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A number of COVID-19 cases have been found in Beckett House Student Residence The College Tribune has learned. The student accommodation, situated in Summerhill, Dublin City, is known for housing…
This week, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD, has announced a €5.4 million grant allocation to fund various projects and initiatives developed with…
Budgetary adjustments in grant allocations to Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Research Centres between 2019-2020 reflect a recognition of the importance in medical research in Ireland following the outbreak of the…
Minister Simon Harris was asked by Clare TD Michael McNamara on an online forum whether or not he planned to reduce college fees in the wake of Covid-19. Minister Harris…
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The €250 “once-off credit” given to students before Christmas is subject to a €50 tax claw back for up to 33,200 students. A fee refund of €250 was given to…
In a recent report conducted by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Ireland was ranked 23rd out of 37 OECD countries in relation to research spending in 2018, a…
The College Tribune, an independent student newspaper from University College Dublin (UCD), has become the first student publication in Ireland to release a newspaper mobile app on the 25th of…
Between 1960 and 1973, medical researchers from University College Dublin (UCD) conducted unethical vaccine trials on children in Ireland’s mother-and-baby homes. Professor Patrick Meenan and Dr Irene Hillery of the…
Minister for Higher Education, Simon Harris has said that the current third-level system is “not fit for purpose” in an interview with Pat Kenny on Newstalk. Speaking on Thursday morning,…
Speaking to the Dáil today, Independent TD, Denis Naughton, called for UCD and Trinity College to make a formal apology for their part in the vaccine trials which were conducted…
Dr Denis Shields, professor of clinical bioinformatics at UCD was part of an international team of scientists who recently identified small proteins that help Covid-19 infect human cells and respond…