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Berkeley Library at Trinity College
Indeed, Berkeley’s name may be removed from the Trinity library pending the outcome of the college’s two-year examination into its links with slavery and the British empire. Patrick Prendergast, Trinity’s provost, said when announced the university’s Colonial Legacies project last month, that the interrogation of its history was sparked off by “debates that arose from the Black Lives Matter movement”.
Trinity will research legacy issues such as how it redeveloped its curriculum to educate colonial civil servants and exported colonial ideologies to the rest of the British empire.
It will also look at connections between college departments and imperial activities in India, Africa and East Asia, as well has how its academic, librarians and other staff sourced precious manuscripts in Asia and zoological, botanical and anatomical specimens that form the backbone of its teaching collections. “We will have to ask ourselves what to do wit
A move by three tech giants in the US to shutdown Parler - a social media platform favoured by Donald Trump supporters - has renewed debate over freedom of speech online.
In the wake of the US Capitol riots earlier this month, Apple and Google removed Parler from their app stores, while Amazon Web Services stopped hosting the company on its servers.
All three argued Parler had not done enough to moderate content posted on its platform.
Associate Professor in UCD s Sutherland School of Law TJ McIntyre said of the Parler shutdown: This is the first time we ve seen this response to the platform.
Tributes paid to memory of Old Man Belfield who died at UCD
Gardaí confirmed late last night that they are investigating all of the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a body of a 71-year-old man in Belfield
Michael Byrne had become a fixture of campus life and was remembered with fond affection. File picture.
Tue, 12 Jan, 2021 - 09:29
Ciarán Sunderland
Tributes have been paid to the memory of a homeless man affectionately known “Old Man Belfield” who died yesterday.
Named by University College Dublin (UCD) as Michael Byrne, it is understood the man was found around 12pm.
In a statement the university said: “Michael Byrne, affectionately known as “Old Man Belfield” by students and staff, sadly passed away on Monday 11 January 2021.