Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) will provide a food delivery service for students self-isolating on campus, dubbed “welfairy”.
The food will be sourced from the Buttery and will be delivered between 1:30pm and 2:30pm daily. The service will be overseen by TCDSU Welfare and Equality Officer Leah Keogh.
The menu will be posted everyday on TCDSU’s social media at 11am and students can avail of the Buttery’s 50 per cent student discount. Students who wish to avail of delivery will have to email Keogh by 1pm on the same day.
Payment for the food will be provided by students in the email. Payment via Revolut or bank transfer will be accepted.
Students returning to Ireland from abroad must self isolate for two weeks.
Following a quick move to level-five restrictions after Christmas, College announced that lectures, small group classes and tutorials will remain online, while some practical classes and lab-based activities will take place in person.
Students with “essential accommodation needs in Dublin” can continue to live in Trinity accommodation. College is also encouraging all students without essential teaching to wait until the semester begins to return to their college accommodation.
Yesterday, Trinity said that those arriving into College accommodation for the first time will be released without penalty from their license.
Students who have arrived in College accommodation but decide to return home for semester two between January 24th and February 28th will only be charged to the date that they leave their room.
Students who terminate their license agreements before February 28th will not be charged administration fees. Those who lived in College accommodation last semester will be charged up to January 23rd.
Additional costs will apply to students who left their belongings behind when they vacated their accommodation in semester one, intending to return in semester two.
Study spaces will also remain open to students. However, College has said that they “should only be used as a last resort” and that all staff and students should “reduce access to campus as much as possible”.
Trinity’s libraries are currently operating on reduced hours, with the Hamilton and John Stearne libraries closed entirely. The Berkeley, Lecky and Ussher are open in the afternoons only.
