Bryan Mallon is a Senior Sophister Irish Studies student from Co. Meath. Mallon is the current chairperson of DU GAA and vice-chair of the Fianna Fáil Wolfe Tone Cumann. Mallon frames himself as the “only non-Students’ Union candidate”. Referencing the …
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TCDSU Council votes to hold preferendum to have stance on united Ireland
The motion was brought before the SU Council tonight
Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) has voted to hold a preferendum on taking a stance on supporting the unity of Ireland. The motion was proposed by Naomi Walsh, Junior Sophister Psychology class representative, and seconded by Cornelious Lenthe, Junior …
TCDSU votes to support TCD Strike 4 Repeal
SU Council will support the strike that is taking place on March 8
Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) Council has voted to support TCD Strike for Repeal in striking, demonstration and solidarity. The motion was proposed by Rachel Skelly, the Gender Equality Officer for TCDSU and seconded by Aine Palmer, a third …
SU Council backs lobbying for disability convention
TCDSU will be lobbying the government to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities
Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) passed a motion at SU Council this evening to lobby the government for rights for people with disabilities, and in particular for the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People …
Up to 300 sign TCD Strike 4 Repeal pledge, as campaign grows on campuses
Discussion item to be brought to TCDSU Council on Tuesday
The Strike 4 Repeal campaign has begun organising and seeking student support on university campuses across the country, as an activist behind the Trinity campaign group hailed the “overwhelmingly positive responses” from students in the college since setting up a …
Introducing Trinity’s new events website
The Trinity events website has gone live but what is it and how is it going to improve your student life at Trinity?
Yesterday evening (Sunday 29th January) saw Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) launch an official events calendar website. The site was made as a joint project between TCDSU and the Central Societies Committee (CSC) with Trinity Publications, DUCAC, and Trinity …
TCDSU Council votes to support free third level education
Motion mandates support for “tax-payer funded, free education for all”
Trinity College Dublin Students Union (TCDSU) Council has voted this evening to strengthen its stance on fees and loans in a motion put forward by the Students Against Fees (SAF) group. TCDSU is now mandated to campaign for a publicly-funded …
Support for INMO protest among issues brought to TCDSU Council
The Council also voted to make the JCR President a member of the Union Forum
Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) Council has passed a number of motions at Council this evening, including one to support the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation’s (INMO) recent vote in favour of industrial action. The motion, proposed by Laura …
The SU is in need of fundamental structural reform
Jack Kennedy argues that while the current sabbats work diligently, they could accomplish more if the structure of the Students’ union were reformed
…“This year’s team of officers has been working extremely hard, and I’ve no doubt they will continue do everything they can to serve the College community in the coming months. But they could be doing so much more, if only
TCDSU Council votes to implement new Ethnic Minorities Officer role
Dipo Adebisi was later elected to the position
Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) Council has voted to implement a new Ethnic Minorities Officers role. Dipo Adebisi was later elected to the position, which will sit on the SU’s Union Forum.
The motion, which was proposed by TCDSU …