Christmas Spending Boost Gives Hope After Difficult Year for Retail
Most people’s first thoughts when it comes to the Christmas season are of the presents, food, music, and time spent with family. However, lost amongst the many upsides of the…
Homeless Student Forced into Wetherspoons to Study
A 19-year-old student recently spoke of his lived experience with homelessness and how it has impacted his ability to study, The College Tribune has learned. The second-year English Literature student,…
Get Inspired With Our Gift Guide
With Thanksgiving and Black Friday out of the way, whether you like it or not, it is time to start thinking about Christmas shopping. Dreaded by some and loved by…
Editorial: Students to Suffer From UCD’s Exam Cop-Out
This editorial was written as 5,600 positive cases of COVID-19 were reported in Ireland. The day before, for (approximately) the 625th day in a row our phones buzzed with the…
USI Lead Nationwide ‘F#ck the Fees’ Protests
The week of the 23rd of November saw a three day series of protests organised by the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) held in Cork, Galway and Dublin with…
Campus CLOSED Due to Storm Barra
UCD has announced the closure of the Belfield and Blackrock campuses as well as the postponement of the scheduled graduation ceremonies scheduled for tomorrow, the 7th of December. A UCD…
Government’s Free Antigen Test Fund Praised by IUA
The Irish Universities Association (IUA) has welcomed the government’s €9 million fund to provide free COVID-19 antigen tests to third-level students. The fund will be available to higher education institutions…
UCD Professor William Gallagher Wins SFI Award
The Science Foundation of Ireland (SFI) announced its 2021 award winners at the annual SFI Science Summit last month. This year, Professor William Gallagher from the UCD School of Biomolecular…
UCD President Andrew Deeks to RESIGN
In a special bulletin, UCD President Andrew Deeks has announced his intention to resign from the role in April 2022. Deeks is currently the 9th President of UCD having taken…
Elitist College Tribune Co-Editors Rank UCD Celebrities
11. Nathan Old Or young… whatever is more fitting for his age. This guy is known for printing his paper on the tallest sheets so you can use them as…
NUIG Consider Rebranding Due to Confusion Surrounding its Name
The National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) is to consider changing its title to ‘University of Galway’. This rebranding is reportedly due to ambiguity surrounding the university’s name, as well…
Small Soc Spotlight – Arts Society
Something that I believe should have more attention in our little campus community is our small societies. Ergo, the Tribune has decided (as a collective) to do a small soc…