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UCD Ball 2013 to be held off-campus

It has been revealed that this year’s UCD Ball will take place off campus, on the last day of the semester, April 26th, in a venue yet to be announced. (more…)...

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SU to intervene as residents afraid to appeal fines

Following from a number of issues that have come to light regarding UCD Residences, UCD Students’ Union Vice President for Welfare, Mícheál Gallagher, intends to bring a motion on the issue to the final Union Council of the 2012/13 academic year. The motion specifically addresses the UCD Residen...

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Full-time Graduate Education Officer elected with just 42 votes

In a by-election held last Thursday, April 11th, MA student Dylan Gray was elected as UCD Students’ Union Graduate Education Officer. The total valid poll was just 68, with Gray receiving 62% of the votes cast. The Graduate Education Office was established in the new Students’ Union Cons...

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The gender gap

With our incoming sabbatical team consisting of four males, and female participation in students’ unions a hotly debated topic at the moment, Aoife Valentine seeks to get to the core of the gender gap problem (more…)...

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Interview: Ellie Goulding

As she rushes to shower before her Dublin show, pop princess cum electro goddess Ellie Goulding sits down with Aoife Valentine to talk living in the Phoenix Park, outrageous egg demands and how Irish students are just the right level of crazy drunk (more…)...

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Keane to impress

UCD student and Race 2 Race winner Mark Keane talks to Seán Craddock ahead of his Irish Touring Car Championship debut (more…)...

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