Opinion
Are students disengaged from students’ unions?
The sad reality is that students don’t appreciate SUs anymore.
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Katie Ascough
University News
Impeached former UCDSU president recieves pro-life award
Impeached UCD SU president Katie Ascough received a pro-life award from a UK anti-abortion group in January.
News Features
Our students’ unions are losing their sense of identity
There was an empty silence in the halls of the Henry Grattan building on the evening of 8th November. The lecture halls had been cleared out and the only solitary sounds were the shuffling of feet Read more…
Opinion
Should SU membership remain automatic?
The student’s union is there to help students. If it’s not doing its job correctly, then its officers need to reconsidered. Read more…
Articles
UCD vote to impeach SU president
UCD students have voted overwhelmingly in favour of removing their Students’ Union president Katie Ascough from office after she blocked the publication of abortion information in a freshers’ magazine. The results showed that more than Read more…
Opinion
Should the UCD SU President be impeached?
In having the magazine reprinted, Ascough cost the student body €8,000 – the maximum fine for publishing such information is €4,000. Barry Murphy, UCD SU’s Campaigns and Communications Officer, alleged how difficult the Repeal campaign had been to run with Ascough as President and told the University Observer of disagreements with her over the repeal budget and class reps and “showed discomfort” with the placement of UCD for Choice in the Freshers’ tent. Read more…
News
UCD rejects petition to impeach SU President Katie Ascough
A petition by the University College Dublin student body to impeach current Students’ Union President Katie Ascough has been rejected by the union.
News
Larger voter turnout for UCD abortion referendum than SU presidential election
More students voted in UCD’s abortion referendum last year than in this year’s UCD Student Union presidential election. Pro-life campaigner and activist Katie Ascough was elected president of UCD’s Students’ Union which voted to maintain Read more…