by Samantha Calthrop UCC’s Students’ Union (UCCSU) has successfully reversed an incremental €200 increase in the student capitation fee, reducing the cost to €170 for all incoming students ahead of the 2020/21 academic year. The increase was announced in June 2019, inciting protests from the Students’ Union, who staged a sit-in demonstration in the following…
Halloween is supposed to be a fun-spirited confectionary dream for many of our youngest citizens but for one Cork-based female bus driver it proved to be a night of utter hell. The very popular 220 bus, which passes UCC on a route from Ballincollig to Carrigaline over 50 times a day, became the centre of…
Government and media figures alike have been paying tribute to famous broadcaster and presenter Gabriel “Gay” Mary Byrne, who passed away on November 4th. Gay Byrne was a longstanding figure in Irish broadcasting, and most notably presented the Late Late Show for 37 years, from its first episode in 1963. While Gay Byrne was…
UCC Student’s Union recently announced that they have set up a food bank for students who are struggling financially in college. The aim of the project is to offer a concrete solution to students who are faced with increased rents and government grants that have not been increased since 2012. The cost of living has…
National organisation Woman’s Aid launched its new campaign #TooIntoYou Wednesday 23rd of October. The organisation, which offers support and information to women experiencing domestic violence and dating abuses, is running the campaign until 25th of November. Previously this year, under the Domestic Violent Act 2018, new laws were introduced and meant that women experiencing abuse…
Times Higher Education has ranked University College Cork number 1 on their actions towards the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The process of ranking took into consideration how the college researches, operates, sustainability reports and recycling programmes. In 2007, the Green Campus programmed was launched in UCC. Through the programme, the college improved its…
The UCC Student’s Union has this week announced a competition, run alongside Three Ireland, which gives UCC Students the opportunity to win tickets to see Versatile in the 3arena. The competition, running on the UCCSU Instagram page runs until the 18th of November. Versatile are a rap group composed of rappers Eskimo Supreme and…
Equal measures of amusement and outrage have followed the “Buttongate” scandal that came out last week. An internal Dáil report revealed several cases of false votes, where TDs cast votes despite not being present in the Dáil at the time. After examining CCTV footage, it was found that Fianna Fáil TD Timmy Dooley had had…
Irish Times Photography Councillor John Finucane, Lord Mayor of Belfast, gave a public lecture— Belfast: A Brexit Perspective— as part of the Jean Monnet Lecture series, in UCC’s Centre for Executive Education on October 24th. “All parties on [Belfast City Council], irrespective of their view of a reunified Ireland, are of one mind in their…
The European Parliament rejected an EU resolution to increase search and rescue operations of migrants in the Mediterranean. The resolution called on member states to “enhance proactive search and rescue operations by providing sufficient vessels and equipment specifically dedicated to search and rescue operations and personnel, along the routes where they can make an effective…