[dropcap]M[/dropcap]inister for Finance Pascal Donohoe announced the biggest budget in the history of the State including a €50 million fund which will provide financial aid for third-level students across the country.
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]rinity College (TCD) is the first Irish third level institute to launch an on-campus Covid-19 testing programme available for students and staff.
Ever since the lockdown, insomnia is something almost all of us have experienced. Our routines are messed up and the longer you leave it the harder it is to just get to bed and get Read more…
[dropcap]M[/dropcap]inister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris has approved funding for 15 new female professor positions, to help reduce the gender gap that exists for senior academic roles.
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Irish Universities Association (IUA) has ended its “Greet and Transfer” service at Dublin airport after helping transport thousands of incoming third level international students to their accommodation.
[dropcap]M[/dropcap]inister for Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD has announced that €197 million in funding will be allocated to projects in higher-level institutions under the Human Capital Initiative, including €20 million for Read more…
[dropcap]O[/dropcap]nline learning is becoming the “new normal” for students across the country as they start a new academic year.
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he GAA management committee has endorsed a decision to suspend club fixtures at all levels, until further notice.
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Cabinet approved a move into Level 3 Covid-19 restrictions for the entire state on Monday October 5th.
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]rofessor Kersten Mey has recently been named as the new president of the University of Limerick (UL), becoming the first woman in Irish history to hold such a position.
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Sexual Experience Survey (SES) 2020 publication was hacked by an unknown person yesterday, resulting in vandalism of the slides presenting the survey’s findings.
Stay indoors. Completely avoid contact with other people. Use a separate toilet to people in your household.
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] survey by BelongTo reported high levels of LGBTI+ youth struggling with self-harm and suicide ideation. The survey titled: LGBTI+ Life in Lockdown, was carried out to understand what life is like for LGBTI+ youth Read more…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he DCU Students Union (DCUSU) has said it will continue to work with the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement with students.
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Premier League returned to action today, June 17, after a lengthy delay of the season since early March due to the Covid-19 global pandemic.
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]rustrated residents living near University College Cork (UCC) continue to speak out against what they claim are parties being held in violation of Covid-19 restrictions, following a confrontation with students renting in the area.
[dropcap]O[/dropcap]ver 263 million people around the globe use marijuana annually, researchers say. As the world celebrates Weed Day (420), scientists investigate the negative effects of marijuana use.
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) has found that the intake of Vitamin D may boost resistance to Covid-19, or reduce the severity of the illness in those already infected.
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he number of children calling Childline has increased by over 20 per cent in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak as schools and childcare facilities have been closed.
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Covid-19 pandemic has had a major effect on the Irish drug trade, ultimately decimating the cocaine industry but increasing demand for cannabis, according to Gardaí and community officers.
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he USI (Union of Students in Ireland) have called for cooperation between universities and students’ unions to ensure no students are negatively impacted by the covid-19 pandemic.
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]ince the decision to close all institutes of education came into effect last month, many students have had to make the difficult decision to leave their college lifestyles and return home.
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n Ancient Greece nudity was associated with the gods long before another God came onto the scene with the spread of Christianity. This higher being did not look upon depictions of female nudity as favourably Read more…
[dropcap]L[/dropcap]eo Varadkar announced on Wednesday that Junior and Leaving Certificate exams will go ahead in June, as previously planned.
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]ravel agency USIT’s liquidation has left thousands of Irish students at a financial loss.