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TCDSU to protest at US Embassy against Taoiseach St Patrick’s Day visit

Several Irish politicians are in the US this week for the annual St Patrick’s Day visit

Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) have called for a protest at the US Embassy against Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s St Patrick’s Day visit to the states.

Scheduled to take place on Thursday, March 14 at 5.30pm, the protest is supported

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Beth Strahan elected TCDSU comms officer on third count

Strahan prevailed tonight after against candidates Connor Dempsey and Sarah Murnane

Senior sophister drama and theatre studies student Beth Strahan has been elected communications and marketing officer in the Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) sabbatical elections.

Strahan received 42.6% of first preference votes. She was elected on the third count

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Presidential candidate Ralph Balfe proposes to opponent in joke stunt

Balfe’s main stunt was an attempt to throw a diabolo toy further than the height of the Campanile

Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) presidential candidate Ralph Balfe proposed to his opponent Jenny Maguire as part of a stunt on Front Square this afternoon.

At 2pm today, students gathered around the Campanile following a stunt announcement by Balfe …

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Communications & Marketing Race: Strahan tops the poll but election still within reach for Dempsey and Murnane

Comms candidates echo each other on contentious matters but poll indicates voters’ preferences for Strahan’s campaign

This year, the race to be the next communications (comms) and marketing officer is unprecedentedly contested, with Connor Dempsey, Sarah Murnane, and Beth Strahan campaigning for the position. This Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) sabbatical position has historically been

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Welfare candidate Harrington accused of using platform “to mock marginalised groups”

Activist group EmpowerTheVoice noted Harrington previously referred to people with disabilities as “disableds”

Welfare and equality candidate Nathan Harrington has been accused of using his platform to “mock marginalised groups” in a stunt by campaign group EmpowerTheVoice.

The accusation was on the blackboard of the Thomas Davis lecture theatre ahead of the sabbatical …

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Communications & Marketing race: Sarah Murnane wants to “Make the SU Craic Again.”

The fourth-year History and Politics student envisions a more “relevant”, community-centric, and transparent Union

Sarah Murnane is a Senior Sophister History and Politics student making a bid for this year’s Comms & Marketing race. In an unprecedented election year, Murnane is one of three candidates vying to become the Comms & Marketing Sabbat Officer,

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PWO deliver “love-letters” to Provost’s House demanding workers’ rights

PWO hoped Provost Linda Doyle herself would take the letters, but they were instead taken by a member of staff

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Members of the Postgraduate Workers’ Organisation (PWO) delivered “love-letters” to Provost Linda Doyle’s house today to demand workers’ rights for PhD candidates.

The Valentine’s Day protest was part of a nationwide campaign across universities demanding the government “love Irish researchers”.…

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Michael McInerney drops out of comms race

Three candidates will now contest the race for communications and marketing officer

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Michael McInerney has dropped out of the race for communications and marketing officer in the upcoming Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) sabbatical elections.

The communications and marketing race, previously the most contested with four candidates running, will now see …

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How Trinity students are making history with chalk, a conversation with Empower The Voice

Trinity students Esme Dunne and Grace O’Sullivan talk Empower The Voice, sexual harassment in Dublin, and how they are advocating for change

Dublin is a city rich with history, and Empower The Voice Dublin is making it so. Sitting down with Esme Dunne and Grace O’Sullivan, Trinity students and founding members of Empower The Voice, their passion for the organisation and dedication