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Bertie Ahern and Monica McWilliams pictured with DCU President Daire Keogh

Students protest honorary doctorate of Bertie Ahern

March 15, 2023

Protesters disrupted events in the Helix at the start of this month as DCU chose to award ex-Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, with an honorary doctorate.

DCUSU Elections 2023: One day until voting

February 20, 2023

One day until voting begins! Watch this space for live updates!

Compliments, Contradictions and Campaigns – DCUSU Presidential Election Kicks Off

February 13, 2023

In the first event of the DCUSU Presidential Elections, incumbent Thomas O’Dowd and Brandon Perry laid out their platforms.

DCUSU Elections 2023: Hustings Live Updates

February 13, 2023

Matthew Joyce, Muiris O’Cearbhaill, Liam Coates, Jack Redmond, Sarah O’Tuama Additional Reporting: Amy McLoughlin

DCU has ranked among the top 500 universities by Times Higher Education

October 26, 2022

This follows from DCU being placed 113th in the Young University Rankings and among the top 10 universities in the world for reducing inequality. The university’s teaching, research, citation impact, and international impact scores all

The Helix cancels Royal Moscow Ballet’s Swan Lake performance

March 9, 2022

A performance of Swan Lake by the Royal Moscow Ballet was cancelled last week in response to the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine. On February 25th, The Royal Moscow Ballet were set to perform Swan

A&F clears rumours over ball ticket leak

March 9, 2022

The link to purchase tickets to the Accounting and Finance (A&F) Society Ball was leaked to members of the society a day before tickets were released. This left many students without a ticket as the event was labelled sold out.

Face-to-face counselling, healthy living and trans-rights: Ronan Burke’s wellbeing campaign

February 15, 2022

Glasnevin native Burke hopes to bring a better sense of belonging to DCU students and “greater awareness of the amazing things the SU does behind the scenes.” Ronan Burke is a class rep for his

Normality for Nubar with easing of restrictions

February 2, 2022

After the easing of restrictions last Saturday, restaurants, pubs and nightclubs nationwide welcomed customers back with no restrictions for the first time in almost two years. Taoiseach Micheal Martin announced an immediate end to almost

DCU ranked sixth in The Sunday Times Good University Guide

November 24, 2021

The Sunday Times published recently their Good University Guide 2022, where National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) was named their University of the Year 2022. Dublin City University (DCU) ranked sixth on the list this

Five portraits of inspiring women unveiled at DCU

March 24, 2021

For International Women’s Day on March 8th, DCU unveiled five commissioned portraits of inspiring women.

The Helix opens as Covid-19 vaccination hub

February 15, 2021

The Helix venue opened as a Covid-19 vaccination hub and began vaccinating over-70s on Wednesday February 10th.

Zainab Boladale voted onto DCU’s Governing Authority as she hopes to be the voice for students

November 25, 2020

Former DCU student Zainab Boladale was appointed to DCU’s Governing Authority on Friday November 13th.

Students unable to access the Loop website on the first day of online learning

October 14, 2020

DCU students were unable to access their Loop accounts from Monday October 5th, the first day of online learning, as the website was down.

Only three sexual assault cases dealt with by DCU in the past five years

October 3, 2018

Only 3 Sexual Assault Cases dealt with by DCU in the past 5 years and none reported to the Garadí.