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UCD Students’ Union’s Summer Survival Guide has been embargoed until 1st July following a row over which of the SU officers’ details should appear in the booklet, The University Observer has learned.

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.

X Factor stars Jedward have been forced to withdraw from this year’s UCD Ball as a result of the ongoing air travel restrictions around Europe.

British pop band The Saturdays will be the headline act for the UCD Ball’s main stage, while Calvin Harris will headline the dance stage at the 8,000-capacity event on April 23rd.

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.

UCD Students’ Union Education Officer Donnacha Ó Súilleabháin has withdrawn his candidacy for the position of Union of Students in Ireland (USI) Education Officer, after a UCDSU Council meeting mandated UCD reps to vote against him.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Twelve members of the UCD Volunteers Overseas (UCDVO) charity group left Haiti just days before the country was struck by a massive earthquake.

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.

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.

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.

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’.

A legal document has been sent to the University on behalf of the Students’ Union over concerns that students have been overcharged for this year’s student centre levy.