Frances Mulraney This year D.I.T launch a new module, LEAD, to celebrate students’ extra-curricular activity. Not unlike the Uaneen module here in DCU, LEAD stands for lead, engage, achieve and develop and encourages students to Read more…
By Sorcha Jowitt Another campaign against fees will be launched by the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) in an attempt to curb any increase in December’s budget. However the new seven step campaign is Read more…
Ruth Ní Mhaonghaile A new initiative is being put in place in Dublin’s Griffith College in order to help students save money on their college fees. The ‘refer a friend offer’ gives an already enrolled Read more…
Ruth Ní Mhaonghaile Two bars in Bishopstown, Co. Cork are unable to renew their liquor licences, until they prove that they will have nothing to do with “CIT Christmas Day”, due to objections from Gardaí Read more…
UL Hosts NASA Astronaut NASA astronaut, Shane Kimbrough, visited the University of Limerick (UL) last week to talk about his recent 16-day mission. During his latest mission Col Kimbrough recorded 12 hours and 52 minutes Read more…
By Grainne Coyne A third-level horticulture college will be developed in Skibbereen in Co. Cork, it was announced last week. The location of Skibbereen Horticulture College was recommended by local resident David Puttnam last year. Read more…
By Jenny Darmody Everybody’s got voting on their mind this month as one of the most exciting Presidential elections to date enters its final stages. But that’s not the only seat being filled on October Read more…
By Lauren Kelly Students were offered the chance to sign up to DCU’s clubs and societies in the Hub last week and with over 150 to choose from, there was something for everyone ranging from Read more…
By Paddy Mc Geoghegan It was a strange night in DCU but a night that echoed with laughter and was filled with excitement. Students were shocked and entertained as they witnessed firsthand the revival of Read more…
by Sinead Brennan The first Toxic Tuesday of the new academic year brought the weekly event back with a bang. Phantom hosted the night and with bands Royseven and Ham Sandwich performing, it was a Read more…
By Timmy Kelleher University Collge Cork’s (UCC) undergraduate programme Biodesign for Health Applications is the only applicant this year which now qualifies for inclusion in the Lifelong Learning Erasmus scheme. The scheme is described on Read more…
By Sorcha Jowitt Presidential candidates have been touring university campuses nationwide in an effort to reach students, despite many being unable to vote. Debates took place in University College Dublin (UCD) between Mary Davis and Read more…
by Brendan White His enthusiasm for karting is clear to see, but for 2011/12 DCU Karting chairperson Jeff Dalton, he has been tasked with the challenge of leading the club to more success after recent Read more…
Maitiú Ó Coimín Tá seans láidir ann nach mbeidh deis ag daoine a gcuid eolais a roinneadh ar líne níos mó. Tugadh an pobal 48 uair chun a gcuid ailt a thógáil anuas ón leathanach Read more…
By Aoife Gray and Catriona Hughes Clubs and Socs day is a huge annual event in DCU and this year even more clubs and societies were out to persuade us to join their unique and Read more…
By Laura Cronin “Cmere and I shift ya…” If someone utters those five magical words to you, you’ve either landed the love of your life in Coppers, or have run into one of the Rubberbandits Read more…
by Brendan White Thursday September 29th 2011. Tottenham Hotspur versus Shamrock Rovers at White Hart Lane. For a strange ten minute period, League of Ireland fans watched, almost in disbelief, as Shamrock Rovers held the Read more…
DCU Saints opened their league campaign with a seven point victory over SuperLeague champions UCD Marian. Pat Glover and Eoin Quill led the way with 21 and 15 points respectively with Quill connecting on three Read more…
by Ceile Varley Emer Fitzgerald is forgetting when she graduated. “It was 2007. No, wait 2011, what am I saying? Last November anyway.” DCU SU’s first Marketing and Communications officer is still settling in. She Read more…
The sign up numbers for societies might indicate not. In a university of 10,000 students less than 150 are ever members of a political society. Assuming, of course, that none of them joined more than Read more…
I love the cinema. To say cinemas were my second homes this summer would only be exaggerating a little. I love the whole experience; the food, the trailers, even the other people. Sometimes though, the Read more…
by Katie Clinton So the ‘Indian Summer’ has come and gone and as I write this I’m looking out at a decidedly wintery evening. There are two positives to the otherwise depressing scene, first there’s Read more…
by Steve Conlon ‘Rugby mauls’ and other forms of dangerous behaviour by a small minority of those queueing to attend Toxic Tuesday may see the night cancelled altogether, according to sources in the students’ union. The statement Read more…
by Conor McTernan There was a disappointing turnout of just 900 students at the Fresher’s ball last Wednesday despite acts Bressie, The Kanyu Tree and Fox Avenue taking to the stage. With only 800 tickets Read more…
by Eoghan Cormican Three DCU students have been nominated for the 2011 GAA GPA All-Star awards. Paul Flynn and Kevin Nolan both of Dublin and Donegal’s Michael Murphy were among the 45 players nominated for Read more…
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