Equipped For Its Vast Visiting Student Population

With one of the highest visiting student rates in Europe, the College’s inadequate systems are disadvantaging both exchange and full-degree students By The Editorial Board
Op-ed

“My Night is Spent Guarding My Drinks and My Friends”

Spiking is a bigger problem than the official numbers may suggest By Mathilda Gross
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