‘The National Report on Student Mental Health in Third Level’ launched on the 27 th of August in Trinity College by the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has found a third of college students are experiencing “extremely severe levels of anxiety” and have had a formal diagnosis of a mental health difficulty at some…
Hello and welcome to the opinions section. My name is Elisha and I will be your guide. I’ve been opinions editor here at the Express for just a couple weeks now and I think I’m doing just swell so far. I have yet to receive my first piece of hate mail and nothing has spontaneously…
During his commencement speech at the University of Arts in 2012, widely beloved Author Neil Gaiman reflected on his life’s work, explaining to the very soon-to-be graduates, that “the problems of failure are hard” but that “the problems of success can be harder because nobody warns you about them.” This, boys and girls, I’ve learned…
The UCCSU of 2020 have been voted in, and the term of 2018/19 is slowly coming to an end; what do we think? Skepticism of the UCCSU seems rampant. Critics claim that elections are won based on free sweets and popularity. This election season, there was a healthy RON campaign against the only Comms candidate…
The world is doomed- apparently! A fairly grim opening sentence, I know. But let’s face it, this seems to be the direction in which we are heading. Whether that is now, in 10 years’ time, or in 100 years or 1000 years, no one seems to know for definite. Scientists predict that a rise of…
We’re often told, mainly by American politicians, that America is the greatest democracy in the world. It’s very easy to see why they think that. Aside from their narcissism, the US is, in fact, a fantastic county. The individual rights afforded to its citizens are second to none, and the American people have been great…
A person once said to me that you can’t climb a mountain with downhill thoughts. This is not only true in life, but also can be literally applied to- you guessed it, folks- climbing an actual mountain! With the new year just beginning and fad diets and illuminous lycra in full swing, there is no…
As much as it pains me to write this at the beginning of my piece that is literally arguing against Valentine’s Day: I don’t have anything against celebrating Valentine’s Day. Okay, so it’s commercialised; it’s a huge money-making fake holiday that capitalism made up so the chocolate companies could make a killing and the supermarkets…
An argument in favour of Valentine’s Day is something I never thought I’d write. I have previously spent years gone by hating on the hallmark holiday. But now, finding myself in the precarious position of being in a long-term relationship, the targeted ads, the pressure surrounding the card the presents etc. is beginning to rear…
Graham Linehan, if you haven’t heard by now, appeared on RTE’s Primetime, being interviewed on the topic of a new bill proposed, discussing lowering the age one can get a certificate of gender recognition. Linehan was a script writer for Father Ted. He has since taken to twitter as a hobby, making a name for…