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Students Against Fees stage a banner drop to protest official 1916 commemorations

Student group accuses the official commemorations of “hypocrisy”

NEWSStudents Against Fees (SAF) organised a banner drop to protest the “hypocrisy of the official… commemorations” of the 1916 Rising today, March 27.

The group hung a banner calling for free education for all outside the Trinity houses facing College …

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Senator Averil Power calls for “huge civil society movement” to push for referendum on the eighth amendment

Speaking today in Trinity, Power said that she expects many politicians will be unwilling to engage with the matter

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Speaking today at an event hosted by Trinity Politics Society, senator Averil Power said that there needs to be “a huge civil society movement” to push for a referendum on abortion in Ireland.

According to Power, listening to the stories …

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Incoming vice chancellor of Oxford criticises under-representation of women in academia

Trinity alumna Louise Richardson spoke today at an event in the GMB, receiving honorary membership of the Caledonian Society

IMG_6972Professor Louise Richardson, incoming vice chancellor of Oxford and former Trinity student, who was today awarded honorary membership of the Caledonian Society, said that the low number of female academics in higher education is based on negative stereotypes that college …

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Public transport fares set to rise in December

Fares restructured to incentivize Leap card purchases.

NEWSPublic transport services across Ireland are set to change their fare structure to encourage more people to purchase Leap cards, and to cover the cost of providing services. The National Transport Authority (NTA) wants these changes implemented from 1 December.