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Trinity Today Spring 2022Éigse na Tríonóide Bhí sé go hiontach Éigse na Tríonóide a reáchtáil ar an gcampas tar éis dhá bhliain. Deis a bhí ann do mhic léinn, baill foirne agus muintir na cathrach cruinniú le chéile athuair chun an teanga a cheiliúradh. I measc na n-imeachtaí bhí ócáid ar Ghairmeacha le Gaeilge le haoichainteoirí ó earnálacha éagsúla, seisiún eolais ar intéirneachtaí atá á gcur ar fáil ag Údarás na Gaeltachta do mhic léinn na hollscoile, oíche siamsaíochta le Ciara Ní É agus Emma Ní Chearúil, seirbhísí creidimh i nGaeilge, agus Pop-Up Gaeltacht. Ba mhór dúinn an Propast, an Dr Linda Doyle, a bheith i Seomra na Gaeilge linn chun an fhéile a sheoladh. Caption: Provost with the An Cumann Gaelach student society’s Vice-Auditor, Clíodhna Nic Gafraigh, on the left, and Auditor, Rebecca Coxon, on the right and at the Éigse launch in Seomra na Gaeilge. Sauda J Simba Takes the Lead Sauda Jasmin Simba (BA Physiology, 1984), who is also known in Tanzania as Ma Sauda, is a woman of many talents. From lead actress to children’s books author, Sauda has done it all. While studying Human Physiology in Trinity, Sauda made friends with arts students who introduced her to a new world of music and theatre. This resulted in her becoming lead singer in a small jazz band called ‘Cheza’ and performing in a play which received rave reviews. Find out more about her journey to Tanzanian television fame. The Road Less Travelled to Education The Road Less Travelled is a new series from the Trinity Long Room Hub and Near FM Community Radio featuring current and past students from Trinity who have taken the road less travelled to education. We meet men and women from all walks of life who have overcome social barriers and surpassed prejudice and discrimination - all for the opportunity to study at third level and in Trinity’s Arts and Humanities. In this series, we celebrate different experiences in education, meeting fascinating people with unique life stories. Fashion pop up in line with Paris Fashion week The mother-daughter duo behind Irish slow fashion brand Mise Tusa, has launched their first international pop-up at the iconic Jardin du Palais Royal in the heart of Paris in line with Paris fashion week. The passionate team behind the brand is led by Trinity alumni Meritta Gorman – Geoghegan (PG Cert, Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship, 2020) & Bridget Geoghegan (PG Cert, Creative thinking, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 2021). The designers are in good company, sharing the space with internationally renowned labels including Manolo Blahnik and Sophie Hong. Their pieces are designed and created in their west of Ireland studio on the Wild Atlantic Way, made with a strong environmental and ethical conscience.Page 7Page 9

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As well as the Irish Anti-Apartheid League, he also founded the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) in 1976, with a mission to address what Mary Robinson called ‘twin challenges: the need to create political and personal space in Ireland through reform of the Constitution and laws, and the need to affirm standards of civil liberties in the context of the increasing violence in Northern Ireland.’ Fintan O’Toole, executive member of ICCL and a self-described ‘foot soldier’ in the anti-apartheid movement, recalled Asmal, in his Irish Times obituary, as ‘the bossiest man I ever knew – and the least authoritarian…He wasn’t a bully, but he did run meetings in a way that was utterly foreign to Irish shores. Discussion was quick, to the point and intended to be decisive. And the decisions were invariably the ones Kader wanted. People almost always found themselves agreeing with him, not just because he was charismatic and eloquent and possessed of a rigorous intelligence, but also because he was generally right.’ In his 27 years in Trinity, his influence was immense. He imbued generations of students with what Scannell calls ‘a spirit of altruism and service’, inspiring them to political activism. On the national stage, he drove the civil liberties movement and educated people on the evils of apartheid, culminating in the pivotal event that made headlines worldwide: the refusal of Dunnes Stores workers to handle South African produce in 1984. On his passing in 2011, at a large-scale gathering in the Mansion House to commemorate his life, Seamus Heaney called him ‘a tireless ambassador for the republic of conscience’. In 2012 the Department of Foreign Affairs established the Kader Asmal Fellowship Programme for students from South Africa to study at master’s level in Ireland.

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Izzy Wheels Ailbhe Keane, co-founder of Izzy Wheels, revolutionised wheelchair design by creating moveable covers, designed by cutting-edge artists and global brands. Currently an MBA student in Trinity, she talks about founding the company with her sister, Izzy, winning the EU Rising Innovators Prize and why so many artists want to work with them