UCD Indian Society Celebrate Holi Festival
UCD’s Indian Society celebrated Holi on 29th March 2019. Preparations for the festival began weeks in advance. It was a charity event sponsored by The Hope Foundation, which is a…
Opinion: We Deserve Better Than UCDSU’s Project 392 Mental Health Campaign
CW: Mental Illness, Suicide 392: It’s the number of suicides the Central Statistics Office recorded for 2017 in Ireland. UCD students have probably had enough of seeing this number, on…
The Student Levy: Another Slap In The Face Of Every Student
Every year around Christmas, Dublin’s Grafton Street becomes the venue for a monster busking session by a number of high-profile Irish musicians, usually including the likes of Bono and Glen…
The ‘Politits’ Podcast: Patriarchy, Post-Repeal And Jordan Peterson
Politits, the political radio show with a feminist twist on Belfield FM, which first ran in 2016-17, is back but in podcast form with Politics students Hazel Nolan and Aoife…
Uprooted: A Photo Exhibition On Child Refugees
As part of Refugee Awareness Week, Student Group ‘UCD Welcomes Refugees’ had a UNICEF exhibition called ‘Uprooted’ on display in the O’Brien Centre for the entire week. The exhibition was…
College Tribune Editor Applications Open for 2019/20
Job Description: The work of the editor or two co-editors is a demanding and full-time role. It involves producing the print issues fortnightly over the college year, as well as…
Year In Review: Sabbatical Officers
After spending the last month pouring over this year’s UCDSU candidate’s manifestos; asking quizzing them on their experience and their plans to implement their ‘big ideas’, we began to reminisce…
Fianna Fail Member Has Locus Standi To Challenge Unconstitutional Law
A member of political party Fianna Fail brought proceedings to the Supreme Court to challenge the constitutionality of a provision in the Electoral Act 1997. Originally, the litigant, Brian Mohan,…
Neanderthal DNA In Our Populations: Yea Or Nay?
The Neanderthals might have left our planet 40, 000 years ago, but they have not completely faded. They’re still a part of us, existing through our genes. The Neanderthals appeared…
The Sins Of The Father
The fallout from Sean Quinn’s fall from grace continues. Mr Quinn’s five children, Colette, Ciara, Sean Jr., Aoife, and Brenda currently face proceedings in the High Court against Irish Bank…
It’s Time For Rugby To Address It’s Rampant Doping Culture
“What’s the dirtiest sport around?” This was the question that was put to the CEO of UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) recently. Her answer? Not cycling, not athletics, but rugby. Yes, rugby…