Government Oversight Isn’t A Silver Bullet| Editorial
This spring, a bill is set to undergo review regarding an amendment to the Higher Education Act 1971. The bill would give power to The Dept of Education in removing…
UCD Must Properly Honour The Memory of Michael Byrne | Editorial
An ever-present fixture on UCD’s campus for years, Michael Byrne (affectionately known by students and staff as ‘Old Man Belfield’) passed away on January 11, 2021. Beloved by students and…
UCD’s Silence on Vaccine Trials is Deafening, We Demand An Apology | Editorial
Between 1960 and 1973, medical researchers from University College Dublin (UCD) conducted unethical vaccine trials on children in Ireland’s mother-and-baby homes. Professor Patrick Meenan and Dr Irene Hillery of the…
University Of Limerick Offer Free Covid-19 Tests To Students On Campus
University Of Limerick (UL) are offering their students Covid-19 tests free of charge. The tests are to be provided for students who are returning to their family homes for Christmas.…
€250 Refund Does Not Cover a Law Book | Editorial
Included in the 2021 budget announced in October was a €50 million fund for the department of Higher and Further Education to be distributed to all EU undergraduate and postgraduate…
Ireland is not a safe place for women, not even online|Editorial
T/W: Sexual Abuse Ireland is not an ideal country to be a woman in. History has shown us this time and time again but last week’s news of a Discord…
Revenge Porn Leaks: What happened, what’s being done, what’s next?
An online protest is provisionally organised for November 28th to demand the Government to bring in laws which will protect victims of image-based sexual abuse – incidents where sexually explicit…
Why We Don’t Report It | Student stories
Trigger warning : Sexual assault & Harassment. The threat of sexual harassment and assault seems to be constant in women’s lives. Many times women put up with harassment or address…
Mid-November Netflix Recommendations
American History X ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ American History X is arguably one of the most important movies made with a social purpose in recent history. Derek Vinyard, the protégé to the Neo-Nazi…
UCD Lecturer warns Oireachtas that the Climate Bill will not deliver necessary emission cuts
Dr. Andrew Jackson, Assistant Professor of Environmental Law and Policy, Planning Law and Climate Change Law in the Sutherland School of Law, spoke before a Joint Committee of the Oireachtas…
UCD To Re-Introduce ‘Yes Detriment’ Policy | Turbine
After much confusion and anxiety regarding whether University College Dublin would re-implement the already proven ‘Yes detriment policy’, Student Union President and bearer of bad news Conor Anderson confirmed the…
“Absolutely Not”: UCD’s Response to Student Calls for Reimplementation of No Disadvantage Policy | Editorial
Back in April, students and lecturers alike had their lives greatly impacted by the introduction of online learning as a result of the ongoing pandemic. It became clear that the…