Ahead of the 2016 Collingwood Cup, Sports Editor Dylan O Connell sat down with UCC Manager and former Cork City FC player Noel Healy for a quick word on winning, management, and the beautiful game itself. How’re you feeling about the Collingwood this year? We’re feeling good. Like any University team, you lose players…
RAG week is upon us and that means the annual conflict between local residents and UCC students is almost upon us too. Following on from a series of complaints from residents after Fresher’s week in September some residents have voiced their concerns in the lead up to RAG week. The major concerns of residents from…
A lacklustre UCC side went down 3-0 to Bandon in a top of the table clash in West Cork on Saturday. Bandon were looking for revenge ever since being on the receiving end of UCC’s 4-2 Peard cup win on St. Stephens’ day. The students found themselves under pressure from the off and it only…
University College Cork 1-14 Limerick IT 2-15 University College Cork will know they have left the chance to progress in this year’s Fitzgibbon Cup behind after a lacklustre performance – particularly in front of goal – saw them surrender a late lead against Limerick IT at the Mardyke. This is the second consecutive year that…
Results and Fixtures: Ashbourne Cup: UCC 1-13 DCU 0-2 Ulster Bank Rugby League: Thomand 7-30 UCC EY Hockey League: Greenfields 1-2 UCC Ladies Munster Senior League Division One: UCC Men 4-0 Limerick Donal Walsh Trophy: UCC U20’s 17-5 Garryowen Rowing: Congratulations to Jack Casey on winning the indoor national championships over the weekend. Ultimate Frisbee:…
Staff members of UCC’s security team have continued their annual tradition of raising money for charity every winter. Last year UCC security raised over €5,000 for Bumbleance: a charity that provides improved and professional medical transportation services for long-term sick and seriously disabled children. This was in only the second year of their charity raffle tradition….
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK A statue of legendary mathematician & tourist attraction George Boole was today unveiled by staff of UCC. The statue, which has been covered in its place in front of the Boole Library for several weeks, was revealed to applause from a collection of students of the college, visitors and staff members. Sadly,…
Ireland is failing victims of domestic abuse by not adequately intervening with the perpetrators, international experts will urge at UCC this Friday. a conference hosted by the School of Law at UCC will suggest existing state responses to domestic abuse are typically reactive and under-resourced. The need for a domestic abuse intervention system which seeks…
Why I Have Insomnia Issue 6, 17/11/2015, Robert O’Sullivan It’s not usual to have an editorial in the middle of the paper, but this is a situation that requires some unusual things. I asked Brian, the Editor, for this space to discuss the letter on the page opposite. You may well have read this before….
The shouts of glee from UCC’s Tourism board could be heard for miles around as news of a new scientific breakthrough from the Western Gateway Building emerged. While one doesn’t necessarily associate science and tourism, this development is believed to boost visitor numbers to the college by at least 200 percent. While some in the…