An Bhfuil Gá le Lárionad Gaeilge i mBaile Átha Cliath?
Tá feachtas faoi bhealach chun lárionad nó cultúrlann Gaeilge a bhunú i mBaile Átha Cliath. Cé go bhfuil níos mó Gaeil san ardchathair ná in aon áit eile sa tír,…
Explainer: Why Ireland is on course for a Christmas Election
Ireland is hurtling towards a General Election. Things seem to have escalated rapidly and both side of the Dáil have drawn the battle lines. Barring a sudden moment of clarity…
The Needs of Society: Suicide and Unemployment
Suicide has long been associated with unemployment. Becoming unemployed generally encompasses many aggravating events. These events may be the anxiety of the anticipation of a job loss, the inevitable hunt…
Presidential Bye-Election Hustings a quiet affair.
The hustings held on 20th of November for the Presidential bye-election between Rebecca Hart and Barry Murphy were a very calm affair, especially compared to the impeachment referendum that preceded…
What Does It Mean to be a Man Today?
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…
Education Leads to Better Health
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: The Role of Primary Schools
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…
Babies in Ireland Have Increasing Addictions to Class A Drugs
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…
A History Of Medicinal Cannabis
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…
The SAVI Report: A Student Issue
In 2002, a report was published in Ireland called Sexual Abuse and Violence (SAVI). It was a groundbreaking report funded by Atlantic Philanthropies which documented the vast scale of sexual…
Why #MeToo Matters
The #metoo campaign was a campaign that happened in the wake of the Weinstein allegations about his decades of harassment and assault of women In Hollywood. It was a campaign…
Erasmus Part 2: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
A friend of mine once told me about this fact about London; ‘if you’re tired of London, you’re tired of life’. From my experience of London so far, this is…