Vinny, I Can’t Afford Rent; What Do I Do?
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…
Vinny, Where Can I Get Affordable Food on Campus?
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…
Vinny, I’m Coming Back to UCD, Any Advice?
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…
A Guide to the Species of UCD Students
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…
Should Newman be Preserved for Future Generations?
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?…
The Race for a Room: Discrimination Plaguing the Search for Accommodation
“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,…
Just one shower per day! The weird demands of Dublin landlords on student tenants
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…
UCD Students From Gaza Still Awaiting Visa Approval
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…
Sports, Showpieces and a Battle for the Soul
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…
48% of Students receive first-choice CAO offer as Lawless addresses points pressure, financial support and student visas
“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,…
Students and Staff Gather at the ‘Let Them Study’ Protest to Appeal Visa Rejections for Students from Gaza
Chants included “Jim O’Callaghan, you can’t hide/ You support scholasticide”, and “Let them study/Grant them Visas”. Approximately 250 protestors gathered this Wednesday at the Department of Justice to protest the…
Sophie Gliott & Aisling Murphy Appointed as New College Tribune Editors.
The College Tribune is excited to announce that two new Editors have been chosen to manage the 40th Volume of Ireland’s largest independent student newspaper. Aisling Murphy (pictured left) and…