NEW RESEARCH: ASMR is totally not creepy
A recent study by Harvard Professor Dr. Matt Walker PhD, 48, into the field of neurology has found that ASMR, is “totally not creepy at all” and instead found that…
MacBook Users Found to be at Greater Risk of “Smug Superiority”, a New Study Finds
A new study has rocked the world of apple users everywhere, with results finding that MacBook users are at greater risk of the often-fatal disease ‘Smug Superiority’. Also known colloquially…
Dublin Bus Drivers Declare Their Love for Servicing UCD at Night
Despite claims from the Student Union that Dublin Bus unions, SIPTU and NRBU, told their drivers not to stop in UCD past 10pm, Dublin Bus officials told the Turbine that…
Abortion Rights: Is the North Next?
For the last few decades, Irish people have been familiarised with the image of a woman making the lonely journey across the Irish sea in an effort to seek medical…
Teanga Náisiúnta, Teanga Oifigiúil, Teanga Labhartha
Agus feachtas nua, Gaeilge4All, faoi lán seoil, le breis is 11,500 síniú ag a achainí ar líne, is fíor a rá go bhfuil an Ghaeilge go mór i mbéal an…
Start-Up Spotlight: The Fruit People
This week’s Start-up Spotlight focuses on the office ‘fruit box service’, The Fruit People, who are Ireland’s largest office fruit delivery specialists. Brothers Barry and Brian Dennis founded the company…
Comment: The Aviation Industry Should Face Steeper Taxes
As most people know by now, Budget 2020 introduced a 30% hike in carbon taxes, from €20 to €26 per tonne of Co2, applicable from October 9th. This is predicted…
Reaching Across the Aisle: Interviewing the Editors of the University Observer
(Note: Elements of this interview are satirical) In a dimly lit College Tribune office on a wet Friday afternoon, history was made. Members of UCD’s two illustrious newspapers sat down…
“Sea Levels are Rising. So are We” Extinction Rebellion Holds Week of Protest
Dubin city ground to a halt on Tuesday the 8th of October as members of environmental activist group, Extinction Rebellion, marched from the Gardens of Remembrance to Kildare street. The…
Students’ Union Holds Mental Health Day
UCD Students’ Union joined the globe to participate in World Mental Health Day on Oct. 10 in hopes of boosting mental health awareness. In addition to providing free de-stressing programming,…
Irish Universities Present Stark Picture of Budget Cuts to Budgetary Oversight Committee
On Tuesday the 17th of September the IUA presented the Budgetary Oversight Committee with their views in context of budget cuts to university funding. The Director General of the IUA…
University Presidents Call for Urgent Changes to State Research Funding Following Poor Outcome from EU Programme
The presidents of seven Irish universities who are represented by the Irish Universities Association have recently openly asked the government and national research funding agencies to inquire and address the…