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Late on Tuesday the 2nd of December, the Dáil rejected a motion, brought forward by People Before Profit, to pay student nurses and midwives for working during the Covid-19 pandemic.…
The Dáil has voted against the motion to pay student nurses & midwives. The motion was brought to vote by People Before Profit on Wednesday December 2nd. All three government…
The Minister for Higher Education Simon Harris has announced that the Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) and Institute of Technology Tralee (ITT) will be dissolved and merged, to form the…
Considered by many to be the greatest band of all time, the Beatles were prolific in their output throughout the 1960s. From ‘Please Please Me’ to ‘Abbey Road’, the 60s…
T/W: Sexual Abuse and Child Abuse The founder of the UCD Rugby Academy and former Director of Rugby for University College Dublin (UCD), John McClean has pleaded guilty to multiple…
T/W: Sexual Abuse After it was revealed last month that a Discord server containing over 100,000 intimate images of Irish women was shared with over 500 participants, the University College…
The push for legalisation of cannabis has gained a huge increase of support across the globe in recent decades. Many different countries have begun to see Cannabis as less of…
A lack of student support and anger around the ‘No Detriment policy’ is the reason the University College Dublin Students’ Union (UCD SU) will no longer push for the Covid-19…
Five UCD start-ups will pitch their business plans at the UCD VentureLaunch accelerator programme on Wednesday, competing for seed investment of several million euro. The programme, run by NovaUCD, aims…
The University College Dublin Students’ Union (UCD SU) rejected a proposed rebate of €50 on the student levy from the University Management Team (UMT) on Monday. The offer came as…