News
DCUSU announce new student activist group
DCUSU VP for Education and Placement has announced a student activist group will be set up within the college to fight for various causes. Read more…
Callum Lavery
Features
Graduation caps falling in the ranks
Applications to Dublin universities are becoming lower each year. Read more…
Television
The Laborious Adventures of Bad TV
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]rom shows that keep us on the edge of our seat, to those that leave us snoring in them, we all love television. A fictional adventure, an escape from reality, a simple bit of respite Read more…
News
Trinity College secure €100m loan from EIB
[dropcap]Trinity [/dropcap]College has received a €100 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for a period of 30 years.
National News
Steamed passengers puts Iarnród Éireann off track
[dropcap]Irish[/dropcap] rail has set up an alcohol ban on four of their rail services following “constant complaints” of antisocial behaviour.
Budget 2019
BUDGET 2019: Social Welfare
[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…
Budget 2019
BUDGET 2019: Justice
[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…
DCU News
DCU unveils long awaited student centre
The centre will welcome an estimated 50,000 students in the next decade. It was funded entirely through donations from the Tony Ryan Trust, Bank of Ireland, DCU Commercial activities, alongside €8 million raised from student levees. Read more…
News
Shanowen Spar closed due to arson attack
[dropcap]Gardaí[/dropcap]are currently investigating an arson attack which occurred at the Shanowen Square Spar on Saturday morning.
Opinion
Are consent classes effective?
Too often in education we are simply taught that 2+2=4. You write it down in your copy and don’t think about it until memorising it the night before the test. By opening up the classroom to questions and opinions on consent, with a qualified teacher to moderate, students would be more engaged and more likely to listen and take in what’s being discussed. Read more…
Blogs
Over 13 per cent of Undergrads failed an exam last semester
[dropcap]During[/dropcap] the first semester, 13.29 per cent of undergraduate students failed an exam in DCU, according to an FOI request.
Opinion
Are vigilante paedophile hunters hidden heroes?
Callum Lavery: vigilante groups are unjustifiable Let’s get one thing straight first – I fully support the punishment of anyone who feels it is justifiable to corrupt the innocence of children. While I do understand Read more…
News
DCUSU Oifigeach na Gaeilge candidate: Sorcha Ní Chonghaile
[dropcap]Sorcha Ní Chonghaile[/dropcap] is a first year B.Ed student and one of only two candidates running for the position of Oifigeach na Gaeilge on next year’s DCUSU.
News
Young women more likely to have degrees than male peers
[dropcap]Young[/dropcap] women are more likely to have a third-level qualification than young men, new figures show.
National News
Alternative lecturer offered after Trinity professor’s remarks on FGM
[dropcap]A [/dropcap]new lecturer will be provided for Trinity students offended by their lecturer’s remarks on Female Genital Mutiliation (FGM).
DCU News
Additional funding for Clubs and Socs who engage with Alumni
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]en clubs and societies have applied for additional funding under a new initiative organised by the DCU Alumni Office. The initiative invited clubs and societies to engage with past graduates through events in the second Read more…
The Hype
When music fights back
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]ar, huh, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing. That is of course if you listen to musicians like Edwin Star who have used music to dispute politics and government. Music has been used to Read more…
University News
Students frustrated with the hidden fees of J-1 agencies
[dropcap]H[/dropcap]idden fees and strict rules are making working in America on a J-1 increasingly difficult for Irish students.
Opinion
Leo’s homelessness comments show a lack of sympathy
Varadkar’s comments like Gleeson’s shows his misunderstanding of the issue, his disinterest in the problem, his aloofness to lower class issues. His overall classism and elitism, as members of the Simon community and rival politicians have already pointed out. 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
Gender equality conference to be held in Ireland next year
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]reland will host the 10th European Conference on Gender Equality in Higher Education next year in Trinity College.
DCU News
Hubby McHubface among names for new student centre
[dropcap]The DCU Students’ Union want you to help them name the new student centre.[/dropcap]
News
DCU tops the table in female academia
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU is the leading university in Ireland for female academia, according to figures released in a report by the Higher Education Authority (HEA).
National News
Ireland will accept 330 additional refugees this year
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]reland plans to resettle an additional 330 refugees in 2018, Minister for Justice and Equality Charlie Flanagan announced on Friday.
News
UCD rejects petition to impeach SU President Katie Ascough
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] petition by the University College Dublin student body to impeach current Students’ Union President Katie Ascough has been rejected by the union.