TCDSU president Kieran McNulty no longer running for USI
TCDSU President Kieran McNulty has announced that he will not be running for the Union of Student’s Ireland (USI) Vice President of Campaigns position. . In an email sent to Trinity News, McNulty stated that his decision not to run was based on the USI campaign interfering with his current work within the SU: “Running […]
TCDSU passes motion of solidarity with non-academic staff balloting for a strike
Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) Council has passed a motion supporting SIPTU and Unite members in Trinity in their potential industrial action against College. Union members include most non-academic college workers, such as library, security, and cleaning staff. Both SIPTU and UNITE are threatening industrial action after a breakdown in negotiations with College […]
TCDSU Council votes on allocating €320,000 of HEA funding
A motion brought to Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) Council by TCDSU President Kieran McNulty to assign funding made available by the Higher Education Authority (HEA) to the Students’ Union, has passed. The HEA is a body which advises the Minister for Education and Skills and the government on higher education policy. It is […]
TCDSU Council to vote on motion supporting free third level education
Trinity College Dublin Students Union (TCDSU) is to debate and vote on a Students Against Fees (SAF) motion at TCDSU Council on Tuesday January 24, which calls for a strengthening of the Union’s stance on fees and loans, and explicitly mandates a campaign for a publicly-funded system of higher education. The motion, which is […]
TCDSU continues to push for greater availability of gender neutral bathrooms
Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) President Kieran McNulty has launched a petition for the College Board to create gender-neutral bathrooms in the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute (TBSI) on Pearse Street following the implementation of three gender neutral bathrooms in the Arts Building during the Michaelmas term. This process began with former Welfare Officer Conor Clancy, […]
Trinity College has collected €950,000 in student fines
Trinity College (TCD) has generated almost €950,000 since 2012 from fining students. These were comprised of late library returns, breaches of codes of conduct, late payment of fees, late registration for modules, parking violations and on-campus accommodation. Late library returns generated €560,555 alone in fees. Trinity’s Library begin fines at €0.50 per day which then […]
Trinity given permission by Dublin City Council for Oisin House redevelopment
College have been given permission by Dublin City Council for plans to redevelop Oísin House, which is set to cost €50 million to complete. Dublin City Council’s report approved Trinity’s new planning submission for the “reduction in height, mass and bulk and associated alterations to the roof profile will allow the new building to […]
TCDSU Council removes Off-Campus Officer position, elects RAG Week committee members
The Council of Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) opened this evening’s meeting with the elimination of the role of Off-Campus Officer, along with the election of 7 members to the RAG Week committee. When no nominations were forthcoming for the role of Off-Campus officer, Education Officer Dale Whelehan proposed the elimination of the […]
Students from fee-paying secondary schools are 4 times more likely to get a place in Trinity
The most recent data on “feeder” schools to third-level institutions has illustrated Trinity’s place within the Irish educational divide. Students who attend one of the country’s 51 fee-paying schools are more than four times more likely to attend Trinity than students at schools that do not charge fees. Furthermore, fee-paying students are nearly […]
What the SU has been doing this year for Engagement
Posted by Kieran McNulty on March 1, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The SU Leadership Race elections took place last week. During the campaign, there has been the usual analysis of how the Union does not engage students nor represent them. I’m not writing this to shy away from criticism — far from it — but I would like that criticism to take into account the work […]
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