65% of campaigners in the recent Students’ Union (SU) elections who responded to a survey said that the two weeks allocated to electioneering each year was too long. The study, conducted by second-year class rep Madison Bowlby, found that 55% …
su elections 2015
SU election count 2015
PHOTOS: Lynn Ruane, Molly Kenny, Conor Clancy, Katie Cogan, Aifric Ni Chriodain and Edmund Heaphy celebrate their election victories.
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Lynn Ruane elected first female president of TCDSU in 12 years
A tense climax to a night of cheers and tears resulted in Lynn Ruane being elected president of Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) last night ahead of closest challenger Conor O’Meara. Ruane, a mature student who campaigned on a …
Politicisation of SU elections a welcome change
Candidates in our yearly SU elections have generally had the remarkable ability to appear apolitical, usefully able to represent all campus views when conditions dictate, even when their political stances have been in line with the status quo. They win …
Multiple candidates punished for breaking election rules
The Montague campaign has been disciplined by the Electoral Commission (EC) after one of its members accused her opponent, Conor Clancy, of homophobia, Trinity News understands.
The incident is said to have taken place during the official campaign period and …
Debate: should the SU be seeking commercial sponsorship?
The two candidates vying for the position of communications and marketing officer in this year’s SU elections go head to head.
This year’s SU elections has seen Aifric Ni Chriodain and Jemma O’Leary, the two candidates running for the new position of communications and marketing officer, publicly clash over the issue of headline sponsorship. Ni Chriodain says her proposal to increase …
Presidential profiles – SU elections 2015
Running for the position of SU president this year are Gabriel Adewusi, Nessan Harpur, Conor O’Meara and Lynn Ruane.
Gabriel Adewusi is a third-year human health and diseases student, the SU’s current access officer and a volunteer with S2S. He …
Candidates address LGBTQ issues at annual Q Soc hustings
The annual Q Soc hustings, chaired this year by former SU LGBT rights officer Stephen Hatton, allows candidates to address issues affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer students, and outline how they plan to work for Trinity’s LGBTQ community. …
UT editor profile – SU elections 2015
Edmund Heaphy, a second-year German and philosophy student, is the only candidate running for the position of University Times editor this year. Heaphy is UT’s current deputy editor and has previously worked as the paper’s creative director and as a …
Welfare profiles – SU elections 2015
The race for the position of welfare and equality officer will this year be contested by five students: Louise O’Toole, Conor Clancy, Aoife O’Brien, Muireann Montague and Liam Mulligan.
Louise O’Toole, a final-year social studies student, has completed four social …