TU Dublin Students Union (SU) Executive is made up of eight full-time officers, undertaking specific duties and responsibilities in targeted areas that seek to promote and advocate for students. With the President as the overall chief spokesperson of the Union, four other overall roles work under the remit of the President representing students in their work area, these are: the VP for Academic Affairs, VP for Events and Engagement, VP for Communications and Media and VP for Welfare and Equality.
The final three positions within the Executive are geographically-based, whom represent, but are not exclusive to, the three core campus areas of TU Dublin. These geographically-based Officers are known as: Campus VP for Blanchardstown Campus, Campus VP for City Campus and Campus VP for Tallaght Campus.
President- Shauna O’Toole
Shauna is the new President of TU Dublin Students' Union she is the chief spokesperson and representative of the SU. She was previously the VP for Academic Affairs and has learned a lot in that role. She is looking forward to representing the student population and ensuring they have the best experience possible while here in TU Dublin. She is a graduate of the Film & Broadcasting course based in the East Quad. Shauna was heavily involved with the Access Service during her degree and hopes to apply those experiences to her term as President.
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Fun Fact: Shauna is obsessed with Sylvanian Families
Email: president@tudublinsu.ie
VP for Academic Affairs- Sheran Bahadir
Sheran studied 'Computing with AI and Machine Learning' and served as the Campus Vice President for Tallaght campus last year.
This year, she is returning as the VP for Academic Affairs, and aims to enhance your college experience through extensive lobbying. Her goals for the year include getting an updated academic calendar, promoting curriculum diversity and abolishing repeat fees!
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Fun Fact: Sheran can play 11 instruments!
Email: academic.affairs@tudublinsu.ie
VP Communications and Media- Ema Radlinskaite
Ema is the VP for Communications and Media for the academic year 2024/2025. She completed her degree in Human Resource Management in TU Dublin before taking on this role. She was a student councillor, class rep, and student staff member during her time as a student.
Ema is responsible for providing information to students about the activities happening within the university, promoting events/services offered by the SU and working on the Media Outlet project.
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Fun fact: Ema’s favourite gaming console is her Nintendo Switch Lite and her favourite game is Cult of the Lamb.
Email: comms.media@tudublinsu.ie
VP for Welfare & Equality- Fatima Said
Fatima Said Abshir is the VP of Welfare and Equality at TU Dublin, where she advocates for student welfare and equality. Of Somali descent and raised in Kenya, Fatima brings a unique perspective to her role, championing diversity and inclusion within the university community. She has extensive experience in humanitarian work, having spent five years with the international charity organization, Human Appeal. Currently, Fatima is an international student pursuing a Master's degree in Public Affairs and Political Communications, combining her academic pursuits with her commitment to social justice.
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Fun fact: Fatima can speak three languages, Kiswahili, English and Somali
Email: welfare.equality@tudublinsu.ie
VP for Events & Engagement- Princewill Aguele
Princewill Aguele is the VP for Events and Engagements. He is an international student from Nigeria currently pursuing an MSc in Applied Cybersecurity.
Princewill holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the Benson Idahosa University, Nigeria. Before joining TU Dublin for his master's Program, he worked as a branding consultant for concept61 in Nigeria with clients like Jameson, Hennessey and various others.
Princewill’s key areas of work will focus on cultural and diversified events that cater to the general population of the student body regardless of background, making the campus welcoming and engaging for everyone.
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Fun fact: Princewill's favourite football team is Bendel Insurance F.C.
Email: events@tudublinsu.ie
VP for Blanchardstown- Esmeraldi Doda
Esmeraldi is the incoming Campus VP for Blanchardstown. He had studied a year in the course “Games Design” before switching and completing a four-year honours degree in Business Studies in Blanchardstown.
Esmeraldi has represented his class as Class Rep for three consecutive years during his studies in which he has learnt various skills which can be transferred into this current role as CVP for Blanchardstown.
Esmeraldi nominated himself for the SU Elections (March 2024) as he is passionate about change and improvements within the Blanchardstown Campus and thus went for the role of Campus VP of Blanchardstown.
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Fun Fact: Esmeraldi's favourite anime is One Piece
Email: blanchardstown@tudublinsu.ie
VP for Tallaght- Naomi Sebastine
Naomi Sebastine is the CVP of Tallaght Campus.
She has just recently graduated from a a Bachelor of Science degree in Bioanalytical Science. She has been involved with representation of students over the last four years as a class representative for her course, and volunteering as a call taking volunteer for NiteLine. Naomi was also the NiteLine public face for TU Dublin.
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Fun fact: Naomi has two degrees at 20.
Email: tallaght@tudublinsu.ie
VP for City- Peter McCann
Peter is the returning Vice President for the City Campus. He is a recent Electrical and Electronic Engineering graduate. Starting all the way back in Bolton Street and moving to Kevin Street before finally finishing in Grangegorman, he’s seen it all. Over the last two years he has served as a class representative as well as a student councillor. Peters main objectives this year are to focus on the student engagement and facilities in the TU Dublin city campuses. He wants to continue to work on campus facilities and to give students the best campus experience.
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Fun fact: Karpackie is Peter’s favourite beer!
Email: city@tudublinsu.ie
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The Executive (Full-Time Officers) Meeting Memos and Minutes
The Executive, made up of the TU Dublin SU Full-Time Officers, have weekly meetings every Tuesday. below you can find the reports and meeting notes from these meetings.
Semester 1 AY 23/24:
Semester 2 AY 23/24: