Third of Candidates Drop Out of UCDSU Elections
Four of the previously announced eleven candidates in the UCDSU Executive Elections have dropped out of their respective sabbatical races. This now leaves the SU with only one contested race,…
How Football Influenced the Brazilian Election
Sport has long been undeniably intertwined with politics, but rarely has the conflation between the two been to such a striking extent as in this month’s Brazilian Presidential election. As…
How the U.S Election Could Be the Downfall of American Democracy
Despite the U.S election being under a week away, the country is still firmly in the grips of the Covid-19 pandemic which is wildly out of control. As a result,…
The Premature Effort To Ban Election Posters
As the local and European elections approach, one fact of Irish politics is the inevitable emergence of posters for political candidates. Postering is a very Irish phenomenon, with many other…
Will We See A Purple Texas In The American Midterm Elections?
On Tuesday the 6th of November US citizens will head to the polls to elect candidates to the Upper Chamber of Congress. Currently, there are 51 Republicans, 47 Democrats and…
Inside Brazil’s Most Divisive Election Contest
On October 7th, Brazilians will go to polls to vote in the first round of their presidential election and the campaign has been a turbulent one, to say the least.…
Duffy to Install Live Dragon at Áras an Uachtaráin if Elected President
In one of the more surprising announcements to come out of the Ploughing Championships in Offaly last week, presidential hopeful Gavin Duffy raised the bar for his fellow candidates by…
Who are the Presidential hopefuls and how do they get elected?
With the 26th of October the date of the next presidential election drawing closer and closer and the presidential nominations closing on the 26th of September, the race to be…
Barry Murphy Elected as New UCDSU President
Barry Murphy has been elected as President of UCD Students’ Union (UCDSU). The former Acting President and Campaigns and Communications Officer (C&C) overcame the challenge of Rebecca Hart in a…
First Opinion Poll of 2015 show wins for Government and Marriage Equality
A recent political phone poll has been performed on behalf RTÉ’s Sean O’Rourke Programme. The Paddy Power/Red C survey, thumb which was conducted earlier in the week, shows some interesting…
By-election drama as major parties undone by transfers
Two shock results in the latest by-elections, prostate one by a small party and one by an independent, recipe have left the larger parties reeling as the presumptive winners both…
SU Election count :: Live Blog
Today we are doing a live blog from UCDSU count centre with every election result for the student union elections 2013. Stay here for regular updates. Click Here to Refresh…