Halls canteen was bustling with activity last night, as students clad in their Wednesday night attire traipsed downstairs in order to cast their vote in the JCR election. Running candidates were aplenty in each race, with 31 running overall; five …
Elections
Candidates continue to announce for Trinity constituency in Seanad election
Ed Davitt is the latest candidate to announce for the Trinity panel.
A modest proposal to reform the SU
I have a simple suggestion: rather than electing sabbats, we should pick them at random.
Presidential candidate Carty vows to donate €5,000 of his salary to TAP if elected
Speaking to Trinity News today, Carty showed his support for TAP. “It’s a great initiative”, he stated and although it “doesn’t affect [him] personally”, he expressed that he wished to “lead by example”
Stephen Carty, one of the three candidates running to be Trinity College Dublin’s Student Union President has made a vow to donate €5,000 of his presidential salary to the Trinity Access Programme (TAP) if elected to the post. The presidential …
How to rig the students’ union election
Trinity News senior reporters Conall Monaghan and Jessie Dolliver look at the paper ballot versus online voting debate
With sabbatical elections only a month away, candidates are putting the final touches to their manifestos, preparing husting speeches, and drafting potential flyers – all in preparation for the run up to polling week, the results of which will determine …
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 …
Reflections on the SU elections
Eva Short
Staff Writer
My bedroom is, somehow, still littered with campaign literature. Weeks after the fact, after the votes have been counted and the future sabbatical officers decided, I still find myself almost slipping on manifestos and images of …
Editorial: Leadership Race still has miles to go
Editor
It’s that time of year again. The time that is pretty much universally detested, when campaigners and flyers and awful stunts punctuate our daily lives on campus for around two weeks: The SU elections. Although, it has …