A discussion topic on potentially making the SU’s LGBT rights officer (LGBTRO) open to people who identify as straight and cisgender that was due to be raised at last night’s SU Council has been shelved until after the holidays. SU …
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SU move to broaden criteria for LGBT rights officer criticised
A discussion item due to be raised at this evening’s SU Council has been criticised for potentially leading to the criteria for the union’s LGBT rights officer being widened. Ian Mooney, SU welfare officer, and Domhnall McGlacken-Byrne, SU president, had …
Women in Leadership campaign launched in Trinity
“The New Normal: Women in Leadership” initative, organised in association with Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU), was launched this evening with a Women for Election talk in the MacNeill Theatre in the Hamilton.
The campaign aims to address the …
20,210 students registered to vote in marriage equality referendum
20,210 students have been registered as part of a nationwide voter registration drive conducted by students’ unions ahead of the upcoming marriage equality referendum, the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) president, Laura Harmon, has tonight announced.
The USI president …
New SU access officer calls for greater integration of TAP students
Gabriel Adewusi has pledged to increase awareness of the Trinity Access Programmes.
Gabriel Adewusi, the newly-elected SU access officer, has pledged to increase awareness of the Trinity Access Programmes (TAP), which he said can be misunderstood by the wider college community. As a result, he said, some students can “feel a lot …
State of the union
One month into the academic year, Eva Short sat down with SU president, Domhnall McGlacken-Byrne, to talk student politics and the future of Irish higher education.
One month into the academic year, Eva Short sat down with SU president, Domhnall McGlacken-Byrne, to talk student politics and the future of Irish higher education.Q. What was your opinion of the provost’s question and answer session [last Monday]?…
Must try harder
William Foley
Another year, another pre-budget student protest. And it would be all too easy to write yet another article criticising the USI and TCDSU. So… I will still do that. But before I get all negative, it should be pointed out …
PHOTOS: Thousands march for marriage equality on Dublin streets
An estimated 8,000 demonstrators took part in the rally
An estimated 8,000 demonstrators marched in a major Dublin rally in support of same-sex marriage this afternoon.
The 2014 March for Marriage, organised by LGBT Noise, is the last annual rally to take place before a referendum on marriage equality …
TCDSU 2013-14 in review
We assess the performances of outgoing sabbatical officers
Dee Courtney, William Dunne, Lia Flattery
Staff Writers
This week saw the official changover of SU sabbatical officers. Tom Lenihan, Jack Leahy, Stephen Garry, Leanna Byrne, and Sean Reynolds have now moved out of their campus accommodation as incoming officers …
I don’t want to change the world…
Maxime Bercholz
Contributor
When I arrived in the Lecky library one morning a few weeks ago, I picked up a leaflet about a student referendum that had taken place three days beforehand, on whether the SU should adopt another long-term …