The restoration of Trinity College’s iconic front gate after it was damaged last year cost just under €45,000, according to a report in today’s Herald.
The College Green entrance was repaired in June by Dunwoody and Dobson, a Dublin-based heritage …
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Death of Stefan Grimm is a tragic reflection of higher education
Shortly before Professor Stefan Grimm, a former member of Imperial College London’s Faculty of Medicine, died in late September, he left a message for his fellow colleagues. The preset email, which was published online last week, made it clear that …
Bible retained in new Trinity logo
The clasped bible scrapped from the revised Trinity logo criticised by staff and students in March has been reinstated as part of new visual identity proposals passed by Trinity board members today. The latest logo prototype has been reworked to …
Trinity Sinn Féin calls for SU referendum on water charges
Trinity Sinn Féin has called on the Students’ Union to hold a referendum on water charges. It said today that it has gathered the 250 signatures required to call a referendum on union policy.
Its proposed wording for the referendum
We stand by our story
Trinity News published an article on its website yesterday that has attracted considerable criticism from some sections of the student population. I would like to address what I would consider to be the two main themes of this criticism.
First …
Mary Lou McDonald pulls out of Trinity event amid protest
Mary Lou McDonald has pulled out of a visit to Trinity in the wake of a student protest held on campus tonight. The deputy leader of Sinn Féin was due to address members of the party’s Trinity branch at 6:30pm. …
College confirms funding cuts to capitated bodies
Funding for the capitated bodies of Trinity has been cut by 5% for the 2014/15 academic year, the heads of the Dublin University Central Athletic Club (DUCAC), the Central Societies Committee (CSC), the Trinity College Students’ Union (TCDSU), the …
Chinese students seek edge at Irish universities
Irish higher education provides new opportunities for a growing number of Chinese students.
Wang Can, a final-year PhD student, and I are sitting in a cafe in UCD’s Conway Institute. Like hundreds of other Chinese students, the Beijing University of Chemical Technology graduate came to the university through its pre-masters programme. In China, …
Stop treating international students as cash cows
Cash cow: a business, investment, or product that provides a steady income or profit. Irish universities have long sought high tuition fees from international students. But the commercialisation of higher education, along with financial pressures as a result of state …
Fianna Fáil and Labour youth wings elect new heads
Eoin Neylon and Jack Eustace are the new respective heads of Ógra Fianna Fáil and Labour Youth. The newly-elected Ógra Fianna Fáil president and Labour Youth chair were formally appointed yesterday at the youth wings’ annual conferences.
Neylon, a 26-year-old …