Promoting Positive Parenting
This semester the UCD CHilD (Childhood and Human Development) Research Centre in collaboration with a number of partners including UCDSU are presenting three separate one-hour long seminars on the strategies…
The Politics & Law Behind PESCO
Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) is the way in which EU Member States will work closer together on security and defence issues. It will build on the EU Global Strategy for…
The Big Science of 2017
So here we are, a month into the new year, a brand-new semester, and it’s pretty safe to say we’re not exactly missing 2017. Politically, environmentally and morally exhausted, it…
Loot Boxes & Accumulators: How Gambling Has Saturated Society
How many betting companies can you name? One? Three? Five? At 23 years old and being an avid sports fan so I’ve seen a lot of gambling advertising in the…
Chief Justice Frank Clarke Discusses Court Reform
In a seminar hosted in NUI Galway on 17th January, Chief Justice Frank Clarke addressed the topic of reforming the court system. In the speech, Chief Justice Clarke remarked that…
Why Voting to Repeal Would Not Be Democratic
The upcoming referendum on the 8th Amendment of the Irish Constitution is likely to occur in May or June of this year as indicated by the Taoiseach. The repeal campaign…
Homelessness: The Absurd Truth of Modern Day Ireland
Homelessness. A silent echo of a hundred horrific images. Men and women lying on the streets of Dublin, our capital city, helpless, hungry and without a grain of hope. Just…
2018, Bliain na Gaeilge
Sé cuimhneachán 125 bliana gluaiseacht athbheochán na Gaeilge i mbliana, agus tá idir an Roinn Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta, Conradh na Gaeilge, agus Foras na Gaeilge tar éis teacht le…
Tábhacht Teanga
Le linn an bhriseadh Nollag, chuaigh mé thall chuig Londain chun freastail ar an gceoldráma nua, “Hamilton” le mo chlann. Is gaeilgeoirí uile iad mo chlann, ach is iad mé…
Mythbuster: The Aussie Flu
Recently released data by the HSE shows that this year’s flu season has been particularly rough, and there are a lot of questions floating around about the so-called “Aussie Flu…
The Doomsday Clock: An Essential Metaphorical Instrument or a Legitimate Soothsayer?
On Thursday the 25th of January 2018, the metaphorical device known as the Doomsday Clock was shifted forward by thirty seconds to stand at just two minutes to midnight, the…
Green Campus Programme To Tackle Environmental Issues in UCD
Many people will be familiar with the Green Flag programme from school. However, for those who aren’t: it is a student-led initiative with its main purpose of spreading environmental awareness…