Ryan Blocks Irish Music Quotas
Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Transport Eamon Ryan has ruled out the implementation of quotas for Irish produced music on national radio, citing an incompatibility with EU law as…
Direct Provision Residents Undergo Hunger Strike, Protesting “Inhumane” Conditions
Residents of the Direct Provision Centre in Cahersiveen have gone on hunger strike to protest their “inhumane” living conditions. The hunger strike began on the morning of Tuesday July 28th…
Students May Attend Class Significantly Less Than UCD Are Promising, say UCD Academics
University College Dublin’s (UCD) plan for undergraduate students to attend between 40 and 60% of their classes in the Autumn Trimester may not reflect the reality for many students, according…
Thomas Grund: In Getting Students Back On Campus, Money Is All UCD Cares About | Op-Ed
It took months into the pandemic for University College Dublin (UCD) to realise that teaching in the autumn cannot go ahead as usual. Only on May 28th, UCD’s President Andrew…
It’s not easy being green | Conall Mac Dhonnagáin – PRO for UCD Young Greens
It's no secret that I am in favour of new leadership in the Green Party. I made that clear in my last piece; "Ryan Is Not The Green Messiah, He's…
No Messing Around This Time: UCD’s New Students’ Union President
The next President of University College Dublin’s (UCD) Students’ Union (SU) will be a familiar face to some. As this year’s Graduate Officer for the SU, Conor Anderson championed a…
That’s a wrap
As I sit here tearfully jotting down my final reflections as a post graduate student, I look back fondly at what’s changed since we started together back in February. Well…
UCD Results Leaked Before Official Release Date
In the past hour it has transpired that academic results for the Spring trimester of the academic year 2019/20 have been released to at least some UCD students on SISWEB.…
UCD Research: Failure to Address Poverty is Costing The State €4.5bn a Year
Poverty costs Ireland around €4.5bn a year according to ‘The Hidden Cost of Poverty’, a recent report, commissioned by the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul.
USI Expresses Disappointment at Lack of Plans to Reduce College Fees in Programme for Government
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has expressed disappointment at the lack of detail on how key aspects affecting students in the Programme for Government set out by Fianna…
UCD Clubhouse “Unlikely” to Reopen on 29th of June, says Manager
The UCD Clubhouse is “unlikely” to reopen on the 29th of June according to the establishment’s Manager. All pubs will be allowed to reopen from the 20th of July, although…
Rugby returns to UCD as Leinster to begin training again
Leinster rugby will begin training at their High-Performance Centre (HPC) on University College Dublin’s (UCD’s) Bellfield campus on Monday, after players had undergone testing earlier this week. As part of…