Sinn Féin u-turned on their call for a vote of no-confidence of Minister for Public Expenditure, Paschal Donohoe, last week after the party had to correct their 2020 election expenses again. Read more…
The bill was proposed by the government’s opposition party People Before Profit, to remove barriers to higher education by abolishing third-level fees so that everyone who wants to access higher education has the same chance. Read more…
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]ine Gael decided not to run candidates in Northern Ireland for the UK election, despite requests from Young Fine Gael.
The end finally appears to be in sight to the Brexit negotiations which have dominated the agenda for the entirety of Leo Varadkar’s time as Taoiseach.
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]e spoke to the major political parties about what they hope to achieve in this year’s budget in relation to third-level institutes. Now that the budget has been released here are their hopes so we Read more…
Analysis of the main four parties’ manifesto education sections for the General Election of 2016 Read more…
Following major opposition from students around Ireland, Fianna Fail has sent an open letter to Student Unions’ around Ireland last Friday stating, “Fianna Fail will now no longer include the proposal of the student loan programme in our election manifesto.” Read more…
Leandro Pondoc discusses whether new political parties will ever overcome the power of Fine Gael and Fianna Fail. Read more…
This year’s local elections will be the last without an imposed female gender quota. The College View examines the affect this policy could have and whether it really is fair. Read more…
The College View speaks to Trinity Student Ellen O’Connor who is running in the upcoming local elections. Read more…
Chairperson of DCU Young Fine Gael, Paul Henry gives his reaction to the goverment’s budget for the coming year announced last week. Read more…
DCU graduate, Helen McEntee, feels she shouldn’t be penalised because of her family name as she prepares to run in the Meath East by-election for Fine Gael. Speaking to The College View, McEntee says that Read more…
Almost 1,000 people have signed a petition aimed at getting level 8 degree courses in Ballyfermot College recognized by the Irish grant system. Ballyfermot’s BA in Media Production Management is awarded through DCU and so Read more…
DCU Ógra Fianna Fail are the biggest political society in DCU after more than doubling their membership this year. DCU Ógra FF (Pádraig Pearse DCU Cumann) recruited 53 members during the two sign up days, Read more…