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Final hustings proves to be passionate spectacle

The last hustings in the Leadership Race of Trinity College Dublin’s Students’ Union (TCDSU) was held in halls accommodation on Mondays night. The proceedings followed the structure of a short speech by each candidate followed by questions from the audience.

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The last hustings in the Leadership Race of Trinity College Dublin’s Students’ Union (TCDSU) was held in halls accommodation on Mondays night. The proceedings followed the structure of a short speech by each candidate followed by a question from the

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Senator David Norris launches Trinity’s Green Week 2016

A €5,550 cheque for the Children’s Hospital in Crumlin was produced, and it was announced that the donation was funded by “monies saved due to recycling on campus”

NEWSGreen Week 2016 was launched today outside the Exam Hall in Front Square by Senator David Norris. Many of the candidates running in the Leadership Race of Trinity College Dublin’s Students’ Union (TCDSU) were present, as brief environmental policy statements

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Can Trinity be the global leader it yearns to be despite unethical investment?

As TCDSU celebrates its first ever Divestment Week, senior reporter Jessie Dolliver examines what impact College’s investments and activities have on its image

NEWSEver since I first set foot in Trinity I knew I wanted to study here. This was in part, I suppose, due to the stately imposing buildings and chattering colourful students. More than anything, I was attracted to how current

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Trinity students take part in anti-fascism protest in Dublin city centre

Pegida supporters were met by an opposing crowd of activists composed of anti-racism and Muslim groups, including a Trinity student contingent

NEWSViolent conflict arose between demonstrators, including students of Trinity College Dublin, and police yesterday in Dublin city centre.

An estimated 1,000 people were protesting the launch of the anti-Islam group Pegida’s first Irish branch. Pegida stands for Patriotic Europeans against …

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First Year, first rally: marching in solidarity with the TUI through the perspective of a recent activist

“This was to be my first student protest in Trinity, and it was everything I had expected it would be”

COMMENTYesterday at one, Students Against Fees held a rally and march in solidarity with the Teachers Union of Ireland’s (TUI) Institutes of Technology strike. The march was organised to “show solidarity with the Teachers Union of Ireland strike over the …

Features

How to rig the students’ union election

Trinity News senior reporters Conall Monaghan and Jessie Dolliver look at the paper ballot versus online voting debate

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With sabbatical elections only a month away, candidates are putting the final touches to their manifestos, preparing husting speeches, and drafting potential flyers – all in preparation for the run up to polling week, the results of which will determine

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Fossil Free TCD holds open meeting

Fears were expressed about the College finance committee “postponing discussion” in the hope a more “passive leader” being elected as President for next year

NEWSOn Thursday evening an open meeting was held by the Fossil Free Trinity College Dublin campaign on-campus. The event consisted of an introduction to, and explanation of, the global movement; several mini workshop groups on topics such as media, outreach,

Trinity’s MBA course ranked best in Ireland, fifth in Europe

The listings put Trinity’s full-time MBA course ahead of both the Cambridge and Oxford MBAs, with UCD’s Smurfit Institute MBA placed eighteenth

NEWSTrinity College Dublin’s MBA courses have placed fifth in the “best masters ranking for full time MBA’s in Western Europe 2015-2016”, recently published by Eduniversal, making the course the most highly ranked full-time MBA in Ireland.

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Trinity and Google collaborate to launch Dublin Rising 1916-2016 exhibition online

Dublin Rising 1916-2016 is an interactive tour of Dublin, narrated by actor Colin Farrell

NEWSA collection of rare and previously unpublished material related to the 1916 Rising and held in Trinity College Dublin Library will now be accessible online thanks to a recent collaboration between the Library and the Google Cultural Institute.

The Google …

Lessons from the COP21 Agreement come home as College hosts climate discussion

Paul Melia, the environmental editor of The Irish Independent described his own experience at COP21, and how a real “ground swell”, and desire for climate change could be sensed from the public.

NEWSOn Wednesday evening a public discussion entitled “Ways Forward: Considering the COP21 Agreement – The beginning of the end of the fossil fuel age” took place in College. Participants were invited to respond to and analyse COP21 – the 21st