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In anticipation of President Donald Trump’s upcoming visit to Ireland and his Doonbeg resort in early September, The Turbine Investigative Team took a trip north to gauge the reaction of…
Céard atá i bpáirt ag na fáinní Claddagh, ag Yeats, ag Cillian Murphy, agus ‘Beamish’? Is cuid d’fhíormhór-onnmhairí chultúr na hÉireann iad uilig. Bíodh clú agus cáil orainn ar an…
Well, the obvious answer to this is to ask your parents. Why you could be expected to have earnings of your own, I do not understand, as I myself have…
You have evidently forgotten that UCD is located in the centre of Dublin 4, so affordability is not easy to come by. Campus rents practically require your firstborn child as…
A question, in fact: why? Ignoring the obvious statement, you are probably already aware of all the warnings I have given to incoming students. In terms of new advice, I…
The citizenry of UCD Belfield is diverse and complex, especially for those unaware of the different cliques that exist on campus. To mark this new academic year, The Turbine team…
Concourses reminiscent of a Soviet metro station, a “no-smoking” smoking area, and enough hidden-away classrooms to host a rapidly fracturing left-wing movement; could this be the end of an era?…
“Housing is shit…. People ask for gold in exchange for rooms that look like doghouses and scamming is at its peak in Dublin.” One incoming UCD student from Chandigarh, India,…
It’s September 2023, and I have just moved into a student house in Booterstown, a ten-minute walk from UCD. No heating, no hot water and a broken oven, all of…
As the academic year gets underway and most students are now settling into colleges around the country, almost 100 Gazan students with acceptances to Irish Universities are left uncertain after…
There is no event more captivating and beloved than a final in sport. It’s an opportunity for two teams to fight for their place in history, with the winning side…
“We see in some jurisdictions where word of mouth or people you know can influence the process,” said Lawless. “The CAO is a mathematical, computer-based process. It is not perfect,…