Ryan Blocks Irish Music Quotas
Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Transport Eamon Ryan has ruled out the implementation of quotas for Irish produced music on national radio, citing an incompatibility with EU law as…
Warnings ‘ineffective’ in Battling Covid-19 ‘Fake News’ Says UCD Research
Governments and social media companies have not done enough to combat ‘fake news’ in recent months, according to a new study carried out by University College Dublin (UCD) and University…
UCD Football Returns Fresh and Unhindered after Months in Lockdown
The University College Dublin (UCD) Association Football Club (AFC) have come out of lockdown looking better than they did heading into it, in the first two weeks since the return…
FoodSoc Win Society of the Year in Online Award Ceremony
The Food Society won the top prize, Society of the Year at the Society of the Year Awards last Thursday. The winners of the awards were chosen by the UCD…
UCD’s Efforts Show a Dangerous Crusade to Attract Students at Any Cost | Opinion
Numbers seem to be everywhere these days. Be it the latest dosage of discovered coronavirus cases, the oft-repeated 2 metre mantra of social distancing or whatever that ‘R number’ claims…
UCD Spends Over €800,000 On Hotels Since 2016
University College Dublin (UCD) has accumulated over €800,000 in hotel expenses in the past 4 years, according to financial records acquired by The College Tribune. Nearly 40% of this amount…
Asylum Seekers Without Leaving Cert Can Access Third-Level Grants
Asylum Seeker applicants who have not completed the Leaving Certificate but have spent at least three years living in Ireland can now apply for third-level grants. Simon Harris, Minister for…
Incoming Freshers: All We Know So Far
First year undergraduate students entering University College Dublin (UCD) in 2020 will start lectures almost 3 weeks later than first-years in 2019. It is expected that the teaching term for…
UCD University Club Opens; Free For “Non-Members and Guests”.
The UCD University Club has announced it will be officially reopening on Tuesday, 4th of August, with numerous social distancing measures in place. The Club has remained closed since March…
TURBINE | The SU’s Ass: A Taste Test by The University Observer
To celebrate a wonderful year of being the propaganda arm of the UCD Students’ Union, we at The Turbine reached out to the staff of the University Observer to get…
Staycations Overwhelmingly Expensive for Young People | A Guide to Dublin Day Trips
With the government’s encouragements and a growing itch to travel post-lockdown, summer 2020 has been deemed to be the summer of enjoying all that Ireland has to offer; its long-winded…
“Finally, they are out of my basement” – At-risk parents delighted to rid themselves of 30-year-old millennial “children”
As the ongoing Coronavirus reaches its peak, we at The Turbine decided to interview families which had been negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. We focused on a few sample…