Independent UCD News
Yesterday evening a proposed Bill to ban fox hunting with dogs in Northern Ireland was narrowly defeated in the Stormont Assembly. The Bill, which was brought by Alliance MLA John…
This editorial was written as 5,600 positive cases of COVID-19 were reported in Ireland. The day before, for (approximately) the 625th day in a row our phones buzzed with the…
The week of the 23rd of November saw a three day series of protests organised by the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) held in Cork, Galway and Dublin with…
UCD has announced the closure of the Belfield and Blackrock campuses as well as the postponement of the scheduled graduation ceremonies scheduled for tomorrow, the 7th of December. A UCD…
The Irish Universities Association (IUA) has welcomed the government’s €9 million fund to provide free COVID-19 antigen tests to third-level students. The fund will be available to higher education institutions…
The Science Foundation of Ireland (SFI) announced its 2021 award winners at the annual SFI Science Summit last month. This year, Professor William Gallagher from the UCD School of Biomolecular…
In a special bulletin, UCD President Andrew Deeks has announced his intention to resign from the role in April 2022. Deeks is currently the 9th President of UCD having taken…
11. Nathan Old Or young… whatever is more fitting for his age. This guy is known for printing his paper on the tallest sheets so you can use them as…
The National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) is to consider changing its title to ‘University of Galway’. This rebranding is reportedly due to ambiguity surrounding the university’s name, as well…
Romanticised, Pretentious and Yet, Still a Compelling Read… I’ll be honest, there’s something about Sally Rooney’s writing that draws me to her books. Despite the overly pretentious characters and a…
Something that I believe should have more attention in our little campus community is our small societies. Ergo, the Tribune has decided (as a collective) to do a small soc…
As the years go by the question has increasingly been asked, when will Ireland overturn the prohibition of drugs? More recently places like nightclubs and bars have attempted to educate…