By Catríona Hughes UCD Students’ Union spent over €3,000 on their first Emergency General Meeting in 24 years, despite being €1 million in debt. The meeting regarding staff members Jacqueline Carey and Anne Dunne, made Read more…
By Aoife Mullen Qualifier rounds for the Red Bull Paper Wings 2012 World Championships will be coming to DCU next Tuesday, February 28th. Nine third level institutions in Ireland will hold qualifiers and the winners Read more…
By Suzanne Cooper Trinity College Dublin (TCD) held a debate last week regarding the college’s affiliation with the Union of Students in Ireland. Philosophical Society speaker David Byrne proposed the motion, “that this house would disaffiliate Read more…
By Aishling Kett The DCU RAG Challenge continues today with a pyjama day, in which students spend the day in their pyjamas to try raise €15 for RAG charities. The RAG Challenge is a set Read more…
The Students’ Union are to campaign for a reduction in the voting age from 18 years of age to 16. A motion supporting this was put forward at a Class Rep Council meeting and passed Read more…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…