UCDSU Sabbatical Elections to be Held Online Again This Year
The elections for the positions of the UCDSU sabbatical and college officer roles will take place online once again this year, from the 31st of March to the 1st of…
Breaking: Major Covid-19 Outbreak In party-laden Student Residence
A number of COVID-19 cases have been found in Beckett House Student Residence The College Tribune has learned. The student accommodation, situated in Summerhill, Dublin City, is known for housing…
Child Welfare | A Wasted Opportunity
A spotlight has been shone on the state of child welfare in Ireland with the recent re-emergence of the mother and baby homes scandal and so it is now prudent…
How Twitter Changed Journalism – For Better and For Worse
Oh, the times they are a-changin’. Student journalists often forget what the world was like before Twitter and social media. In ‘the olden times’, there were no retweets, notifications or…
Off-Campus Campus Recruitment Succeeds Despite Challenges
Campus recruitment has taken a sharp turn during the pandemic. Tuesday the 26th of January saw UCD’s Virtual Internship Fair take place online, a far removal from the traditional recruitment…
The Freshers Who Haven’t Met Their Friends Yet
For many first years at University College Dublin (UCD) this year has seen an anti-climax punctured by a big sesh-shaped hole. Making friends is not what it used to be.…
Where will the Reddit GameStop?
Unless you have been living under a rock, you will have heard whispers of the war raging between Wall Street and Reddit over GameStop stocks. There is an element of…
Opinion | UCD Silence On Cahill Will Ruin Their Reputation
In primary school, we were always taught that standing by and watching a child get bullied was almost as bad as the bullying itself. You may not be the one…
Energia All-Ireland League Rugby Cancelled for 2021
The 2020/21 Energia All-Ireland League for both men and women’s rugby teams, as well as the Vodafone Women’s Interprovincial series, have officially been cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.…
UCD To Receive €400,000 For Student Disability Support
This week, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD, has announced a €5.4 million grant allocation to fund various projects and initiatives developed with…
€3 Million Increase SFI Research Funding for UCD in 2020
Budgetary adjustments in grant allocations to Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Research Centres between 2019-2020 reflect a recognition of the importance in medical research in Ireland following the outbreak of the…
Simon Harris Avoids Question on Reduction of College Fees
Minister Simon Harris was asked by Clare TD Michael McNamara on an online forum whether or not he planned to reduce college fees in the wake of Covid-19. Minister Harris…