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UCC RAG Week arrests treble
By Róisín Treacy UCC saw arrests treble during their annual Raise and Give week this year. Gardaí made 50 arrests for public order offences in the first four days of the week-long event. The Read more…
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UCD SU referendum to abolish Ents Officer
By Frances Mulraney A proposed UCD Students’ Union constitution will see the abolition of the Entertainment Officer as a sabbatical position, the suggested establishment of College Councils and a new rule requiring a referendum Read more…
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Engineers Week 2012
By Brendan White Students have been urged to get involved in Engineers Week 2012, which takes place throughout Ireland later this month. Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairi Quinn, joined Engineers Ireland as they launched Read more…
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YFG adopt gay adoption motion
By Aoife Mullen DCU Young Fine Gael’s (YFG) motion calling on the government to bring forward legislation allowing gay couples to adopt has been adopted by the National Executive. DCU YFG attended the 25th Read more…
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Students’ Union asked to make €10,000 donation to build labyrinth on campus
By Aishling Phelan DCU Students’ Union has been asked to donate €10,000 towards the cost of building a labyrinth on campus. A labyrinth is an ancient meditation tool consisting of a winding stone path that people Read more…
Sport
DCU student Olympic qualification almost a reality
For one DCU student Olympic qualification is almost a reality. Just six tenths of a second off the 400m A standard, Brian Gregan spoke to Brendan White about chasing that elusive time. A whirlwind 12 Read more…
Sport
DCU complete successful defence of Varsity Indoor crown
By Ronan Duggan DCU once again defended their Varsity Indoor Track and Field titles; the men for the sixth consecutive year with the women’s team completing the five-in-a-row. DCU has for many years relied on Read more…
Sport
With little or no financial funding, marathon runner Linda Byrne speaks to Eleni Megoran about overcoming all obstacles on the road to realising her Olympic dream.
With little or no financial funding, marathon runner Linda Byrne speaks to Eleni Megoran about overcoming all obstacles on the road to realising her Olympic dream. On August 5th at 11am, Linda Byrne will be Read more…
Features
Top 5…ways to get organised this semester
By Niamh Devereux “Next semester things will be different…” We’ve all made this claim at some stage of our college lives. With the second semester rolling in, some students have the usual lectures and assignments Read more…
Features
Through my eyes: getting into gear
By Grainne Coyne “Clutch, brake, handbrake, handbrake!” To drivers, learner drivers, or perhaps those with the patience to teach others how to drive, these words will sound all too familiar. It’s hard to forget the Read more…
Features
Time for TV talent shows to face the music? Time for TV talent shows to face the music?
By Freya Drohan With almost seven billion inhabiting this planet, it’s a given that countless people assume that they have the requisite talent to make it as a global star. This century has thus far Read more…
Features
State of the Unions
By Sarah Doran The year of the dragon is certainly proving a fiery one in the realm of student politics. UCD students are reeling at the news that their Students’ Union is almost €1 million Read more…
Features
Spring surprises
By Conor McTernan and Jenny Darmody Spring has arrived and it offers a wide range of weird and wonderful experiences that we can embrace, especially as Ireland escapes the icy conditions that have affected mainland Read more…
Sport
DCU bailed out of trouble by late goal
DCU 1-12 GMIT 0-15 by Eoghan Cormican At St. Clare’s Substitute Peter Corry came to the rescue of DCU’s freshers hurling outfit just when as outsiders GMIT had one eye on a second round date Read more…
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No chance of postgrad study for many DCU students Calls for SU to lobby the government against grant cuts
By Aoife Mullen Almost half of final year students in DCU who won’t be applying for a postgraduate degree next year had intended to, but had to change their plans after the grant cuts announced Read more…
Features
I didn’t mean to…
Jenny Darmody Features Editor I am not that girl. I am not the type that waits for couples to break up so that I can swoop in. I don’t do that. I didn’t do Read more…
Features
Being single after a long term relationship
By James Martin Being single again after serving your time in a long-term relationship can seem like a daunting prospect. Like a death row convict released after having made peace with your fate, you may Read more…
Features
Long Distance Relationships
by Sarah Doran Going on Erasmus? Planning your J1? Your next big adventure can be an incredibly exciting prospect but when you’re leaving your other half behind things can get a little more complicated. Long Read more…
Features
The Internet and SOPA – was it ever going to work?
by Méabh McDonnell Those of you who haven’t been living under a wifi-deprived rock will have had some experience with the SOPA (Stop Online Piracy) bill. Between the Wikipedia blackout, the activity of online organisation, Read more…
Sport
Ireland can complete championship checklist
Will Slattery And so it all begins again. Another four-year cycle that will lead us to another World Cup. And it all starts with this 6 Nations. The last World Cup is now the distant Read more…
Sport
Dreams of Cup glory end in despair
Prior to Friday’s Women’s Superleague National Cup final DCU Mercy coach Mark Ingle wanted fans to expect the unexpected, but the formbook was to ring true as UL recorded a comfortable 64-27 victory at the Read more…
Sport
Mixing it with the big boys
Eoghan Cormican DCU will have it all to do when they meet Kildare in what should be a humdinger of an O’Byrne Cup final at O’Moore Park, Portlaoise on Friday, February 17. The final was Read more…
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Millrose invite For DCU athletes
Brendan White Four up-and-coming DCU athletes have been chosen to compete at the prestigious Millrose Games in New York. The world famous distance relay event takes place in February every year and DCU have been Read more…
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UCD Students’ Union are €1 million in debt, forcing the union to make cuts of 40% across the board.
By Aisling Kett UCD Students’ Union are €1 million in debt, forcing the union to make cuts of 40% across the board. This debt has also forced the union to make redundant two employees in Read more…
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TCD Lecturers break with Croke Park Agreement
By Aoife Mullen Negotiations relating to the Croke Park Agreement have been put on hold by The Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT), following compulsory redundancies made in Trinity College. Two lecturers represented by the Read more…