“Queen’s University Belfast has become the latest university in Ireland to announce it will end its investments in fossil fuels by 2025, following a year when a string of major institutions have joined the global divestment movement …” (more)
[Dominic McGrath and Sinéad Baker, University Times, 15 May]
“Queen’s University Belfast is set to disinvest from fossil fuels after a two-year student campaign. The university said it would remove investment from extraction and production companies by 2025 …” (more)
[BBC News, 16 May]
“NUI Galway (NUIG) has officially committed to divesting from fossil fuels by the end of 2017, following through on its pledge to do so in December 2016. The Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Society in NUI Galway were informed of the success of their divestment campaign on February 28th …” (more)
[John Conway, University Times, 13 March]
“The College Tribune can reveal that UCD currently does not invest in fossil fuel companies, according to documents viewed under the Freedom of Information act. This information was sought in light of a successful campaign led by Fossil Free TCD, which saw Trinity agree to divest its €6.1 million indirect investments in fossil fuel companies …” (more)
[College Tribune, 1 February]
“Trinity College has pledged to purge its endowments of direct investments in fossil fuels, embracing the battle against climate change. The move is largely symbolic, however, as the university holds just €6 million in shares linked to fossil fuel industries …” (more)
[Irish Times, 13 December]
“Trinity College Dublin has moved to sell as much as €6 million of fossil fuel company shares, including ExxonMobil and BP. The university’s endowment fund had also bought shares in Enbridge and Phillips 66, two companies linked to the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) project, according to Fossil Free TCD, the 15-month student campaign that precipitated the university’s policy …” (more)
[Mark Hilliard, Irish Times, 12 December]
“Students at NUI Galway (NUIG) have welcomed a commitment by the university’s president, Dr Jim Browne, to back divestment of €3.4 million worth of fossil fuel shares held by the college …” (more)
[Lorna Siggins, Irish Times, 7 December]
“As Green Week comes to an end, the news that Trinity will divest the €6.1 million it has indirectly invested in fossil fuel companies is a welcome finale. After months of sustained campaigning from Fossil Free TCD, the university is set to officially announce that they will divest, crediting the lobbying of student activists with this decision …” (more)
[University Times, 20 October]
“Trinity is to divest the €6.1 million it has indirectly invested in fossil fuel companies in a development that comes after months of lobbying and campaigning from campaign group Fossil Free TCD …” (more)
[Róisín Power and Dominic McGrath, University Times, 20 November]
“Having most notably been used as a technique to help end apartheid in South Africa, divestment is not a new concept. It is one, however, that has really only recently been brought to the attention of many Trinity students. Last year, Fossil Free TCD rapidly stormed into the headlines …” (more)
[Hannah Moody, University Times, 15 November]
“A petition of over 1000 signatures will be presented to the President of NUI Galway next week asking him to sell off the university’s shares in fossil fuels. The Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security society has published a report on fossil fuel investments at NUI Galway …” (more)
[Galway Bay FM, 14 November]
“€6.1m is a lot of money – it’s a national lottery prize, a small island in the Philippines, or 62,500 years’ worth of Spotify premium. It is also the approximate amount of money that College currently have invested in Fossil Fuels …” (more)
[Catherine Hearn, Trinity News, 13 November]
“The protest aims to draw attention to Trinity’s investments in three companies involved in the controversial US project, and its expected impact on nature and Native American lands …” (more)
[John Conway, University Times, 2 November]
“Fossil Free TCD’s tongue-in-cheek petition provides a novel way to draw attention to Trinity’s decision on divestment this November …” (more)
[Emma McCarthy, Trinity News, 23 October]
“An open letter calling on Trinity to divest from fossil fuels, signed by more than 80 public figures, including 27 Trinity professors and world-famous linguist Noam Chomsky, is to be formally presented to the College Board …” (more)
[Emer Gerrard, University Times, 14 March]
“Students who have been occupying part of Queen’s University Belfast’s administration building, calling for the university to sell shares it holds in fossil fuel firms, have agreed to end their sit-in after they reached an agreement with the university …” (more)
[Union of Students in Ireland, 17 December]
“Eleven Students are occupying a room in the Queens University Belfast (QUB) Administration building. The Group called ‘Fossil Free QUB’ has been there 3 days in protest of QUB’s failure to divest themselves of fossil fuels …” (more, video)
[Ben Tucker, Independent, 14 December]
“Sinn Féin MLA Chris Hazzard has called on Queens University Belfast (QUB) to divest from fossil fuel companies. Speaking in support of the student occupation of the QUB administration block Mr Hazzard stated …” (more)
[Sinn Féin, 14 December]
“Twelve students from Queen’s University Belfast’s (QUB) Fossil Free campaign group are three days into their occupation of the college’s administration building. The sit-in, led by QUB’s Students’ Union (QUBSU) Campaigns and Communications Officer …” (more)
[Niamh Moriarty, Trinity News, 13 December]
“About 15 students are occupying part of a Queen’s University Belfast building in protest at its failure to commit to divestment from fossil fuels. They have occupied a floor of the university’s administration building …” (more)
[Robbie Meredith, BBC News, 11 December]
