Political
Mental health spending to increase despite rumours
Mental Health spending is set to increase in 2017 by €24.7m, despite popular belief that spending is to be cut from the sector in the 2017 budget. Read more…
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News
New system sees a rise in SUSI grants
SUSI has awarded 14,000 extra grants to students compared to last year Read more…
News
Conflict at CRC over constitutional change
Last Wednesday’s CRC saw a heated debate over the proposed changes to the Students’ Union constitution. Read more…
DCU News
15% of DCU graduates finished with a first in 2016
Of the 1,800 students who graduated in November, 15 per cent obtained first class honours, according to data supplied by DCU’s Quality Promotion Office. Read more…
DCU News
1030 DCU students apply for Student Assistance Fund this year
[dropcap]1030[/dropcap] people applied for financial aid from the Student Assistance Fund in DCU this semester, according to Student Support and Development (SDD). This number is expected to increase when applications reopen in second semester. Last Read more…
DCU News
Math abilities due to a ‘growth mindset’
Director of the Maths Learning Centre in DCU, Eabhnat Ni Fhloinn, says a certain ‘mindset’ in people may be the reason they achieve in particular areas, especially mathematics. Read more…
DCU News
DCU incorporation reaches official completion
The DCU Incorporation Programme was finalised at the end of September, officially joining DCU, St Patricks College, Mater Dei and CICE as one legal entity. Read more…
Football
DCU senior football team starts season with 2-1 win in Dundalk
Dundalk Institute of Technology 1 Dublin City University 2 Colleges and Universities Football League Premier Division A dominant second half display from Dublin City University earned a win over Dundalk Institute of Technology at Oriel Read more…
Football
Cregg highlights set piece woes in DCU’s 6-3 defeat to Maynooth
Dublin City University 3 Maynooth University 6 Colleges and Universities Football League Premier Division St. Patrick’s Athletic’s Jack Bayly’s first half brace played a pivotal role for Maynooth University as DCU were handed their first Read more…
Articles
Cigarette deterrent going up in smoke
An increase in the price of cigarettes will not be enough to stop students smoking, writes Emily Crowley. Read more…
Opinion
Budget 2017 neglects mental health
The rate of suicides in this country is higher than the rate of road deaths yet mental health still remains a low priority for the Government, writes Bríon Hoban. Read more…
Hurling
Pat’s flummoxed by DCU blitz
Dublin City University 4-19 St. Patrick’s College 0-11 Senior Hurling League Division One A dazzling display from DCU on Wednesday night, October 19th under the lights of St. Clare’s saw them power past the challenge Read more…
GAA
Pat’s fail to match DCU’S six goals in Drumcondra
St Patrick’s College 1-08 Dublin City University 6-14 O’Rourke Cup Captain Siobhán Woods scored a hat-trick in Dublin City Unversity’s win over its nearest neighbours St Patrick’s College in their O’Rourke Cup match on Wednesday, Read more…
Irish & Languages
Picnic Leictreonach: Athbhreithniú
[dropcap]Deireadh[/dropcap] Seachtaine na bliana a bhí againn ag tús mhí Mheáin Fómhair ar an tSráidbhaile i gContae Laoise. Ón dara lá go dtí’n ceathrú lá bhí taispeántais cheoil, ealaíona, agus damhsa le feiceáil sa cheantar Read more…
University News
Planning permission granted for 900 bed student accommodation in Docklands
Planning permission has been granted for the construction of over 900 student bed spaces beside the Point Village as part of the ongoing regeneration of the docklands.
GAA
“That’s sport” – Woods insists there’s no Hawk Eye controversy
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]ublin City University was represented strongly represented in this year’s All-Ireland Senior Ladies’ Football final at Croke Park on Sunday, September 25th. Siobhán Woods, a student of psychology and her teammates, Emer Ní Éafa, Emma Read more…
Other Sports
35 hours in the gym the key to Griffin’s success
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]or most college students, a lot of time is spent trying to find our purpose in life. We spend much time worrying over whether we are taking the right career path and fretting over what Read more…
Opinion
Selfish students only support certain strikes
Recent Dublin Bus strikes caused outrage amongst students and the general populace, but is it so wrong to fight for a fair wage? Bríon Hoban discusses the matter.
DCU News
North Dublin’s first “Recovery College” launched at DCU
The Dublin North East “Recovery College” was launched in DCU, in celebration of World Mental Health Day, last Monday, October 10th.
Opinion
Clubs and societies: An attraction or a distraction?
Does joining clubs and societies distract from the academic side of education at University or do they add an extra dimension to the average college experience? Opinion’s editor Shirley Donlon discusses the matter. Read more…
Opinion
Remembering all life lost in 1916
Irish people are finally opening up to the reality of the year 1916 and remembering our lost generation, writes Andrew Ralph.
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News Features
Every age is welcome at DCU
[dropcap]DCU[/dropcap] is known as a campus for enterprise, but what you might not know is that DCU is also now considered an Age Friendly University.
Ilghnéitheach
Ceol Gan Chostas (Ró-Ard!)
Suite sa chistin thar phionta, solas na gréine a bhí ag éirí ag soilsiú ar mo chloigeann tuirseach, bhí mé ag plé le mo thuismitheoirí na ceolchoirmeacha ar a fhreastal muid orthu thar na blianta Read more…
Saol an Mhic Léinn
Seal sa Bhruiséil
Níl aon rud níos fearr ná deis a thapa. Sin an rud a rinne mé an samhradh seo caite nuair a chaith mé coicís sa Bhruiséil ag obair mar Au Pair, ag labhairt as Gaeilge Read more…
DCU News
DCU re-appoints Dr. Martin McAleese as Chancellor
Dublin City University has announced the re-appointment of Dr Martin McAleese as Chancellor of the University for a second 5-year term.