The Central Societies Committee (CSC) has recognised three new societies for the upcoming 2025-2026 year; the Linguistics Society, Trinity Think Tank, and Nordic Society. The Young Fine Gael Society has also regained recognition after being derecognised earlier in the year due to a failure to submit their Secretary report to the CSC for two years consecutively.
The DUNeS (DU Neurodiversity Society), Eastern European, Filipino, South Asian and Dance societies and Trinity’s Women’s Network gained full recognition after being previously provisionally approved.
The Amnesty, AMSI (Association of Medical Students Ireland), Caledonian, Chinese, Karting, and Labour societies have been derecognised due to their failure to submit a secretary report two years in a row.
Also derecognised is Trinity’s Ógra Shinn Féin, due to a failure to submit a grant application two years in a row. NetSoc is also being derecognised following a review of their activity during a previous suspension.
In March, the CSC awards awarded the Filipino society as best small society, Qsoc won best medium society, and Trinity Orchestra won the award for the best large society.
Along with best large society, Trinity Orchestra also won best trip for their visit to University of Milan to perform Aula Magna as well as best Fresher to their member Sinead Fleming.
Earlier this year, the CSC introduced a new policy that states that any society that fails to have a membership of over 50 members for two years in a row would face derecognition. Following this policy Trinity Social Democrats, Trinity Young Greens, Fianna Fáil (Cumann Wolfe Tone), Ógra Shinn Féin TCD, Workers’ Party TCD, TCD People Before Profit and Trinity Young Fine Gael signed a letter stating, “We all stand united in the belief that no party on campus should be shut down; we all play a vital role in student politics, and the de-recognition of any one of us would be an affront to the principles of free political association within a democratic society. The CSC should not have the ability to decide which parties can and cannot have representation on campus.”
Conchúr Ó Cathasaigh has been elected the next chairperson of the CSC and will be the first to have the role under its new paid, full-time designation.
