Legislation to scrap the Triple Lock has passed its first vote in the Dáil after 79 TDs backed the legislation and 71 opposed it. The Bill, which seeks to end the requirement for UN approval Read more…
Thousands gathered in Dublin city centre Saturday for a protest march supporting Palestine. The march was organised by the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) as a ‘demonstration for Palestine: Three Years of Gaza Genocide’. It Read more…
DCU Dance took home much of the silverware at the Dance Intervarsities last Tuesday. Hosted in the Helix, the competition was electric as thirteen colleges across the country fought to take the top prizes in Read more…
Editor-in-Chief of the College View Hannah Daygo was shortlisted for a student journalism award. Hannah Daygo has been nominated for Best Lifestyle Piece by the Student Publication Association. The piece was titled ‘Girl talks empower: Read more…
The Irish-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC), gathered in support of a Seanad motion to sanction Israel at Leinster House last night. The motion calls for real comprehensive sanctions against Apartheid Israel, the implementation of the Occupied Read more…
Protesters disrupted events in the Helix at the start of this month as DCU chose to award ex-Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, with an honorary doctorate. Read more…
Illegal drone activity caused major disruptions at Dublin Airport over the last two weeks; a number of flights were diverted to Shannon, Belfast, and Manchester on four separate occasions. The costs of the delays are said to be well over one million euro. Read more…
Rescue teams continue to search through the rubble in both Turkey and Syria today, as countries worldwide provide aid and stand in solidarity with civilians who have lost their lives. Early Monday, the 6th of Read more…
Sinn Féin u-turned on their call for a vote of no-confidence of Minister for Public Expenditure, Paschal Donohoe, last week after the party had to correct their 2020 election expenses again. Read more…
Cancellation of a taxi request more than 2 minutes after acceptance will see customers charged up to €10 under new FreeNow Terms and Conditions Ireland’s most popular taxi booking app, FreeNow, has introduced a range Read more…
Traffic came to a standstill last Thursday in Dublin city after multiple anti-refugee protests were held around the city. These anti-refugee protests have sparked much backlash from political figures, local communities and national media. Read more…
Protesters gathered in Egypt last week to voice concerns over the human rights of climate change activists imprisoned in the country at the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) last week. Read more…
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…
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…
A new law has been introduced allowing the Northern Irish Assembly to defer elections for six weeks with the allocation of a six-week extension to be placed after if necessary. Read more…
Students in Trinity College Dublin (TCD) will march to Dáil Éireann as part of a climate protest to demand for “emergency action on planetary polycrises” during the COP27 summit in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt. The protest is Read more…
Survey findings released today have shown that over one-third of students say they have seriously considered withdrawing from their third-level course. The Irish Survey of Student Engagement consisted of responses from 42,852 undergraduate and postgraduate Read more…
Dublin City University students protested in a planned walk-out at 11:11 this morning. The protesters demanded accessible higher education, additional renters rights and that minimum wage be increased to the living wage. The demonstration, supported Read more…
Dublin City University reported 99 cases of plagiarism or cheating in the university between 2019 and 2021. Out of these cases, 73 of them were upheld with four students being stopped from re-registering for their course. Read more…
DCU Students Union has welcomed “short term initial initiatives” from Budget 2023, but said it does not go far enough. In a statement posted on social media, the Union said they were disappointed with the Read more…
A new bus route by Dublin Bus has commenced, to include a stop at DCU. The N4 bus route will call at DCU’s Collins Avenue stop on its journey between the Point Village and Blanchardstown Read more…
A community initiative introduced by parents of neurodiverse children in Sandymount encouraged its audience to view neurodiversity as a difference rather than a deficit on its official launch night. The panel meeting took place at Read more…
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…
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…
One year on from the murder of Sarah Everard and there are increased calls to tackle men’s violence against women. Read more…