Celebrations for Green Week commenced yesterday and will continue to be celebrated throughout the week, working in tandem with Health and Sports Week which will commence this Thursday.
A total of 15 events have been organised for Green Week, with …
Hamza Bana’s strong lead in welfare and equality race seems unlikely to be challenged
Although a significant amount of poll respondents remain undecided, neither McAuley nor Harrington are well positioned to pose a threat
The 2024 race to be Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) welfare and equality officer has followed a dramatic script, with a clear protagonist in Hamza Bana, Hannah McAuley as a fan-favourite with not much screen time, and an undeniably …
Harrington apologises “unreservedly for any upset caused” by campaign but criticises “defamatory” accusations
The welfare and equality candidate called EmpowerTheVoice’s accusations against him as “disgusting and defamatory”
Welfare and equality candidate Nathan Harrington has apologised “unreservedly” for “any upset” caused by his campaign after he was accused of “using his platform to mock marginalised groups”, which he described as “defamatory”.
Activist group EmpowerTheVoice wrote a message on …
TCDSU votes to oppose government’s “shameful” Green Paper on Disability Reform
Disabilities Officer Keely Jenkinson previously argued the reform “make it harder for someone with a disability to basically live”
Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union Council (TCDSU) has voted to oppose the Government’s Green Paper on Disability Reform.
The union will support the Scrap the Green Paper Coalition and “oppose the Green Paper on Disability Reform in its entirety”.
It …
Analysis: Bernie Sanders asserts limits to protests during Irish visit
While visiting Trinity’s debating societies for his contributions to public discourse, Sanders showed the extent to which he believes protests are appropriate
US Senator Bernie Sanders visited Dublin this week as a part of a book tour for his new book, It’s OK to be Angry About Capitalism. He attended various events across the city, promoting his book about challenging the “uber-capitalist …
Bernie Sanders event interrupted by BDS protestors: “It’s not a horror, it’s a genocide”
Gardaí arrived to the event following multiple interruptions by protestors both inside and outside the Exam Hall
A panel discussion with US Senator Bernie Sanders was interrupted multiple times by protestors demanding he call for a ceasefire in Gaza.
The American senator spoke at the Exam Hall on Front Square in a discussion with Irish journalist Fintan …
‘It makes it harder to live’: Opposition to government-proposed disability welfare reform discussed at TCDSU town hall
Union members are seeking official opposition to the government’s Green Paper on disability welfare reform
The government-proposed Green Paper on disability welfare reform would “make it harder for someone with a disability to live”, a Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) town hall heard last night.
A motion to oppose a government-proposed Green Paper on …
Petition to hold referendum on TCDSU’s apolitical status reaches required signatures
The petition called for the union to achieves it aims “in a radical, egalitarian and autonomous way”
A petition to change section 1.4 of the Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) constitution and political mandate has reached the necessary signatures to secure a College-wide referendum.
The petition called for the union’s constitutional mandate to achieve its aims …
Analysis: Student housing could be this government’s lifeline, but are they really taking it?
Student housing initiatives tick all the political boxes to entice future and current voters
An investment in student accommodation across the State, worth €434 million, was announced last month by Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris and Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien, thus enabling colleges and universities to ultimately provide in excess …
TCDSU to campaign for new Zón Mac Léinn in the Hamilton Building
Council noted that currently “there is no respite space for students to go to” on the east side of campus
Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) will campaign for a new Zón Mac Léinn in the Hamilton Building today, after a motion calling for this passed at Council this evening.
The motion was proposed by Science Programme Convenor Vilte Bivainyte …