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Low number run for Election
Eight people have put their names forward for election for the five UCD Students’ Union sabbatical officer positions. With three of the candidates running unopposed, this year’s number of applicants…
Analysis: The state of our Union
With three candidates running unopposed for SU elections and student recognition of the union at an all-time low, Bridget Fitzsimons asks if students even care…
Fantasy Football #4: One Girl, What Cup?
I am doing quite well in Fantasy Premier League. I’m over the Giggs breakup; it was awkward at first, but I’ve moved on. Things were tough. Ryan was really upset…
Football Fantasy #3: Breaking up is hard to do
"While Google Images show that Milner is really not my type, I really think this is the start of something beautiful..."…
Fantasy Football #2: Almost on top
I’m becoming violent and it’s amazing. Fantasy football has turned me into a hooligan.…
Analysis: Student services swindle
As the heads of universities admit that the student registration charge is fees by the back door, Bridget Fitzsimons analyses the charge and questions its place…
Arts Ball tickets sell out within hours
Tickets for this year’s Arts Ball sold out just hours after going on sale, according to the event’s organisers.…
A Girl’s Fantasy with Wayne Rooney
Scott Dann because he’s cheap, Fabregas for his pretty name, Crouch for his dancing skills… all topped off with Bridget Fitzsimons’ pink and purple strip…
Candidates declare intentions for SU elections
A number of candidates have declared their intention to run for the five full-time sabbatical positions within UCD Students’ Union next month, ahead of the nominations deadline on Thursday 11th…
Registration charge is ‘a form of fees’ – university heads
The heads of the seven Irish universities have admitted for the first time that the student registration fee is a veiled form of third-level fees.…
WIT students may strike over exams row
An internal industrial dispute in Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) may cause students to strike today, Tuesday 2nd February. The dispute, which has arisen over payments to lecturers for examinations,…
Fantasy Football #1: A girl’s fantasy with Wayne Rooney
Scott Dann because he’s cheap, Fabregas for his pretty name, Crouch for his dancing skills… all topped off with Bridget Fitzsimons’ pink and purple strip as our sportphobic News Editor…
Former UCD employee jailed for child abuse
A former UCD employee has been jailed for two years for the indecent assault of 19 boys in the 1960s. Seán John Drummond, a former Christian Brother and a Library…
Oh my, IFI!
Bridget Fitzsimons revels in the refurbishment of Dublin’s IFI…
UCD volunteers leave Haiti three days before quake
Twelve members of the UCD Volunteers Overseas (UCDVO) charity group left Haiti just days before the country was struck by a massive earthquake.…
ArtsSoc and B&L to appeal postering fine
UCD’s Arts Society (ArtsSoc) and the Business and Legal Society (B&L) have submitted an appeal to the Recognition Committee of Societies Council in relation to the €5,000 fine imposed on…
Redmond calls for grant reform
UCD Students’ Union President Gary Redmond has renewed calls for a wholescale reform of the third level maintenance grant system. The demands came as the SU released results of a…
Re-examining grants
As UCDSU call for a full enquiry into the money spent on the administration of grants, Bridget Fitzsimons looks at the current system and questions its feasibility…
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