Trinity Students Fined €214k as Gaza Camp Set Up
Matt Fox | 03 May 2024 | BBC News
One of Ireland's top universities has “essentially declared a war on the student body” after it fined its students' union €214,000 (£183,000) over campus protests, according to its president.
Trinity College Dublin (TCD) students have demonstrated against the university's response to the war in Gaza as well as proposed course fee hikes and increased accommodation costs.
"It represents an ill-fated attempt to intimidate, harass and threaten the student movement," the students' union president, László Molnárfi, told BBC News NI.
TCD cited a loss of income as a result of recent protests at the Book of Kells tourist attraction, which is located on the university campus, but said it supported the right to protest.
Mr Molnárfi said the student body intended to "escalate" its campaign.
On Friday night students set up an "encampment for Palestine" on the Trinity College campus….