2025 – College Tribune

Student Fees, Housing, Union Engagement: Highlights from the UCDSU By-Election Hustings

Editor — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 16:01:38 +0000

The three candidates running in the UCD Students’ Union (UCDSU) Sabbatical Officer by-elections participated in hustings on October 16th. The three hopefuls faced questions from one another, as well as from students and student media. The Race for Campaigns and Engagement Officer Kelvyn Fields and Rajul Bhitre are both running for the position of Campaigns […]

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SU Council Vote To Endorse Jim Gavin

Editor — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 12:38:27 +0000

In an emergency council meeting held on Monday, the UCD Students’ Union (SU) passed a motion in support of Jim Gavin’s presidential bid. The move came less than a day after he announced he was withdrawing from the race, but it’s not like the SU is known for its political knowledge. In fact, in recent […]

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Choosing to Act in Solidarity with Others

Editor — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 16:20:10 +0000

For almost 80 students (and four staff members), it was a summer with a difference. Drawn from across the UCD community – from civil engineering to sustainability, from physiotherapy and dietetics to business analytics and law – they participated in UCDVO’s volunteering and global citizenship programme. Following a series of preparatory workshops between January and […]

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Navigating Through Landmines: A Month Solo Travelling the Balkans

Editor — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 17:47:04 +0000

A battered Toyota six-seater struggles up a narrow mountain road, swerving haphazardly to dodge oncoming traffic. Stuffed into one of the backseats, I avoid looking at the sheer cliff to my left, surrendering all notions of agnosticism and praying silently to whatever saint is in charge of Bosnian driving. Žika, the multi-hyphenate driver – tour […]

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Opening Doors to the Opera House: An Interview with Fergus Sheil

Editor — Mon, 12 May 2025 20:09:44 +0000

Might anyone in their twenties enjoy a night at the opera if it isn’t the one produced by Queen? Or is the performance form just too dramatic and alien to contemporary audiences? Against the backdrop of their recent production of The Flying Dutchman, The College Tribune dove into the history of the Irish National Opera […]

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Breaking the Mould: John White’s Path from UCD to the Trading Floor

Editor — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 11:00:00 +0000

From completing his Bachelor of Commerce in UCD and earning a master’s in Financial Services from the Michael Smurfit Business School, John White, the Co-Founder of Positive Equity, has taken a route less travelled by the majority of UCD graduates — but one marked by success and great interest. Trading may not be the first […]

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Majorana, Willow, and You: How Quantum Computing Will Change How We Think and Learn

Editor — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000

In late 2024 and early 2025, both Google and Microsoft revealed significant breakthroughs from their quantum computing labs. Google introduced the “Willow” chip, featuring remarkable benchmarks and innovative hardware specifications, while Microsoft’s more recent “Majorana” chip took the quantum computing race to new heights. Google released the results of rigorous testing on Willow, showing a […]

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Avoiding The News: Self-Preservation or Complacency?

Editor — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 17:54:37 +0000

After waking up to my famously loud and obnoxious alarm clock, I rolled over in my bed and immediately picked up my phone. The glaring blue light hit my eyes as I entered my password, ignored the notifications from various news publications I subscribe to, and instead did what I always do — clicked on […]

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So, What Now?

Editor — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0000

From master’s degrees to gap years, here’s how UCD students navigate what’s next. Facing post-graduate life as an English and French student, I’m struck by the anxiety that so many young people in my position feel—what will I do with the rest of my life? While interviewing friends for this article, what everyone seemed to […]

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‘It’s Greed, Not Inflation’: Students Protest UCD Rent Prices

Editor — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 12:30:17 +0000

This Wednesday, the UCD Students’ Union held a rally protesting the high cost of campus accommodation. As executive elections approach, the current SU team is wrapping up its term by collaborating with the Student Action Group for Housing on this initiative. Around 30 to 40 people gathered by the main lake to take part. Speakers […]

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“We Need to Fight”: Tia Cullen’s Vision for a Stronger SU

Editor — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 08:56:34 +0000

Tia Cullen isn’t new to the Students’ Union and is not new to student hardship either. A general nursing student, SU Education Officer, and long-time class rep, she says her candidacy for president is rooted in lived experience. “I’ve struggled to find accommodation, to pay fees, to balance work and study. That’s not just background—it’s […]

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Saskia McCormack-Eiffe Wants to Make the SU Visible — But Is That Enough?

Editor — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 08:53:27 +0000

When we sat down (virtually) with Saskia McCormack-Eiffe, she was calm, chatty, and clearly campaign-seasoned. She’s been involved in youth activism for a decade and has held more SU and society positions than most students could name. Now, she’s running for UCDSU President on a platform that promises a mixture of grassroots idealism with pragmatic […]

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Michael Roche Wants to Take Back the Union — Will He Succeed?

Hannah Kate Costello — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 08:50:26 +0000

When we sat down with him, Michael Roche was in full campaign mode — fired up, manifesto in hand, and eager to shake up what he sees as a broken Union. Outsider or Insider — Which Is Better?Roche readily admitted he’s new to student politics, calling himself “an outsider,” but argued that this works in […]

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