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News Úna Sinnott - October 10, 2018

A top White House administrator is pushing an agenda to ban Chinese students from studying in the USA, while female college students are left...

Health Services spent over €140,000 referring students to external counsellors last...

Dylan O'Neill - October 8, 2018

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Campus News in Brief: Mental Health Week, #RaiseTheRoof & Rebecca Carter starts in UCD

News Gavin Tracey - October 10, 2018

UCC responds to housing crisis by asking staff to take in students

News Jade Wilson - October 9, 2018

Universities demand crackdown on ‘essay mills’

News Killian Conyngham - October 9, 2018

Academic plagiarism is once again in the spotlight, as 46 university officials in the United Kingdom have written to the UK Secretary of State for Education calling for a ban on companies offering written-to-order essays.

Analysis: The National Access Plan 2015-2019

Higher Education Shivani Shukla - October 8, 2018

The University Observer View: Embattled Deeks will have little space to maneuver after Common Room campaign

Editorial The Editorial Board - October 16, 2018

Already, we have reached Week 5 of this semester, and as the countdown to the closure of the UCD...

Out of the test-tube and into the frying pan: the ‘clean meat’ revolution

Science & Health Mark Jackson - October 16, 2018

Meat cultured through the manipulation and proliferation of stem-cell colonies may sound like something taken straight from the pages...

Octopuses on MDMA

Science & Health Lillian Loescher - October 15, 2018

Can you make an Octopus dance? A recent study published by Biology Current has concluded that you can. The...

Has the Education Plan passed the test?

Features Doireann De Courcy MacDonnell - October 15, 2018

"To provide the best education system in Europe". This is the ambition of the Department of Education's Statement of...

Uighur Muslims face religious persecution in Western China

Philosophy & Religion Emma Sweeney - October 14, 2018

Uighur Muslims are an ethnic and religious minority who are indigenous to Xinjiang, an autonomous region in northwest China. Xinjiang declared independence in the...

Talleyrand

University Observer Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord - October 14, 2018

Rejoice, for your true lord on high has returned for another issue of this drivel, known as “student journalism”. Well, well, with all the...

Anti-Doping Agency, not Anti-Doping Authority.

Sport Christine Coffey - October 14, 2018

In 2015, the WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) banned its Russian subsidiary, Russian Anti-Doping Agency(RUSADA), from all WADA official duties amid investigations into non-compliance and...

The state of the GAA nation 2018

Sport Ciaran Crowther - October 13, 2018

On 19th August, Limerick ended 45 years of hurt as their inspirational centre-back Declan Hannon lifted the Liam MacCarthy Cup for the Treatymen for...

25 Volumes of Award Winning Student Journalism

Two Weeks, Too Little: Statutory Paternity Leave in Ireland

Megan Hickey - November 2, 2015

News Analysis: The Wages of Fear

Amy Bracken - November 16, 2010

Arts Soc and B&L fine: the judgement in full

University Observer - October 13, 2009

IUA funding: reaction and analysis

Quinton O'Reilly - February 15, 2011

Music: Celtic Tadhg

George Morahan - November 2, 2010

A Sense of Disc-Content

Karl Quigley - February 21, 2015

Breakfast Club

Ryan Mackenzie - October 20, 2011

International News in Brief

Eithne Dodd - January 28, 2016

Iomaíocht ollscoile: UCD i gcoinne UCD?

Meabh Ni Choileain - November 16, 2010

Great Expectations

Natalie Voorheis - September 21, 2010

O-two Opinion: How to run the country proper

Paul Fennessy - February 15, 2011

UCD debt could reach €20million

Zelda Cunningham - February 3, 2009

Op-Ed: Stopping the Presses

Gavan Reilly - January 18, 2011

Changing the culture

Dawn Lonergan - October 29, 2013

Residence security points to be introduced in January

Danielle Moran - November 4, 2008

Irish midfield remains caught in same old Trap

Fearghal Kerin - April 14, 2009

The First Year Experience: Poetry Panic

Lucy Montague Moffat - March 6, 2013

When I Say Nothing At All

Rory Crean - November 29, 2011

UCD SPARC Initiative to continue for second year

Patrick Kelleher - October 15, 2015

The Ig-Nobel arts

Caitriona Farrell - October 13, 2009

Comprehensive Win for Collidge in the Bowl

Aaron Kennedy - November 2, 2011

Dublin Fringe Festival Review – Sick

Sorcha Doyle - September 24, 2014

Presidential Candidate: Juliet McFadden

University Observer - March 20, 2018

The Real Slumdogs

John OBrien - February 10, 2009

Stereotype or Celebration: Irish People in American Film

Casey Lehman - March 20, 2013

Famed anarchist Chomsky to return to UCD

Jack Horgan-Jones - October 13, 2009

UCD Societies raise over €1,000 for Student Assistance Fund

Sean O'Grady - February 5, 2013

Road Safety Week launches in UCD

Aoife Brophy - October 17, 2012

Cancer and a Contagious Threat

Ethan Troy-Barnes - July 6, 2012

Framing a Unique Style

Patrick Kelleher - February 8, 2016

Heightened security as Dublin Bus returns

Michael Browne - November 10, 2009

Taking it to extremes

Natalie Voorheis - April 13, 2010

The Album is Dead

Jake OBrien - January 19, 2010

Mystic Mittens

Mystic Mittens - February 15, 2011

The Elephant In The Room

Danielle Crowley - February 16, 2017

Boxing Heroes Restore Irish Pride in Beijing

Katie Galvin - September 9, 2008

Medium Sudoku Vol.XXIV Issue.4

Magda Szklanna - November 21, 2017

Thrown to the Wolf

Kate Rothwell - October 20, 2011

The Big Bad Monster: Fear

Aoife Hardesty - April 26, 2017

Election Analysis — Graduate Education

Kevin Beirne - April 1, 2014

Third Freshers’ guide cancelled due to lack of funding

Matt Gregg - April 14, 2009

Quotes of the Fortnight

University Observer - October 7, 2008

Security or suppression?

Danielle Moran - September 23, 2008

Beginning to talk: Niall Breslin on mental health

Gráinne Loughran - September 16, 2015

Letter from the Eds

Emer Sugrue - November 2, 2010

University budget approved despite SU misgivings

Caitriona Farrell - October 19, 2010

NomNomNom – Halloween food

Elaine Lavery - October 20, 2011

Summer in the Deep South

Cian Griffin - January 26, 2017

Cast into controversy: the dilemma of Caster Semenya

Hugh Adler - September 29, 2009

Accommodation and fees take the spotlight at interparty debate

Gráinne Loughran - November 19, 2015

IPA becomes recognised college of UCD

Katie Hughes - January 31, 2012

Graduate Profiles 2016

Eithne Dodd - April 24, 2016

Interview: Lianne La Havas

Aoife Valentine - October 2, 2012

Cervical Cancer Programme launched during Fresh Start Week

Niamh Hynes - January 31, 2012

Children of the Revolution

Kate Rothwell - November 10, 2009

The Duffington Post

Cormac Duffy - February 6, 2012

Is there a Researcher in the house?

Conor de Paor - November 3, 2014

One for the road

Kate Smith - November 17, 2011

Sara Baume: Creating a Space

Patrick Kelleher - August 14, 2015

Luxury Housing For Some, Couches for Others

Ruth Murphy - September 27, 2017

Robert Sheehan interview – “It’s just mindless vandalism!”

Jack Walsh - October 1, 2013

Flight of Fancy? Winged Dinosaur Could Fly like a Pheasant

Aoife Muckian - March 27, 2018

Op-Ed: Chairperson of the Student Legal Society Pat Fitzgerald on UCD Residences’ onerous Licence to Reside

University Observer - August 29, 2012

Belfield Hoedown

Matt Gregg - February 16, 2010

Festival Flashback: Indiependence

Sean Hayes - September 10, 2014

No date given for disability lift repair

Quinton O'Reilly - February 3, 2009

Collidge record opening day win

Joe Ronaldson - October 1, 2013

Real Men Smoke on Airplanes, with Dixon Coltrane

Dixon Coltrane - March 28, 2012

What Ireland Means to Me

Veronica Roznyek - March 28, 2018

The Badger

The Badger - January 24, 2013

Premier League Calendar Not The Problem As World Cup Looms

David Kent - January 30, 2018

News in Brief

Daniel Keenan - October 2, 2012

Youth Defence threaten UCD with Legal Action

The University Observer Archives - August 14, 2018

Travel: What’s the story Singapore-y?

Sophie Lioe - March 29, 2011

25 students occupy Department of Transport

Deirdre Fogarty - April 14, 2009

UCD overcome Alex to advance to semifinal

Killian Woods - February 4, 2014

This War of Mine

Karl Quigley - January 27, 2015

Student Tips: Spending Your Summer in Dublin

Alexander Glover - May 2, 2017

SU Ents Officer resigns for new career

The University Observer Archives - August 15, 2018

Food / A bite of tomatoey heaven

Kate Rothwell - April 14, 2009

UCD fencers excel in East of Ireland Open

Ciarán Sweeney - February 26, 2015

News Analysis: Irish Politics – The youth perspective

Amy Bracken - February 1, 2011

Twelfth Night

Laura Marriott - September 18, 2014

A Festive Alternative

Otwo - November 26, 2013

Film Review: Easy Entertainment

Conor Kevin O'Nolan - October 19, 2010

Fall in residence appeal fee

Zelda Cunningham - October 21, 2008

Fashion: Vlogging for Beauty

Julie Kirwan - November 16, 2010

Why volcanoes are a real blast

Aoife Hardesty - February 1, 2016

Poker Soc reformed after ethical uncertainty

John OBrien - April 14, 2009

Dublin moves up in student city rankings

Alexander Glover - February 16, 2017

Dé Sathairn, 23ú Bealtaine, 2015

Cian Griffin - December 12, 2017

Des Bishop receives new Irish Language award

Bridget Fitzsimons - October 27, 2009

Review: King Krule – The OOZ

Matthew Derwin - November 6, 2017

UCD land that was “perfect for development” idle for 10 years

Billy Vaughan - January 24, 2017

Minister Lenihan regrets not attending debate due to protest

Barbara Feeney - November 18, 2008

Similar surroundings for Leinster

Killian Woods - January 19, 2010

A year in review: The biggest news stories of 2011

Sean O'Grady - January 1, 2012

What’s Hot/What’s Not

University Observer - October 1, 2013

Sports Crew

Daniel Keenan - November 2, 2011

Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me!

Louise Flanagan - February 22, 2017

Otwo

Finding music and fame in your Wild Youth

Tara Hanneffy - October 9, 2018

Interview with The Happy Pear

Clara Brannigan - September 19, 2018

From Barcelona to Dublin Fringe: An interview with Rule of Three Collective

Tara Hanneffy - August 14, 2018

Interview with Tara Flynn: “I’m so looking forward to doing some nonsense!”

Claudia Dalby - April 18, 2018

The State of Theatre: An Interview with Willie White

Dylan O'Neill - March 27, 2018

Features

Has the Education Plan passed the test?

Features Doireann De Courcy MacDonnell - October 15, 2018

"To provide the best education system in Europe". This is the ambition of the Department of Education's Statement of Strategy and Action Plan 2016...

Turning the blue county green in UCD.

Features Eva O Hara - October 13, 2018

Tackling climate change is the communal responsibility of everyone on this planet. From the children on the Green Committee recycling milk cartons to the...

Maintaining ties with alumni

Features Dylan O'Neill - October 12, 2018

The Union of Students in Ireland have reported that that there has been a 2% increase of student numbers year on year, which will...

Is the MSM ban on blood still justified?

Features Doireann De Courcy MacDonnell - October 10, 2018

In the mid-1980s the AIDS crisis was sweeping the globe and causing widespread panic. AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome), a condition which causes the...

Should STEM make room for the arts?

Features Adesewa Awobadejo - October 10, 2018

The relevance of arts in society has always been a controversial debate and in the height of many pressing issues, the debate continues. With...

“Have you a minute?” Engaging with self-esteem

Features Dylan O'Neill - September 21, 2018

With social media playing a major role in our day-to-day lives and the number of men engaging with questions of self-esteem, Dylan O’Neill investigates...

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Opinion

Race for the Áras 2018

Andrea Andres - October 9, 2018

After a colourful cast of characters declared interest in running for the office of the President, ranging from burlesque dancer tuned Marilyn Monroe impersonator Sarah Louise Mulligan to Kevin Sharkey, who dreamed of Famine...

Liar until proven innocent: The supreme exception

Brianna Walsh - October 9, 2018

Will lightning strike twice for the Students’ Union?

Nathan Young - September 25, 2018

Union pay, at all levels, should be fairer and more transparent

Brían Donnelly - September 21, 2018

UCD doesn’t need an Entrance Precinct

Adam Lawler - September 20, 2018

Head-to-Head: Should UCD Societies Council have recognised the Mental Health and Wellbeing Society

Nathan Young - September 19, 2018

The Final Push for Repeal

Adam Lawler - April 21, 2018

Sport

The students are on the march! Again….

Andrew Dempsey - October 16, 2018

The 14th of September 2018 will go down in the annals of UCD AFC’s proud League of Ireland history. Led by the tactically astute...

Anti-Doping Agency, not Anti-Doping Authority.

Christine Coffey - October 14, 2018

In 2015, the WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) banned its Russian subsidiary, Russian Anti-Doping Agency(RUSADA), from all WADA official duties amid investigations into non-compliance and...

The state of the GAA nation 2018

Sport Ciaran Crowther - October 13, 2018

On 19th August, Limerick ended 45 years of hurt as their inspirational centre-back Declan Hannon lifted the Liam MacCarthy Cup for the Treatymen for...

Club Focus; Athletics running the good race

Sport Ciaran Crowther - October 13, 2018

UCD Athletics Club is one of the most successful sports clubs in the history of the UCD. Aside from the numerous individual and team...

Sports Shorts

Sport Fearghal Johnston - October 13, 2018

Magheracloone get that sinking feeling Magheracloone Mitchells, the Monaghan club most well known for producing all star corner forward Tommy Freeman and the talismanic Niamh...

Out of the test-tube and into the frying pan: the ‘clean...

Mark Jackson - October 16, 2018

Meat cultured through the manipulation and proliferation of stem-cell colonies may sound like something taken straight from the pages of a 1950s sci-fi magazine,...

Octopuses on MDMA

Lillian Loescher - October 15, 2018

Can you make an Octopus dance? A recent study published by Biology Current has concluded that you can. The study suggests that the impacts...

Electroceuticals: fad or future?

James Donaghey - October 12, 2018

Digital medicine is far from a new concept. In 1745, the Leyden phial, a jar used to store electric charge, passed an “electrical fire”...

Keep it Positive: new Study suggests People like us more than...

October 11, 2018

Sleep: is it for the Weak?

October 10, 2018

Putting the eye in A.I.

September 26, 2018

Gaeilge

An t-Eagarthóir Gaeilge – Mo fhadhb leis an teanga

Cian Griffin - April 22, 2018

Tá fadhb mhór agam leis an gcuraclam iarbhunscoile sa tír seo ó thaobh na Gaeilge de. Ní argóint nua é seo, ach tá sé...

Bliain na Gaeilge 2018: Frásaí an Eagráin

Cian Griffin - April 22, 2018

Ar chóir don Chumann Lúthchleas Gael bheith mar chumann gairmiúil?

Medb Dolan - April 22, 2018

The Fake Faduda

Cian Griffin - April 22, 2018

Folaíonn Grá Gráin

Sophie Osborne - April 5, 2018

The University Observer View

The University Observer View: Embattled Deeks will have little space to maneuver after Common...

The Editorial Board - October 16, 2018

The University Observer View: A crisis far beyond boiling point

The Editorial Board - September 20, 2018

Editorial – Election Issue – Volume XXIV

University Observer - March 28, 2018

Editorial – Issue 7 – Volume XXIV

University Observer - March 28, 2018

Editorial – Issue 6 – Volume XXIV

University Observer - February 20, 2018

Life & Society

Uighur Muslims face religious persecution in Western China

Philosophy & Religion Emma Sweeney - October 14, 2018

Uighur Muslims are an ethnic and religious minority who are indigenous to Xinjiang, an autonomous region in northwest China. Xinjiang declared independence in the...

Business & Careers

Reaching for the stars, Comcast falls for the Sky

Claudia Dalby - October 12, 2018

As Comcast sees own shares drop after historic buy of Sky shares, Claudia Dalby discusses the result of the Sky auction and the high price of our attention.

Business & Careers

Breaking News: You don’t need a business degree to do a business internship!

Rosetrell Felipe - October 12, 2018

Rosetrell Felipe inspects the internships available to students, both at undergraduate and graduate level and what benefit they serve.

Law & Politics

Uighur Muslims face religious persecution in Western China

Emma Sweeney - October 8, 2018

Uighur Muslims are an ethnic and religious minority who are indigenous to Xinjiang, an autonomous region in northwest China. Xinjiang declared independence in the...

Op-ed

Diversity in philosophy

Assia Buono - October 8, 2018

“What does a philosopher look like?” I have asked this question to a few students, friends, and family members. The answers included "depressed", a person...

Law & Politics

‘Free, Safe, Legal’ – Large crowds turn out at March for Choice

Brian Lynch - September 30, 2018

Saturday’s March for Choice attracted significant crowds in Dublin’s city centre, in an event that celebrated the success of the Together4Yes campaign in this...

Film & TV