Jumping through hoops for Welfare Week

» Welfare Week launched by Welfare Officer Cormac Cashman to raise mental health awareness in Trinity College
» Recent studies show that demand for one-to-one mental health counselling has risen by 64 percent over past year

Welfare Week kicked off …

“An Éigse is fearr riamh i ndáiríre”

Tharla féile bhliantúil Ghaeilge an choláiste, Éigse na Trionóide, ón 8ú go dtí an 12ú Márta. Bhí sé eagraithe ag an Chumann Ghaelach i mbliana, mar a bhíonn gach bliain, agus ghlaoigh Fiona Ní Mharráin, oifigeach teicneolaíochta an Chumainn, “an …

VDP proves it pays to be a volunteer

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul was crowned the 2010 AIB Society of the year at the Central Societies Committee Annual Societies Ball, which took place on Wednesday 10th March in the Hilton Hotel Dublin.
On hearing of their …

Historic books go under the hammer

The 21st annual Trinity Second-hand Booksale took place last week, featuring over 30,000 novels, journals, pamphlets, guides and reference books. The event, which is Ireland’s largest charity booksale, went on over three days, from Thursday 18th March to Saturday 20th …

College to boost economy

College has appointed ten new spin-out companies designed to exploit the latest innovation in technology and research, all in the name of the University of Dublin.
The companies, which will be based on Campus, are designed to aid Trinity’s science …

Trinity first preference as CAO applications soar

Trinity College remains an alluring prospect for this year’s CAO applicants. There was a six percent increase in first preference applications this year, representing an increase of almost 500 prospective undergraduate students. The incease was spread across each of the …

Energy Valley plan launched for Shannon

The University of Limerick and NUI Galway announced plans early last week to partner with Shannon Development and the Irish Technology Leadership Group (ITLG) to create a new “Shannon Energy Valley”. Speaking at the announcement of the launch at a …

Move to lure Irish diaspora back home

Taoiseach Brian Cowen introduced plans to lower third-level fees in Ireland for second- and third-generation Irish at a press conference in Washington last week. The “Ireland Homecoming Study Programme” is an attempt to generate €10 million for the Irish economy, …