Getting involved with societies is integral to many students’ college life, however, for many of us, the thought of having to commit extra hours to clubs and societies, on top of our already hectic schedules, is one we really don’t …
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26 years of Trinity Club
This semester marks 26 years of the popular Vincent De Paul weekly activity as the club continues to go from strength to strength
Every Wednesday, just before 6pm, a gathering occurs in one of Trinity’s most famed locations, Front Arch. This becoming locale is the meeting place of the aptly named Trinity Club which holds its weekly dalliances every week of term from …
Homeless in the capital
Sam Cox joins the Trinity VDP Society as they carry out a soup run in Dublin city centre
Life on the streets of Dublin can be both emotionally and physically trying. Two weeks ago, the Trinity volunteers of Vincent De Paul broke up an impromptu fight between two homeless people in Temple Bar. As they sat with the …
Flying solo: coming to Trinity alone
Here some of the best events to attend during Freshers’ Week if you’re coming to Trinity alone.
Deciding to go to college is a massive decision. A new city, new people, a new home, a new environment. All of this can be extremely daunting, but is also beyond exciting! Here’s a collection of some of the go-to …
Trinity VDP launches biggest Christmas appeal yet
This year the society is reaching out to clubs, societies and class representatives for help
Trinity Social Democrats panel consider solutions to the homeless crises
“The entire panel maintained that the homelessness crisis is solvable with correct investment, and discussed the frustration of current inaction”
Trinity Social Democrats held their first in a series of panel discussions last night, which focused on the homeless crisis in light of the upcoming general election.
Philip Bane, the activity leader of the Soup Run for Trinity Vincent de …
“You’re making an immediate impact” – Trinity VDP
Daire Collins talks to VDP volunteers about their work with Dublin’s homeless.
On a blustery late November evening, Trinity News went out on the Vincent De Paul (VDP) soup run to record what students were doing to help those most in need.
With the recent news lately of the untimely death of …