Hospital Overcrowding Negatively Impacting Student Nurses
In the first weeks of 2023, a reemergence of hospital overcrowding struck Irish hospitals with a record of 931 patients waiting for beds in corridors at its peak. Minister for…
Student accommodation crisis: ‘Instead of being a junk press, a single mattress was put in… I was living there’
A shortage of accommodation near colleges this year has left students facing commutes of several hours, others paying significant sums in rent, and in one case a student was sleeping…
Mud, Sweat and Gears: Coming To A Field Near You
On 11th December, Ireland will host its very first UCI cyclocross World Cup event . It will be the ninth round in a series of 14 events, which started in…
University of Limerick Prove Deserving Champs in the Bowl: UCD vs UL SSI Division 1 League Final
It seems like mere weeks ago I was reporting on UCD Women’s rugby team’s first game of the new season, the calendar has yet to strike December and the squad…
TD Gino Kenny Discusses Path to Legalising Cannabis
On Wednesday the 16th of November, People Before Profit/Solidarity TD, Gino Kenny, hosted a discussion in the FitzGerald Chamber. In this discussion he outlined his proposition to decriminalise the possession…
Government to Assist in the Construction of UCD Student Housing
Deputy Neale Richmond addressed the House of the Oireachtas to discuss UCD’s decision not to move ahead with plans to build more than 1,250 student apartments on campus. This follows…
UCD Scraps Plans for 1,200 Student Beds Due to Cost
University College Dublin (UCD) has shelved plans to build more than 1,200 student apartments on its campus, as the development was no longer “viable” due to inflation in construction costs,…
CeleBRAYtions: First Person with Down Syndrome Elected to an Irish Political Party
At the Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis, Fintan Bray made history as the first person with Down syndrome to be elected to a senior position in an Irish political party. The…
Trinity Provost Warns of Possible Dangers with New Higher Education Bill
Trinity Provost, Dr. Linda Doyle, harshly criticised the new Higher Education Bill’s requirement for higher-level institutions to be more compliant with frameworks put forward by the Higher Education Authority. In…
Termination of Maynooth Student Centre Plans Causes Upset
Maynooth University decided to scrap all plans surrounding construction of the previously promised student centre causing upset among students. The announcement was made on 26th September after an autonomous decision…
UCD Outsourcing 2263% More Counselling Than 2015/16 as Demand Hits All-Time High
Demand for the UCD Student Counselling Service has never been higher, this year 1,910 students sought out mental health services, the highest in UCD’s history. Figures released to The College…
UCD to Cease Operation of Alumni Email Accounts
Why Alumni Emails are Being Discontinued In an email circulated to UCD alumni on the 4th of October, UCD announced that it would cease the operation of alumni email accounts…