Just over a century ago, Trinity College Dublin admitted its first female student. This year, the 400-year-old university reached another milestone: it has elected its first ever all-female line-up of officers across both the students’ and graduate students’ unions. On this week's show, Kathy talks to president and vice-president of the graduate students’ union respectively, Shaz Oye and Gisèle Scanlon, about how that came about and what it says about women and activism in 2019. They also speak about their different backgrounds, the winding paths which led them to Trinity College and what education means to them.

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