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TCDSU’s Know Your Union Week

Emma McCarthy gives the run-down of the SU’s latest campaign and what they hope to acheive out the week’s activities

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   “I suppose we brought “Know Your Union Week” into play to make our positions, and the union itself, more accessible.”


 “Freshers’ week isn’t over” is the leading line in the Students’ Union’s introduction to their new campaign week, “Know Your

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Diary of a Fresher

From friendly exchanges with taxi drivers, to strides of pride and even viewing Trinity through the lens of the seven deadly sins, our writers have had a week not hastily forgotten

Friday 23 September

Yasmin Underwood, Junior Freshman English and Classics:

   Moving from the forty-degree heat in the sandpit that is Dubai to the quaint metropolis of Dublin which features (what feels like) sub-zero temperatures has certainly been interesting, and has

Features

Trinity and the Rising

Jake Trant considers what role Trinity played during the Easter Rising 100 years ago.

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100 years ago, Dublin was rocked by the outbreak of the Easter Rising. Trinity unavoidably played a central role in this due to its strategic city centre location. Because of its unionist tradition, Trinity stayed loyal to the British government.

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Delving into the record receipt for Trinity’s consultancy costs

College spend €2.8 million on external consultants to “change management”, during critical period of budget cuts for student services.

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Final figures on Trinity College’s external consultancy fees, released earlier this month, show that the university spent €2.8 million to “change management”, over  €2.1 million on financial and information systems, and over €91,000 on new graphic profile, during the three