Independent UCD News
Current Position: Campaigns & Communications Officer/Acting President Main policy: Improving RAG Week. Other policies: Implementing electronic voting for SU elections, making the work of the SU more accessible. Cringiest line…
UCD is moving ahead with its planned construction of a Private Club at O’Reilly Hall. The university was granted planning permission back in April to build a two-storey extension onto…
Campaigns and Communications Officer and Acting President Barry Murphy has denied that he has had any talks with the Freedom of Choice Coalition UCD. The denial comes as the group…
Current Position: Final year Nursing student from Wicklow. Main policy: Making UCD campus more accessible for everyone. Other policies: Lobbying for more car parking spaces and lobbying for better food…
International Men’s Day takes place on November 19th each year. This year, the UCD Student’s Union has made a conscious effort to celebrate the day. The objectives of International Men’s…
The French Ambassador to Ireland, Stéphane Crouzat, visited the UCD French Society on Thursday evening to talk about Irish/French relations, Brexit, and the future of the European Union. Welcomed by…
Two petitions launched in Dublin College University (DCU) have gained enough signatures to be considered for referenda to be put to students. The petitions needed to gather signatures from 2.5%…
Education plays a huge role in impacting health outcomes. This essay aims to outline how education is interrelated to health outcomes in terms of obesity, life expectancy, infant mortality and…
Childhood obesity is a problem in society like any other, although it is not just a passive epidemic. Like most issues there is a cause and effect relationship. Over the…
Heroin is one of the most addictive drugs in the world with even one dose leading to addiction. The numbers of Irish heroin addicts have sharply increased with 650 new…
The relationship between inequality and health is often discussed in a negative light in any given society. This assignment will provide evidence on how the choice of food and nutrition…
Medicinal cannabis seems like one of the health topics du jour but it has a long history grounded in medical research. In 1841, an Irishman named William Brooke O’Shaughnessy noticed…