News

Kevin Keane elected as TCDSU President on first count

Bryan Mallon came second in the vote, while Thomas Emmet was third

Kevin Keane, a fourth year Law student, has been elected President of Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) on the 1st count.

Out of a valid poll of  votes, Keane received 1,584 first preferences, amounting to 51.9 % of the

News

SU Leadership campaign begins with first hustings

This years race will be shorter than previous years and will also see candidates and campaign managers afforded breaks in the middle of the day

 

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The 2017 Leadership Campaign got underway at Students’ Union Hustings this evening. This will be the first campaign to take place since the introduction of stricter rules surrounding the race. This years race will be shorter than previous years and

Life, News

Views from the Six

Deputy Trinity Life Editor Emma McCarthy sits down with current Environmental Officer Thomas Emmet to discuss his role, the responsibilities involved, and the distinctly green plans set to appear on students’ horizons this year

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The majority of students are familiar with the Students’ Union’s sabbatical officers, but can the same be said of the SU’s part-time officers? Who are these faces from House 6, and just how do they work to contribute to student …

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Emmet highlights JCR President has yet to appoint Environment Officer

A mandate was passed on this at a JCR Open Forum last term

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A Trinity News Life interview with Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) Environment Officer Thomas Emmet has highlighted that the Junior Common Room (JCR) Committee is missing an elected environmental representative. JCR President Sara Loughlin has told Trinity News that

Features

Reflections on death, glory and great prose

Measuring our creative output to those our own age can be intimidating, especially when it is that of the recently deceased.

indepth1Death has the ability to concrete a writer’s reputation. The fact that they have passed on results in the eulogizing of their existing work, the glorification of their mediocre meanderings. Because their work now has a cap on it, it …