LawSoc Host Traditional Dubs vs. Culchies Debate In-Person
Another year, another Dubs vs. Culchies debate! The 111th session of Lawsoc began last Friday with six speakers defending their home counties in front of the FitzGerald Chamber. The event…
UCD Freshers’ Week: A Recap of What Happened on Campus
Freshers’ week kicked off on Monday, 27th of September and although students are back on campus this year the events are still heavily restricted. There will be no registration or…
Clubs Delighted as Sports Return to UCD
Last week as students returned to a bustling campus many of us were taken aback to see the sheer numbers of the crowds. After months of an eerily quiet campus,…
CAO Points Rocket as 6 UCD Courses Hit 600 Points
CAO points have risen to a record high with students from the Leaving Certificate class of 2021 securing high grades. With more students receiving top grades than usual the CAO…
Taoiseach Under Fire Over Student Accommodation Crisis
The Taoiseach has promised to keep a ‘close eye’ on universities and colleges to ensure they ‘do not charge exorbitant rent’ after being challenged on the topic in the Dáil.…
A Second Year’s First Time on Campus Post-Pandemic
Missing out on your first year of college is undeniably hard. We’re told college is meant to be the best years of your life, and one of those years has…
Could COVID Save Clubbing?
Over 18 months ago nightclubs shut their doors and have still yet to reopen. The COVID-19 pandemic has decimated the clubbing industry. Alongside the thousands of jobs that have been…
Business Booms for UCD’s Highest CAO Points Course
The first round of this year’s CAO offers saw UCD’s highly rated Economics and Finance course become the first ever to require 625 points, the maximum attainable under the CAO…
The Return to Campus: Expectations, Policy and Responsibilities
This month marks the long-awaited return to campus life for many staff and students alike and while this may be largely welcomed as a return to some version of normality,…
Opinion: The Government’s Special Treatment of the GAA is Unfair
I don’t see the appeal of standing in a crowd of thousands of people at a sporting or music event while we’re still in COVID-19 times- that absolutely terrifies me.…
New Starts with the Horticulture Society
When the Horticulture Society’s auditor Laoise returned to UCD’s Belfield campus this year, she was aghast at the sight of Rosemont garden, the university society’s crown jewel. “Every weed imaginable…
UCDSU and Students Protest for Affordable Housing But Will Our Politicians and UCD Finally Listen?
It is that time of year again where students across Ireland scramble to find accommodation, but this year finding a place in Dublin has become even harder and UCD is…