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TCDSU to hold vote on Tobacco Free Trinity

The vote will be held alongside the class rep elections

Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) will be holding a plebiscite on the Tobacco Free Trinity initiative. The vote, which will be held alongside the election for class representatives, was confirmed by TCDSU President Shane De Rís today.

While the

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Safety concerns arise as improperly stored TNT found in Chemistry building

A bomb squad destroyed a number of unstable chemicals found in the Wellcome building in recent weeks

Unstable chemicals, including TNT, have been found and subsequently destroyed in a Chemistry lab in the Wellcome Building. The chemicals, which were unaccounted for in the department’s logs and incorrectly stored, are believed to have been brought into the lab

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Junior Dean says “no case to answer” in Sean Ryan sexual harassment allegations

Ryan dropped out of the TCDSU Presidential election following the publication of the allegations

Junior Dean Professor Tim Trimble has found that there is “no case to answer” regarding the sexual harassment complaints made against former Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) Presidential candidate Sean Ryan. Trimble has closed the case.

In a Facebook

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Voter turnout up by 20% in TCDSU elections

3,678 students vote in this year’s sabbatical elections and preferendum

Voter turnout in the Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) sabbatical officer elections, and preferendum on supplemental exam fees and modular billing, has increased by over 20%.

3,768 voters were cast in this year’s six elections, amounting to an increase

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TCDSU Presidential candidate Sean Ryan drops out of race following sexual harassment allegations

Trinity News first reported on a series of inappropriate Facebook messages and Snapchats yesterday

Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union candidate Sean Ryan has dropped out of the Presidential race, following allegations of sexual harassment made by Trinity News yesterday.

In a post on Ryan’s campaign Facebook page, he said: “I reject the allegations of