Students and speakers gathered at the Dublin Spire at 5pm on Saturday in an event and vigil entitled “Calling All Allies” that was organised in response to the terrorist attack on two Christchurch mosques in New Zealand which killed 50 …
Lily Rice is a staff writer for Trinity News. She is a Junior Sophister PPES student.
Aisling Leen elected next TCDSU Welfare Officer
Leen, uncontested, won with nearly 81% of the vote
Aisling Leen, fourth year English Literature and French student, has been elected the next Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) Welfare Officer. Leen was the only Welfare candidate this year, and won 80.5% of the vote, or 2,612 votes, while …
Feeling the groove at Robinson’s night of talent, music, and atmosphere
Robinson, one of three Ents Officer candidates, held a promotional night in Wigwam with a packed, four act line-up
Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) Ents Officer candidate Judith Robinson, gave party-goers an insight into Ents under her reign at her event, “Feel the Groove”, in Wigwam on Monday night. The event included a jam-packed line-up, comprising of Notions, …
4,500 student beds approved under fast-track planning scheme
Student accommodation fast-tracked at UCD and UCC
Permission has been granted for the development of 4,500 student bed spaces and over 7,000 housing units as a result of a fast track planning scheme that the Irish government introduced in July 2017.
The Strategic Housing Development (SHD) scheme …
Part-time graduate students may be eligible to run for GSU following Council vote
GSU Council took place this evening in the Hamilton building
Trinity College Dublin Graduate Students Union (GSU) passed a motion tonight to bring the subject of part-time graduate students running and serving as GSU President or Vice-President to a further meeting of the union. The motion was presented by the …
TCDSU passes motions to support INMO strike action and crossover documents for school conveners
The motions saw widespread support at Council tonight
Trinity College Dublin Student Union (TCDSU) has tonight passed four motions. These included a motion to introduce a crossover document template for school convenors to reduce information inconsistency from one convener election year to the next, and for TCDSU to …
NUIG students secure extra €5,000 for counselling services following protest
14 students were turned away from counselling services the previous week
Counselling services in the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUI Galway) have secured an additional €5,000 after more than 50 students staged a protest in response to the alleged underfunding of the university support service.
The new funds are set …
“Problematic” Facebook use linked to avoidance in adult relationships, finds study
The NUI Galway study was published today
A study published today by the School of Psychology at National University Ireland, Galway (NUI Galway) reveals a link between “problematic” Facebook use and attachment anxiety and avoidance in adult relationships.
While previous studies have examined the positive and negative …