A motion, proposed by Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) President Kieran McNulty and seconded by Ents Officer Padraic Rowley has mandated the union to give €6,000 to Scholar at Risk, Bashana Abeywarden, to help cover his fees and …
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DU Dance win Linklaters competition
“This money is going to be so instrumental in finally giving DU Dance a permanent home and we are just so ecstatic!”
Linklaters have announced that DU Dance have won their annual “Pitch Your Ambition” competition, winning a prize of £5,000 which they will put towards practice spaces. DU Dance has struggled to find a suitable space to practise this year as …
First ever joint Trinity News and University Times hustings takes place
All 12 candidates answered questions from TN Editor Oisin Vince Coulter and UT Editor Sinead Baker
The first ever media hustings, co-hosted by Trinity News and the University Times, took place tonight in the Lloyd Institute. The second hustings of the election campaign for the Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) sabbatical officer positions saw the …
Students must show solidarity with Trade Unions
Faced with the growing commercialisation of College, students have no choice but to support industrial action
For the first time in years Trinity faces the prospect of industrial action. The current impasse between non-academic staff and College could be ended through a negotiated settlement; however, we cannot ignore the important implications of the policies College has …
Motion to be brought to TCDSU Council on disability rights
The motion will seek a SU mandate to lobby the government to ratify the UN convention of rights for persons with disabilities
A motion will be brought to Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) by a group of students in Hilary term to pressure the government to ratify the UN Convention of Rights for Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). Ireland signed up to …
1990s volume of ‘Trinity Tales’ launched in Long Room
This is the latest volume of the book series, which contains stories from students taken from each decade
Last night saw the launch of the fourth volume of Trinity Tales, a series of books detailing life in College through contributions from various alumni. Each book is based around a decade, with the first dealing with the 1960s. Published …
Hist bare all with opening debate of the year
Hist welcome popular Irish comedian Katherine Lynch for ‘Free the Nipple’ debate
The Hist’s first debate of the year took place on Wednesday the 23rd of September on the motion “This House Would Free the Nipple”. The debate featured an all-female speaker line up of students and guests, including the comedian Katherine …
Phil comedy debate starts year with laughter
GMB welcomes students & comedians who ‘do it for the likes.’
The Phil’s first debate of the year occurred on Thursday the 24th of September on the motion “This House Would do it for the Likes”. As is usually the case in Freshers’ week, it was a comedy debate featuring a …
What Netanyahu’s victory says about Israeli politics
The results of the Israeli election on March 17th have put the final nail in the coffin of the idea that a just peace between Israel and the Palestinians is possible through goodwill and hopeful feelings. In the final days …
The reconfiguration of Irish politics has already happened
You know student politics has reached new lows when the youth wings of the two largest political parties in the country base their recruitment posters on ripped-off pop culture, with equally insightful messages encoded in both. Ógra Fianna Fáil drop …