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TCDSU officers get shout-out from Gracie Abrams at Dublin concert

TCDSU President, Education Officer, and Communications Officer all met the singer the day previous at local Dublin wine bar Loose Cannon

Three sabbatical officers of Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) received an on-stage shoutout from American singer Gracie Abrams during her widely-attended Dublin concert on Monday.

TCDSU President Jenny Maguire, Education Officer Eoghan Gilroy, and Communications and Marketing Officer Beth

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Trinity professor honoured by An Post with stamp in her likeness

Professor Aoife McLysaght is a world-leading genetic researcher, boasting over 20 years of leadership in her field

Aoife McLysaght, Chair of Evolutionary Genetics in Trinity and Fellow of the College, has been honoured by An Post with the release of a stamp in her likeness. 

This is in recognition of her world-leading research in genetic evolution and

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Formal campaign to re-open nominations for students’ union presidential race launched

The campaign primarily takes issue with the political stances of two candidates

A formal campaign to vote in favour of re-opening the nominations (RON) for the Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TDCSU) Presidential election race has been organised.

Posters and pamphlets were circulated around campus as early as Wednesday, just two days …

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College defends legal right to enforce overnight guest policy in response to RTB ruling

The RTB yesterday ruled the policy as “impermissible” in its current form, but maintained that College may enforce guest regulation

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College has defended its legal right to regulate the entry of overnight guests on campus, following a ruling which found that its current policies are “impermissible”.

The Residential Tenancy Board (RTB) yesterday ruled in favour of former Trinity College Dublin

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Fingal County Council criticises College for “effectively sitting” on land it owns in Santry

SocDems Councillor Paul Melville raised the motion “to bring a sense of urgency” to the issue

Fingal County Council has agreed a motion to write to College to urge them to use residential zoned land that College owns in Santry which has been left empty for years.

Councillor Paul Mulville, from the Social Democrats, raised the

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Analysis: Not guilty: The Diarmuid Phelan case explained

With intention at the heart of any murder trial, the state failed to counter the narrative that the law professor acted in self-defense when he shot Keith Conlon in 2022

On the third day of the new year, Diarmuid Rossa Phelan was acquitted of first-degree murder for the death of Keith Conlon. Upon this verdict being read aloud by the jury, there were gasps, tears, and hugs both in and …

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22 names put forward in students’ union elections

Six candidates will contest the election for Ents Officer

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22 candidates will be contesting this year’s Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) sabbatical elections. With three or more candidates in the race for president, entertainment (ents) officer, and oifigeach na Gaeilge, this is one of the union’s most contested

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“It’s all up in the air”: Bertie Ahern talks of potential presidential run at LawSoc award ceremony

The former Taoiseach was awarded the Praeses Elit award for his “indelible impact” on the Northern Ireland peace process

DU Law Society (LawSoc) today welcomed former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern to the Graduate Memorial Building (GMB) to present him with the Praeses Elit award in recognition of his role in the Northern Ireland peace process.

Speaking to Trinity News after

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Trinity Seanad election candidates: Who are they, and what do they stand for?

There are 16 candidates running for three seats on Trinity’s Seanad panel, in the last election before major reforms to the system

The final Seanad election for the Trinity panel is underway, with 16 candidates running for just three seats in a constituency naturally centred around higher education policy with a proud history of independent senators representing it.

Trinity News reached out

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Trinity history professor says US has “never been so close to authoritarianism” following Trump victory

Dr Daniel Geary said that the result will prompt “soul-searching” within the defeated Democratic Party

A Trinity history professor has said that the US has never before “been so close to authoritarianism” following the election of Donald Trump earlier this week.

Writing in the Irish Times, professor of American history Dr Daniel Geary forecasted that