News Features
Could Europe be smoke free?
With the EU cracking down on cigarette advertising and more countries introducing smoking bans, could cigarettes be a thing of the past? Read more…
The College View
Features
Why student nurses are on less than minimum wage
Student nurses are one of the worst hit by the recession, and those out of college won’t even be earning minimum wage. The College View investigates. Read more…
Laughing Through Life
DCU? Are you actually kidding me?
Oh. My God. One of our southsoide comrades who was marooned in DCU tells all of their harrowing experience. Read more…
Hurling
Senior hurlers narrowly lose out to UCD
DCU’s Fitzgibbon hurling team were unlucky not to get anything out of their recent contest against UCD. Read more…
Other Sports
Rob Egan boxes his way to Leinster gold for DCU
Chairperson of the DCU Boxing Club, Robert Egan recently won gold at Leinster Championships. Read more…
Athletics
DCU leading the race in Irish athletics
Director of DCU Athletics Academy, Enda Fitzpatrick talks about how the athletics programme in DCU is the best in the country and should act as a template for other colleges. Read more…
Gaelic Football
Opening fresher football match ends in a draw
DCU’s fresher football team finally got their season off to a start with a draw away to UCD. Read more…
Gaelic Football
Byrne hits back at International Rules critics
Former DCU footballer Ciaran Byrne hits back at the criticism being given to the International Rules series. Read more…
Gaelic Football
DCU come out on top in seven-goal thriller
DCU’s senior football team overcame Trinity College in their second game of the season in St Clare’s. Read more…
Rugby
Senior rugby team kick year off with victory
The DCU senior rugby team opened up their league campaign with a victory away to NUI Maynooth. Read more…
Other Sports
Top 10 finish in Yachting World Cup for DCU students
Two DCU students we part of the Dublin Universities team that finished in ninth place in the recent Student Yachting World Cup. Read more…
Gaelic Football
DCU Aussie Rules Club help make European history
DCU Aussie Rules club recently competed in the inaugural Fitzpatrick Cup; Europe’s first ever intervarsity Australian Rules competition. Read more…
National News
SU introduce new transport initiatives as students hit by further fare hikes
DCU’s SU have introduced a number of initiatives to help those that commute to campus, who have been hit with another hike in fares across all public transport outlets, as Sarah Curran reports. Read more…
DCU News
Academics push to end economic approach to education
The ‘Defend the University’ campaign held a forum at DCU recently, calling on the government to back-track before the Irish university system becomes tied to economic or political interests, as Darragh McGrath reports. Read more…
University News
Lenihan resumes post as Trinity referendum defeated
Tom Lenihan has resumed his post after a referendum proposing his impeachment was defeated, as Karla Chubb reports. Read more…
DCU News
Security to tighten as residents upset by anti-social behaviour
Upset residents have vented their frustration with the anti-social behaviour of some students, which will lead to the tightening of security and puts the campus bar licence in jeoporady, as Ciara Moore and Garrett Lavin report. Read more…
DCU News
DCU lecturer is target of anonymous homophobic abuse
DCU Associate Lecturer Stephen Conlon has been the recipient of anonymous homophobic mail of late, as Sean Cassidy reports. Read more…
Clubs and Socs
DCUfm back on-air following virus interruption
DCUfm have resumed broadcasting after a PC virus meant expensive hand-built equipment had to be flown in from central Europe, as Martina Brophy reports. Read more…
University News
Underfunding may force Trinity health centre to introduce fee
Trinity College Dublin’s health centre may be forced to follow DCU’s lead and introduce a consultation fee, as it suffers from underfunding and staff shortages. Mark Hogan reports. Read more…
News
Plans for South-East Technical University gain momentum
Waterford Institute of Technology and Carlow IT are soon to submit plans to the Higher Education Authority, bringing the establishment of the South-East’s new Technical University another step closer, as Elaine Carroll reports. Read more…
News
UCD student’s attacker convicted
The attacker of UCD postgraduate student Natasha McShane has finally been convicted of her attempted murder in an incident which left her barely able to walk or talk, Karla Chubb reports. Read more…
Clubs and Socs
Domino’s asks MPS to remove video over content
MPS have issued a statement about their hoax video which was not intended to promote violence after their sponsor Domino’s Pizza requested it to be taken down. Read more…
Articles
SUSI approves 43,000 grants compared to 6,000 this time last year
SUSI has shown a large improvement on last year, with 39.000 students having received grant payments on time Read more…
Clubs and Socs
Students bare chill for RAG Underwear Mile
Some forty brave DCU students took part in the recent RAG Underwear Mile, which saw them run around campus clad in boxers and briefs in aid of RAG’s social projects. Read more…
Irish & Languages
An tOireachtas, inniu agus inné
Thosaigh an féile Gaeilge, an tOireachtas, sa bhliain 1897 agus tá sé fós ar siúl inniu, agus é ag dul ó neart go neart. Read more…