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UO Sports Podcast: May 25th, 2010
Tuesday, 25 May, 2010 – 16:46 | Comments Off
UO Sports Podcast: May 25th, 2010

It’s been a few weeks in the pipeline, but the Observer podcast team have finally gotten around to recording their end-of-season spectacular…

Belfield says bye-bye to Number 10 bus
Monday, 26 Apr, 2010 – 15:55 | One Comment
Belfield says bye-bye to Number 10 bus

Dublin Bus have announced that the iconic number 10 bus route linking UCD with the city centre is to be abolished, with its route split between newly expanded 39a and 46a services.
The route reform comes as part of a major overhaul of Dublin Bus’s Stillorgan services.

UO Sports Podcast: April 16th, 2010
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UO Sports Podcast: April 16th, 2010

We discuss FA Cup developments, Tottenham’s crazy week and the ongoing race for fourth, and the Heineken Cup quarter-finals – while the Fantasy Girls share their anticipation of a day at the rugby.

Webwatch
Tuesday, 13 Apr, 2010 – 14:01 | Comments Off
Webwatch

Need a distraction to get you through a quick library break? Gavan Reilly’s got you covered

C&C Officer Review: Paddy-whackery
Tuesday, 13 Apr, 2010 – 14:01 | Comments Off
C&C Officer Review: Paddy-whackery

Paddy Ryan is the first to admit that his year as Campaigns & Communications Officer has been far from perfect. “I suppose taking up the job and the whole transition into the first semester was …

Enter the Dragon
Tuesday, 13 Apr, 2010 – 14:01 | Comments Off
Enter the Dragon

Entrepreneur and media training guru Gavin Duffy talks to Gavan Reilly about breakfast radio, the problem with the Irish economy, and life inside the Dragons’ Den

otwo attempts: starting a country
Tuesday, 13 Apr, 2010 – 14:01 | 4 Comments
otwo attempts: starting a country

You might not have known it, but there’s a small independent republic in the middle of the Student Centre – at least, since last Wednesday. Deputy President Gavan Reilly explains

UO Sports Podcast: April 9th, 2010
Friday, 9 Apr, 2010 – 0:50 | Comments Off
UO Sports Podcast: April 9th, 2010

It’s been a hectic week, so it’s time for another 60+ minutes of funny, quirky, divisive and off-the-wall sports talk from the Observer team.

UO Sports Podcast: March 31st, 2010
Wednesday, 31 Mar, 2010 – 23:31 | Comments Off
UO Sports Podcast: March 31st, 2010

Another week, another hour of top-notch sporting analysis and insight from the sports crew of Ireland’s award-winning student newspaper.

UCD’s Redmond elected President of USI
Tuesday, 30 Mar, 2010 – 16:42 | Comments Off
UCD’s Redmond elected President of USI

UCD Students’ Union President has been elected next year’s President of the Union of Students in Ireland. In a tightly-fought election which was sent to three recounts, Redmond defeated current USI Equality Officer Kelly by 109 votes to 107.

Érin go blah
Tuesday, 30 Mar, 2010 – 14:01 | One Comment
Érin go blah

If Ireland has the gift of the gab then why, wonders Conor Barry, can’t it produce a decent late night chat show?

Staff complaints can’t stop office relocation
Tuesday, 30 Mar, 2010 – 14:00 | Comments Off
Staff complaints can’t stop office relocation

UCD has pledged to pursue a project forcing two schools within the College of Arts & Human Sciences to swap office space, despite significant staff complaints at the proposal.

UO Sports Podcast: March 23rd, 2010
Tuesday, 23 Mar, 2010 – 14:00 | Comments Off
UO Sports Podcast: March 23rd, 2010

After last week’s radio mega-marathon, the Observer sports team return with another hour of incisive sports news, views, opinion, analysis and fun.

UCD students overturn Coke ban as Lynam wins Students’ Union presidency
Friday, 5 Mar, 2010 – 19:32 | 5 Comments
UCD students overturn Coke ban as Lynam wins Students’ Union presidency

STUDENTS in UCD have voted to overturn UCD Students’ Union’s boycott on the sale of Coca-Cola products in SU shops and bars.

Live: UCDSU Sabbatical Election results
Friday, 5 Mar, 2010 – 14:58 | Comments Off
Live: UCDSU Sabbatical Election results

Click here to open our spreadsheet of live election results – use the tabs at the bottom of the screen to navigate between the individual elections.

Election Special: President
Tuesday, 2 Mar, 2010 – 14:03 | Comments Off
Election Special: President

Profile and analysis by Gavan Reilly

The young men dying to stay thin
Tuesday, 2 Mar, 2010 – 14:02 | Comments Off
The young men dying to stay thin

Gavan Reilly investigates the rising number of males reporting eating disorders and finds an endemic problem that appears only to be getting worse

Anti-Coke campaign accuses SU of ‘stifling’ them
Tuesday, 2 Mar, 2010 – 14:01 | Comments Off
Anti-Coke campaign accuses SU of ‘stifling’ them

Campaigners on the ‘No’ side of this week’s referendum to overturn the ban on the sale of Coca-Cola products in Students’ Union shops have accused the Union of deliberately stifling debate on the subject.