UT Editor
Sinead Baker was first to take to the stage. She said that she got involved in UT because she “loves this college and wants to publicise everything that happens in it”, and highlighted her experience in UT as …
Matthew is Editor for the 62nd volume of Trinity News. He is a Sociology and Social Policy graduate and was previously Deputy Editor of tn2 Magazine.
Scientology advert features image resembling Trinity’s Long Room
The advert aired during Sunday night’s Super Bowl game
Did an advertisement for the Church of Scientology that played during Sunday night’s Super Bowl feature a cameo by Trinity?
In a video entitled “Who Am I?” which aired during the game, viewers can catch a quick glimpse of a …
IFUT calls on Fine Gael and Labour to address crisis in third-level funding and places
Meanwhile the USI has released a statement calling on the government to avoid holding an election on a Thursday
The Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT) has called on the Fine Gael and Labour to announce proposals to address the mounting crisis in third-level education, ahead of the announcement of this year’s general election.
In a press release IFUT …
The 5 on Friday: consent workshops, worsening TA conditions, USI hustings, and more
Five of our week’s top stories delivered in bite-size chunks
USI holds General Election hustings in Trinity
Labour’s Joanna Tuffy, senator Gerard Craughwell, Direct Democracy Ireland’s Cormac McKay, Fine Gael’s Barry Ward, Sinn Fein’s Louise O’Reilly, Fianna Fail’s Charlie McConalogue, Social Democrat’s Gary Gannon, the Green Party’s Roderic O’Gorman and …
Irish media has painted TCDSU’s consent project as latest diatribe against men
Cynical articles which pretend workshops are only for straight men fuel anger towards the idea
The news that TCDSU has decided to bring in mandatory (although participants can leave as soon as it starts) workshops on sexual consent has reached official Ireland. And just like clockwork the traditional Irish media response is one of ridicule …
USI #MakeASmartVote hustings roadshow comes to Trinity
Students issued questions, but lack of manifestos meant no concrete answers
The Union of Students in Ireland this evening brought their general election hustings to the Robert Emmet theatre. After similar events in UCC and NUIG, Trinity played host to a selection of representatives from across the political spectrum. Labour’s Joanna …
College posts tender for demolition of Oisín House
Elements of the Printing House are also to be demolished according to the tender
College on Thursday posted a tender for the demolition of the Oisín House Building, along with parts of the Printing House, storage spaces by the Pearse Street gate and numerous walls within the site as part of its €52 million …
TCD Muslim Students’ Association criticised in Council of Ex Muslims of Britain publication
Trinity is one of three institutions looked at by the publication, the others being Goldsmiths University and the University of Warwick
Trinity College Dublin Muslim Students’ Association (TCDMSA) has come under fire by the Council of Ex Muslims of Britain (CEMB) organisation. The group has issued a publication entitled A Case Study of Islamism on Campus, which criticises TCDMSA alongside groups …
Leadership Race 2016: Student’s Union and Electoral Oversight Commission announce hustings arrangements
For the first time Trinity News will host a hustings, in conjunction with Trinity QSoc
Trinity College Student’s Union today announced the hustings for this year’s Leadership Race. For the first time, Trinity News with host a hustings, in association with Trinity QSoc on Thursday February 11.
The traditional Dining Hall hustings is the first …
The 5 on Friday: party debates, MBAs, College admin failures and gladiator skeletons
Five of this week’s top news stories delivered in clickable, bite-sized chunks
Taxation reform and government corruption among main topics discussed at Hist Party Debate
The debate was panelled by five representatives out of the 16 parties running in this year’s general election: Alex White, Lucinda Creighton, Alan Farrell, Glenna Lynch and …