What’s It Oil About?
Much discussion and column inches have been devoted to the recent slump in oil prices without much clarity being offered to the three most important questions: why the price is…
Ediorial: Don’t give them your hatred, give them your pity
Last week it was announced that a group called PEGIDA (Patriotische Europäer gegen die Islamisierung des Abendlandes) will, with the assistance of political party Identity Ireland, be launched this Saturday,…
A Portrait of a Kerryman as a Young UCD Student
“I wanted real adventures to happen to myself. But real adventures, I reflected, do not happen to people who remain at home: they must be sought abroad.” ? James Joyce,…
BiggerBetterBiggerBetter
There’s been a bit of commotion lately. Dublin City Council has decided they’re reducing the standard size of apartments and our citizens just aren’t having it. We’d be mad to…
Review: Downfall
Sinead Keane reviews one of German cinema’s masterpieces, Downfall. Released in 2004, the film follows the emotionally complex course of Adolf Hitler’s final days. The main action takes place in…
UCDAFC Announce Signings Ahead of New Season
UCD AFC announced three new signings ahead of the new season, Jason Byrne, Brian Shorthall and Cathal Brady all joining the club. Georgie Kelly has also signed for the first…
Rovers Roll Over Underperforming UCD
UCDAFC took on Shamrock Rovers in the UCD Bowl on Friday night in a preseason friendly. College, losers in last year’s playoff game to Finn Harps are looking to go…
200 in Facebook Chat Sharing & Rating Photos of Girls
It is believed a private Facebook groupchat with as many as 200 members is active among male students in UCD, in which members share and rate stories and pictures of…
Rag Week Returns
UCD’s Rag week has returned to campus after a near decade absence. The events of the week, which runs from February 1st to 5th include those organised by UCDSU and…
News in Focus: Technological Universities Bill 2015
Third-level education in Ireland is set for a massive structural change with the Technological Universities Bill 2015. The Bill sets out the framework for allowing Institutes of Technology to merge…
Council and Executive Meeting minutes not updated in almost 12 months
Minutes of UCDSU’s Union Council, which directs the policy of the students’ union, as well as those of the Union Executive, which oversees its day to day running have not…
A Suicide “Epidemic”
“Nobody wants to talk of the fact that men are killing themselves in droves”, exclaimed Milo Yiannopoulos to the packed crowd in Theatre L of the Newman Building. These comments…