UCD Pushes Ahead With Planned Private Club
UCD is moving ahead with its planned construction of a Private Club at O’Reilly Hall. The university was granted planning permission back in April to build a two-storey extension onto…
Barry Murphy: “I In No Way Support the Views or Agenda of the Campaign Group FOCC.”
Campaigns and Communications Officer and Acting President Barry Murphy has denied that he has had any talks with the Freedom of Choice Coalition UCD. The denial comes as the group…
Presidential Profiles: Rebecca Hart
Current Position: Final year Nursing student from Wicklow. Main policy: Making UCD campus more accessible for everyone. Other policies: Lobbying for more car parking spaces and lobbying for better food…
What Does It Mean to be a Man Today?
International Men’s Day takes place on November 19th each year. This year, the UCD Student’s Union has made a conscious effort to celebrate the day. The objectives of International Men’s…
French Ambassador Visits UCD French Society
The French Ambassador to Ireland, Stéphane Crouzat, visited the UCD French Society on Thursday evening to talk about Irish/French relations, Brexit, and the future of the European Union. Welcomed by…
Petitions On Optional SU Membership & DCUSU’s Abortion Stance Gain Enough Signatures.
Two petitions launched in Dublin College University (DCU) have gained enough signatures to be considered for referenda to be put to students. The petitions needed to gather signatures from 2.5%…
Education Leads to Better Health
Education plays a huge role in impacting health outcomes. This essay aims to outline how education is interrelated to health outcomes in terms of obesity, life expectancy, infant mortality and…
Childhood Obesity: The Role of Primary Schools
Childhood obesity is a problem in society like any other, although it is not just a passive epidemic. Like most issues there is a cause and effect relationship. Over the…
Babies in Ireland Have Increasing Addictions to Class A Drugs
Heroin is one of the most addictive drugs in the world with even one dose leading to addiction. The numbers of Irish heroin addicts have sharply increased with 650 new…
‘Fat Chance in An Unequal Society’ – The Correlation Between Inequality & Obesity
The relationship between inequality and health is often discussed in a negative light in any given society. This assignment will provide evidence on how the choice of food and nutrition…
A History Of Medicinal Cannabis
Medicinal cannabis seems like one of the health topics du jour but it has a long history grounded in medical research. In 1841, an Irishman named William Brooke O’Shaughnessy noticed…
Ireland Face Aviva Cup Final Tie After Goalless Draw
‘Easy to read, difficult to beat’. The Denmark manager, Age Hareide, took no satisfaction from the fact that his pre-match assessment of this Republic of Ireland team turned out to…