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As the 2024 General Election drew to a close, Fine Gael wonderkid Simon Harris became entangled in an embarrassing incident. While campaigning at Kanturk, Cork, Harris was filmed ignoring and…
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…
“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…
Imagine this: You’re called into a cold meeting room on campus. It’s not a court, there’s no judge, the ‘jury’ is a panel of professors you’ve never met, with a…
Most students should see their Students’ Union as the loudest voice on campus. It’s the body that fights for cheaper accommodation, campaigns against rising fees, organises last-minute protests and creates…
When Jonathon Corrie died just meters away from Leinster House, the country went into a state of shock. His death became a stark symbol of a housing system in crisis,…
It is a well-known fact that after just a few minutes on TikTok, you can find yourself deep diving down a personalised rabbit hole, whether that’s dance trends, political debates,…
In recent weeks, the case of the UCD medicine student who had images of her shared in class group chats and circulated with staff following a sexual assault has not…
The joint US-Israeli assault on Iran that began on February 28 and killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has already cost thousands of lives and billions of dollars. With Tehran’s…
The Irish Independent’s 2025 feeder schools data revealed that 59% of students from DEIS schools progressed to third-level education, a drop from 64% in 2024. This finding contrasts sharply with…
Gen Z are generally depicted as “woke”, extremely progressive and open-minded, especially compared to older generations. However, with the rise of extremist ideologies and political beliefs, this generalisation feels far…