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Countless Losses, Costs, and Failed Diplomacy: The Motives Behind the US-Israel-Iranian War

Editor — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:53:30 +0000

The joint US-Israeli assault on Iran that began on February 28 and killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has already cost thousands of lives and billions of dollars. With Tehran’s retaliation on US and Israeli military assets across the Gulf, hitting the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuwait, Manama, Doha, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain, the […]

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Economic Barriers to the Bar: An Interview with Rebecca Hanratty, Barrister and Former DEIS Student

Editor — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:46:07 +0000

The Irish Independent’s 2025 feeder schools data revealed that 59% of students from DEIS schools progressed to third-level education, a drop from 64% in 2024. This finding contrasts sharply with the 91% of students from fee-paying schools progressing to third level in 2025, illustrating an increasing class divide in access to higher education. These growing […]

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Venezuela: Perspectives from Both Sides of the Law

Editor — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 23:24:55 +0000

International law – that phrase often summons an image of suited-up lawyers and prosecutors walking in glass buildings and speaking a language that none of us understands. That staple of 20th-century bureaucratic peacekeeping has never been too extreme in its judgments, when it comes to the recent US attack and abduction of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás […]

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Cost of Renting County Leitrim now less than a Village Dorm

Editor — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:16:10 +0000

Last month, it was announced that UCD once again claimed the crown for the most expensive on-campus accommodation in Ireland, with an en-suite at Village 3 costing €11,888 for the year. Turbine investigators have found that for the same price of a shoebox with no oven and mould that dates back to the Celtic Tiger, […]

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RTÈ To be Funded Through Oxygen Consumption Tax

Editor — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:13:43 +0000

Over the last few years, many questions have been raised about the funding of the national broadcaster, RTÉ. Many feel that the TV License system is “unfair,” “outdated,” or, in the words of one disgruntled taxpayer, “daylight fecking robbery.” In a rare case where the government addresses an issue long after public outrage has died […]

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Book of Kells Sequel Leaked on Reddit

Editor — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:12:25 +0000

Trinity College Dublin is in turmoil after the sequel to the only good piece of literature they’ve produced in 11 centuries was leaked on Reddit last week. The university, a tourist attraction in the city centre that occasionally dabbles in the exercise of educating its students, is best known for this old book that it […]

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The Academic Instruments of Power: The UCD Encampment’s Fight Against Systematic Soft Violence and the European Pro-Palestine Movement

Editor — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 13:52:13 +0000

In early September, as new and returning students stepped foot onto the N11 entrance of the Belfield Campus, they were greeted by the sight of waving flags, anchored tents, and in big bold letters, a message: “Break the academic chains of zionism”. More than a year since the previous encampment’s divisive conclusion, protesters have regrouped […]

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The Crisis of Meaning: An Absence of Intellectual Figures in the 21st Century

Editor — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 13:47:39 +0000

The search for meaning has long consumed the minds of generations. English professors will teach students that writers such as Eliot and Joyce were searching for new philosophies at a time of secularisation and the fall of empires. Their era played on people’s survival instincts, after life as they knew it in WWII was destroyed. […]

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Thousands of Protesters Attend “Not in our UCD” Rally

Editor — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 20:19:29 +0000

Thousands of protestors attended the “Not in Our UCD” rally on March 4. The protest was held in solidarity with a UCD Medicine student who was a victim of rape and image-based sexual assault (IBSA). The demonstration began outside O’Reilly Hall before moving to the Quad outside the Health Science building. The demonstration was called […]

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EU Divisions Deepen as Hungary Blocks €210bn Ukraine Aid

Editor — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 17:38:52 +0000

On the 24th February 2022, Russia began its illegal invasion of Ukraine. Four years on, the European Union (EU) is increasingly divided on its relationship with both Ukraine and Russia. In December of 2025, EU governments struggled to reach an agreement on underwriting a proposed €210 billion financial assistance program for Ukraine, despite support from […]

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Grilling Enzo Crothers: UCDSU Presidential Candidate

Editor — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 17:30:50 +0000

Enzo Crothers is a Stage 3 History and Politics student. He is running uncontested for the role of UCDSU President. He has previous experience both on and off campus that he believes would benefit him greatly in the role of president. He was a committee member for both the History Society and the Politics and […]

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2026 Sabbatical Officer Elections: Husting’s Highlights

Editor — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 19:41:17 +0000

On 25 February the candidates running for election in the UCD Students’ Union (SU) met in the Science Hub for hustings. Candidates were given the opportunity to highlight their goals if elected and also answered questions from students and student media. The Race for President Enzo Crothers is a third-year History and Politics student. He […]

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Hollywood Has No Limits: Until it Comes Down to Making a Book-Accurate Film

Editor — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 15:01:48 +0000

In the past decade, Hollywood has been churning out book-to-film adaptations at industrial speed. They follow a well-curated plan to do so. The story was already known to the public before casting began, generating excitement for the film’s release. When these films are announced, Hollywood executives rely on the author’s pre-existing fanbase to give the […]

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