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…
EDIT – 22:12 06/03/2018: Headline changed from “#UCCVotes – Why you should vote to re-affiliate with USI” to “#UCCVotes – Why you should vote to stay affiliated with USI” in response to a request from USI We asked Michael Kerrigan, USI President, to tell us why he feels UCC students should vote to stay affiliated…
The Students’ Union elections will take place this year on March 6th & 7th, with students having 33 candidates to choose from. They are as follows: President: Breathnach, Séamus Cahill, Tommy Collopy, Eoin Conway, Thomas Hayes, Alan Deputy President & Campaigns: Coyle, Kelly Meighan, Liam Education Officer: Frahill, Aaron O’Brien, Alice Welfare Officer: Connery, Niamh…
New legislation was recently passed in the Oireachtas that ensured that drivers would respect a minimum passing distance when overtaking cyclists. The new law will require drivers to allow one metre when passing cyclists on roads with a speed limit under 50 km/h, and 1 1/2 metres on roads with a limit of 50km/h or…
It is no secret that our current efforts to provide energy for humanity is failing. We are quickly burning through the supply of non-renewable energy sources such as oil, coal and gas, and the forms of renewable energy we have now aren’t effective enough to sustain our current consumption rate on their own. Efforts are…
Should I use my own name or an alias? It’s a question I ask myself whenever I try my hand at journalism. I’ve always found compelling arguments for both, and it’s perhaps an increasingly relevant question today, in the digital age where little stays secret for long, and likewise because of the ever present issue…
It’s one of those busy college nights out. Everyone is going, apparently. There’s that subtle electricity around campus; the buzz felt from excitement for what’s promising to be an eventful night. Some girls have even got a start on their make-up to ensure maximum prinking time, for fear that the actual drinking part of “pre-drinks”…
There is something elegant in the sheer simplicity and ease of memes; a picture with a short caption or a crude bit of photoshopping which can easily convey a message, argument, idea, joke etc. which will be instantly be understood by those viewing it. Likewise, there is the fascinating nature of memes which makes them…
Content Warning: The following article contains detailed discussion of eating disorders. If you are likely to be negatively affected by this you may not want to continue reading. If you are affected by the article, you can contact the Eating Disorders Association of Ireland’s helpline on 1890 200 444, or the Samaritans on 116 123. As…
Early in 2017 the then-Taoiseach Enda Kenny, speaking in Philadelphia, announced a referendum on whether to grant citizens abroad the right to vote in presidential elections. Here we consider the arguments For: Lucas Brun There are practical reasons why citizens abroad should be entitled to vote. Some say that these people will not be affected…