At USI Congress, held last week in the Shearwater Hotel in Ballinasloe (Co. Galway), the Officer Board for next year’s Union of Students in Ireland Officer Board (USI OB) were elected. Delegations, formed of incoming & outgoing SU officers and class reps, would vote on behalf of their student bodies, with some delegations being mandated in…
Seoladh foclóir aiteach i dteanga na Gaeilge inné in Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath mar chuid de chomhoibriú idir Aontas na Mac Léinn in Éirinn (AMLÉ/USI), BeLonG To Youth Services, agus an Transgender Equality Network of Ireland (TENI) le tacaíocht ó Joe McHugh, Aire don Ghaeilge, don Ghaeltacht, agus do na hOileáin. Is é ‘An…
With an approximate 30% increase in turnout, and a 1/3rd increase in amount of candidates, this round of UCC Students’ Union elections became a hectic time, particularly for the candidates, their teams, the people in the count, and the poor journos trying to cover all the chaos. The increased turnout & candidate levels meant that the…
Today (right now, as I write this) UCC student council meets to, among other things, decide where UCC’s votes at USI Congress will go. As with the SU elections, RON (Re-Open Nominations) is a candidate in all elections. Síona Cahill, current USI VP for Equality & Citizenship, is unopposed for President and, due to her…
If you’re wondering about the title, I put that down because I wanted to write about lots of little recipes, but ones that aren’t totally authentic to their respective home regions. Also I live in Tower now, and it sounded neat. Tapas are little snacks or appetisers, with the term originating in Spain. While each…
Ar an tSathairn beag seo, 10 Márta go dtí an Domhnach 11 Márta tá JAILBREAK, an feachtas tiomsú airgid is mó eagraithe ag mic léinn in Éirinn ar siúil. Beidh 90 foireann, ag teacht ó gach coirnéal den tír, ag leaindeáil i gCaisleán Átha Cliath maidin Shathairn leis an rás go ‘Ceannscríbe X’ a thosú…
(Photo: Tomás Tyner) Campus Cycle Week begins next week in the ‘Real Capital’, starting on Monday the 12th of March. “Every college in Cork is taking part,” an organiser told us, “UCC, CIT, CUH, Saint John’s Central College, Cork College of Commerce, Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa…” The focal point of the week will be a screening of the film “Why…
On Monday, a day before voting was due to start, we opened our annual #UCCVotes straw poll. Last year we used Twitter polls to try and estimate how the SU would form itself, with the poll successfully predicting three out of the five main Sabbat positions. This year we turned to Google Forms, and opened the…
Voting on the Students’ Union elections opened today on campus, with students filing into the Boole Basement, O’Rahilly Building, Kane and Brookfield (and CEC, CUH and Copley St.) to vote for their favourite candidates. Also on the slate is the USI affiliation referendum, with the following question put to students: Should UCC Students’ Union remain in…
Monday February 26th In the early hours of February 26th, 1960, an Alitalia flight from Naples & Rome headed towards New York stops over in Shannon to refuel. For reasons still unknown, the plane crashed shortly after take-off, killing 34 of the 52 passengers on-board. According to eyewitness reports, the plane flew low enough to…