US Senator Bernie Sanders visited Dublin this week as a part of a book tour for his new book, It’s OK to be Angry About Capitalism. He attended various events across the city, promoting his book about challenging the “uber-capitalist …
Bernie Sanders event interrupted by BDS protestors: “It’s not a horror, it’s a genocide”
Gardaí arrived to the event following multiple interruptions by protestors both inside and outside the Exam Hall
A panel discussion with US Senator Bernie Sanders was interrupted multiple times by protestors demanding he call for a ceasefire in Gaza.
The American senator spoke at the Exam Hall on Front Square in a discussion with Irish journalist Fintan …
‘It makes it harder to live’: Opposition to government-proposed disability welfare reform discussed at TCDSU town hall
Union members are seeking official opposition to the government’s Green Paper on disability welfare reform
The government-proposed Green Paper on disability welfare reform would “make it harder for someone with a disability to live”, a Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) town hall heard last night.
A motion to oppose a government-proposed Green Paper on …
Petition to hold referendum on TCDSU’s apolitical status reaches required signatures
The petition called for the union to achieves it aims “in a radical, egalitarian and autonomous way”
A petition to change section 1.4 of the Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) constitution and political mandate has reached the necessary signatures to secure a College-wide referendum.
The petition called for the union’s constitutional mandate to achieve its aims …
Analysis: Student housing could be this government’s lifeline, but are they really taking it?
Student housing initiatives tick all the political boxes to entice future and current voters
An investment in student accommodation across the State, worth €434 million, was announced last month by Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris and Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien, thus enabling colleges and universities to ultimately provide in excess …
TCDSU to campaign for new Zón Mac Léinn in the Hamilton Building
Council noted that currently “there is no respite space for students to go to” on the east side of campus
Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) will campaign for a new Zón Mac Léinn in the Hamilton Building today, after a motion calling for this passed at Council this evening.
The motion was proposed by Science Programme Convenor Vilte Bivainyte …
TCDSU call for an end to restrictions on overnight guests in College accommodation
The current policy “disproportionately limits the rights and autonomy of student residences”, says the union
Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) has today released a statement calling for the reform of the current overnight guest policy in Trinity Halls and on-campus accommodation.
At present, students living in Trinity Halls may not sign in an overnight …
TCDSU “disappointed” in failed Dáil motion to impose sanctions on Israel
They urged for a ceasefire to be imposed in Gaza, calling on students to join demonstrations this weekend
Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) has released a statement in reaction to various Dáil motions regarding the imposition sanctions on Israel and the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador to Ireland.
The union is “greatly disappointed in the outcome of …
Stair agus Stádas na Gaeilge i gColáiste na Tríonóide.
Nuair a bhunaíodh Coláiste na Trionóide, ní raibh meas ag pobal an choláiste ar an nGaeilge. Ach an é sin fós fíor sa lá atá inniú ann?
Ní cheapfaí go mbeadh ‘The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin’ ina hollscoil fhabhrach don Ghaeilge i dtosach, ach is fíor é an ráiteas seo sa lá atá inniu ann. Lá i …
Explainer: The past, present, and future of the Berkeley Library
As the former Berkeley library is currently nameless, expectations grow for it to be renamed in a progressive manner
The Library formerly known as the Berkeley Library was denamed this April after a vote taken by the College Board, in which they opined that the former name was “inconsistent with the University’s core values of human dignity, freedom, inclusivity …