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Ahead of Hustings, JCR Presidential Candidates Identify Issues of Consent and Accommodation
Aoife O'Donoghue profiles the two candidates, Felix Gather and Sara Ní Lochlainn, running to be President of the JCR next year.
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Chomsky and 27 Trinity Professors Among 80 Public Figures Urging College to Divest
Over 1,000 have signed the petition calling on Trinity to divest from €6 million in oil assets, with an open letter to be presented to the College Board.
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Less Emphasis on Loan Scheme After Significant Changes Were Made to Funding Group Report
A loan-scheme package is now just one of three “credible and feasible” options alongside free fees and dramatic increase in exchequer funding.
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First-Ever Purple Training, a Conference on Gender Identity, Held in Maynooth
Maynooth Pride Society's event saw 71 delegates from nine Irish colleges discuss gender-identity and related issues.
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74% Vote to Stay Out of USI at UCD
Almost three-quarters of voters opposed re-affiliation with the national union.
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Jane Grimson and David McConnell Elected University Pro-Chancellors
Both are distinguished academics and have long associations with Trinity.
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22% Increase in CAO Applications to Trinity from Northern Ireland
This year also saw a two per cent increase in the number of students putting Trinity as their first preference overall.
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Group Calls on Trinity to Cancel Society Talk with Zoo Director Who Killed Giraffe
Zoo Soc has told its members that they are “a neutral body facilitating this talk for the purpose of academic discussion and debate.”
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Director of Commercialisation Calls for Schools to Make Rooms Available Commercially
College could raise revenue by making rooms available for use during the summer.
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Trans Rights Activist Accuses DITSU Presidential Candidate of Transphobia and Homophobia
Toryn Glavin, a founding member of the Irish Trans Student Alliance, has asked DIT students not to vote for Boni Odoemene.