18/07/2024
TRINITY’S DEFINITION DILEMMA
HAVING FACED down the college authorities in May over ties between Trinners and Israeli institutions, the TCD Students’ Union and the Trinity Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions group can’t have been overly impressed with last month’s decision to award former Belgian prime minister and hardcore Nato advocate Herman Van Rompuy an honorary degree. Of more concern, however, will be the calls for Trinity to “consider adopting” the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) definition of antisemitism.
Goldhawk asked Trinity if there had been any moves towards adopting the IHRA definition and was told: “As part of its work on race...