DCU News
IMF chief Christine Lagarde visits DCU
[dropcap]Christine[/dropcap] Lagarde, chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), visited DCU and spoke about inclusion, education and innovation last Tuesday.
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Political
DCU honours Arab world’s first female politician
[dropcap]Amal[/dropcap] Al Qubaisi, the Arab world’s most senior politician, received an honorary doctorate from DCU last Thursday.
Health
VideoDoc consultations remain available during Summer
[dropcap]VideoDoc[/dropcap] announced its doctors will continue to provide consultations during the summer for Colleges Students who are members of the Union of Students Ireland (USI).
DCU News
DCUSU Irish Officer denies allegations of misconduct
[dropcap]DCUSU’s [/dropcap]newly elected Irish Language Officer, Sorcha Ní Chonghaile has denied allegations that she tore down posters promoting DCU’s Repeal launch last year.
News
Over 45 students ‘sleepout’ for Shanowen Shakedown Part 2
DCU’s outgoing and incoming Student Union representatives led a protest for a second time against the Shanowen accommodation rent increases. Read more…
Articles
Explainer: The Eighth Amendment
A referendum on repealing the Eighth Amendment will be a historical event for Irish society whether the Ireland votes yes or no. Read more…
DCU News
Niall Behan believes attitudes have changed towards DCUSU
Niall Behan reflects on his time as DCUSU President. Read more…
Articles
DRAFT- Religious charities to benefit from Papal visit according DCU chaplin
[dropcap]Pope[/dropcap] Francis specifically chose Ireland to host the upcoming World Meeting of Families this year, according to Brenda Drumm the Media and Communications Manager for the event. The Pontiff promised to address crowds in Croke Read more…
News
DCUSU Elections: Catherine Kane candidate for Societies Officer
[dropcap]C[/dropcap]atherine ‘Cat’ Kane, a Religious Education and Music student in St. Patrick’s college, decided to run for the position of Societies Officer during 2018’s Student Union Elections in an effort to unify all three DCU Read more…
National News
Secondary level students now allowed to “opt-out” of religion classes
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]econd Level students in Ireland are given the opportunity to officially ‘opt-out’ of religion classes, after a circular was issued to schools by the Department of Education on the 19th of February 2018.
Articles
Time to switch off
[dropcap]R[/dropcap]yan Tubridy sparked a national conversation on whether we have fallen too far down the rabbit hole of social media into all its filtered wonder and forgotten how to interact with our fellow human. Tubridy Read more…
Television
The Troubles of Being a Derry Girl
Never before has there been a more hilarious yet endearing portrayal of the juxtaposition between the Troubles in Northern Ireland and the average lives of five teenagers until Lisa McGee’s series, ‘Derry Girls’, was aired Read more…
News
DCU appoints former NYT editor as adjunct professor
[dropcap]Jill [/dropcap]Abramson, former Executive Editor of The New York Times, has been appointed as an Adjunct Professor in DCU’s School of Communications. Abramson’s role will be primarily supplementary and is not expected to work directly Read more…
Blogs
DCU Student found with nearly €4000 worth of narcotics
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]N Garda Síochána raided house six in the DCU Hampstead student accommodation complex in search of drugs on the 15th of November. One witness recalled seeing a male student being escorted out of a Hampstead Read more…
National News
The first licence for medicinal cannabis in Ireland issued
[dropcap]C[/dropcap]hronic pain sufferers were granted a three-month licence for a cannabis product to treat their condition by Ireland’s Department of Health this month.
Features
Finding the light in Seasonal Affective Disorder
[dropcap]As[/dropcap] we wind back the clocks for daylight savings, a veil of darkness looms over the frigid winter months. For some, the short cold days are a countdown to Christmas; for others, they’re a reason to Read more…
DCU News
DCU remains second highest university for Sugar Babies
[dropcap]DCU[/dropcap] remains the second highest university in the country for sign-ups to SeekingArrangement in 2017, with 568 students registered to the Sugar Babies service, according to the website’s recent figures.
Film
The ten most timeless movies
“Don’t make me choose. I can’t” is the eternal quote from the film ‘Sophie’s Choice’, one of the greatest films of our time. The haunting phrase is an appropriate response when asked to narrow down Read more…
National News
Taoiseach dismisses UK and US style loan scheme
[dropcap]L[/dropcap]eo Varadkar’s unclear plans for the proposed ‘Student Loan Scheme’ outraged the Union of Students in Ireland, who led the march for publicly funded education in Dublin on October 3rd. The Taoiseach ruled out the Read more…
Clubs and Socs
Minister for Health makes an appearance at Clubs and Socs
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]oliticians inspected the future of their parties as they visited DCU’s ‘Clubs and Socs’ signups on Monday. Among the familiar faces was Fine Gael Minister for Health Simon Harris who made his way around to Read more…