UCD Students’ Union in debt of €1.42 million, seeks up to €900,000 in refinancing
UCD Students’ Union have released their full financial accounts at Students’ Union Council, which is currently on-going. The report of the SU’s accounts, which was presented at Council, has revealed that as of June 2011, the Union was €1.42 million in debt. The Union is understood to…
USI preferendum on third-level fees postponed
The Union of Students in Ireland’s (USI) “preferendum” to decide what the national student stance on third-level education payment should be was postponed from last week’s Congress until the next National Council. An Emergency USI Council is being held on Thursday to decide what course of action…
SU Loyalty Card losses amount to approximately €30,000
UCD Students’ Union have officially suspended the loyalty card scheme following their announcement in November that the service would be withdrawn in order to cut its losses, which now stand at approximately thirty thousand euro. Students who were availing of the scheme may now no longer redeem…
UCDSU Ltd to become effective this week
Should Union Council approve the memorandum and articles of UCDSU Ltd at Union Council this week, UCDSU Ltd will be set up as effective immediately after council. According to Students’ Union President Pat de Brún, the change will not be as drastic as many people believed it…
Construction of Sutherland School of Law begins
Heavy machinery arrived at the building site of the Sutherland School of Law last week, marking the commencement of the School’s construction. The aim behind the UCD Sutherland School of Law is the “development and the creation of new initiatives, to enriching the educational environment of its…
Another Level
A man of few words, Avicii speaks to Aoife Valentine as we trail him across continents to talk about being dubbed…
Otwo Attempts… Forming a Boyband
Never mind One Direction, these lads are (the) absolute tits, writes George Morahan I like to think I have my finger…
The One Who Knocks
This summer marks the beginning of the end for Breaking Bad; the series creator Vince Gilligan talks to George Morahan and…
