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The University Times The University Times is Trinity College Dublin's student newspaper. It is Ireland's largest student newspaper.

Irish Student Publication of the Year 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2020 – www.universitytimes.ie The University Times is a broadsheet newspaper and website run by student volunteers in Trinity College, Dublin. It won Irish Student Newspaper of the Year in 2010, 2011 and 2013, and won Irish Student Publication of the Year in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. In 2016, it won six international design aw

ards, including best overall newspaper design and best overall news website. Editors:
Rob Donohoe, Founder – 2009/10
Tom Lowe – 2010/11
Ronan Costello – 2011/12
Owen Bennett – 2012/13
Leanna Byrne – 2013/14
Samuel Riggs – 2014/15
Edmund Heaphy – 2015/16
Sinéad Baker – 2016/17
Dominic McGrath – 2017/18
Eleanor O’Mahony – 2018/19
Donal MacNamee – 2019/20
Cormac Watson – 2020/21
Emer Moreau – Current Editor

The petition seeks to remove multiple clauses from the Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) constitution conce...
15/03/2022

The petition seeks to remove multiple clauses from the Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) constitution concerning the financing of the paper, including making the editor of the newspaper an unpaid role.

The petition seeks to trigger a referendum which would make the role of Editor unpaid.

A body was found at approximately 8:50pm in the Ussher last night and the circumstances of the death are being investiga...
24/02/2022

A body was found at approximately 8:50pm in the Ussher last night and the circumstances of the death are being investigated.

Gardaí are investigating the circumstances of his death.

USI isn't without problems, but UCDSU would be wise to rejoin the national union. Given that the two groups campaign on ...
13/02/2022

USI isn't without problems, but UCDSU would be wise to rejoin the national union. Given that the two groups campaign on many of the same issues, their combined effort would be considerably stronger, writes the Editorial Board.

UCDSU may vote on rejoining USI this year, nearly a decade after voting to leave.

More plant-based options in the Buttery is a step in the right direction for a College that needs to take more drastic m...
13/02/2022

More plant-based options in the Buttery is a step in the right direction for a College that needs to take more drastic measures in the fight against climate change, writes the Editorial Board.

Trinity’s catering services will make 75 per cent of its meals plant based for the duration of Green Week.

"It simply does not make sense to allow cars to travel through the centre that have no business being there. Other citie...
11/02/2022

"It simply does not make sense to allow cars to travel through the centre that have no business being there. Other cities such as Brussels and Amsterdam have redesigned their city centres to prioritise walking and cycling."

The transport strategy for Dublin is unambitious and does nothing to counter the dominance of cars in the city, writes Green Party MEP Ciarán Cuffe.

The research found showed that directors of nursing homes struggled with staff shortages and the frequent changes to pub...
09/02/2022

The research found showed that directors of nursing homes struggled with staff shortages and the frequent changes to public health guidelines.

A Trinity study has found that directors of long-term care facilities struggled with staff shortages and frequent changes to public health guidelines.

The fund is designed to provide ongoing financial support to students from disadvantaged backgrounds and to assist other...
03/02/2022

The fund is designed to provide ongoing financial support to students from disadvantaged backgrounds and to assist other students who require emergency financial assistance.

The fund provides financial support for students from disadvantaged backgrounds or those in need of emergency funds.

Colleges have taken steps in recent years to educate students about consent, but their efforts are piecemeal and, if the...
30/01/2022

Colleges have taken steps in recent years to educate students about consent, but their efforts are piecemeal and, if the results of a recent report are anything to go by, are not working. A new approach is urgently needed, writes the Editorial Board.

The Department of Higher Education has found that one in three female or non-binary students have experienced someone attempting to have s*x with them without their consent.

Moving the Book of Kells interim exhibition from College Park to New Square satisfies everyone. Trinity ought to apply a...
30/01/2022

Moving the Book of Kells interim exhibition from College Park to New Square satisfies everyone. Trinity ought to apply a similar strategy to future controversies – most notably, the Science Gallery, writes the Editorial Board.

The Book of Kells exhibition will be erected in New Square, with the Book itself to be housed in the Printing House while the Old Library is renovated.

According to the Report on the National Survey of Student Experiences of S*xual Violence and Harassment in Irish Higher ...
27/01/2022

According to the Report on the National Survey of Student Experiences of S*xual Violence and Harassment in Irish Higher Education, one in five students said they had had someone try to engage in non-consensual vaginal, oral or a**l s*x with them.

A new report from the Department of Higher Education has found that one in five students have experienced non-consensual a**l, oral or vaginal s*x.

Last year, student representatives and several sports clubs slammed a proposal to construct the pavilion on College Park...
26/01/2022

Last year, student representatives and several sports clubs slammed a proposal to construct the pavilion on College Park as it would impinge on athletes’ ability to use the park for training and matches.

A proposal to build the temporary exhibition space on College Park was met with backlash from sports clubs who train on the park.

The research and teaching post will aim to address the growing interest in issues of social integration in an increasing...
18/01/2022

The research and teaching post will aim to address the growing interest in issues of social integration in an increasingly diverse society.

The position will improve links between the Travelling and settled communities through teaching and research.

Flowers and candles were laid at the Dáil gates, with a series of speakers addressing the crowd – which stretched down t...
14/01/2022

Flowers and candles were laid at the Dáil gates, with a series of speakers addressing the crowd – which stretched down the length of Kildare St and the adjacent Molesworth St.

The young schoolteacher was murdered in a seemingly random attack earlier this week.

"Ashling Murphy was my age. She grew up in a rural town like I did. She had gone to college, had friends, had hobbies. S...
13/01/2022

"Ashling Murphy was my age. She grew up in a rural town like I did. She had gone to college, had friends, had hobbies. She, like every single one of us, had heard stories of these attacks on women."

How can we survive knowing the young schoolteacher was died in a seemingly random attack in broad daylight, asks Faye Curran.

A meeting of staff in the School of Physics will be held next week to discuss the possibility of renaming the theatre, a...
11/01/2022

A meeting of staff in the School of Physics will be held next week to discuss the possibility of renaming the theatre, after an Irish Times article published in December detailed Schrödinger’s record as a “s*xual predator”.

A petition was launched following an article in the Irish Times detailing the physicist's abuse of young women and girls.

Key issues that Trinity has identified in the strategy include a lack of detail on cycling and “emphasis on civic spaces...
10/01/2022

Key issues that Trinity has identified in the strategy include a lack of detail on cycling and “emphasis on civic spaces, particularly College Green”.

College's has published a critical response to plans for transport in Dublin over the next two decades.

Trinity Senator Lynn Ruane compiled a report on the use of NDAs in colleges, after receiving a number of testimonies fro...
06/01/2022

Trinity Senator Lynn Ruane compiled a report on the use of NDAs in colleges, after receiving a number of testimonies from individuals working in the higher-education sector.

Senator Lynn Ruane has said that, from her findings on the matter, she believes colleges are 'overconfident' in their assertion that they do not use NDAs in cases of harassment or bullying.

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