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Following Ireland’s decisive defeat to France at the Stade de France, few would have guessed that Andy Farrell’s side would be entering the last weekend of the Six Nations Championship…
I don’t drink. I don’t really understand football. And yet there I was, in the Foggy Dew on a Thursday night, surrounded by people who had been waiting for this…
Over the years, many factors have defined an Irish summer. Yet, from 1984 to 2018, there was perhaps no sign of summer more ubiquitous in Irish households than the iconic…
UCD has stepped up its policy of deporting culchies following increased calls by populist Dublin student leaders (that are not smoked salmon socialists) to make “University College Dublin a university…
The presence of HEAR, designed for students from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds, and DARE, a similar scheme for those with additional physical or educational needs, is intended to level the playing…
Last week, UCD Agricultural Science students rose against the so-called ‘Jackeen rule’ of the UCD Belfield campus and the wider country, and declared the Ag Science building a sovereign and…
It has reached the concerned ears of our reporters here at the Turbine that UCD students currently enjoying their bohemian lifestyle on the continent are being met with the realisation…
Incoming SU President Orzo Frothers has disavowed any knowledge of Project 2026/7, a document published online by the UCD Heritage Foundation that details steps to strengthen the standing of the…
DC Dolls have taken the Dublin music scene by storm over the past two years, expanding their fan base across Ireland and playing over 20 gigs nationwide. They are a…
The Academy Awards. The achievement of a lifetime. Better known as the Oscars, they remain Hollywood’s most glittering and self-indulgent night, where, for a few hours, the film world pauses…
If you are not yet ready to move on from the Oscars and an award season full of Jessie Buckley, you might want to watch The Bride. It almost seems…
Gen Z are generally depicted as “woke”, extremely progressive and open-minded, especially compared to older generations. However, with the rise of extremist ideologies and political beliefs, this generalisation feels far…