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More than a thousand protestors gathered outside the Embassy of the United States of America in Ballsbridge on Saturday afternoon. The protest, which was organised by Black Pride Ireland, Migrants…
On Friday, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar announced cuts to the Pandemic Unemployment Payment for part-time workers from €350 to €203 a week, affecting students who were working part-time during the academic…
Trinity College Provost’s salary package breaches what the Department of Education had approved, at €201,000 a year. In comparison, the salary of the UCD President is €207,590, without perks. An…
The College Tribune is seeking to hire newspaper designers for the upcoming academic year. We take pride in our emphasis on good design since our first edition in 1989. Student…
After the closure of the UCD Campus in March, the UCD Students’ Union (SU) donated the rest of the perishable stock in the SU shops local charity Inner City Helping…
Safely emerging from the Covid-19 crisis demands that we reimagine the structure of our day to day lives. How we access mental healthcare is no exception. Following the unified calls…
When we woke up to the announcement of the Bafta TV nominations, it was almost as if, just for a moment, the last few months hadn’t changed life completely. The…
Conor Anderson, incoming University College Dublin (UCD) Students’ Union president, informed students that the university is not set to be compensating fees due to Covid-19 crisis. In a post to…
Calls for the introduction of a Department of Higher Education and Research grow as Dr Patrick Prendergast, Provost of Trinity College Dublin, signalled his support for its establishment in an…
Three postgraduate students are contesting the race for Graduate Officer at University College Dublin (UCD) Students’ Union (SU). Following the election of five executive officers in May, the position for…
Conor Capplis – Editor The government’s decade-long underfunding of universities has presented the sector with a myriad of issues, and the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed unreliable non-exchequer sources of income.…
Last week, the 2020 NovaUCD Student Enterprise Competition was launched. The competition, which is being run digitally in light of Covid-19 restrictions, will see early-stage student start-ups go through an…