Podcast
Articles by Leonor Amaral
Podcast
Video
DCU students: abusive relationships
Video by Leanne Hanafin
Video
Signs of healthy and unhealthy relationships
Video by Leanne Hanafin
Video
DCU students: abusive relationships
Video by Leanne Hanafin
Articles
DCU launches safety app
[dropcap]DCU[/dropcap] are launching the first safety app in Ireland, for round the clock connection to the campus’ security team on Wednesday the 15th of November.
Articles
James Fallows on the impact of Facebook on modern politics
[dropcap]Facebook[/dropcap] was “behaving in an irresponsible and value-free way” during the 2016 US presidential election, according to the European editor of The Atlantic magazine.
Blogs
DCUSU President assaulted
[dropcap]DCUSU[/dropcap] President Niall Behan was attacked while walking home from DCU to Glasnevin two weeks ago.
videos
Video: DCU vs UL
Video by Lauren Timlin
Articles
Video: Do students use Irish after school?
Video by Leanne Hanafin and Lauren Timlin
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…
Video
Video: Education is in the Red march
Video by Leanne Hanafin
Political
Budget 2018: Rent allowance increases
[dropcap]Rent[/dropcap] allowance will increase by €149m next year in order to accommodate over 17,000 more homes, said Minister for Finance Paschal O’ Donoghue.
Political
Budget 2018: Sugar tax won’t help obesity – Irish beverage council
Sugar tax will not tackle obesity, according to the Irish Beverage Council “Taxing one ingredient in some sugary drinks, but not all sugary drinks, will not combat the complex challenge of obesity’’ Colm Jordan, Director Read more…
Political
Budget 2018: childcare
Child and Family Agengy, Tusla will receive an additional €40.6 million in 2018, bringing their annual funding to over €750 million.
Political
Budget 2018: Tackling cancer
[dropcap]Minister[/dropcap] 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, he said.
Political
Round up of Budget 2018
[dropcap]Leo[/dropcap] Varadkar’s first budget was unveiled yesterday which contained modest increases in public spending alongside a small measure of tax relief.
Blogs
SU offices ransacked
[dropcap]The[/dropcap] Students’ Union offices were broken into and ransacked on Sunday night, according to the SU president Niall Behan.
Blogs
Fire breaks out in campus pharmacy
There were no injuries when a fire broke out in the DCU pharmacy Pharmahealth on Tuesday at 11:12am.
Editorial
Editorial: Loser, winner: SU, where’s my chicken dinner?
[dropcap]The[/dropcap] curious case of the missing goujon spiralled out of control in recent weeks. So significant was the backlash against the reduction in the number of goujons sold in DCU’s NuBar that it was covered Read more…
Editorial
Editorial: New DCU fails to reflect feeling of lost identity among smaller colleges
[dropcap]All[/dropcap] changed, changed utterly: a New DCU has been born. We have now passed the four month anniversary of the DCU Incorporation Programme and now is the time to reflect and consider the impact it Read more…
DCU News
Students and staff at CICE protest against unresolved compensation claims
Students and staff members of CICE on Friday protested outside the college’s former site in Rathmines against unresolved compensation claims. Read more…
Opinion
Government shamed as Apollo House recaptures spirits of 1916
Sometimes doing a little can mean a lot. While one person cannot put the world to rights they can still make a positive impact, writes Bríon Hoban regarding the recent Apollo House contraversy. Read more…
Opinion
DCU’s indifference to student addiction
Bríon Hoban takes a look into DCU’s attitude towards drugs and its strict anti-drug policy and wonders that perhaps DCU doesn’t prioritise the helping of students suffering from drug addiction.
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DCU News
Staff member ‘made homeless’ following Incorporation
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] DCU member of staff and their son were made homeless following the Incorporation Programme, which saw the Church of Ireland College of Education among others amalgamate into the university this year, according to TD Read more…