UCDSU approves motion to raise awareness about INIS appointments issues

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On 5th November, the UCD Students’ Union unanimously approved a motion to raise awareness around the issue of INIS immigration appointments. The action is...
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Closure of Common Room ‘inevitable’ and will not be reversed, says Deeks

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UCD President Andrew Deeks has dismissed the possibility that a proposed boycott of the controversial €14 million University Club will have a material effect...
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Video: UCDSVP raise an estimated €4,000 during Homeless Week 2018

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Merkel focuses on foreign security policy in European Parliament address

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Claudia Dalby reports at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, where German Chancellor Angela Merkel addressed MEPs under the theme...
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UCD ranked in Top 20 globally for Agricultural Sciences; 5th in Europe

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According to statistics released by leading editorial U.S. News, University College Dublin holds a tied 19th place with the...
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Students are excluded from rent-pressure zones, denying them rent-caps

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

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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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What does the repeal of the blasphemy offence actually mean?

Philosophy & Religion 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

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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?

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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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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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Zero is the only acceptable target

Features Doireann De Courcy MacDonnell -
The Road Safety Authority (RSA) recently released their new winter advertisements. Focusing on tyre safety, this campaign is in addition to their catalogue of...
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The not so suite life of living in Ireland

Features Caoilfhinn Hegarty -
The face of homelessness in Ireland has changed. Whereas in the past the factors contributing to homelessness were largely individual or personal issues that...
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Turkey’s purge of academia

Features Gavin Tracey -
On the 25th September, 2018, Sedat Laçiner, a world renowned political scientist, once described as a “rising star of Turkish academia”, and the youngest...
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Changing a society with the “It Stops Now” campaign

Features Dylan O'Neill -
On Thursday 25th October, UCD Students’ Union posted a video campaign on their Facebook page, in conjunction with the launch of the It Stops...
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UCD’s gender imbalance problem

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Despite the fact that more women complete undergraduate and postgraduate degrees than men, and 51% of lecturers in higher education are women, the gender...
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What are my options, doc?

Dylan O'Neill -
Imagine you go to your local GP with a stomach ache. Upon initial assessment, they decide to order some tests to further determine the nature of what’s wrong with you. After a slew of...
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Sport

Club Focus: Worth ‘squashing in’

Sport Rory Clarke -
The UCD Squash club is well known for being one of the most friendly and accessible clubs campus, with more health benefits than we...
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Sports Shorts: Octopus wrestling, Club trumps Ibiza and Bolt brace

Sport Eoin Leeson -
THE CURIOUS CASE OF OCTOPUS WRESTLING To many of us, the extinction of our favourite sports seems both unrealistic and unimaginable, but for fans of...
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The W-Series: a pathway to success or a token gesture?

Sport Odhran Mc Donnell -
While the on-track events in the world of motorsport have been petering out into an end-of-season anticlimax, the off-track news has provided fans with...
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Africa’s time is now: Senegal & the Youth Olympic Games

Sport Rory Clarke -
Sunny Buenos Aires was the backdrop for a piece of sporting history earlier this month, as the International Olympic Committee unanimously voted to award...
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Clonskeagh – the original home of Gaelic football.

Sport Colmán Stanley -
‘Men lovingly at war’ was how the founder of the GAA, Michael Cusack, described the early games of Gaelic football. Unbeknownst to many, the...
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Science, Technology & Health

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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Climate Change: The Real World War

Science & Health James Donaghey -
On 8th October this year, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released their latest report. Using over 6000 scientific papers, the group...
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Feelings Care about your Facts

Science & Health Emmet Feerick -
You know you have been successful as a scientist when a phrase of your invention works its way from the academy into public usage....
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Going with your gut instinct: The microbes that control how we feel

Science & Health Séan Mooney -
A thousand bacteria can fit into a single human cell, but what bacteria lack in size, they make up for in numbers. In fact,...
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Possible discovery of an exomoon shows there are even more worlds beyond Earth than previously imagined

Science & Health Fiona Gallagher -
Scientists have spent centuries investigating the many moons in our solar system. From Galileo’s first discovery of the four moons of Jupiter in the...
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Cannabis on the brain: does it inspire creativity, or is the claim all just smoke and mirrors?

Science & Health Séan Mooney -
Canada has become the second country in the world to formally legalise cannabis for recreational use, following in the footsteps of Uruguay, and analysts...
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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...

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Life & Society

Merkel focuses on foreign security policy in European Parliament address

International 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...
Read more
Agriculture & Rural Affairs

Lyons Estate: the origins of UCD’s Lyons Research Farm

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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Law & Politics

Prison Reform in Ireland: what should it look like?

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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Corporate Volunteering is no fad

Business & Careers Rory Clarke -
Described as "one of the fastest-growing areas of voluntary activity", Corporate Volunteering (CV) schemes have become commonplace in many of the world’s leading corporations,...
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A Michael Kors shopping spree

Business & Careers Patrick O'Grady -
Michael Kors (MK) went shopping and splashed the cash on adding Versace to its collection. The deal makes sense strategically, but the hefty price...
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