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…
Picture Gerard McCarthy On Friday 18, a ceremony was held to commemorate the renaming of the bridge that leads into UCC from the main gates the “Alumni Bridge”, to pay respects to— naturally— the college’s dedication to supporting its alumni. Participants walked from the Quad to the bridge, with the graduates of last week’s ceremonies…
53-year-old Timothy Hourihane, known as Timmy to friends, was beaten to death in the tented village occupied by homeless people in Mardyke Walk on October 13th. He was found with severe injuries to the head and with his tent set on fire after the alarm was raised by fellow residents of the tent village. He…
A new study followed out by APC Microbiome Ireland in Cork has shown that bifidobacteria, which is found in the guts of newborns, can prevent and heal ulcers caused by the painkiller aspirin, despite declining as age occurs. This is a continuation of a previous study, which found the same bacteria could be found to produce a protective…
The more you impeach him, the more they’ll come out and vote. Which is why I think he’ll be re-elected. Dr. Vittorio Buffacchi is a senior lecturer of political philosophy at UCC, researching the political philosophy of issues such as social justice, inequality, and democracy. However, Dr. Buffacchi is also a prolific writer, writing for RTE, the…