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Breaking: Trinity to work towards total divestment from Israel in unprecedented win for BDS.
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Documents support corruption claims against junior minister for further education.
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“Eamon needs to know that he’s met with resistance wherever he goes, and he represents, in fact, a very small number of people in this country... not the interests of PhDs or the vast majority of renters and people in this country.”
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The rise of the far right in Ireland must be urgently resisted.
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For those struggling to access our website, you can visit our Instagram for more information:
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In pictures: Trans rights counter-demonstrators dwarf anti-trans rally in Dublin
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EXCLUSIVE: Trinity College Dublin Students Union President-Elect Jenny Maguire speaks to Trinity News from inside the encampment on Trinity’s campus. Follow this story as it breaks with Trinity News.
Video by Rory Chinn, Neasa nic Corcráin and Lily Laugherty.
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Breaking: Trinity students begin Gaza solidarity encampment on campus.
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🚨TCDSU block access to Long Room in protest of 2% rent hike.
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Students protest outside Paschal Donohue event in Trinity Business School.
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College hits students’ union with €214k fine for disruptive protests
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Poll finds overwhelming support for Trinity BDS encampment among students
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Our website has crashed due to high traffic. Find a plain text version of the article here:
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Student demonstrators have blockaded the entrance to the Book of Kells in protest against the 2% fee increase in College accommodation, preventing tourists from entering the Long Room.
Read more here:
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“This can't happen in Ireland” - TDs and senators condemn Trinity for €200k union fine
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Through interviews with people on the ground and world experts of the region, Trinity News gets an inside look at what a 7+ month Azerbaijani blockade has done to the lives of the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh with their home now an open-air prison.
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Jenny Maguire elected TCDSU president in landslide 76% win
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Crowds march to College Green in support of Trinity encampment.
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For those struggling to access our website, you can visit our Instagram for more information:
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"I adored my time here, and I think this place might be beyond saving."
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TN Exclusive: Domino’s Israel remove IDF posts in response to TCDSU ending sponsorship.
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Breaking: Niall Collins denies “pecuniary or beneficial interest” in public property sale on part of himself or spouse.
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The Union Forum of TCDSU is bringing a motion to Council calling on College to withdraw its honorary doctorate for US President Joe Biden.
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Footage from the
@rhlireland
protest at Davy Stock Brokers on Dawson Street.
They have numerous housing occupations currently operating, Ionad Seán Heuston beside the train station being the main one.
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Eoin Ó Broin TD, the Sinn Féin spokesperson on Housing has written to presidents of several universities requesting a meeting regarding proposed rent increases.
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Trinity alumni demand College’s fine on TCDSU be rescinded.
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College Head of Medicine: “I can no longer stay silent about the catastrophe in Gaza”.
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Trinity English Literature graduate Mary Lou McDonald has succeeded Gerry Adams this evening as President of Sinn Fein -
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Protesters at the Trinity encampment have reacted joyously to news that the college will review its ties with Israeli institutions and condemned the “onslaught on Gaza”.
Video by Rory Chinn for Trinity News.
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“The fact that people are individually tasked with unlearning their racism and are educating themselves on white privilege is proof that our academic institutions have failed us,” the petition outlines.
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Linda Doyle is set to become the first woman to hold Trinity’s highest leadership position in the college’s history after winning the election this afternoon.
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Kennedy is the paper’s current assistant editor and will begin his tenure as editor on May 17.
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Breaking: Trinity to review Israeli ties, condemns "onslaught on Gaza".
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Over 70 Trinity academics join hundreds in call for Irish universities to sever ties with Israel.
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€300,000 a year will be provided by the government for the gallery for the next three to four years.
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BREAKING: Trinity Boycott Divestment and Sanctions are currently staging an occupation of Regents House, calling on College to cut ties with Israel.
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“A shameful attempt at union busting”: TCDSU President László Molnárfi speaks out against €214k fine at USI awards
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The first sculptures of women have been installed in the Old Library Long Room. The busts depicting Ada Lovelace, Lady Gregory, Rosalind Franklin, and Mary Wollstonecraft were unveiled today to "honour the scholarship of four trailblazing women".
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An announcement concerning the 2022 National Student Media Awards.
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"Undercover police make us less safe at College’s biggest event."
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“I was simply walking to college while black”: Welfare Officer-elect speaks out after physical attack
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A trans student discusses what it is like to access gender-affirming medication through the HSE today.
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Provost Patrick Prendergast is set to release a commemorative merchandise line to mark the end of his decade-long provostship, with products including graduation caps, ties and socks featuring the provost's face.
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The class of 2023 will have the option to receive “academic tokens” in place of degree certificates.
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Four members of the paper’s senior staff have been let go following a call for their editor’s impeachment on Friday.
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Staff unions call on College to rescind €214k fine and divest from Israeli institutions.
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College: “Our stance is to remain neutral” on Gaza genocide
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Formed in 1770, the Hist has officially been recognised by the Guinness World Records as the world's oldest student society.
Read more here:
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Binder previously faced charges of espionage after saving refugees and migrants on Lesbos Island as part of his volunteer work with Emergency Response Centre International.
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Trinity to remain closed to general public from tomorrow as Palestine solidarity encampment continues .
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Kate Henshaw elected editor of Trinity News.
Henshaw is currently the paper’s deputy editor and will begin her tenure on May 1.
To read the full article, please follow this link:
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Poll: Social Democrats most popular party among Trinity students for third consecutive year.
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Fern Kelly-Landry and Ria Walls talk to Ross and Rocky Lynch (
@thedriverera
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about life on tour, their time in Ireland and advice for aspiring artists.
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College moved US army event off-campus to avoid protests, fearing reputational damage
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Students who contributed to an article about harassment in College societies said their stories were “treated like bits of gossip”, while Maguire said the allegations were “wholly false”.
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Trinity Professor of Finance Brian Lucey has come under fire for a tweet in which he stated that “postgraduate students aren’t employees” and warned against increasing stipends for PhD researchers.
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Students lined Front Square to the Arts Building this morning during a student walkout protesting student conditions.
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The University Times’ response shows a complete lack of care towards students who entrusted their stories to the paper.
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The Gaeilge Initiative referendum has passed with an overwhelming 90% majority, creating a full-time Irish language officer and funding for other College bodies to boost Irish on campus.
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Trinity has chosen scholars Rosalind Franklin, Ada Lovelace, Ada Gregory, and Mary Wollstonecraft from more than 500 suggestions.
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Poll: Maguire set to win presidential race by the highest margin in recent years.
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Were our poll to be reflected in the results, Caddle would receive less than a third of the support than that of Michael McDermott, a joke candidate who ran for the University Times editorship in 2018 on the platform of increased coverage of Spiderman.
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First up, the University Times Editor race. With 59.4% of the votes RON has passed the quota. Nominations will be re-opened with information to follow.
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Trinity BDS welcomes College statement, pledges to continue encampment until demands “are met in full”.
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“I convinced myself I was a strong person weathering a storm with a complicated man.”
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"The referendum presents an invaluable opportunity for students to use their power to support trans rights," writes Sophie Furlong Tighe.
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László Molnárfi elected TCDSU president on the first count.
Molnárfi won the election with 56.72% of the vote.
To read this article, follow this link:
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"Schols operates as little more than a reproduction of privilege and elitism."
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It is unconscionable for College to maintain links with universities complicit in egregious human rights violations.
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Senator Bernie Sanders event at Trinity this evening has been interrupted by BDS protestors both outside and inside the venue. Protestors heckled Sanders near the end of his interview while chants continued outside. One protestor inside the venue shouted “ceasefire now”.
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Old Library closes amid Trinity BDS protest at front entrance.
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Trinity’s first female Provost takes over from Patrick Prendergast today for a ten year term.
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“It’s a fundamentally exploitative system here”: Inside the ongoing struggle for postgraduate rights
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OC: Multiple constitutional breaches by TCDSU president “undermines trust in the union”
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Healing from sexual assault is rarely as simple as we think.
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Student pleas ignored as College raises accommodation fees by maximum legal amount
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“Minister Eamon Ryan, blood is on your hands and the Green Party’s hands due to your complicity in the neoliberal government that has just voted to end the eviction ban.”
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The incumbent deputy Radius editor received 45.2% of first preference votes.
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Societies speak out against College response to Gaza: “There can be no neutrality in the face of genocide”.
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A group of activists took over 12-14 Eden Quay on the first of May in protest against direct provision and the housing crisis.
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“No business as usual during a genocide”: Trinity BDS disrupt public meeting led by vice provost
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Leah Keogh is returning to TCDSU next year as the union's president, having been successfully elected with 57.8% of the vote.
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Dr Umar al-Qadri, chair of
@IMPIC_ie
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The demonstration this afternoon called for the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador from Ireland.
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Union hit back, urge students to action in face of fee rise.
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The PCAU and PGWA, which recently announced plans to merge, tell Trinity News of their fight for employment rights and fair treatment.
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“Now I’m here, I know I’m safe.”
Students who have taken refuge on campus tonight have described feelings of relief, as well as their initial shock, after violent unrest on Dublin’s streets prevented them from heading home.
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Student activist forcibly removed from Blockchain event in Business School by Trinity professor.
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Provost’s approval rating plummets amid row with students’ union.
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College’s €222m investment portfolio also includes stakes in Apple, Nestlé, Amazon and Coca Cola.
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Laura Beston is one of two candidates running for
@tcdsu
President. She is the first woman to run for the position since Lynn Ruane in 2015, and a second-time Officer for Students with Disabilities.
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David Wolfe elected editor of Trinity News
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Leaders of the Postgraduate Workers’ Organisation (PWO) have said that it is essential that the government review of supports for PhD researchers is completed in time for action to be taken in this year’s budget.
Read more here:
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Council passes motion to campaign for the withdrawal of Biden’s honorary doctorate.
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Even in lockdown, Trinity News still goes to print. We are proud to bring you Issue 8 with all the latest news, comment, and updates on how Trinity students are dealing with these unprecedented times.
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Berkeley name to be removed from College library in landmark “denaming”.
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TCDSU join in “true showing of solidarity” as students’ unions counter anti-trans protest.
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Trinity BDS drop Palestinian flags from Regent House in a “mark of Solidarity”.
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