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For many years now, much-needed reform has been found wanting within Irelands higher education system. Students, whose numbers have increased rapidly over recent decades are now paying the second-highest undergraduate…
For the over 4,400 first year CAO applicants offered a place in UCD many of them probably felt the day would never come. Covid-19 has impacted the lives of so…
During this current election cycle, much focus has been on the domestic issues gripping America. Presidential leadership, racial injustice, ending gun violence, along with effectively combatting the Coronavirus pandemic and…
Ursula von der Leyen spoke at length about the values and principles of the EU in her State of the Union address on 16 September. The president of the Commission…
There is a scene in Netflix’s ‘Master of None’ that sums up many of the conversation’s basketball fans have with non-basketball fans. In Season 2, episode 3 (titled ‘Religion’), two…
A report released on Tuesday, august 18th, investigating the impact of COVID-19 on nursing homes, has called for “systematic reform” of how residents are cared for. The Nursing Homes Expert…
Residents of the Direct Provision Centre in Cahersiveen have gone on hunger strike to protest their “inhumane” living conditions. The hunger strike began on the morning of Tuesday July 28th…
On the 22nd of July, Rose Conway-Walsh, Sinn Féin TD and opposition spokesperson on Higher Education, Innovation, and Science, spoke with The College Tribune on a number of ongoing student…
It's no secret that I am in favour of new leadership in the Green Party. I made that clear in my last piece; "Ryan Is Not The Green Messiah, He's…
On Saturday 4th of July, the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) alongside the Palestinian communities in Ireland and the Irish public held a number of protests across Ireland against the proposed…
With the formation of a new government comes the announcement of the new Department for Higher Education, Innovation and Science. Simon Harris, Fine Gael TD for Wicklow is now to…
Black Lives Matter remains one of the most prominent news stories at present, as protests and marches continue across the globe. In the aftermath of the death of George Floyd,…