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30 NOV

Delving into the record receipt for Trinity’s consultancy costs

College spend €2.8 million on external consultants to “change management”, during critical period of budget cuts for student services.

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Final figures on Trinity College’s external consultancy fees, released earlier this month, show that the university spent €2.8 million to “change management”, over  €2.1 million on financial and information systems, and over €91,000 on new graphic profile, during the three …

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01 NOV

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.…

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22 OCT

Little evidence of government initiative in tackling the growing student accommodation crisis in Budget 2016

While there were some overtures to students in new funding announced for the Student Assistance Fund, the government failed to tackle one of the biggest growing concerns for students


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The so-called “giveaway budget” announced by the government this week gave away little to third-level students. Aside from the €3 million announced for the Student Assistance Fund, a pittance when compared to the €50 million allocated for 1916 commemorations, student …

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22 OCT

Hist panel on future of LGBTQ movement says Republic must help Northern Ireland achieve marriage equality

Una Mullaly claims that it is “a fallacy” to believe that the Republic has done all that it can now that the marriage equality referendum has been passed

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The Hist, in association with Trinity Q Soc, held their first panel discussion of the year on the future of the LGBTQ movement in Ireland on Thursday last. The panel consisted of Una Mullaly, journalist for the Irish Times and …

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07 APR

Provost refused to meet student representatives over cuts

James Prendergast

Deputy News Editor

  • Provost waging “war of attrition” against officials opposed to slashed funding
  • Lenihan feels “let down” by lack of consultation, regrets not taking direct action

Provost Patrick Prendergast refused to meet with the heads of the …

SciTech
13 FEB

Science News In Brief

Conor O’Donovan

Deputy Science Editor

Breakthrough in stem cell production

Japanese scientists have developed a novel and highly efficient method for generating induced pluripotent stem (iPS)-like cells from cells of various types, according to two joint papers recently published online …

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25 NOV

News: In Brief

 

Former professor approaches Taoiseach over “national scandal”

James Wilson

Staff Writer

A former professor at the School of English, Dr Gerald Morgan, has denounced the automatic removal of borrowing rights from the College’s retired academics as a “national scandal”. In …