Trinity postgraduate students have reported multiple cases of security breaches and mismanagement in the luxury student accommodation complex, Kavanagh Court. Complaints, made to the Graduates Students’ Union (GSU), relate to numerous incidents that occurred over the past summer, including management …
Trinity graduate Sally Rooney releases Man Booker longlisted novel
The English literature graduate’s second novel has hit shelves
Normal People, Trinity graduate Sally Rooney’s Man Booker Prize longlisted novel, has landed in bookstores. The novel was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in July, over a month before publication.
The Castlebar native graduated from Trinity in 2013, having …
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to visit Trinity
The visit is set to take place during the newlyweds’ two-day stay in Dublin in July
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will visit Trinity as part of an official two-day visit to Dublin on July 10 and 11.
The pair will learn about Ireland’s culture and heritage on a visit to the Book of Kells. They …
Trinity graduate Aoife McArdle releases debut film in Ireland
‘Kissing Candice’ hit cinemas nationwide on Friday
‘Kissing Candice,’ directed by Trinity alumnus Aoife McArdle, was released in cinemas on Friday, marking the English and Film graduate’s feature debut.
The film follows 17-year-old Candice, whose fixation with a stranger leads her to become embroiled in a local …
DCUSU votes to support the reunification of Ireland
TCDSU voted to remain neutral on the issue last year
Dublin City University Students’ Union (DCUSU) has voted in favour of supporting a united Ireland in a referendum on the topic.
The referendum was brought about after DCU’s Sinn Fein Republican Youth (DCU SFRY) submitted a petition calling on the …
“Mental Health initiative of paramount importance”: interview with GSU Vice President candidate Gogoal Falia
Falia discusses postgraduate fees, the accommodation crisis and mental health
Dr. Gogoal Falia, a medical doctor from India and an Master of Business Administration (MBA) candidate at Trinity, is one of two candidates running to be Vice-President of the Graduate Students’ Union (GSU) for the 2018/19 academic year. In an …
SCS cuts waiting list for counselling appointments by nearly 50% in two weeks
A figure released to Trinity News earlier this month showed that 80 students were waiting on their first counselling appointment
The Student Counselling Service (SCS) has revealed that their waiting list has been reduced by almost half in just two weeks. The number of students awaiting a first counselling appointment following an initial consult, which previously stood at 80, …
80 students on Trinity’s counselling waiting list
Over 1,500 students have attended Trinity’s counselling service this academic year
Upwards of 1,500 students have engaged with the Student Counselling Service (SCS) in the 2017/18 academic year thus far, with 80 students who attended an initial consultation still waiting on their first counselling appointment, information provided to Trinity News has …
Shane De Rís elected TCDSU President on third count
Michael McDermott, RON and Paul Molloy came second, third and fourth
Shane De Rís, a Junior Sophister Irish and German student and former Trinity Hall JCR President, has been elected President of Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) on the third count.
The quota of 1,630 was not reached on the …
JCR introduce new procedure for selection of Welfare team
Residents voted to make two amendments to the JCR Constitution on Sunday night.
Both proposed constitutional amendments to the Junior Common Room (JCR) Constitution were passed on Sunday night at the second JCR Open Forum of the academic year. The amendments will mainly affect the role of the JCR Technical Officer and the …