
Political







Engagement and nationally funded education, McHugh runs for USI, following disaffiliation vote
DCU Students’ Union Vice President for Education and Placement, Craig McHugh has embarked on a campaign to become the USI’s next VP for the Dublin Region.





Gavin Duffy: Presidential Candidate
In The run up to the presidential election, candidate Gavin Duffy has said he is “mellowing as a capitalist” and is more open to social policies.

DCU study shows press freedom leads to lower incidences of bribery
A DCU study revealed that countries with greater press freedom have lower incidences of bribery involving public officials.


DCU honours Arab world’s first female politician
Amal Al Qubaisi, the Arab world’s most senior politician, received an honorary doctorate from DCU last Thursday.



Irexit: The next political movement?
Brexit and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign were broadly viewed as a sort of populist uprising against the political establishment.



Budget 2018: Rent allowance increases
Rent allowance will increase by €149m next year in order to accommodate over 17,000 more homes, said Minister for Finance Paschal O’ Donoghue.


Budget 2018: childcare
Child and Family Agengy, Tusla will receive an additional €40.6 million in 2018, bringing their annual funding to over €750 million.

Budget 2018: Tackling cancer
Minister Paschal Donohue increased the VAT rate applied to sunbed services in yesterday’s budget, due to “Clear evidence” of a link between sunbed use and skin cancer, he said.

Round up of Budget 2018
Leo Varadkar’s first budget was unveiled yesterday which contained modest increases in public spending alongside a small measure of tax relief.