88% vote in favour of new student centre
Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) have voted in favour of a new student centre. The result was announced just after 6pm today. The total poll was 1,304 with 18 spoiled votes. 1,146, 88%, voted in favour of the student centre, while 140, 11%, voted against. The two-day campaign period in the referendum on a […]
Voting begins for Student Centre referendum
The two-day campaign period in the referendum on a new student centre has finished today, with voting taking place tomorrow and Thursday. Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) are proposing to build a €6.7m student centre for the college, covering 1,000m2. The referendum proposes implementing a levy of €30 per year on each student […]
Member clubs of DUCAC involved in electoral collusion at annual AGM
Multiple member clubs of the Dublin University Central Athletic Club (DUCAC) have been implicated in electoral collusion at their annual general meeting (AGM) on October 13, Trinity News has learned. Freshman club members were allegedly pressured into attending the meeting in the hopes of electing candidates favoured by DU Boat Club (DUBC), DU Ladies’ Boat […]
Students flock to garda stations to ensure their place on register of electors
President of the USI, Kevin Donoghue, strongly supported the show of strength from students
How to rig the students’ union election
Trinity News senior reporters Conall Monaghan and Jessie Dolliver look at the paper ballot versus online voting debate
The Union of Students in Ireland unveils the ‘Tinder of Politics’
The USI hopes that Smartvote will help students to engage with politics and make a smart choice in the General Election
The Leadership Race: taking the politics out of politics
Eva Short decries the depoliticisation of SU politics.
