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UCD students overturn Coke ban as Lynam wins Students’ Union presidency
Friday, 5 Mar, 2010 – 19:32 | 2 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.

Jedward to play UCD Ball
Tuesday, 2 Mar, 2010 – 14:01 | 9 Comments
Jedward to play UCD Ball

UCD Students’ Union have confirmed that popular X Factor twins Jedward will be one of three headline acts to play the UCD Ball on Friday 23rd April.

SU confirms referendum to overturn Coca-Cola boycott
Tuesday, 16 Feb, 2010 – 21:20 | 2 Comments
SU confirms referendum to overturn Coca-Cola boycott

UCD students will vote in a referendum in two weeks’ time on whether to overturn the Students’ Union’s landmark boycott of Coca-Cola products.

SU consider mandatory student health insurance
Tuesday, 16 Feb, 2010 – 14:03 | Comments Off
SU consider mandatory student health insurance

Students’ Union class representatives will meet tonight to discuss the possibility of holding a referendum advocating the implementation of a mandatory health insurance scheme for which would cover the UCD health centre.

Scheduling conflict could mean Christmas Eve exams
Tuesday, 2 Feb, 2010 – 14:03 | Comments Off
Scheduling conflict could mean Christmas Eve exams

Christmas exams in 2010 could run on into Christmas Eve in a bid to resolve the scheduling conflicts around Orientation Week.

UCD volunteers leave Haiti three days before quake
Tuesday, 19 Jan, 2010 – 14:00 | Comments Off
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.

University hands confidential student records to media
Tuesday, 24 Nov, 2009 – 14:02 | Comments Off
University hands confidential student records to media

The University Observer can exclusively reveal major security flaws within the UCD Registry, which allow an individual to gain access to the detailed academic records of any UCD graduate.

Ryan’s future in Students’ Union uncertain
Tuesday, 10 Nov, 2009 – 14:01 | 4 Comments
Ryan’s future in Students’ Union uncertain

Students’ Union Campaigns & Communications Officer Paddy Ryan could be stripped of his position if the SU Internal Appeals Board (IAB) finds he was ineligble for election.

PhD student’s house set ablaze in attack
Tuesday, 27 Oct, 2009 – 14:00 | 2 Comments
PhD student’s house set ablaze in attack

A UCD PhD student has had their house fire-bombed by local vandals for the second time in three months. A child with a broken leg had to be rescued from the building during the fire.

B&L and ArtsSoc fined €5,000 over offensive posters
Tuesday, 13 Oct, 2009 – 14:01 | 4 Comments
B&L and ArtsSoc fined €5,000 over offensive posters

The Business and Legal Society (B&L) and Arts Society have been fined €5,000, to be split equally between the two societies, for a poster advertising their joint event ‘The Virgin Ball’.