TRINITY College Dublin has been forced into a U-turn on controversial plans to have British National Party (BNP) leader, Nick Griffin, join a debate on immigration.

Trinity College Dublin has been forced into a U-turn on controversial plans to have British National Party (BNP) leader Nick Griffin join a debate on immigration.

THE committee of the Philosophical Society at Trinity College is to be congratulated for its invitation to the leader of the British National Party, Nick Griffin, to participate in the debate on the 20th October, 2011.

NICK Griffin has been invited to speak at a Trinity College Dublin event.

HERE’S one for your next pub quiz: what do Archbishop Tutu, The Edge, Salman Rushdie, Al Pacino, Dame Helen Mirren and Sir Alex Ferguson have in common?

THE controversial British ethicist who has said the “demented have a duty to die” is set to speak at a debate in UCC in favour of embryonic stem cell research.

Hollywood star Jonathan Rhys-Meyers received a royal welcome from Trinity College students at the weekend.

Producer Timbaland has been chosen to receive an award from Ireland's prestigious Trinity College Dublin.

Supermodel Naomi Campbell is to speak to Trinity College philosophy students later this month, it emerged today.

Trinity is once more defiantly giving voice to the man who called Ireland a legitimate terror target — but this time moderates of his creed join the debate, writes Caroline O’Doherty.

Supermodel Naomi Campbell and Hollywood actor Harrison Ford are among the stars lined up to speak to philosophy students at Trinity College in coming weeks.

Actress Joanna Lumley will lift the lid on her life today at Dublin’s Trinity College.

Hollywood legend Al Pacino will collect a prestigious gong at Dublin’s historic Trinity College today.

WHEN Oscar-winning actor Al Pacino agreed to address Trinity College’s Philosophical Society, he was merely following in a long line of distinguished figures which includes writers, academics, international politicians, and even “the Hoff.”

BRITISH MP George Galloway was taking legal advice yesterday on whether to sue a man he alleges defamed him during a heated debate in Cork on Monday night.

THE flag of Islam should be flown over Leinster House, an Islamic extremist said last night.

The flag of Islam should be flown over Leinster House, an Islamic extremist said tonight.

A retired British army leader tonight hit out at counterfeit Irish republicanism for endangering the future of peace on the island.

AN ALL-ROUND honours student who debated his way around the world while at college was named UCC’s Graduate of the Year yesterday.

A ROW over taking a photograph of IRA guns being destroyed is the latest stumbling block threatening to crash the North’s peace talks.

The Taoiseach has said the Irish and British governments are prepared to make changes to the operation of the 1998 Peace Agreement in order to restore the Northern Assembly at Stormont.

Infamous US porno actor Ron Jeremy is to address students in Trinity College Dublin as a guest of the college's Philosophical Society.

AFTER reading your supplement on Cork 2005 (Irish Examiner, October 8) I was disappointed to find no mention of the fact that Cork is hosting the European Debating Championships in March of next year.

THE world of student politics seems to be every bit as turbulent as life within Bertie’s Cabinet as a row between different student groups at Trinity College Dublin over a glamour model and porn star stunt escalated into a bigger storm in a D-cup.

A PAGE 3 model is about to add a touch of glamour to the usually sober proceedings of the world’s oldest undergraduate society when she becomes guest of honour at this year’s Trinity College Fresher Week.