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Op-ed: Kasandra O’Connell, Head of the IFI Film Archive, on our Cinematic Heritage
Thursday, 26 Jan, 2012 – 17:07 | No Comment
Op-ed: Kasandra O’Connell, Head of the IFI Film Archive, on our Cinematic Heritage

To mark the launch of the IFI’s campaign to protect our national film archive, Kasandra O’Connell, Head of the IFI Film Archive, writes exclusively for the University Observer about the importance of the Irish …

Editorial
Tuesday, 12 Apr, 2011 – 14:01 | 2 Comments
Editorial

The UCD Ball
For a seemingly innocuous and fun social event, the UCD Ball and recent circumstances relating to it have provided a telling insight into the disparate mindsets of students and college authorities
It says a …

Letter to the Editor
Tuesday, 12 Apr, 2011 – 14:00 | Comments Off
Letter to the Editor

Performance of the Students’ Union Officers
Sir,
I am sending my correspondence to your letterbox to counteract what I believe will be an overcritical issue of your upstanding publication which releases its final issue of the …

Editorial
Tuesday, 29 Mar, 2011 – 14:02 | Comments Off
Editorial

The Students’ Union Elections and real student power

What next for Fianna Fáil?
Tuesday, 29 Mar, 2011 – 14:00 | Comments Off
What next for Fianna Fáil?

With Fianna Fáil in turmoil following the general election, Stephen Kelly questions whether the party will look to begin participating in Northern Irish politics

Letters to the Editor
Tuesday, 29 Mar, 2011 – 14:00 | Comments Off
Letters to the Editor

The Students’ Union finances

Contributors: Volume XVII, Issue 11
Tuesday, 29 Mar, 2011 – 13:55 | Comments Off
Contributors: Volume XVII, Issue 11

The University Observer

Editorial
Tuesday, 1 Mar, 2011 – 14:03 | Comments Off
Editorial

Editorial, Issue 10

Op-Ed: Time for a change
Tuesday, 1 Mar, 2011 – 14:02 | Comments Off
Op-Ed: Time for a change

The question of whether Fine Gael are well prepared for the challenges that lie ahead in government is still a contentious one, writes Elizabeth O’Malley

Letters to the Editor
Tuesday, 1 Mar, 2011 – 13:58 | Comments Off
Letters to the Editor

The importance of student media
Sir,
To be perfectly honest and disdainfully atavistic, it is my opinion that print media is a social catalyst charged with dangerous nostalgia and tickling ambition, ever weaning itself on and off …

Contributors: Volume XVII, Issue 10
Tuesday, 1 Mar, 2011 – 13:58 | Comments Off
Contributors: Volume XVII, Issue 10

Contributors: Volume XVII, Issue 10

Editorial
Tuesday, 15 Feb, 2011 – 18:03 | 8 Comments
Editorial

ATTEMPTS TO STIFLE STUDENT MEDIA FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
The proposal to significantly lessen the influence of student media on campus will ultimately be detrimental to the students’ best interests

Op-Ed: A cure for pain
Tuesday, 15 Feb, 2011 – 18:00 | Comments Off
Op-Ed: A cure for pain

The issue of mental health has been stigmatised for too long in Irish society, writes Caroline McGuigan

The University Observer: Timeline
Tuesday, 15 Feb, 2011 – 18:00 | Comments Off
The University Observer: Timeline

With the future of student media under threat, we trawl through our archives to bring you a history of this publication

Letter to the Editor
Tuesday, 15 Feb, 2011 – 17:59 | Comments Off
Letter to the Editor

Sir,
I write to you concerning a very pertinent matter, to which I am certain the vast majority of your readers can relate. The issue of book availability in the James Joyce Library has escalated to …

Letter to the Editor
Tuesday, 15 Feb, 2011 – 17:59 | Comments Off
Letter to the Editor

Sir,
The situation for funding for post-graduate education in Ireland has reached a truly disastrous point. UCD is hardly immune from this epidemic of academic poverty – indeed as Ireland’s largest and second-highest-rated learning institution there …

Contributors: Volume XVII, Issue 8
Tuesday, 15 Feb, 2011 – 17:59 | Comments Off
Contributors: Volume XVII, Issue 8

Contributors List

Op-Ed: Education, education, education
Tuesday, 15 Feb, 2011 – 17:00 | Comments Off
Op-Ed: Education, education, education

A vote to maintain free third-level education is imperative as it functions as the cornerstone of a civilised developed nation, writes Annette Mooney