Gardaí intervened in a protest led by Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) after a small group briefly entered the Department of Further and Higher Education.
The protest announced by TCDSU earlier this week and supported by the Union of …
Evan Skidmore O’Reilly is News Co-Editor for the 70th volume of Trinity News. He is a former Deputy News Editor, and is a current final year Business and Politics student.
TCDSU pulls plan to hold referendum on political mandate of union due to legal concerns
The referendum was pulled over the reference to “Christian extremists”
Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) has pulled plans to hold a referendum on rewording the political mandate of the union.
The Electoral Commission (EC) had called for a referendum on the matter last Tuesday, January 30, following the submission …
Oversight Commission rules TCDSU voter registration campaign is unconstitutional
The campaign, which featured the faces of the three leaders of the government parties with the slogan “Vote them out”, constituted an illegal “official statement of the union’s position on those parties and politicians,” the OC has ruled
The Oversight Commission (OC) has ruled that the voter registration Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) campaign calling on students to vote against the current government, is unconstitutional.
It comes after the Electoral Commission (EC) referred the contents of the …
David Norris calls for peace in Palestine in Seanad retirement speech
The Dublin University senator has retired after 36 consecutive years in the Seanad
Senator David Norris has called for peace in Palestine in his final speech to Seanad Éireann after 36 years in the upper house.
In his final speech to the Seanad yesterday, Norris thanked the “very many graduates” for their consistent …
“Trinity cannot be neutral” – TCDSU and Trinity BDS call for end to College’s “neutrality” on Gaza genocide
The joint statement criticised College’s “hypocrisy” with relation to the ongoing conflict
Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) and Trinity Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (Trinity BDS) have released a statement calling on College to drop its neutral stance on the Israeli bombardment of Gaza.
Under the title “Trinity cannot be neutral”, the …
Trinity BDS end occupation of Regent House after overnight sit-in
Students left the building “at around 8am this morning”
Trinity Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (Trinity BDS) have ended their occupation of Regent House after 14 hours.
In a statement to Trinity News, Trinity College Dublin Students Union (TCDSU) President László Molnárfi said: “Trinity students left Regent House at around …
College on lockdown amidst rioting in city centre
A number of buildings on campus are to remain open for students to keep safe
College has shut all entrances to campus on the instruction of Gardaí amid scenes of chaos in Dublin city centre.
In a statement, it advised students that Kinsella Hall, the GMB, and the 1937 Reading Room remain open for students …
Narrow defeat for proposal to remove apolitical status from TCDSU constitution
The motion failed to reach a two thirds majority at Council
Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) narrowly failed to pass a vote to hold a referendum on amending the wording of a section of its constitution concerning the political nature of the union.
The motion suggested a referendum to change …
TCDSU Council to vote on referendum on rewording of non-political constitution mandate
The motion aims to initiate a student-wide ballot on rewording a section of the TCDSU constitution to allow the union to pursue its goals “in a radical and egalitarian way”
A motion on holding a referendum to reword a section of the Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) constitution on the union’s status as a non-political entity will be debated at Council this evening.
The motion seeks to change the …
TCDSU, USI partake in “emergency” rally in support of Palestine
Attendees heard calls for an end to the bombardment and blockade of Gaza, and for more support and solidarity for Palestinains from government after the outbreak of renewed conflict
Crowds rallied in support of Palestine outside Leinster House this evening at a demonstration organised by the Irish Anti-War Movement (IAWM) alongside students’ unions and People Before Profit (PBP).
The “emergency solidarity protest”, supported by Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union …