Trinity students fight for rights

Trinity student Brian O’Flynn says the scholarships programme is from a bygone era and no longer fit for purpose

THREE weeks ago, hundreds of students took part in #TakeBackTrinity protests when the college introduced a €450 supplemental exam fee, only a month after students voted against the fees in a preferendum. After blockading the Book of Kells, students clogged Front Gate before occupying the Exam Hall and the Dining Hall, the palatial 18th century building where the Scholars of Trinity hold Commons.