The University Times is Ireland’s largest student newspaper, and is the current Student Publication of the Year, an award which it has won four years running. For the past four years, our journalists ...

Derek Byrne is one of sixteen hopefuls contesting the Trinity Seanad election and came to The University Times’ office to tell me about his candidacy. As a journalist you are meant to be neutral and ...

The bog is a cornerstone of the Irish landscape; a habitat that can heat homes, hide secrets, and preserve bodies. To Seamus Heaney, it is ‘‘kind, black butter/ melting and opening underfoot”. To Colm ...

After the first count incumbent Senators Lynn Ruane and Tom Clonan seem likely to win re-election, with Ruane receiving 3,761 and Clonan receiving 3,473 first preference votes. They are likely to pick ...

With the programme for the next government confirmed, it is now apparent that Ireland is set to have yet another five years of a Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael coalition. What’s different this time around ...

Representatives of Trinity College Dublin Student Union (TCDSU) and Trinity BDS joined thousands last Saturday who participated in a National Demonstration for Palestine. The demonstration was ...

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Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) Sabbatical Officer nominations have closed as of 5:30 pm on January 31st. Twenty candidates have put their names forward for elections, and only one race ...

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Today just past 2 pm the Trinity BDS group organised a banner drop in response to Trinity’s continued ties to Israel. The action came after it received a Freedom of Information Request which detailed ...

Hustings for the Dublin University Seanad Constituency took place on January 14th. Sixteen candidates are seeking election, with fifteen in attendance at the hustings. Journalist Áine Kerr moderated ...

The average Irish person is completely disenfranchised from the Seanad’s electoral process. Seanad Éireann is Ireland’s senate, which is also known as the upper house of the Oireachtas. With the ...