Articles
Sinn Féin youth disagrees with Sinn Féin abortion stance
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU’s Sinn Féin youth does not have the same stance on abortion as Sinn Féin, according to the society’s chairperson.
Month: October 2017
National News
Ireland will accept 330 additional refugees this year
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]reland plans to resettle an additional 330 refugees in 2018, Minister for Justice and Equality Charlie Flanagan announced on Friday.
DCU News
Ireland’s first STEAM hackathon comes to St. Pat’s
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU’s STEAM Hackathon is first of it’s kind in Ireland and took place in St Patrick’s College’s main auditorium.
University News
Trinity launch Ireland’s first major Oscar Wilde exhibition
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]rinity College’s Long Room library is one of the most iconic literary venues in Ireland, but it will receive a fresh injection of cultural prestige with the arrival of ‘From Decadence to Despair’: a new Read more…
News
Extended TEFL services for DCU students
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU Students’ Union announced extended TEFL services across DCU campuses and to the larger student population earlier this week.
University News
Youth Employment Scheme announced for 2018
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] new internship programme aimed at young people who find it difficult to enter employment will be launched next year, announced Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Regina Doherty.
DCU News
New Dublin metro will have a DCU platform
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]ublin’s new rail system is set to “transform connectivity to and from Dublin City University”, according to the college.
Articles
Universities need to invest more time to entrepreneurship in Arts & Humanities
Universities are urged to increase the entrepreneurship taught in the department of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, according to a recent report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Several of the Higher Read more…
Blogs
DCUSU criticised for cultural appropriation on Instagram
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CUSU was criticised by students Saturday night after an Instagram story on the DCUSU official account showed two VPs dressed in long robes and keffiyeh head scarves. Podge Henry VP for Equality and Welfare has called an Read more…
DCU News
Bill Clinton awarded DCU honorary doctorate
[dropcap]B[/dropcap]ill Clinton warned that Brexit is due to people re-assessing “whether what we have in common is more important than our differences”.
Irish & Languages
Idir-iarnródaíocht ar an mór-roinn
Samhradh caite ag idir-iarnródaíocht timpeall na hEorpa Read more…
Irish & Languages
Samhradh ar an trá i South Carolina
Mo thaithí ar samhradh a chaitheamh sna Stát Aontaithe ar víosa J1. Read more…
Irish & Languages
Aistear féinaithne in Washington DC
Samhradh iontach caite in Washington DC mar chuid den WIP Read more…
Irish & Languages
Peil na mBan
Cur síos ar Peil na mBan i gcomhthéacs an cluiche ceannais a bhí á imirt an Domhnach seo caite Read more…
Irish & Languages
An chaoi ar tháinig mé ar ais don Ghaeilge agus mé sna fichidí.
Scéal Corey Rigley agus an t-aistear a thóg sé ar ais don teanga dhúchais agus é ina fichidí Read more…
Irish & Languages
RyanAir i bponc agus na céadta eitilí curtha ar ceal
Cur síos déanta ag Méabh Riordan ar chruachás Ryanair maidir le na céadta eitilí atá curtha ar ceal Read more…
Ilghnéitheach
Cead ag mná tiomáint san Araib Shádach
Léargas ar an athrú tagtha ar an gcosc a bhí i bhfeidhm ar mná ag tiomáint san Araib Shádach Read more…
Irish & Languages
Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh: ‘Guth na gCluichí Gaelacha’
Chuir Conor O Shea an loach spóirt Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh faoi agallamh Read more…
Irish & Languages
Léirmheas ar Motherfoclóir ; Leabhar nua faoi ‘a not so dead language’
Cuireann Méabh síos ar an leabhar úr Motherfoclóir atá ar fáil sna siopaí anois Read more…
Features
Queen of the night
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]here is a certain seediness in leaving the bright sunshine of an early summer evening to disappear inside the whoosh of a door. From the hustle and squeal of traffic on Georges Street, into the icon Read more…
Opinion
The crisis in student accommodation continues
This applies to the accommodation in the DCU St. Patrick’s campus in particular. The annual rent for a bedroom on St Patrick’s College campus is €5,238 per year, which is paid in two installments. However many students have claimed that despite the rise in price of accommodation there is no improvements in living conditions in the facility.
Articles
Baby on board: parenting in a wheelchair
When Niamh Ni Ruari fell pregnant, she knew that her life would change forever. She tell us about what its like being both a mother and wheelchair user at university. Read more…
News
UCDSU officer calls for investment in education
[dropcap]A [/dropcap] lack of investment in third-level education has led to a drop in respect for Irish degrees worldwide, according to UCDSU’s Education Officer.
Opinion
Thirteen Billion reasons why
Essentially over the last decade the Irish government have given Apple an unfair tax advantage. While everybody else has to pay their dues Apple have been allowed to pay less in taxes, so much less that this number has accumulated to €13 billion. Read more…
News
Sunbed VAT rate increased due to “clear evidence” of link to skin cancer
[dropcap]M[/dropcap]inister Paschal Donohue increased the VAT rate applied to sunbed services in yesterday’s budget, due to “clear evidence” of a link between sunbed use and skin cancer. The increase from 13.5 percent to 23 percent Read more…