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TCDSU Council votes to hold preferendum to have stance on united Ireland

The motion was brought before the SU Council tonight

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Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) has voted to hold a preferendum on taking a stance on supporting the unity of Ireland. The motion was proposed by Naomi Walsh, Junior Sophister Psychology class representative, and seconded by Cornelious Lenthe, Junior

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TCDSU votes to support TCD Strike 4 Repeal

SU Council will support the strike that is taking place on March 8

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Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) Council has voted to support TCD Strike for Repeal in striking, demonstration and solidarity. The motion was proposed by Rachel Skelly, the Gender Equality Officer for TCDSU and seconded by Aine Palmer, a third

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SU Council backs lobbying for disability convention

TCDSU will be lobbying the government to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities

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Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) passed a motion at SU Council this evening to lobby the government for rights for people with disabilities, and in particular for the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People

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Support for INMO protest among issues brought to TCDSU Council

The Council also voted to make the JCR President a member of the Union Forum

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Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) Council has passed a number of motions at Council this evening, including one to support the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation’s (INMO) recent vote in favour of industrial action. The motion, proposed by Laura

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TCDSU Council votes to implement new Ethnic Minorities Officer role

Dipo Adebisi was later elected to the position

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Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) Council has voted to implement a new Ethnic Minorities Officers role. Dipo Adebisi was later elected to the position, which will sit on the SU’s Union Forum.

The motion, which was proposed by TCDSU

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Provost claims “we’re all coming from the same place” on funding issue in TCDSU Council address

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The provost of Trinity, Patrick Prendergast, spoke to Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) Council this evening. Introducing him, TCDSU President Kieran McNulty thanked the provost for “various initiatives”, such as the proposed Student Centre, and noted that it

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Motion to be brought to TCDSU Council on disability rights

The motion will seek a SU mandate to lobby the government to ratify the UN convention of rights for persons with disabilities

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A motion will be brought to Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) by a group of students in Hilary term to pressure the government to ratify the UN Convention of Rights for Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). Ireland signed up to

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Motion on gender neutral bathrooms passed at TCDSU Council

The motion mandates that gender neutral bathrooms be available at all SU events, where feasible, and for greater provision of the bathrooms across College

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Proposed by LGBT Rights Officer Sean O’Carroll, the motion mandates that gender neutral bathrooms be available at all SU events, where feasible. The Rights officer and President are further mandated to work with the college to get gender neutral bathrooms …

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Council votes to campaign for lectures slides to be made more available and accessible

The motions propose that the Education officer lobby lecturers to ensure all lecture slides are written in accessible fonts, and that all lecture materials be made availble to class reps so they may be disseminated to the students in each class.

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Two motions to campaign for lecture materials to be made more readily available and accessible have been passed at SU Council.

The first motion on accessibility proposed that the Student’s Union campaign for lecturers to ensure that their slides are …