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Union hit back, urge students to action in face of fee rise

“It is so disappointing that the College is attempting to turn its own students against each other,” the union said

Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) have urged students to join in a full-day protest targeting “the university’s reputation and finances” in the face of proposed fee increases.

Union President László Molnárfi advised students on social media to wear masks …

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“I was simply walking to college while black”: Welfare Officer-elect speaks out after physical attack

Hamza Bana was struck in the face by a stranger on O’Connell bridge on Monday

TCDSU Welfare Officer-elect Hamza Bana has spoken out after being physically attacked on O’Connell Bridge earlier this week.

While walking to College on Monday, Bana was struck in the face by a stranger who immediately ran to rejoin a group …

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Jubilation in Front Square as provost announces 72 new scholars

43 new fellows, three professorial fellows and four honorary fellows were also named at the Trinity Monday ceremony

There were scenes of ecstatic celebration, and others of disappointment, in Front Square this morning as the provost announced the names of 72 new scholars.

Students who had sat January’s scholarship exams shrieked and hugged friends as Provost Linda Doyle

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Situation at asylum office refugee camp “deteriorating rapidly” say volunteers

Over a hundred asylum seekers are sleeping rough outside the International Protection Office, with food and supplies scarce, forced to defecate in the road beside their tents

Volunteer activists have warned that the situation at a makeshift refugee camp outside the International Protection Office (IPO) is “deteriorating rapidly” as hundreds of asylum seekers were turned out of emergency shelter after the weekend.

Independent volunteers assembled at the …

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Bernie Sanders to visit Trinity

Sanders will discuss his early life, career, and political values in a live interview with journalist Fintan O’Toole 

Bernie Sanders will visit Trinity next week for an event with journalist and author Fintan O’Toole.

The event, entitled Bernie Sanders: A Brooklyn Spirit, will take place in the Exam Hall next Friday at 7.30pm.

Sanders will discuss his upbringing …

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Trinity debaters sweep up at Irish Times semi-finals

Seven out of the 12 students who will compete in the grand final are representing Trinity societies

Trinity students will make up a majority of finalists in the Irish Times Debate final after contestants from several campus societies progressed from each of the four semi-finals.

A total of seven speakers from the College Historical Society (the Hist), …

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Breaking: TCDSU to end Domino’s sponsorship following confusion over terms of agreement

The union previously claimed that ending the sponsorship would embroil it in a lawsuit with the “billion-dollar” pizza franchise

TCDSU has said that it will end its long-standing sponsorship agreement with Domino’s Pizza, reversing a previous claim that its termination would leave the union open to legal action.

In a statement to Trinity News, Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union