The Students’ Union’s Unsung Hero: Spending a Day with Brian Treacy
Starting his day with a cheeky bowl of Weetabix, Brian was about to spend a whole day with me. Madness. He was surely eager to see me at our 8:30am…
Start-Up Spotlight: Bounce Insights
Charlie Butler is co-founder of Bounce Insights, an ‘’all-encompassing market research tool that can ask any questions companies want, to any consumer they want, faster and cheaper than any current…
UCD I&E Win €10,000 at Trading Competition
The Bank of Ireland FX Trade Off Competition tests university students’ ability to trade currencies, promoting and encouraging participation in the global FX markets country-wide. The competition is popular amongst…
The Business Interview with Denis O’Brien
Denis O’Brien is a serial entrepreneur who founded Communicorp, a commercial radio and emerging digital media provider, and Digicel Group, a complete communications provider serving the Caribbean, Central America and…
UCD Rent Protests 101: The Full Story
News Breaks of Maximum Rent Increase UCD’s on-campus accommodation will increase by 4% year on year for the next three years. A premium of €1,000 on average will also be…
What’s All this Protest Stuff About?
Boy it’s been a busy couple of weeks, with students protesting more than Greta Thunberg on Friday. The issue though? Well, it’s kind of a whole bunch of issues muddled…
Drone Food Delivery to Launch Soon at Belfield
Drone-delivered take-away meals will soon be a reality for UCD students, as news comes out that Manna will launch this month. Manna, founded by Bobby Healy, is promising to facilitate…
Student Union Accounts Show Strong Financial Year
The College Tribune has obtained the UCD Students’ Union Financial accounts for the Year 2018/19. The organisation’s 2019/20 budget is also included in the document released by the Union. We’ve…
A Single Person’s Guide to Valentine’s Day
The smell of a Cadbury’s Dairy Milk bar follows you home like a cigarette you haven’t smoked. Anatomically incorrect hearts dance about the streets. You try to ignore them, but…
Stádas Acht na Gaeilge i dTuaisceart Éireann
Rinneadh gealltanais i gcomhaontú Aoine an Chéasta breis is fiche bliain ó shin go mbeadh áit cheart an ag nGaeilge i dTuaisceart Éireann. Síníodh i gcomhaontú Cill Rímhinn i 2006…
Night in Shining Armour: The Benefits of a Good Sleep
Sleep. The one thing we can’t seem to get enough of. And if we do happen to get enough, is the quality up to par? In Ireland, about 55% of…
KangaRobot: How Animals Inspire Machines
Through long-term evolutionary processes, animals have developed innate advantages in locomotion, cognition, information processing and control. Inspired by their evolution, biomimetic robots are integrated with biological characteristics which give them…