All of the latest on and off campus news.
[dropcap]The [/dropcap] Accounting & Finance (A&F) society are suspended from social activities for semester one after inappropriate conduct during their Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM).
[dropcap]Budget [/dropcap]2019 has been criticized as being an ‘election budget’ by Labour TD Joan Burton, after Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe’s speech on October 9th.
[dropcap]Higher [/dropcap]Education, Further Education & Training, and Research will receive an investment of €150 million, said Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe in his Budget 2019 speech on October 9th.
Minimum wage will increase to €9.80 per hour, with USC reducing in the third rate from 4.75 per cent to 4.5 per cent. Read more…
A planned 50 per cent increase was expected for carbon tax. This would have increased carbon tax from the current amount of €20 to €30 per tonne. The rate has remained unaltered since May 2014. Read more…
[dropcap]All [/dropcap]social welfare payments are to increase by €5 per week from next year. The Christmas bonus for welfare recipients will also be restored in full, to commence later this year. Donohoe said: “In addition Read more…
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport was allocated €1.26 billion from the Budget 2019. €40 million of this will go towards fixing potholes. Read more…
[dropcap]Minister [/dropcap]of Finance, Paschal Donohoe has announced an additional €60 million euro to be spent on reforms within the department of Justice and Equality. The €60 million will be used to provide additional asylum accommodation, Read more…
Mental health funding will see the total funding increase to €1 billion, an increase of 9 per cent. Read more…
The Budget 2019 has allocated €2.3 billion towards the housing programme next year, announced the minister for finance, Paschal Donohoe at the Dáil today. Read more…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] DCU student has pleaded guilty to charges of possession of €4,000 worth of narcotics with intent to supply.
DCU’s Enactus team are through to the World Cup in Silicon Valley. Read more…
[dropcap]DCU[/dropcap] Students’ Union joined the National Housing Protest calling for fair rent and adequate housing on Wednesday October 3, 2018.
DCU is one of the universities across Ireland which is seeking more freedom from state regulation in order to hire more lecturers. Read more…
Divisions have emerged in UCD between staff and students about the building of a private staff club costing €14 million, with confusion over funding. Read more…
TCD previously had tobacco free areas introduced in 2016 which, according to Trinity News caused an “81 per cent drop in smoking in the zones from July 2016 to April 2017”. Read more…
A further €4.5 million will be put towards the merging of three Institute of Technologies in Dublin. Read more…
UCD and the RCSI launched the first accredited medical school in Malaysia, last week Read more…
The announcement is an attempt to end a controversial “two-tier” austerity-era cost-cutting pay rate. It resulted in entrants into the public sector since 2011 receiving less than that of longer serving colleagues. Read more…
The EZ10 takes to the roads of Dublin city during the driverless vehicles first venture in Ireland. Read more…
DCU has joined a charter entitled ‘Ireland’s Future Talent’ which aims to make the Irish education system the best in Europe. Read more…
[dropcap]A [/dropcap]series of apartment blocks and parking spaces a short distance away from DCU are set to begin construction next year.
A 2018 CSO report revealed a drop in the number of non-Irish nationals living in Ireland. Read more…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] DCU study revealed that countries with greater press freedom have lower incidences of bribery involving public officials.
Professor James O’Higgins Norman was appointed to chair a UNESCO initiative to provide practical solutions to stop bullying. Read more…
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