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Eamon Ryan calls for Metrolink to be extended to UCD

December 12, 2018

TD Eamon Ryan is calling for the Dublin Metrolink to be extended out as far as UCD.

Na Fianna hold their ground while Home Farm goes under construction for the new MetroLink

November 14, 2018

Construction for the MetroLink on Na Fianna GAA pitch will not go ahead after the idea was met with opposition from club members and local residents.

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.

DCU society disbanded due to lack of venue

October 17, 2018

DCU Pool and Snooker Society have been forced to cease their operations for the coming year due to being unable to find a venue.

DCU student Conor McCrave wins Bursary Award

October 17, 2018

DCU student wins bursary award from press Council.

Are you getting it? – USI launches safe sex campaign

February 21, 2018

The Union of Students in Ireland launched a Sexual Health and Awareness Campaign last week, in collaboration with the HSE’s Sexual Health and Crisis Pregnancy initiative. The campaign, containing the “Are you getting it?” tagline, was

Taoiseach supports plan for ‘European University’

November 29, 2017

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar called for an Irish third-level institution to join the new network of European universities currently being proposed by French President Emmanuel Macron.

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.

Youth Employment Scheme announced for 2018

October 25, 2017

A new internship programme aimed at young people who find it difficult to enter employment will be launched next year, announced Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Regina Doherty.

CRC votes to give Constitutional Review Committee further deliberation time

February 13, 2017

The first Class Rep Council (CRC) of the semester took place last Wednesday evening and saw motions passed on campus residence politics and Bank of Ireland’s FOMO campaign, while updates were also given on the Constitutional Review Committee.

Referendum cancelled as Executive is over-ruled

November 30, 2016

The referendum proposing changes to the Students’ Union constitution has been called off, following a decision made at last week’s Class Rep Council.