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Explainer: The Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2024

Any lease or licence offer made for student-specific accommodation will no longer exceed 41 weeks

On July 12 of this year, approximately 20 years on from the enactment of the ground-breaking Residential Tenancies Act 2004, the Government enacted the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2024, a piece of legislation aimed at targeting some of the key

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Constitutional review of TCDSU’s apolitical status to be examined next year

President Molnárfi said this year will be remembered as the year “the student movement at the 11th hour woke up”

A motion to review chapter 1.4 of the Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU)  constitution concerning the political nature of the union passed at the final council of the year this evening.

The incoming sabbatical officers are now mandated to …

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Explainer: Everything you need to know about the March 8 referendums

The referendums to broaden the definition of family and replace the amendment about women’s role in care has generated a lot of questioning

On March 8, people across Ireland will take to the polls to vote in two referendums, determining whether constitutional amendments relating to the family and care will be implemented. The first referendum aims to broaden the constitutional definition of a …

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Education Race: Gilroy secures a comprehensive lead though a large proportion of voters remain undecided

Ó hEidhin will have to appeal to large quantity of undecided voters in order to catch up to Gilroy

For the first time since 2021, this year’s sabbatical elections featured an education race which was contested by more than one candidate, laying the grounds for a more divisive and polarising race. Both candidates held starkly opposing visions on the

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Government announces €434 million in funding for 2,700 new student beds

The Housing Financing Agency has secured the funding through a 40-year agreement with the European Investment Bank

Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris and Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien today have announced a €434 million investment in student accommodation

The funding will enable higher education institutions (HEIs) to provide more than 2,700 student beds across …

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Fourth year student urges engagement with Government consultation to save endangered ducks

“We have the chance here to do so much more than simply save a few species from local extinction.”

Fourth year botany student Heather McClean has urged the student body to fill out a public consultation form released by the government regarding hunting regulations in Ireland, in order to address the rapidly decreasing duck population in Ireland.

McClean said …

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Ministers invite public consultation on future of Department of Further and Higher Education

The Statement of Strategy for 2023 to 2025 will inform the guiding principles and strategic direction of the department going forward

The Department of Further and Higher Education have invited public consultation on the guiding principles and strategic direction of the department going forward.

The Statement of Strategy for 2023 to 2025 will act as a set of guidelines for the …