Students to Protest Avoca and Aramark Over Direct Provision Links
The Union of Students Ireland (USI) have announced that they are to protest outside Avoca on Suffolk Street in Dublin this Saturday. The action is to highlight to shoppers the…
5 Reasons Why UCD Students Don’t Clean Up After Themselves
UCD students are reportedly terrible at picking up after themselves despite being old enough to know how to do it. Peak rubbish-leaving areas include the Insomnia Café, Subway in the…
Life Society UCD Relaunch with New Campaign
A group known as Life Society UCD have launched a new social media campaign on their Facebook page. The group which were previously a recognised society in UCD have been…
Talk Is Cheap: The Importance of Communication in the 8th Amendment Debate
Author Stephen Covey once said that “most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.” These communication problems have only been amplified…
UCD Students Urge Government to Ratify UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
UCD Students’ Union Disability Rights Co-ordinator Amy Hassett (pictured) has released a video urging Irish students to march on December 9th to pressure the Irish government to ratify the UN…
UCD Boxing Wins Big at Junior Intervarsity Championship
Somehow December is upon us and semester one has come to a grinding halt. For some this is a time of reflection on the (un)productivity of the last 12 weeks,…
UCD Researchers Awarded €4 Million in Funding For Business & Archaeology Projects.
10 new research positions for both PhD students and postdocs are to be created after two UCD researchers, Dr Barry Molloy and Professor Susi Geiger received European Research Council (ERC)…
UCD Earns Over €70,000 from Department of the Taoiseach
UCD earned at least €71,958.85 from the Department of the Taoiseach between 2012 and 2016. The earnings came from training courses provided to staff of the Department for “training and…
UCD Volunteers Overseas To Hold Annual Conference
UCD Volunteers Overseas (UCDVO) will host it’s annual conference “Development Education & Pathways To Change” in the Global Lounge this Friday (December 1st) from 10:00 – 16.30. The conference comes…
An Bhfuil Gá le Lárionad Gaeilge i mBaile Átha Cliath?
Tá feachtas faoi bhealach chun lárionad nó cultúrlann Gaeilge a bhunú i mBaile Átha Cliath. Cé go bhfuil níos mó Gaeil san ardchathair ná in aon áit eile sa tír,…
UCD Students Begin Boycott of Aramark Catering
Students in UCD are boycotting campus food services supplied by Aramark Catering, because of the company’s work with Direct Provision housing. In 2013, Aramark secured the tenure to create an…
Explainer: Why Ireland is on course for a Christmas Election
Ireland is hurtling towards a General Election. Things seem to have escalated rapidly and both side of the Dáil have drawn the battle lines. Barring a sudden moment of clarity…