So You Want to go to Drama School?
I’ll never forget morning I met Peter Campion. My dad had organised the meeting, as I was eager to meet a real working actor. I was sitting in a coffee…
Defining Dublin Style
Paris, c’est chic. Berlin ist einfach cool. But Dublin? How can the style of Dublin be defined? Here in the capital we have a vast scale of unique sets of…
the best small country in the world in which to play football
Ireland defeated Germany on Thursday night to keep themselves in contention for automatic qualification for France 2016. Shane Long’s second-half strike gave Ireland their most impressive home competitive victory since…
NexusUCD’s Neuromod Receives €5.5m Funding for Pioneer Treatment
The Irish medical device company Neuromod has recently received an initial €5.5 million in Series A funding from a venture capital fund Fountain Healthcare. Neuromod are based in UCD’s Industry…
Are PIIGS Bouncing Back?
The Rubber Band Effect theory has come up in discussions surrounding the launch of the Central Bank’s latest quarterly commentary. Chief economist Gabriel Fagan explained that the theory contends that…
Glen Hansard- ‘Didn’t He Ramble’
He sure did ramble and so too it seems did his musical imagination. Quite literally the Ballymun native has been cropping up here there and everywhere; from writing and performing…
Student Savings
Shamelessly asking is there a student discount every time you purchase something is going to save you a lot of pennies during your time in college. Sure, in most places…
SciSoc Raises Over €82,000 for Crumlin Hospital
UCD Science Society (SciSoc) raised and recently presented a cheque for over €82,000 to representatives from the Children’s Medical & Research Foundation (CMFR) at Crumlin Hospital. The money was raised…
UCD Staff Part of Search for New NCAD Director
Two of UCD’s senior staff members will be involved in the search for a new director of the National College of Art and Design (NCAD), after the college’s board met…
Slingshot Academy Aims to Help Secondary School Students Succeed
Secondary school students are being challenged to make better college choices when their turn to fill out the CAO comes around, thanks to a new educational charity run by a…
Times Higher Education Ranking Sees UCD Reclaim Top 200 Status
The Times Higher Education (THE) International University Rankings published for 2015 has seen UCD climb 53 places to sit in the 176th-200th bracket. The findings come following a disappointing 2014…
GNIB Slowdown hits International Students
The Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) has requested that students do not attend its offices at Burgh Quay in Dublin City Centre citing an inability to process the number of…