Eoin Hand, a presidential candidate, has received a minor strike from the Electoral Commission hours before the polls close on the final day of voting.
In a comment to Trinity News, Hand described the issue as a “minor infringement relating …
Jessica Hobbs Pifer is a Deputy News Editor of Trinity News. She is a Senior Fresh Middle Eastern and European Languages and Cultures student.
Trinity to help develop an €80,000 system for reporting sexual assault in colleges
Trinity will be joined by eight other colleges and the Department of Education in the system’s development
Trinity joins eight other Irish colleges in developing an €80,000 online system for students to anonymously report sexual assault and harassment. The project will be funded by the Department of Education and is intended for use as early as next …
Iranian protests: behind the headlines
An interview with Dr. Roja Fazaeli, Trinity lecturer and activist from Iran
On 15 November 2019 civil protests quickly began to spread throughout Iran. Though initially directed in opposition to a nationwide increase in fuel prices, the message of the protests rapidly shifted as protesters began to cry out against overall government …
TCDSU Council vote to renew policies on harm reduction and Northern Irish students
The policies were set to expire, having been last voted on in the 2016/17 academic year
Trinity College Students’ Union (TCDSU) Council voted to renew a number of policies from 2016/2017 this evening, ranging from harm reduction at Ents events to lobbying for the implementation of the UN Convention in the Rights for Persons with Disabilities.…
Thousands of students register to vote on campuses since general election was called
TCDSU say that they have helped register 415 students in the past two days
2,000 students have been registered to vote in the General Elections by Irish Students’ Unions and the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) since last Thursday, according to a tweet this evening from USI President Lorna Fitzpatrick.
Laura Beston, President …
Trinity student Tate Donnelly running in upcoming election
Donnelly will be running as a Green Party candidate in Cavan Monaghan
Trinity student Tate Donnelly has announced his candidacy for the upcoming General Election.
Donnelly will run as a Green Party candidate in Cavan Monaghan. Making the announcement on Facebook today, Donnelly wrote: “I am the youngest Dáil candidate in the …
USI publishes open letter to stop another student deportation
The letter is addressed to ministers Charlie Flanagan and Mary Mitchell O’Connor
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has published an open letter condemning the impending deportation of Hamza Khan, a Sanctuary Scholar studying at University College Cork (UCC).
The letter is addressed to Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan and Minister …
USI vote to support bilingual signage on campuses in Northern Ireland
A meeting of USI’s National Council was held in Trinity
The National Council of the Union of Students Ireland (USI) have voted to support bilingual signage for Colleges in Northern Ireland, among several other motions discussed at a meeting held in Trinity.
The union’s National Council have also taken the …
Trinity claims it was overcharged €300,000 by Dublin City Council
Trinity is being charged because of the planning permission deal for the E3 Learning Foundry
Trinity alleges that they have been overcharged €300,000 by Dublin City Council for the new E3 Learning Foundry.
Dublin City Council granted planning permission to Trinity for the new development provided that Trinity contributes €744,311 towards public infrastructure and the …
Trinity considers first ever pop-up Christmas Market
College calls for student, staff, and alumni participation in the market
Trinity is considering a proposal to organise College’s, first ever pop-up International Christmas Market to aid the Undergraduate and Postgraduate Student Assistance Funds. If approved, the market will take place on December 4 2019.
The event would run alongside the …