Trinity College Students’ Union (TCDSU) and the Graduate Students’ Union are to hold a town hall meeting tomorrow to gauge the opinion of the student body on proposed new student charges.
The six proposed charges consist of an increase in …
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Student referendum on cutting Trinity ties with Israeli universities to be proposed
Final-year student Oisin Vince Coulter is to propose a motion calling for the referendum at tonight’s SU Council.
A motion calling for an SU referendum that would ask students whether they would want the SU to campaign for College to cut its ties to Israeli third-level institutions is to be raised at tonight’s SU council meeting, Trinity News …
Man charged with damaging front gate appears in court
John Farrell, the 66-year-old Dublin man charged with driving a car into the front gate of Trinity College, has been further charged with endangerment of life at Dublin District Court today.
Mr Farrell had a total of 21 charges brought …
Graduates ponder future on Front Square
New graduates reflect on their time in Trinity and what lies in store for them.
Alanna Clarke, a former student of French and Spanish, is one of hundreds of graduates to have been conferred with degrees across a range of disciplines over the last month. Thinking back over her college career, she says “it is …
College aims to more than double international student numbers
College is expected to announce plans to significantly increase the number of non-EU students studying in Trinity over the next five years at tomorrow’s launch of the Strategic Plan 2014-2019, Trinity News has learned. Speaking to this newspaper, SU president, …
Prof Patrick Geoghegan defends alternative admissions scheme
Prof Patrick Geoghegan, Trinity’s former dean of undergraduate studies, has defended the new admissions scheme tested by College for the first time this year. Writing in The Irish Times on Thursday, Geoghegan responded to criticism of the scheme from retired …
The University Times threatened with legal action over Bernard Mallee article
The University Times has been threatened with legal action by Bernard Mallee, Trinity’s communications and marketing director, following the publication of an article on his planned departure, Trinity News has learned.
It is understood that Mallee accused the paper of …
Medical students denied entry into West Bank
Trinity volunteers detained for questioning at Tel Aviv
Four Trinity medical students were refused entry to Palestine’s West Bank this summer, Trinity News has learned. The two male and two female students, who have asked to remain anonymous, returned to Dublin in July after being detained for questioning …
Skeletons outside TCD could be Vikings
More skeletons discovered in front of main gates
The skeletal remains of at least five people have been uncovered as part of excavation work outside Trinity College at College Green.
The remains of a single body were first discovered just 1.5 metres below present ground level in front …
TCDSU 2013-14 in review
We assess the performances of outgoing sabbatical officers
Dee Courtney, William Dunne, Lia Flattery
Staff Writers
This week saw the official changover of SU sabbatical officers. Tom Lenihan, Jack Leahy, Stephen Garry, Leanna Byrne, and Sean Reynolds have now moved out of their campus accommodation as incoming officers …