by Samantha Calthrop   On Tuesday 14th January, UCC staff and students gathered at the quad in solidarity with UCC student Hamza Khan— who, along with his parents, three brothers and sister, was issued a deportation order after having spent three years in Ireland’s Direct Provision system. The Khans’ deportation order was revoked through intervention…

by Samantha Calthrop   Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has announced that a general election will be held on Saturday February 8th. It takes place four years after the 2016 General Election, which elected the Fine Gael/Fianna Fáil alliance that currently heads the Dáil.   This is the first election since 1918 to be held on a…

Writes Samantha Calthrop   Just before the 56th BT Young Scientists Exhibition, the Irish Universities Association (IUA) announced two additional scholarships to be available to winners. Since 2015, entrance scholarships to seven NUI universities have been awarded to winners of the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition, with over 40 students having received the awards…

Writes Ciaran Dineen It took just 10 days into 2020 for two incredibly significant moments to occur on the green fields of this Island, reminding us all that we are far from ‘united’. Plans for a controversial commemoration of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) were deferred by the Minister for Justice, Charlie Flanagan, following a…

Writes Samantha Calthrop Mental health in students is an increasing problem, with growing pressure on counselling services at universities. That is according to the USI National Report on Student Mental Health in Third Level Education, which surveyed over 3000 students, found that 33% of participants had been diagnosed with a mental health problem, 70% of…

by Maeve O’Sullivan November 19th & 20th brought about the dark memories of the flood that left Cork city and University College Cork with nearly €100m worth of damages. When the River Lee could no longer withhold from the strains of the rising water levels from weeks of heavy rainfall and high tides, it bursts…

UCC’s Students’ Union (UCCSU) have successfully reversed a €200 increase in the student capitation fee, reducing the cost to €170 for all incoming students. The increase was announced in June 2019, inciting protest from the Students’ Union, who staged a sit-in protest in the following days; following the increase being implemented, the UCCSU began negotiations…

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…

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…