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Trinity Orchestra named Best Society at CSC awards

Orchestra walked away with three awards, tied with DUPA for the most awards, including Best Fresher and Best Society Trip

Trinity Orchestra were crowned Best Overall Society at Last night’s Society of the Year Awards.

Trinity Orchestra, who last won the award in 2012, also won Best, for their trip to Milan, while new member Sinead Fleming was named Best

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Seán Thim O’Leary elected TCDSU President with smaller first-preference vote share than RON

O’Leary beat out Patrick Keegan and Giovanni Li, as well as a formidable RON campaign

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Seán Thim O’Leary has been elected as the next president of Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU), with 29.13% of first-preference votes.

O’Leary overcame a first-preference vote of 38.12% on the third count after votes were redistributed from opponents Patrick

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Patrick Keegan: RON campaign is a “contrarian force” that “borders on misinformation”

The presidential candidate criticised the campaign to re-open nomination in a statement on his election instagram

Patrick Keegan, candidate for the Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) president, has posted a statement on his instagram account criticising the campaign to re-open nominations (RON). 

Keegan said that “some of the messaging coming from the RON campaign borders

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Explainer: What happens if RON wins?

The TCDSU constitution is not very specific on re-opening nominations, but there is some precedent from recent years

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The Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) sabbatical elections have been eventful this year. Despite early polling showing Seán Thim O’Leary in the lead, it has been evident from its launch that the campaign to re-open nominations (RON) has been

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Trinity Horse Racing Society to hold Cheltenham Preview Night in support of Cancer Trials Ireland

Hannah Smullen, chair of TCD Horse racing, spoke to Trinity News about the evening’s personal significance

Trinity’s Horse Racing Society, in collaboration with University College Dublin (UCD) Horse Racing Society, will be hosting a Cheltenham Preview Night tomorrow evening at the Horse Show House in Ballsbridge. All of the proceeds from the evening will be donated

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Education race analysis: Buster Whaley polling just ahead of Conchúr Ó Cathasaigh according to Trinity News polling

Whaley holds 51% of first preferences of decided voters, with Ó Cathasaigh trailing behind at 45%

The Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) sabbatical election for education officer is a race between Buster Whaley and Conchúr Ó Cathasaigh. And the race is proving to be a tight one, according to Trinity News polling. Buster Whaley is

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New CSC policy would derecognise any society with fewer than 50 members in 2 consecutive years

The CSC believes this is a “fair expectation to place on societies”

A new Central Societies Committee (CSC) rule has established that a society must have at least 50 members in two consecutive years to be recognised. 

The rule reads, “The status of recognition of a University Society shall automatically lapse if,

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Ents officer: “I would have preferred to have more input in the headliners”

In a statement to Trinity News, Ents officer Peadar Walsh commented on the ents officer’s involvement in the headliner selection process

Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) Ents Officer Peadar Walsh has expressed regret over the lack of input it was possible for him to have on the Trinity Ball (T-Ball) lineup.

In a statement to Trinity News, Walsh said that

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President race: Seán Thim O’Leary wants to run a “service based, grassroots, welfare-oriented students’ union” 

The third-year PPES student is ready to apply their union experience to the role of president

Seán Thim O’Leary has experience in the students’ union, but they also have experience as the average Trinity student. A third-year PPES student from County Wexford, O’Leary has served as a class representative since 2022. They were also elected as

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Trinity Ball 2025 to be headlined by Irish singer Jazzy

Other groups, including Confidence Man DJs, 49th and Main, and Big Sleep, are also slated to perform

Irish musician Jazzy is set to headline Trinity Ball, announced in a post on the Trinity Ents Instagram this morning. Co-headlining alongside her is the Australian group Confidence Man DJs. 

Jazzy is an Irish singer-songwriter from Dublin. She was featured