News
Four DIT students win ESB Inter College Challenge
Four students from DIT have won the ESB Inter College Challenge and are heading to Montreal next year. Read more…
DIT
University News
Technological University Dublin to be fully established by the new year
Oireachtas have approved the draft order for the establishment of the technological university, the first in Ireland. The three IT’s, Dublin, Tallaght and Blanch will be dissolved officially on Jan 1st 2019 and become united as a university. Read more…
News
DITSU launch a campaign to fight cuts to services
DIT students have launched a campaign against cuts to services after a staffing problem led to reductions in library hours and other services. Read more…
National News
Almost €7m in funding announced for new Dublin Technological University
A further €4.5 million will be put towards the merging of three Institute of Technologies in Dublin. Read more…
News
The biggest higher education development in the history of the state set to happen in DIT
The biggest development in higher education in the history of the State is set to happen in DIT to facilitate 20,000 extra students. Read more…
News
DIT makes over €250,000 in fees in two year period
DIT students feel that the high cost of exam fees are a contributing factor to the amount they make yearly from resit exams, which is higher than any other university in Ireland. Read more…
GAA
DCU second-half scoring spree takes them to their first ever Fitzgibbon Cup final
DCU Dóchas na Éireann 2-20 Dublin Institute of Technology 1-12 Fitzgibbon Cup semi-final [dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU booked their place in the Fitzgibbon Cup final with an eleven-point victory against Dublin rivals DIT last Tuesday evening in Parnell Read more…
News
DIT academics lodge complaint over amalgamation process
[dropcap]E[/dropcap]ighteen academics at Dublin Institute of Technology have written to the chairman of the institute’s governing body to express their discontent with the amalgamation process with Tallaght and Blanchardstown ITs.
University News
DIT drops Garda vetting requirement for mature students in “second chance” programme
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]IT have discarded the requirement of Garda vetting for mature students when applying to its ‘second chance education’ programme after controversial public opinion.
University News
DIT lobbies for new attitude on drug addiction
DIT VP for Welfare Tara O’Brien organised an “Addiction Awareness” campaign this month to change the way students think about addiction. 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.
DCU News
UCC fairs well in green ranking as DCU flops
DCU fails to make top 50 of latest enviromentally friendly university rankings as UCC comes second. John Boland has more. Read more…
News
DIT holds second annual film festival
DIT held their second annual film festival in Dublin last week. Paula Clarke has more. Read more…
News
Exam timetables cause confusion in DIT
Students and staff at DIT have been left confused and misinformed surrounding the dates for their upcoming Christmas examinations due to its proposed merge with ITT and ITB next year.
Articles
DIT students hit out at Grangegorman campus
A number of DIT students based in Grangegorman have alleged there aren’t sufficient facilities on the new campus. Katie O’Neill reports. Read more…
Articles
DIT topple lethargic DCU
DCU come up short against an organised DIT side. Read more…
University News
DIT opens new campus to first 1,000 students
DIT has opened a new campus in Grangegorman catering for 1,000 students. Aoife Geary reports. Read more…
Hurling
O’Brien reflects on Fitzgibbon Cup group stage exit
DCU’s Fitzgibbon Cup hurling manager Paul O’Brien talks to Kevin Taylor about his sides recent exit from the competition. Read more…
Hurling
Fitzgibbon Cup exit for DCU as DIT prove too strong
DCU’s Fitzgibbon Cup team were knocked out of the competition by DIT on Wednesday afternoon in St Clare’s. Read more…
Gaelic Football
Freshers book final place with confident display
It was a day of celebration for the Freshers Football team on Tuesday last after they defeated DIT by 11 points to advance to the final of the Division One Championship. Though the final scoreline Read more…
News
D.I.T and NUIG encourage more extra-curricular activity
Frances Mulraney This year D.I.T launch a new module, LEAD, to celebrate students’ extra-curricular activity. Not unlike the Uaneen module here in DCU, LEAD stands for lead, engage, achieve and develop and encourages students to Read more…