Breslin Wins Welfare
Rachel Breslin claimed the victory in this year’s Students’ Union Welfare election race, finishing ahead of Regina Brady and Lorna Danaher. Breslin’s success ensured that next year’s sabbatical team includes a woman for the first time since 2007/2008. A total of 4,941 valid votes were cast in this year’s Welfare election, with 153 students votes [...]
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De Brún takes presidency, while Geoghegan beats RON and is elected to the position of Education Officer. Breslin for Welfare, Lacey for C&C and Darcy for Ents.
Hustings Heat Up 24 Hours before Election
A second round of UCD Students’ Union (UCDSU/SU) sabbatical candidate hustings took place last night. The event, which was organised by Belfield FM, was held in Theatre L in the Newman Building and was broadcast live online. Candidates from the Campaigns and Communications (C&C), Education, Welfare and the Presidential race took part in the occasion, [...]
Candidates Debate at Law Soc Hustings
Last Thursday night, a packed Theatre M played host to the 100th session of the Law Society’s Student Union sabbatical Election hustings. Candidates were heavily represented by their respective campaign teams in the audience and each was greeted with loud cheers when introduced by the auditor of the Law Society, Kieran McCarthy. Each candidate was [...]
Welfare Candidate: Rachel Breslin
“I want to be the candidate that everyone can approach.” A key asset for a prospective Welfare officer, and Rachel Breslin is confident she fulfils that criteria. “A lot of Welfare is about one-on-one confidential issues. I want to be the one who can help everyone with their problems, and that’s my reason for [...]
Welfare Candidate: Regina Brady
Regina Brady, for the first time, hesitates. “It’s a tough one. I think, of all of them, personal cases are the priority of the Welfare Officer. If one person didn’t commit suicide, if one person didn’t have a road accident, I think that would probably be the most achievement you could feel”. It was evidently [...]
Welfare Candidate: Lorna Danaher
The problem with the Welfare Officer”, according to Lorna Danaher, “is that people often don’t see how useful it is until you need it yourself.” Publicising the benefits of the position is something that is becoming more pressing, according to the second year Business and Law student. “The main reason people go to see the [...]