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TCDSU and USI join Amnesty in repeal the 8th demonstration outside Dáil

Amnesty International Ireland yesterday began a two week long public demonstration, supported by TCDSU, outside government buildings calling for the repeal of the Eighth Amendment

NEWSYesterday, March 29, marked the beginning of Amnesty International Ireland’s two week long public demonstration outside government buildings calling for the repeal of the Eighth Amendment.

DU Amnesty, Trinity College Dublin’s Students’ Union (TCDSU) and the Union of Students in …

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Rainbow Week 2016 launched

Jessica McKeon: “This year we want the week to really be a celebration of being LGBTQ and all that our community has achieved”

NEWSRainbow Week was launched today, March 21, with a miniature Pride parade and reception in the Atrium with Colm O’Gorman and Averil Power in attendance. Rainbow Week, jointly organised by Trinity College Dublin’s Students’ Union (TCDSU) and Q Soc, is …

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DU Amnesty holds panel discussion on the implications of the Eighth Amendment

The event was organised in collaboration with TCDSU and Medical Students for Choice

On Monday March 7, DU Amnesty, in collaboration with Trinity College Dublin’s Students’ Union (TCDSU) and Medical Students for Choice, hosted a panel discussion regarding the medical implications of the Eighth Amendment.

Taking part in this event, opened by Emma …

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Author Louise O’Neill discusses consent at the Students’ Union launch of their consent video

The video, direct by coms and marketing officer Aifric Ní Chríodáin and Bogdan Hrechka, stresses the importance of communication and signs of consent in sexual relationships.

TCDSU launched their consent campaign video this afternoon, welcoming Louise O’Neill, author and Irish Book Award winner for her novel ‘Asking for it’ to the event. The screening was held in the Martin Uí Caidhain theatre where the SU outlined

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Before you vote, listen to the Trinity News and Trinity FM Leadership Race interviews here

Trinity News and Trinity FM have conducted a series of audio interviews with candidates for the sabbatical offices

President interview with Kieran McNulty, Stephen Carty and Dan O’Brien

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Hosted by Una Harty

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0.00 – Lynn Ruane on her time in the SU
6.08 – Stephen Carty’s TAP donation pledge
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Trinity News poll predicts that Kieran McNulty will be next president of Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union

Winning candidates are also predicted in welfare and eduction races while the entertainment and communications & marketing races have much tighter margins

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Trinity News poll conducted over a three day period, from Wednesday 10 February to Friday 12 February has predicted contests in the entertainment and communications & marketing races. Meanwhile Kieran McNulty, Dale O’Faoilléacháin, Aobhinn Ní Lochlainn, and Sinéad Baker …

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USI calls for political parties to commit to abortion referendum

USI President Kevin Donoghue: access to free, safe and legal abortions in Ireland is “critical to advancing gender equality and the position of women in Irish society”

NEWSThe Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has called for political parties to commit to holding a referendum on repealing the Eighth Amendment if elected in the coming general election.

USI has called for the repeal of the Eighth Amendment …

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First joint Trinity News and QSoc hustings proves to be an insightful affair

Stephen Hatton, former LGBT rights officer, and current editor of Trinity News Matthew Mulligan, chaired the hustings and alternated the questions between queer issues and broader election topics

leadershipraceA large crowd filtered into the Joly theatre at 7pm today for the Trinity News and QSoc hustings. Stephen Hatton, former LGBT Rights Officer (LGBTRO), and Matthew Mulligan, current Editor of Trinity News, chaired the hustings and alternated the questions …

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Mandatory sexual consent classes sought by UCDSU after revenge porn controversy

It came to light last week that as many as 200 UCD students may have formed a Facebook chat group in which explicit photos and anecdotes of female students were shared and rated without their consent

NEWSFollowing recent revelations regarding revenge porn at University College Dublin (UCD), UCD’s Students’ Union (UCDSU) has said that it is seeking funding from the college to introduce compulsory consent classes for all students starting from the next academic year.

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TCDSU and Fossil Free TCD kick off first ever Divestment Week with fossil free forum

When asked about the role of direct action, Ruane replied that: “We have not received a ‘no’ from the Board,” but was open to the idea of further mobilisation if divestment is not considered

NEWSThis week, from February 8 to 12, Trinity College Dublin’s Students’ Union (TCDSU) and Fossil Free TCD are holding Trinity’s first ever Divestment Week. The week takes place alongside similar initiatives in various other universities in the UK and is …