Katie Ascough Archives – The College View

Are students disengaged from students’ unions?

March 21, 2018

The sad reality is that students don’t appreciate SUs anymore.

Impeached former UCDSU president recieves pro-life award

February 7, 2018

Impeached UCD SU president Katie Ascough received a pro-life award from a UK anti-abortion group in January.

Our students’ unions are losing their sense of identity

November 22, 2017

There was an empty silence in the halls of the Henry Grattan building on the evening of 8th November. The lecture halls had been cleared out and the only solitary sounds were the shuffling of feet

Should SU membership remain automatic?

November 15, 2017

The student’s union is there to help students. If it’s not doing its job correctly, then its officers need to reconsidered.

UCD vote to impeach SU president

October 27, 2017

UCD students have voted overwhelmingly in favour of removing their Students’ Union president Katie Ascough from office after she blocked the publication of abortion information in a freshers’ magazine. The results showed that more than

Should the UCD SU President be impeached?

October 11, 2017

In having the magazine reprinted, Ascough cost the student body €8,000 – the maximum fine for publishing such information is €4,000. Barry Murphy, UCD SU’s Campaigns and Communications Officer, alleged how difficult the Repeal campaign had been to run with Ascough as President and told the University Observer of disagreements with her over the repeal budget and class reps and “showed discomfort” with the placement of UCD for Choice in the Freshers’ tent.

UCD rejects petition to impeach SU President Katie Ascough

October 11, 2017

A petition by the University College Dublin student body to impeach current Students’ Union President Katie Ascough has been rejected by the union.

Larger voter turnout for UCD abortion referendum than SU presidential election

March 22, 2017

More students voted in UCD’s abortion referendum last year than in this year’s UCD Student Union presidential election. Pro-life campaigner and activist Katie Ascough was elected president of UCD’s Students’ Union which voted to maintain