Jamie Mc Carron Archives – The College View

DCU Student’s Union for 2021/22 academic year elected

March 25, 2021

Terence Rooney was elected President of DCUSU on the second count, receiving 1,908 votes and besting his two opponents Seán Smyth and Jack Callaghan.

Primary teaching students at private college must pay €650 for online Gaeltacht

March 24, 2021

Over 1,700 students at Hibernia College, a private college for training primary and post-primary teachers are being forced to pay €650 for an online Gaeltacht experience.

Trinity launches study into its links with slavery and the British Empire

March 24, 2021

Trinity College Dublin (TCD) will begin a 24 month investigation designed to “examine, interrogate and reflect on its complex colonial legacies.”

Michael Long- Candidate for VP for Diversity and Inclusion

March 19, 2021

Michael Long is a 4th Year Religious Education and Music student eager to be DCU’s next Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion.

Sarah Jones and Shauna Rose Raeside – Candidates for Science and Health Faculty Rep

March 19, 2021

Sarah Jones and Shauna Rose Raeside are both running to become the next Science and Health Faculty Representative.

DCUSU host workshop with Senator Lynn Ruane encouraging women in student politics

February 10, 2021

DCU Students’ Union (DCUSU) held the first two of three Zoom workshops in partnership with Women for Election, a not-for-profit organisation supporting women in politics.

DCU Tea Instagram account run by teen thousands of miles away.

January 22, 2021

“I thought, why not make one?” the once hidden figure behind a DCU confessions page reveals, from a place many miles from Glasnevin.

Hospitals face scrutiny for giving leftover vaccines to staff’s families

January 21, 2021

Rotunda Hospital and the Coombe Hospital have confirmed that they gave unused Covid-19 vaccines to relatives of their staff and to members of their local communities.

Leaders of Trinity Greens, Young Greens and Queer Greens have resigned

November 11, 2020

The Green Party’s youth wing has been hit by a wave of significant resignations, including the leader of the Trinity College Young Greens, Julie Smirnova.

University of Limerick appoints first female president of an Irish university

July 15, 2020

Professor Kersten Mey has recently been named as the new president of the University of Limerick (UL), becoming the first woman in Irish history to hold such a position.

Leo Varadkar insists that state exams will go ahead in June

April 3, 2020

Leo Varadkar announced on Wednesday that Junior and Leaving Certificate exams will go ahead in June, as previously planned.