Editor to Editor: In Conversation with Jack Power, 10 Years Later
When becoming editor of the College Tribune only a month ago now I was handed a zip-loc baggie of keys and told that I would lose my mind every production…
40 Proud Volumes of the College Tribune: Our Anniversary Spread
In honour of 40 volumes of The College Tribune, we sat down with past editors and writers to hear about their experiences with the paper! Eamon Dillon – Journalist at…
Editorial: “Don’t Go Bankrupt, Don’t Get Sued, and Don’t Get Kicked Out of the Office.”
“Don’t go bankrupt, don’t get sued, and don’t get kicked out of the office.” These are the three pieces of advice that almost every editorial team at The College Tribune…
Sophie Gliott & Aisling Murphy Appointed as New College Tribune Editors.
The College Tribune is excited to announce that two new Editors have been chosen to manage the 40th Volume of Ireland’s largest independent student newspaper. Aisling Murphy (pictured left) and…
USI Membership: What Does it Mean, and Why Should We Care?
For over three decades, UCDSU has had a turbulent relationship with the Union of Students in Ireland (USI). We’ve joined, left, rejoined, and left again. Now, in 2025, we’re once…
Turning a Corner? Student Issues Set to be Addressed by Government with New Multi-Year Plan
Third-level students across Ireland are shocked that they may not be forgotten this time. However, the release of the 2025 Draft Programme for Government, which sets out what the government…
The UCDSU Referendum: A Vote of No Confidence by Students?
The UCD Students’ Union (UCDSU) recently held a referendum to reform its constitution. The proposals included reducing the quorum for future referenda from 12.5% to 10% and allowing the election…
Climate Fatigue: How Our Society Has Left Us Unable to Cope
What does it mean to care about climate change but be equally unmotivated to help promote any change? With the current rise of political instability, social media addiction, and AI,…
Budget 2025: Familiar Promises, Familiar Criticisms
Last week, the government unveiled its measures for Budget 2025, dubbed “the largest social welfare package in the state’s history.” As always, the question is whether students will benefit. Among…
OPINION: “The Well-Trodden Path from Belfield to Perth”: The Issue With Medicine Students is Retention, Not Training
This January, Simon Harris, the Minister for Higher Education, unveiled a new initiative to subsidise students from the Republic of Ireland studying medicine in Northern Ireland. This move is part…
Halloween Music: The Best of the Best
No offence to the many, many Christmas songs out there, but Halloween music wins every single time. Give me “mua-haha” over “ho ho ho” any day of the week. Give…
OPINION: Protests aren’t working – it’s time to be disruptive!
Postgraduate workers protested outside the Dáil, students’ unions protested outside the Dáil, anti-war protesters protested outside the Dáil, and also people disappointed by the budget protested outside the Dáil! The…