A climate strike is planned to take place at Opera Lane at 1pm on Saturday 18th June. This ‘die-in’ protest, staged by Extinction Rebellion, is a protest against the climate action plan in the programme for government endorsed by various political parties. The government’s climate action plan is part of A Green New Deal outlined…
It has been announced this afternoon at a meeting of the Governing Body of UCC, that Professor Patrick O’Shea has chosen to retire from his position as President of the University by the end of this year. Professor O’Shea tendered his resignation to the Chairperson of the Governing Body, Dr. Catherine Day, in which he…
The ESB could be facing a high bill in liability charges as the Supreme Court found guilty of negligence in the case of the flood University College Cork campus in 2009. This was presided over by five judges, four of them finding negligence in this case, putting the ESB in a precarious situation after such…
Some 60 per cent of students would not know where to get help on campus if they or a friend experienced sexual misconduct, a survey by the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) and NUI Galway has revealed. The Sexual Experiences Survey heard from over 6,000 students about their experiences of sexual violence and harassment…
An estimated 500+ people gathered on the Grand Parade in Cork city centre yesterday to protest the murder of unarmed black man George Floyd, which took place in the American state of Minneapolis on May 25th. The protest, which is the second to take place in the city in the space of five days, began…
by Samantha Calthrop A petition calling for UCC to mitigate the upcoming Summer exam results has been circulating on social media, having gained almost 5000 signatures as of April 3rd. Launched by UCC student Conall Williamson, it calls upon UCC to introduce measures that prevent any student from being having their grades lowered as a…
Writes Maeve O’Sullivan, Deputy News Editor Deputy News Editor Maeve O’Sullivan recently spoke to Michelle Healy, an independent candidate in the upcoming NUI 2020 Seanad elections. Ms Healy comes from Bishopstown, Cork and is a graduate of UCC. Firstly, why is it you are running for this position? I am a humanitarian, through and…
UCC Students’ Union 2019/20 are thrilled to announce that the UCC Student Body will be presented with a once in a lifetime opportunity this Students’ Union election cycle to improve the quality of student representation in University College Cork as, for the first time in over a decade, students will be voting to accept or…
by Samantha Calthrop In protest against the announced 3% raise in rent on student accommodation, UCCSU have pledged to camp on the university quad until the rent increase is reversed. Joining them are a number of students, with approximately 80 overall having set up to sleep in a rotating schedule. The SU and the students…
by Luke Watson Worry has been setting in across the globe as the coronavirus Covid-19 spreads, with emerging outbreaks in Italy making a pan-European outbreak increasingly likely. With the number of cases in the UK coming in at least 20, and with one confirmed case in Northern Ireland, fear of an Irish outbreak is…