UCD Ball 2012 Photo Gallery
Here is a selection of images taken at this year’s UCD Ball by photographer Robert Manning. The full set of photos can be viewed on the Rob Manning Photography page on Facebook. Rob Manning Photography page on Facebook
UCD Students selected for Washington Ireland Program
Three UCD students will represent the college inWashingtonDCthis summer on the prestigious Washington Ireland Program (WIP). Conall Devlin (second year Business and Law), Christopher Day (third year Nursing) and Rebecca Dwyer (third year Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering) have been chosen as part of a group of 30 university students from Northern Ireland and the Republic [...]
Cash strapped University bails out Students’ Union
Thousands of bank transactions with no initial explanation SU to apply for €900,00o bank loan Evidence of some union staff being paid in cash Former SU Presidents say they are not to blame University paid for rescheduling of last year’s UCD Ball UCD Students’ Union accumulated a €1.4 million debt over a four year period, [...]
Mystery Surrounds SU’s Missing Million
-Union’s and university’s reporting structures unclear -SU President-elect says SU and University are both responsible for €1million debt that axed student services -Full accounts to be published on 12th April -Accounting investigation only goes back as far as 2007 -USI one of UCDSU’s major creditors UCD Students’ Union may be over €1 million in [...]
John Logue Elected USI President
UCD student John Logue is set to become the next President of the Union of Students in Ireland (USI). Logue was favoured over Ciarán Nevin, current DITSU President, by delegates gathered at this year’s USI Congress in Co. Galway. Logue will replace Gary Redmond, also a UCD student, who has spent two years at the [...]
De Brún backs low cost model for student bar
Pat de Brún, President of UCD Students’ Union, has stated that he is working with the Student Club committee on solutions for the future of the bar; including hiring a bar industry consultant to assist in the creation of a long-term business plan. De Brún states that while the members of the committee are working [...]
UCD students to vote on SU fees policy
The Students’ Union of UCD has announced a campus wide preferendum will take place in order to set the SU policy on third level funding. The referendum is set to be held Tuesday the 10th and Wednesday the 11th of April alongside the Union’s College Convener elections. This is the first time students have been [...]
Residents plagued by thefts
Following a number of thefts, students in on-campus Residences have been advised to “close all windows, lock your doors and do not leave any doors on the latch!” in an e-mail sent by the Manager of Residential Services Richard Brierley. One student who lives in the Belgrove Residences told the College Tribune that his apartment [...]
Darcy “heartbroken” over mystery tour
In an interview with the College Tribune Stephen Darcy, Entertainments Vice-President, said that he was “heartbroken” about the cancellation of the Mystery Tour which was scheduled to be held on Wednesday last. Cancelled due to poor ticket sales, Darcy stated that the loss made by the cancellation was minimal, “the only cost was the printing [...]
Olympics training campus unlikely for UCD
With the loss of the running track and the new swimming pool still unfinished, it seems that UCD’s hopes for a pre-Olympic training campus could be slipping away. UCD announced its bid for the training campus in April 2010, with Dr. Martin Butler noting in an interview with the University Observer that “teams will come [...]