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Leah Downey

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Dublin
As seen in: The University Times, MSN UK, UnHerd, American School And University, Gay Community News (Ireland), Soundings from The New York Review
Covers:  I cover various topics with a background in LGBTQ and gender equality reporting. I have written news articles covering student issues and long-form pieces about arts and culture.
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Leah Downey’s Biography

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I am finishing my final year as an English student at Trinity College Dublin. During my time there, I have gained skills in the areas of news reporting, arts and cultural journalism and interviewing.

I spent 2021 until 2023 in TN2 as both Deputy Theatre editor and subsequently Literature editor. During my time in these roles, I edited over fifty articles from multiple sections, ensuring their compliance with the style guide of the magazine.

In the summer of 2022, I interned at Gay Community N…

Leah Downey’s Journalist Portfolio

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A Look Inside TCD Renters' Union

A Look Inside TCD Renters' Union

Leah Downey speaks to TCDSU President Lászlo Molnárfi about the recently established Renters' Union and its p…

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Societies Advised Against Participating in Palestine Protest

Societies Advised Against Participating in Palestine Protest

In an email sent to societies this morning, the CSC warned against the use of society rooms to display Palest…

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Safe access zones to be implemented outside Irish healthcare facilities offering abortion

Safe access zones to be implemented outside Irish healthcare facilities offering abortion

Stephen Donnelly has confirmed that a new Bill mandating the provision of safe access zones will be fast-trac…

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Are Fiction Podcasts The Modern Iteration of Radio Plays? | TN2 Magazine

Are Fiction Podcasts The Modern Iteration of Radio Plays? | TN2 Magazine

With the immense growth of the podcast industry in the past decade, the cultural grip radio once held has dim…

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Gaeilge Initiative Referendum Passes with Landslide Majority

Gaeilge Initiative Referendum Passes with Landslide Majority

The referendum, which will enable the creation of a full-time Irish Language Officer, passed with a 90 per ce…

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Provost Linda Doyle Thanks "the Very Best of Trinity" in Statement Following Riots

Provost Linda Doyle Thanks "the Very Best of Trinity" in Statement Following Riots

In an email sent to the entire college community, Provost Linda Doyle has condemned the attack and violent ri…

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Table of Contents - February 26, 2026

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By Leah Downey, Peter Conti-Brown, Sean Vanatta, Kenneth Rogoff
| Soundings from The New York Review
The Crime of Witness Renee Good and Alex Pretti were murdered for daring to interfere with the Trump administration’s efforts to normalize abductions and state violence. The Struggle for the Fed The Fed is under attack. Can it be both protected and held accountable? Our Money: Monetary Policy As If Democracy Matters by Leah Downey Private Finance, Public Power: A History of Bank Supervision in America by Peter Conti-Brown and Sean H.
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Will Rachel Reeves tackle the Bank?

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By Leah Downey
| UnHerd Verified
Bank of EnglandCental banksEconomicsfederal reserveLabour Party Are central banks, tasked primarily with securing price stability, being asked to do too much or too little? Have their tools, such as Quantitative Easing (QE), been overindulged in since 2008? Or has their immense power to steer the macroeconomy been put to good use in the face of crises like climate change, severe inequality, and sluggish productivity?
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How independent is the Fed?

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By Leah Downey
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central bankDonald TrumpEconomicsfedPoliticsUS Regular breakfast between the Fed chair and the Treasury Secretary was a long-held tradition. Janet Yellen recently described her tenure as being peppered with chats with President Obama, as he “expressed interest in understanding the economy and the economic outlook”. That’s to say, interactions between the US administration and the central bank are common enough. But what happened last Thursday was different.
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