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Four DIT students win ESB Inter College Challenge

November 14, 2018

Four students from DIT have won the ESB Inter College Challenge and are heading to Montreal next year.

Technological University Dublin to be fully established by the new year

October 31, 2018

Oireachtas have approved the draft order for the establishment of the technological university, the first in Ireland. The three IT’s, Dublin, Tallaght and Blanch will be dissolved officially on Jan 1st 2019 and become united as a university.

DITSU launch a campaign to fight cuts to services

October 31, 2018

DIT students have launched a campaign against cuts to services after a staffing problem led to reductions in library hours and other services.

Almost €7m in funding announced for new Dublin Technological University

October 3, 2018

A further €4.5 million will be put towards the merging of three Institute of Technologies in Dublin.

The biggest higher education development in the history of the state set to happen in DIT

April 18, 2018

The biggest development in higher education in the history of the State is set to happen in DIT to facilitate 20,000 extra students.

DIT makes over €250,000 in fees in two year period

April 18, 2018

DIT students feel that the high cost of exam fees are a contributing factor to the amount they make yearly from resit exams, which is higher than any other university in Ireland.

DCU second-half scoring spree takes them to their first ever Fitzgibbon Cup final

February 21, 2018

DCU Dóchas na Éireann 2-20 Dublin Institute of Technology 1-12 Fitzgibbon Cup semi-final DCU booked their place in the Fitzgibbon Cup final with an eleven-point victory against Dublin rivals DIT last Tuesday evening in Parnell

DIT academics lodge complaint over amalgamation process

November 15, 2017

Eighteen academics at Dublin Institute of Technology have written to the chairman of the institute’s governing body to express their discontent with the amalgamation process with Tallaght and Blanchardstown ITs.

DIT drops Garda vetting requirement for mature students in “second chance” programme

April 5, 2017

DIT have discarded the requirement of Garda vetting for mature students when applying to its ‘second chance education’ programme after controversial public opinion.

DIT lobbies for new attitude on drug addiction

March 8, 2017

DIT VP for Welfare Tara O’Brien organised an “Addiction Awareness” campaign this month to change the way students think about addiction.

Planning permission granted for 900 bed student accommodation in Docklands

October 12, 2016

Planning permission has been granted for the construction of over 900 student bed spaces beside the Point Village as part of the ongoing regeneration of the docklands.

UCC fairs well in green ranking as DCU flops

April 1, 2015

DCU fails to make top 50 of latest enviromentally friendly university rankings as UCC comes second. John Boland has more.

DIT holds second annual film festival

April 1, 2015

DIT held their second annual film festival in Dublin last week. Paula Clarke has more.

Exam timetables cause confusion in DIT

December 10, 2014

Students and staff at DIT have been left confused and misinformed surrounding the dates for their upcoming Christmas examinations due to its proposed merge with ITT and ITB next year.

DIT students hit out at Grangegorman campus

October 29, 2014

A number of DIT students based in Grangegorman have alleged there aren’t sufficient facilities on the new campus. Katie O’Neill reports.

DIT topple lethargic DCU

October 29, 2014

DCU come up short against an organised DIT side.

DIT opens new campus to first 1,000 students

October 1, 2014

DIT has opened a new campus in Grangegorman catering for 1,000 students. Aoife Geary reports.

O’Brien reflects on Fitzgibbon Cup group stage exit

February 19, 2014

DCU’s Fitzgibbon Cup hurling manager Paul O’Brien talks to Kevin Taylor about his sides recent exit from the competition.

Fitzgibbon Cup exit for DCU as DIT prove too strong

February 11, 2014

DCU’s Fitzgibbon Cup team were knocked out of the competition by DIT on Wednesday afternoon in St Clare’s.

Freshers book final place with confident display

February 20, 2013

It was a day of celebration for the Freshers Football team on Tuesday last after they defeated DIT by 11 points to advance to the final of the Division One Championship. Though the final scoreline

D.I.T and NUIG encourage more extra-curricular activity

October 12, 2011

Frances Mulraney This year D.I.T launch a new module, LEAD, to celebrate students’ extra-curricular activity. Not unlike the Uaneen module here in DCU, LEAD stands for lead, engage, achieve and develop and encourages students to