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Compliments, Contradictions and Campaigns – DCUSU Presidential Election Kicks Off
In the first event of the DCUSU Presidential Elections, incumbent Thomas O’Dowd and Brandon Perry laid out their platforms. Read more…
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Paschal Donohoe faced the correct consequences
One of the biggest news stories of 2023 has been the controversy around donations received by Public Expenditure Minister Paschal Donohoe in the 2016 and 2020 general elections and the Minister’s failure to declare certain Read more…
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University of Galway has launched a new €3 million European project for women in agriculture
FLIARA- Female Led Innovation in Agriculture and Rural Areas is a €3 million project, involving Universities across Europe aimed at developing and strengthening policy and government framework involving women in agriculture. The project aims to Read more…
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Harris announces maintenance grant increases- A reminder of Budget 2023
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris has announced today that student maintenance grants have now increased. This measure was introduced as part of Budget 2023, which will see the Read more…
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DCU’s 24-hour broadcast- Raising money for Women’s Aid
The DCU Media Production Society’s 24-hour Broadcast takes place over the next two days. The broadcast is live now! Here is a link to watch- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU0dPx96jOg Each year DCU MPS choose a charity partner, and Read more…
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What’s next for O’Connell Street?- Social Democrats discuss plans
Viewers were left horrified by a Prime Time episode last month, where host Fran McNulty approached drug dealers on O’Connell Street and highlighted the lack of safety on what’s meant to be Dublin’s main street. Read more…
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Vicky Phelan – “We owe her a debt of gratitude that we must work tirelessly to repay”
Tributes have poured in nationwide for the admired CervicalCheck campaigner Vicky Phelan, who died in the early hours of Monday morning aged 48, surrounded by her family in Milford Hospice in Limerick. The campaigner showed Read more…
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New law on tipping hospitality staff to be brought into effect this December
The Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Act 2022 was signed on the 20th of July this year and it has now been confirmed that it will come into effect on the 1st of Read more…
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Ukrainian refugees face homelessness government warns
Ireland cannot turn away new asylum applicants despite current pressures facing the system, Tanaiste Leo Varadkar has warned as refugees face the prospect of homelessness this winter. Speaking to WLRfm, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade Read more…
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Children face prospect of serious illness due to post-lockdown ‘immunity gap’
Hospitals must prepare for a massive influx of babies and children for care this winter due to a post-lockdown ‘immunity gap’, the medical journal The Lancet has warned. Published during the summer several leading, experts have warned Read more…
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Ireland only EU state to see rise in gas consumption
Ireland is the only EU member state to report an increase in gas consumption in the second quarter – April, May, June – of this year despite growing concern about energy supply not meeting demand Read more…
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Colleges are given 1.5 million for sexual violence and harassment prevention and response managers
Minister for Further and Higher education, Simon Harris announced this plan on the 13th of October. This occured as a result of increasing sexual violence and harassment figures across third level education. Based on figures Read more…
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DCU has ranked among the top 500 universities by Times Higher Education
This follows from DCU being placed 113th in the Young University Rankings and among the top 10 universities in the world for reducing inequality. The university’s teaching, research, citation impact, and international impact scores all Read more…
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#WheresMyLevy- Over 1,500 people protest at Maynooth University
Students of Maynooth University walked out of lectures in protest yesterday for the second time this month, due to a halt in construction of their Student Union (SU) building, which is funded through an annual Read more…
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Where’s my Levy? Maynooth students protest as the construction of their Student Union building is terminated
The project to build a new Student Union (SU) building due to be complete by July 2023 was funded through an annual student levy of €150 since 2015. Students organised a ‘walkout’ of lectures which Read more…
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ESB reports 390 million euro in profit in the first six months of 2022
ESB group, the largest energy company in Ireland, announced they earned €390 million in profit after exceptional items were included. Read more…
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Free contraception and how to avail via DCU
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly launched a scheme on Wednesday the 14th of September which provides free contraception to all women between the ages of 17-25. This scheme is now being extended to women ages Read more…
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Survey shows gender imbalance in those eyeing up a STEM career
There are 2.5 males to every one female at secondary level education in Ireland considering a career in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) according to survey conducted by Hayes Culleton Group. The report, which Read more…
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Students pet dogs to help with stress.
As part of DCU’s study on the physical and emotional health of students, Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind were brought to campus for the last week of college. The study ‘Promoting And supporting the Read more…
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Climate change plans are out the window as the emergency crisis continues.
The war between Russia and Ukraine has led to rising fuel costs. With such an emergency, fossil fuels are being used instead. Emergency measures have decreased the price of fossil fuels, reduced carbon taxes, and Read more…
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DCU Highlights Publication of Haughey by Professor Gary Murphy
Private islands, extramarital affairs, and arms shipments are just a few of the many controversies told in DCU Professor Gary Murphy’s book Haughey. Read more…
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Foreign students trapped in Ukraine
African students have also faced major difficulties, most have had to stay in bunkers for over 20
hours. They have also faced racism, both at the Ukrainian and Polish border and have been
told to go to the back of the queu. Read more…
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UCD lecture on violence against women “Zoom-bombed” by pornography and sexist abuse
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]n online lecture on violence against women in County Clare during the War of Independence was cut short after attendees began shouting sexist and racist abuse and playing pornography. The lecture was being given by Read more…
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Increased handwashing causes damage to the environment, according to new study
Additional handwashing and use of hand sanitiser throughout the Covid-19 pandemic hascaused “significant” damage to the environment. The study, led by Trinity College, has found that two percent of our carbon footprint can beattributed to Read more…
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The Helix cancels Royal Moscow Ballet’s Swan Lake performance
A performance of Swan Lake by the Royal Moscow Ballet was cancelled last week in response to the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine. On February 25th, The Royal Moscow Ballet were set to perform Swan Read more…