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Government to consider for Ireland to join CERN

Speaking in the Dáil, Simon Harris said that his department will make a submission to the government for Ireland to join the Geneva-based research centre, one of the largest in the world

Simon Harris has said that he has begun proceedings for Ireland to become a member of CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research.

Speaking in the Dáil to mark Science Week, Minister Further and Higher Education, Innovation, Research and Science …

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Popular free ebook repository Z-Library removed from the internet

Domains previously associated with the popular free ebook repository declare that the website has been seized by the FBI

Popular online ebook repository Z-Library has been made inaccessible on the internet.

Domains previously associated with the site, which allows users to access pirated books and articles for free, now display a graphic declaring “This website has been seized”.

The …

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Cosgrave says that most Irish-founded startups “are being built outside of Ireland”

Speaking at a press conference in Lisbon this morning, the founder of Web Summit claimed that Dublin is being left behind due to the cost of living crisis

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Web Summit founder and CEO Paddy Cosgrave has said that Dublin is being left behind in the tech world by the cost of living crisis.

Speaking at a press conference at Web Summit in Lisbon this morning, the Trinity alumnus

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TCDSU Council passes motion calling for burial of remains of eighteenth century “giant”

The remains of Cornelius Magrath have been in the possession of the School of Anatomy since being stolen from his grave in 1760

Members of Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) Council have called for the respectful burial of the remains of an individual affected by gigantism who died in 1760.

A motion brought to Council by Deputy Arts Humanities and Social Sciences

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Teaching Fellow Seán Hewitt awarded Rooney Prize for Literature 2022

The €10,000 prize recognises an outstanding body of work by an emerging Irish writer under forty years of age

Seán Hewitt of Trinity’s School of English has been awarded the Rooney Prize for Literature 2022.

Hewitt, a teaching fellow in twentieth-century British & Irish literature, received the €10,000 prize which recognises “an outstanding body of work by an emerging …

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Postgraduate Workers Alliance welcome government review of supports for PhD researchers

PGWA welcomed the  broad scope of the review, which will include an evaluation of financial supports and a consideration of the employment status of PhD researchers

The Postgraduate Workers’ Alliance of Ireland (PGWA) has welcomed a review of state supports for PhD researchers announced last week.

In a press release, the PGWA welcomed the  broad scope of the review, which will address many of the issues …

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UT staff were informally told that impeachment of the Editor was possible

Prior to their call for the Editor’s resignation, a “provisional interpretation” by EC members suggested that impeachment was “a possibility”.

A provisional interpretation of the constitution provided to members of staff of the University Times (UT) suggested that impeachment of the UT Editor was possible.

In an email to Trinity News, the Chair of the Electoral Commission (EC) said that …

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Four senior staff members sacked by UT Editor

The editor informed senior members of staff that they would “no longer be working” at UT following their call for her impeachment

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Four senior members of staff of the University Times (UT) have been fired, Trinity News can confirm.

Senior Staff speaking to Trinity News this evening confirmed they had been sacked, following the leaking of a letter calling for their editors …