COVID Recovery is Last Chance for Student Life at UCD | Opinion
A recurring theme of the current UCD SU election is the ‘legitimacy crisis’ facing the Union. No doubt this is a problem, but the issue goes somewhat deeper, and is…
The Pandemic Has Upended Economics | Will Governments Keep Up?
Earlier this year, the Department of Finance announced its expected budget deficit for 2020 to add up to around €19 billion. Yet, expenditure sustained, and the government continued to announce…
Culture Shock: Short Dresses on Cold Nights and No Beer Pong
When I moved to Ireland from the US there were definitely some cultural differences that took me by surprise. After almost two years I still don’t fully understand them all.…
Bringing Domestic Violence Legislation into the 21st Century | Coercive Control
With the enactment of the Domestic Violence Act 2018 came many positive and significant changes expanding the remit of previous domestic violence legislation. One of the most relevant changes in…
Repeal of the 8th Didn’t Settle the Abortion Issue, it Started it
At the beginning of 2018, abortion services were almost completely restricted on the entire island of Ireland. Both north and south of the border, women’s reproductive rights were almost entirely…
The State of Part-time Work for Students in and after COVID-19
The long-held practice of students taking up part-time work along with university studies to help with their living expenses was largely put to a halt when the country entered its…
Is Belfield A ‘Riot-Proof’ Campus? | UCD MythBusters
You’ve all heard the rumours; your peer mentors might have mentioned University College Dublin’s “riot-proof design” when you first arrived on the Belfield campus. You’ve been told tails of its…
‘The Bachelor’ taking UCD by Storm
None of us know him, but we all love him. Whether he’s saving our sanity with shared secrets from the student body or helping us out with library recommendations, the…
Essential Work & Essential Study | Student Stories
Ireland has been in the grips of COVID-19 for a year. While much of the country has come to a standstill, university students found their part-time jobs transformed from a…
Student Rent Market Sees Few Boosts from Pandemic
Rent rose in the fourth quarter of 2020 in all counties, bar Dublin – which saw a 3% decline. One may speculate as to why – loss of students, people…
Protecting the Rights of Student Nurses as Students
It is an undeniable fact that student nurses in this country are being exploited, especially evident now, in the midst of a pandemic. However, while there have been mass calls…
The Way Students Treated During the Pandemic “Unforgivable” | Rose Conway-Walsh
Sinn Féin Spokesperson for Higher and Further Education, Innovation and Science, Rose Conway-Walsh conducted a survey on the impact of online learning on students’ mental health. The results flag what…