It all comes down to how you get started. Joe Duffy got involved for very simple reasons. The future USI president and RTÉ broadcaster was motivated to become involved in SU politics by a desire to dismantle the barriers to …
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Debate: should the SU be seeking commercial sponsorship?
The two candidates vying for the position of communications and marketing officer in this year’s SU elections go head to head.
This year’s SU elections has seen Aifric Ni Chriodain and Jemma O’Leary, the two candidates running for the new position of communications and marketing officer, publicly clash over the issue of headline sponsorship. Ni Chriodain says her proposal to increase …
Candidates address students at dining hall hustings
The second day of campaigning for this year’s Trinity College Students’ Union (TCDSU) sabbatical elections saw all 16 candidates take part in the traditional dining hall hustings at lunchtime today.
President
Gabriel Adewusi, a third-year human health and diseases student, …
SU elections: what’s at stake?
Our news team assesses the key issues at stake in this year’s SU elections, from the shape of campaigns and the press to social and academic concerns.
This year’s SU elections are shaping up to be some of the most contested in recent memory. Not only are there a wealth of candidates vying for most positions, particularly in the presidential and welfare race, but this year’s incoming …
Tepid discussion of proposed student charges ahead of referendum
Just over 30 people attended the town hall meeting held last night by Trinity College Students’ Union (TCDSU) and the Graduate Students’ Union (GSU) to discuss the proposed new student charges that College is trying to impose.
The charges include …
Student union election candidates announced
17 students were this evening announced as candidates in the upcoming SU elections after nominations closed at 5pm today.
Running for the position of SU president are Lynn Ruane, Conor O’Meara, Gabriel Adewusi, Adam Colton and Nessan Harpur.
In the …
SU report card: how are our sabbatical officers getting on?
As Michaelmas term draws to a close, our staffers assess the performances of TCDSU sabbatical officers since the beginning of the academic year.
President – Domhnall McGlacken-Byrne
By Fionn McGorry
SU president, Domhnall McGlacken-Byrne, campaigned on a platform of experience …
Capitation innovation
College’s culture of cuts is encouraging just the sort of “innovation” that Provost Patrick Prendergast has been trying to cultivate – but it could prove to be the death knell for many student print publications.
There are two very clear messages being sent to students from college authorities at the moment. If the importance of budget cuts is one, then the other seems to be an encouragement to embrace a vague concept of ‘innovation’ in …
Exclusionary politics reinforces sexuality categorisation
Writing from Amsterdam, a beacon for liberal inclusion, it saddens me to hear that my old alma mater back in Dublin recently debating whether non-LGBT rights advocates should be entitled to run for LGBT officer positions in the Students’ Union…
Trinity Sinn Féin calls for SU referendum on water charges
Trinity Sinn Féin has called on the Students’ Union to hold a referendum on water charges. It said today that it has gathered the 250 signatures required to call a referendum on union policy.
Its proposed wording for the referendum