Trinity FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centre) won Best Overall Society and Best Medium Society at tonight’s Central Societies Committee Society of the Year Awards, while DUPA won four awards, including Best Event.
DU Players snagged the award for Best Large Society, beating out the Phil and Law Soc, and this year’s Best Small Society award went to Trad Soc, who also won the Societies’ Choice award. The annual awards took place tonight in the O’Callaghan Alexander Hotel.
The Theological Society won Most Improved Society, which is no surprise to those who saw the much anticipated exorcist Father Fortea speak earlier this year.
Individual of the Year was awarded to Amy Chappelhow, DU Film’s Production Officer. This year’s Fresher of the Year award went to Cheryl Notaro from the Environmental Society, who organised November climate march.
DUPA, in addition to Best Event for Habitat, a photography exhibition shown in on-campus apartments, won Best Fourth Week Event for their spectacular light painting workshops and Best Online Presence. Habitat also won DUPA the Best Poster award. The poster was designed by Communications & Marketing Officer-Elect, Glen Byrne. The best multi-day event, a new award, was awarded to DUFilm for The Film Network.
The award for Best Collaborative Event went to An Cummann Gaelach, QSoc and Trad Soc for Éigse Thuar Ceatha, which saw the launch of the Trinity LGBT Staff Network.
The Trinity Arts Festival (TAF) programme once again won the Best Society Magazine award beating out Law Soc’s Law Shock and DUPlayer’s The Player. The Student Managed Fund (SMF) won the new Best Society Journal award for In Focus.
Edmund Heaphy also contributed reporting to this piece.
