Review: Macbeth – Focusing on the human, for a contemporary audience.

Arts Dylan O'Neill -
UCD Dramsoc's production of the Shakespearean tragedy Macbeth deviates from the traditional portrayals, moving focus away from the supernatural, and emphasises the interpersonal...
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Solidarity, not sucking up: Stand up for the Common Room!

Comment Jack Heron -
Campus is undergoing something of a renewal recently - two examples being the widely-despised University Club and the plan to build a...
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Latest News

Together for Yes campaigner to contest Mullen for NUI Seanad seat

Higher Education Brían Donnelly -
Pro-choice campaigner Ber Grogan announced on 11th December that she will compete for a seat with Senator...
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HPV vaccination advocate awarded honorary degree in UCD

News Dylan O'Neill -
Laura Brennan, a HPV vaccination advocate was awarded an honorary degree in UCD yesterday for her work...
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Solidarity, not sucking up: Stand up for the Common Room!

Comment Jack Heron -
Campus is undergoing something of a renewal recently - two examples being the widely-despised University Club and...
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Common Room members celebrate staff as forced redundancy looms

News Brían Donnelly -
Members of the UCD Common Room Club gathered in the club tonight to celebrate its 43-year history,...
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Realities of sex work discussed with SWAI Ireland and FLD at roundtable event

News Dylan O'Neill -
A roundtable discussion took place with representatives from Sex Workers Alliance Ireland (SWAI) and Front Line Defence (FLD) to discuss the realities surrounding sex...
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‘Keepin’ it Country’ hosts post public apology online

News Brían Donnelly -
The hosts of the Belfield FM show Keepin' it Country have stated that they are "sincerely apologetic to all who have been affected" by offensive...
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UCD constitutional law expert awarded €2 million in European Research Council funding

Higher Education Brían Donnelly -
Associate Professor Eoin Carolan has been awarded €2 million in funding from the European Research Council (ERC), to pursue a global study to examine the...
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Grade capping set to be replaced with 0.6 GPA penalty under new repeats system

News Dylan O'Neill -
A draft of the Academic Regulations 2019-2020, which has been seen by the University Observer, shows UCD replacing the 2.0 grade cap and introducing an automatic...
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Features

How will the return of Ents affect UCDSU?

Features Dylan O'Neill -
In the final council meeting of Semester 1, a concern was raised over the cost of adding a sixth sabbatical officer to the Students’...
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Centrally drafted contracts in Irish Rugby are a way to the top spot

Features Seamus McAuliffe -
Munster played Swansea in the province’s first ever European Cup tie in November 1995 with a crowd of 5,000 attendees at Thomond Park. Six...
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The proof is in the policy: Tracking the student council mandates.

Features Dylan O'Neill -
The UCD Students’ Union is constitutionally obligated to the hold a Student Council every three weeks during term time. At the Councils, class representatives,...
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From the Armistice to the Berkeley tragedy: Commemorating the UCD community

Features Brían Donnelly -
On a gusty Friday morning, James Stone, a piper and student of Music & English in UCD, lead a solemn procession from the Masonic...
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The Strategic Campus Development Plan: time for a check-up?

Features Doireann de Courcy Mac Donnell -
The Strategic Campus Development Plan lays out the vision for the development of University College Dublin over the ten years from 2016 to 2026....
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Recycling facilities in Sutherland mark positive move towards Green flag

Features Shivani Shukla -
The decision to install recycling and composting facilities in the Sutherland Law Building in UCD has come to be after a year-long student-led campaign....
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Opinion

Solidarity, not sucking up: Stand up for the Common Room!

Jack Heron -
Campus is undergoing something of a renewal recently - two examples being the widely-despised University Club and the plan to build a LEGO-esque Centre for Creative Design - and the removal of...
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Sport

Sports Shorts: Pushy Parenting & GAA heroes

Sport Eoin Leeson -
FAI and IFA announce joint Euros bid The football associations of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland have announced a joint bid to host...
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Running the Beer Mile

Sport Ciaran Crowther -
Running  is all about pushing yourself to the limit. Runners are always trying to improve their personal bests and run faster than they ever...
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FIFA’s latest reforms are selling the spirit of the game.

Sport Christine Coffey -
Roberto Carlos, owner of one of the most iconic left boots in footballing history and one of the most exciting full-backs the world has...
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Head-to-Head; Should all UCD clubs have equal funding?

Sport Rory Clarke -
For (Rory Clarke) The funding of sports clubs in UCD is a vicious circle, which should be perpetuated no longer. Currently the clubs with the...
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UCD play well but come second to strong UCC volleyball teams

Sport Clement Calvino and Orla Lynch -
The UCD Sports Centre played host to 250 players and coaches from 24 colleges across Ireland over the weekend, when the college held the...
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Science, Technology & Health

SCI:COM festival takes place in Ballsbridge

Online Séan Mooney -
The annual science communication conference SCI:COM took place on Wednesday 12th December in the Ballsbridge Hotel. Science Foundation Ireland and University College...
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How does sex equality affect personality?

Science & Health Jack Lynch -
What would you expect to find if you compared the personalities of men and women? Psychologists have been studying personality for decades, and while...
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The Event Horizon Telescope: photographing black holes

Science & Health Leanne Durkan -
A black hole is a region in space in which gravity is so strong that nothing can escape, not even light. Some black holes...
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Personalised medicine: Accurately diagnosing sex differences

Science & Health Evelyn Elias -
In Issue 3, we spoke about how genes can affect an individual’s risk of getting a disease, and how they may respond to a...
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The unity of knowledge – and how it binds us together

Science & Health Séan Mooney -
Biology has Darwin's theory of evolution and physics has the Standard Model but, at present, there is no equivalently unifying theory in the social...
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Individualised Medicine is on the Rise

Science & Health Evelyn Elias -
Individuality and personalization are on the rise in most aspects of society. Why then do we group everyone together when it comes to medication?...
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Gaeilge

An t-Eagarthóir Gaeilge – Mo fhadhb leis an teanga

Cian Griffin -
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

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Life & Society

Canonisation of founder of UCD could take place next year

News Brían Donnelly -
Cardinal John Henry Newman, the founding Rector of University College Dublin, is potentially on track to be canonised next year following the Vatican's formal...
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Law & Politics

US Midterm Elections: The ‘Blue Wave’ reaches the House of Representatives but not the Senate

Kate Abell -
The US Midterm elections tend to reflect the popularity of a presidency. In this month’s vote, the Democrats captured the majority of seats in...
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International

Merkel focuses on foreign security policy in European Parliament address

Claudia Dalby -
Claudia Dalby reports at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, where German Chancellor Angela Merkel addressed MEPs under the theme of the Future of Europe.   Chancellor...
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Agriculture & Rural Affairs

UCD ranked in Top 20 globally for Agricultural Sciences; 5th in Europe

Dáire Brady -
According to statistics released by leading editorial U.S. News, University College Dublin holds a tied 19th place with the University of Queensland, Australia, ranked...
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Law & Politics

Students are excluded from rent-pressure zones, denying them rent-caps

Ekatherina Gillen -
The exorbitant price of student accommodation has dominated news headlines every year as students return to university. This summer, both Fianna Fáil and Sinn...
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Philosophy & Religion

Op-ed: In an era of climate change, how should individual’s ethical frameworks respond to climate change?

William Higgins -
The last few weeks have felt like an avalanche of dire news about the climate. An United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)...
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Philosophy & Religion

What does the repeal of the blasphemy offence actually mean?

Emma Sweeney -
On 26th October, a referendum was held and passed that removed Article 40.6.1.i from the Constitution, ending the state ban on blasphemy. The referendum...
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Lyons Estate: the origins of UCD’s Lyons Research Farm

Agriculture & Rural Affairs Dáire Brady -
Located just over the Dublin-Kildare border, outside Newcastle town, lies University College Dublin’s Lyons Research Farm. It the largest out of the three campuses...
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Prison Reform in Ireland: what should it look like?

Law & Politics Kate Abell -
The Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT), established in 1994, is Ireland’s leading non-governmental organisation advocating for penal reform and has begun a project known...
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A possible schism opens up in the Orthodox Christian Church after a rapid week

Life & Society William Higgins -
Early in October, the Constantinople Patriarchate, the head of the Orthodox Christian Church, began the process of granting the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, independence from...
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European Parliament landscape set to alter post Brexit

Law & Politics Laurence Childs -
When it comes to the European Parliament, it’s important to be aware of the seat distributions. This will be the first EU election since...
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New canonisations of Óscar Romero and Pope Paul VI

Philosophy & Religion Mark Doran -
Archbishop Óscar Romero and Pope Paul VI were recently both canonised and elevated to sainthood. The process is rigorous. Each man was first beatified,...
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Low voter turnout highlights a hollow election – but it didn’t need to be like this

Law & Politics Claudia Dalby -
The 2018 Presidential election saw the lowest turnout of voters than ever before at 43.87% of the electorate. President Higgins was re-elected, coming at...
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