Writes Ciaran Dineen – Editor-In-Chief On Wednesday evening, members of the UCC Student’s Union met with the President of UCC, Prof. Patrick O’Shea, following protests earlier in the day over the decision to increase the student capitation fee by 120%. News of the increase in fee, which must be paid by every UCC student and…
Hello everyone and welcome to the final edition of this year’s University Express. Try not to cry too much but this is my last editorial of the year, hang in there for the remainder of these 500 words if possible. When thinking of a title for this editorial, Mary Poppins immediately sprang to mind, with…
Students across the country were joined by some of their lecturers on March 21st during a walkout protest over the rising cost of Higher Education fees in Ireland. Since the economic recession of 2008, third-level education in Ireland has faced some of the biggest funding cuts in the public sector. Despite the fact that the…
In recent days, the University Express has been made aware of news in relation to the election of Ben Dunlea as President of the Students’ Union. Mr Dunlea claimed victory over Bea McCarthy in last month’s SU elections, however, the legitimacy of Ben’s candidacy has now been called into question, as it has now emerged…
Just under two years ago Owen Collins and Elaine O’Brien, now rising in Crosshaven, founded ‘Our Cat and Kitten Home’, with the aim of reducing the number of wild and abandoned cats and kittens on the streets of Cork. Since then they have re-branded to become ‘Cat Haven’ and they have saved the lives of…
After three days of voting during last week’s Student’s Union elections here in UCC, Computer Science student, Ben Dunlea was elected President by the student voters of UCC. Running up against Government student, Bea McCarthy, Ben fought a very popular and eye-catching campaign and in the end managed to scoop up just under 57% of…
Last Thursday following a long day of counting in the Student Centre, it was discovered that UCC students had voted for ‘yes’ votes in all five referenda during this year’s week of Students’ Union elections. Earlier last week, the University Express’ ‘Straw Poll’ indicated that all five questions posed to students would pass, but it…
It emerged on the 5th of February that a lecturer from University College Cork was escorted from her class by UCC security after students realised that the woman in question was intoxicated. In an email from the class representative on behalf of the class, it was noted that all was not well in the early…
It was announced in early February that University College Cork, The Mardyke Arena and Cork City Football Club, would continue to work in tandem with one another until 2022. The partnership, since its origin in 2016, has been a monumental success for all involved and places Cork City FC firmly in the heart of the…
Firstly welcome back to UCC and a Happy New Year to all of our wonderful readers. So we’re all back to reality following our love affair with mince pies, pringles and turkey over the Christmas period, and yes, this is it, this is the year where I change, this is the year for me….well hopefully….