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Explainer: The Upcoming Seanad Election

With around 140 candidates seeking election, what exactly can we expect from this upcoming Seanad election?

The looming Seanad election may have been overshadowed by the country’s recent general election, however the upper House of the Oireachtas plays an important role in sustaining Ireland’s democratic process.

Here is what we can expect from this upcoming election.…

Arts & Culture, Life

Dublin Independent Fashion Week’s sophomore season

Aoibhínn Clancy and Ella Mansfield review the return of Dublin Independent Fashion Week for its second season

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Throughout Irish history attempts have been made to hold fashion weeks, seeing limited success. Many consider the Irish Export Fashion Fair 1964, held in Dublin’s Intercontinental Hotel between April 20 to 24, as the nation’s first fashion week. The Export

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College doubles funding to tackle period poverty across campus

Following a successful campaign by TCDSU, College has committed a total of €44,000 for free period products

Last week, Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) took to Instagram to announce they had successfully lobbied College to double institutional funding allocated for period products. 

In 2024 the Higher Education Authority (HEA) allocated €22,000 to College in order to

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History society launch series of lectures on Palestine

DU History have commenced their Michaelmas lecture series on the history of Palestine which will welcome numerous guest speakers

This week saw the beginning of a lecture series on the history of Palestine, an initiative launched by DU History.

The lecture series will run throughout the rest of the Michaelmas semester with talks taking place both in person and

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“Call to action” issued by Provost ahead of Budget 2025

Provost Linda Doyle urges the college community to contact public representatives to demand an increase in core funding to the higher education sector.

Provost Linda Doyle has again raised concerns regarding the government’s failure to provide a “strong funding model” to the higher education sector as Budget 2025 looms.

In a college-wide email issued yesterday, Doyle expressed her frustrations with the government for …

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Derek Byrne: Ireland’s first LGBT+ domestic violence education officer

Trinity News talks to journalist and broadcaster Derek Byrne on his work for Men’s Aid, intimate partner violence and the pressure of having a platform

Derek Byrne sat down with Trinity News to discuss the intimate partner violence prevention programme for the LGBTQ+ community which will be rolled out at Trinity College Dublin from September.

Having been heavily involved in the gay community over the

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College criticised for partnership with carbon giant as new chair of climate science announced

The new environmental science position is sponsored by the owner of Irish Cement, Ireland’s third-largest carbon polluter

Climate ecologist Professor Karen Wiltshire has been appointed College’s first inaugural CRH chair of climate science.

The announcement has renewed concerns about College’s partnership with the position’s primary sponsor CRH, owner of Ireland’s third largest industrial carbon emitter, Irish Cement.…

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“Digs Drive” launched by Dublin based students’ unions

The initiative calls on homeowners to rent rooms to students amidst the ongoing accommodation crisis

This week Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU), alongside students’ unions from DCU, UCD, NCAD, and IADT, launched their “Digs Drive” in advance of university students moving to the capital for their studies.

The three day initiative sought to address …