Is the Student Centre pool really Olympic standard? | UCD MythBusters | An Fócas
Some of you may have heard the rumours that UCD’s pool isn’t what it seems. The most popular stories going around tell a hilarious story, but is it true? Rumour…
New Signings Star in UCD Friendly Win over Longford Town
University College Dublin (UCD) began their preparations for the upcoming SSE Airtricity First Division 2021 season with a 2-1 friendly against newly promoted Premier Division side Longford Town at the…
COVID-19 Aids Unlikely Without “Organisation of Students” | Ruairí Power
UCDSU President Conor Anderson and Welfare Officer Ruairí Power met with the Registrar and Deans on Wednesday to discuss new COVID-19 aids for students. The proposed accommodations include waiving resit…
Trinity to Investigate Historic Links to Slavery
Trinity College Dublin is set to embark on a two-year investigation of its historical links to slavery and colonialism. The College expects that the project will “examine, interrogate and reflect…
‘Old Man Belfield saved my life’ | An Fócas
On a wet and windy night in 1990’s Dublin, second year Arts student Gisèle Scanlon was making her way onto University College Dublin’s Belfield campus. “You wouldn’t expect the dog…
Maidens na Gaeilge 2021: Babhta a Dó
Oíche aréir ar an 19ú Feabhra thit an dara hoíche de Bhabhta a Dó den chomórtas Maidens na Gaeilge 2021 amach ar líne agus bhí The College Tribune i láthair.…
How Climate Change has increased the risk of Pandemics
The COVID-19 pandemic, or rather a version of it, has been sitting in the human race’s rear-view mirror for quite some time, approaching and accelerating. Both epidemiologists and climate change…
Prizes to be Won at UCD’s Virtual Daffodil Day 2021
Traditionally, on the last day of college before Easter break, we would see students flooding the campus with little yellow caps hosting the Rugby Club’s Daffodil day in aid of…
Leaving Certificate to Proceed in June, Calculated Grades Option Available
The government announced yesterday that the 2021 Leaving Certificate examinations will proceed this June, after months of indecision and uncertainty. Students will have the alternative option of applying for predicted…
Anderson Defends UCDSU Response to Covid-19 Guidelines in LnH Debate
UCDSU President Conor Anderson spoke in the Literary and Historical Society’s debate this Wednesday, defending the motion: “This House Supports the SU’s Response to UCD’s Covid Guidelines.” Many students have…
Lord Mayor Hazel Chu to speak at UCD Women in Leadership Conference
Lord Mayor Hazel Chu will speak at the 6th Arthur Cox UCD Women in Leadership Conference to be hosted in University College Dublin (UCD) on the 24th and 25th of…
UCD Life Society Claim “Unsafe Vaccines Can Cause Autism”
On the morning of Tuesday the 16th of November ‘UCD Life Society’ shared a Facebook Post, which was quickly removed. The post was deemed to have content, which surrounded vaccines,…