Energia Community Series Suspended Under New Restrictions
On Thursday, the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) received clarity from government on the status of domestic rugby amid ongoing public health measures to curb the spread of COVID-19.
Hockey Matches Suspended Until Further Notice
In a statement issued this evening by Hockey Ireland, all hockey matches are to cease until further notice. The Board of Hockey Ireland met to discuss the postponement of matches…
Minister Harris launches €5 million National Student Mental Health Framework
The National Student Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Framework has been launched by Minister for Higher Education Simon Harris, in response to the growing concern surrounding student mental health and…
Minister for Higher Education to Graduate from Higher Education within next 3 years | TURBINE
Simon Harris, Fine Gael TD from Wicklow and current Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, has announced he will be taking night classes in Journalism with…
Virtual Careers Fairs 2020/21: Arts & Humanities Students Deemed too Unemployable to Attend | TURBINE
Arts and Humanities students have expressed discontent and concerns for equality after being exiled from upcoming UCD careers events, directed toward the more traditionally employable disciplines such as law, business…
Budget 2021 | Students the Winners with Big Investments
Every year the budget sparks a kind of giddiness as analysts and commentators meticulously examine the document to determine who are the ‘winners and losers.’ This year’s budget, announced amid…
UCD To Receive Over 8 Million in Research Funding
UCD will be provided with €8,273,620 of a €47 million euro fund for research contractors and research students whose work has been heavily impacted by Covid-19, Simon Harris has announced.…
€50 Million Financial Support Fund for Students in Budget 2021
The government budget for the coming year has been announced officially today including additional investment into third and higher-level education, bringing up total expenditure into education to €8.6 billion. A…
Free Registration For Societies Makes Finances Tight
UCD Societies Council has announced that all societies will be free to join for the academic year of 2020/21, due to the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions. The lack of the €2…
Broken Promises : UCD’s Handling Of The Global Pandemic | Editorial
In March, students left the Belfield campus, as they have every year for the welcomed two-week respite. But this time, they did not return. Covid-19 took the country into lockdown…
Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher | Album review
Phoebe Bridgers’ stunning new album Punisher perhaps gives 2020 something to celebrate. Although Bridgers established her title as a songstress through her 2017 debut Stranger in the Alps and through…
Ten Thousand Voices | How the Irish Music Industry is Tackling Direct Provision
The treatment of refugees in this country has become one of the many social justice issues the Irish music scene has adopted. While it is by no means a new…