909 students have registered to sit this year’s Foundation Scholarship exams, more commonly known as “Schols”, which took place this past week.
This marks a significant decrease from the 2024 numbers, when 949 students signed up to sit the exams.…
Conor Healy is Co-News Analysis Editor of Trinity News and is currently in his Junior Sophister Year studying Law and Political Science
US students hold out for Harris despite reservations over Gaza
Reproductive rights were a crucial issue for student voters interviewed by Trinity News
Millions of Americans will take to the polls tomorrow to cast their ballots in a historic US presidential contest. As Vice President Kamala Harris faces off against former President Donald Trump in one of the most turbulent campaign cycles to …
Explainer: Why the Residential Tenancies Board deemed Trinity’s overnight guest policy “unenforceable”
The state body found College policy to have interfered with resident’s right to peaceful and exclusive occupation of their dwelling
The Residential Tenancy Board’s (RTB) recent adjudication of the college’s overnight guest policy as “unenforceable” prompted celebration from TCD Renter’s Solidarity Network, and an appeal of the decision from the College. The group, alongside Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU), …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
“Left in the dark” – Student nurses speak out against delays in payment
Student nurses in College have spoken out against the government’s failure to deliver a support payment promised to those on placement.
Announced in December 2022, the promised subsistence payments of €500 a year were introduced to target the extra costs …
College opens submissions for renaming of the Berkeley Library
College plans to rename the library within the current academic year
College has opened submissions for suggestions on a new name for the library formerly known as the Berkeley.
Submissions will be accepted until mid-January, after which they will be reviewed by the Trinity Legacies Review Working Group (TLRWG).
College plans …
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 …