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Trinity News picks up record 21 nominations in National Student Media Awards

Trinity News has been nominated across 15 categories, including Newspaper of the Year and Website of the Year

Trinity News has swept up 21 nominations across 15 categories in the National Student Media Awards (Smedias) in a record-breaking year for the paper.

Staff editors, contributors and the paper itself have been nominated across 15 categories, including nominations for

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The Hist debates reunification at Stormont

The Hist and Queen’s University Belfast’s Literific society debate the merits of the Irish government preparing for Irish unity

On Monday, March 10, Trinity’s Historical Society, or the Hist, travelled to Belfast to debate the motion: “This house believes it is time for the Irish government to prepare for unity”.

This debate was a collaboration with Queen’s University Belfast’s, …

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Welfare and equality race: Bhargavi Magadi intends to make the college’s welfare services more accessible and straightforward for students

Junior sophister PPES student Bhargavi Magadi seeks to make Trinity’s disability services more “regularly discussed” and straightforward to navigate

Living in both India and Ireland for sizeable portions of her life, Bhargavi Magadi aims to ensure students from all backgrounds have access to the welfare they need. Having worked with youth activism organisations such as SpunOut and Plan International,

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TDCSU passes motion to review sponsorship policies every year

The motion aims to ensure that all sponsorships align with TCDSU values

Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) Council has passed a motion to establish an annual review of the union’s marketing sponsorships.

The motion, proposed by Communications and Marketing officer Beth Strahan, will establish the review to ensure that all sponsorships

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Trinity’s Boydell choir featured in newly released Small Things Like These

The Boydell’s former secretary spoke to Trinity News about the choir’s experience in the film which stars Oscar-winner Cillian Murphy

One of College’s all-female choirs, the Boydell has been featured in the film adaptation of Claire Keegan’s Orwell Prize-winning book Small Things Like These starring Cillian Murphy and Eileen Walsh. 

Speaking to Trinity News, former Boydell secretary Shona Edge said:

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Three-hour Council meeting sees election of new SU committees

The first Council meeting of the academic year saw huge turnout among class reps and union officers

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Hundreds of students filled Trinity Business School’s Dargan Theatre yesterday evening for the first meeting of Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) Council of the academic year.

Following class rep training in Carlow at the weekend, new members maintained an

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Holocaust Survivor Tomi Reichental honoured with Phil gold medal

Tomi Reichental discussed his path from surviving the Holocaust to becoming a prominent educator on the topic after receiving the Phil’s honorific medal

Holocaust survivor and public speaker Tomi Reichantal spoke to the University Philosophical Society (the Phil) last week, after being awarded the society’s gold medal of honorary patronage “for his outstanding contributions to education and Holocaust awareness”.

“It was a great

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College appoints Rachel Hussey and Professor Jürgen Barkhoff as Pro-Chancellors

Trinity considers the appointment of Chancellor or Pro-Chancellor as the “highest honour” it can bestow

Trinity has appointed Rachel Hussey and Professor Jürgen Barkhoff as Pro-Chancellors of the university. The pair were inaugurated at a ceremony held in college earlier this week.

As Pro-Chancellors, Hussey and Barkhoff will act in place of Chancellor Mary McAleese …