There are just two days to go until voting in this year’s Graduate Students’ Union (GSU) elections begins. Five candidates are vying for the union’s two full-time positions, president and vice-president, and it looks as if accommodation, library hours and …
Societies asked to remove LGBT colours from logos
The Central Societies Committee (CSC) today asked student societies to remove colours associated with the movement for LGBT equality from their logos, Trinity News has learned. The ruling came after several societies changed the logos displayed on their social media accounts to incorporate the colours of …
Puppies offer students a break from study
Trinity students enjoyed some canine therapy today at the Trinity College Students’ Union ‘puppy room’. Students could spend up to 15 minutes with the puppies and dogs in return for a small donation to Peata Ireland, a voluntary charity that …
Sports centre charge to be increased to €120 after passing of second referendum
A student referendum on the compulsory sports centre charge has been passed by 88% of the vote.
1,170 students voted to increase the fee from €90 to €120, while 165 students voted against any increase to the annual charge.
A …
‘Identify other students willing to take action’ – NCAD protesters at TCD
The organisers of this month’s protests at the National College of Art and Design (NCAD) have urged Trinity class reps to pursue direct action against college management following the passing of new and increased student charges last week.
Speaking at …
Meet the faces of Trinity party politics
What drives college politicos? What are their ambitions, criticisms and predictions for the upcoming general election? We talk to Trinity students involved in Fine Gael, Labour, Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and the Socialist Workers Party.
In the days following the Charlie Hebdo shootings in Paris earlier this year, black and white posters advertising a Trinity Socialist Worker Student Society (SWSS) discussion on anti-Islamophobia were pasted on to walls in campus loos, corridors and foyers. “Je …
Repeated sports centre referendum ‘must be better publicised’
Sports clubs have commended the holding of a second SU referendum on the compulsory sports centre charge in the coming month. A repeated vote has been called after the necessary 500 signatures to call a referendum were presented to the …
Saying goodbye to the paper I love
As the end of my three-and-a-half year relationship with Trinity News draws to close, I would like to offer an epilogue to what has been a defining year for the paper. I am proud to leave our Mandela House newsroom …
Activist pulled out of event because of miscommunication – SOFIA
Political activist Maryam Namazie withdrew from a talk on apostasy because she had mistakenly been led to believe that it would be a public event, the Society for International Affairs (SOFIA) said in a statement circulated to its members this …
College launches new policy to support trans staff and students
A policy document launched in Trinity College today commits the university to protecting students and staff from gender-based discrimination.
The ‘Gender Identity and Gender Expression Policy’ document outlines new guidelines to create an inclusive college atmosphere for trans individuals, including …