Dublin City University

Building blocks to a climate-just city

Policy silos, disjointed decision-making and lack of regional governance holds Dublin back from integrating housing and climate planning

‘There can be violent outbursts or total apathy’: Principals call for counselling supports at primary level

School-based counsellors and therapists are a routine feature of many other education systems internationally

Why Paschal Sheehy’s ‘I have scored, Eileen’ is good for RTÉ News

It might not be the role of news to entertain, but with a wave of AI slop on its way, the human touch does no harm

Four in 10 people in Ireland ‘worn out by the amount of news there is these days’

News and information overload a ‘common complaint’, Reuters Institute digital news report finds, but more people now pay for news

How do we cut through the ‘white noise’ of climate change?

Helen Shaw makes the case for the power of imagination and storytelling

Trinity is highest-ranked Irish university despite slipping in world standings

UCD narrows gap by jumping 45 places to 126th in latest QS World University Rankings

The unanswered questions on impact of pesticides on the health of ecosystems

There is growing evidence that pesticides are implicated in declines of everything from songbirds to bug life in rivers and streams

Student accommodation: A market plagued by bed shortages, rising rents and 51-week leases

Private investors are still circling the Irish student housing market amid a significant shortfall in beds

Costs of united Ireland would equal pain of the austerity years, economists say

Recently published report estimated cost for unification at €20bn a year for 20 years but this figure is contested

Sharp rise in first-class degrees may be linked to student expectations and competition among universities

50% jump in top degrees awarded by universities since 2015 prompts concern over grade inflation

Taoiseach announces €100m in funding to develop student accommodation

The funds will be used to part-finance three projects and 1,000 beds in UCD, DCU and Maynooth which will offer a proportion of beds at rents below market value

Plan for extra 1,000 student rooms to go before Cabinet

Firing gun on budgetary process will also be started with economic update from Minister for Finance Michael McGrath

Teenage boys ‘bombarded’ with misogynist content within minutes of signing up to TikTok and YouTube Shorts

DCU research finds young males fed ‘toxic’ anti-feminist and other extremist content within 23 minutes

Iranian refugee couple graduate with DCU masters’ degrees on the same day

‘Education creates justice. If you just send rich people to university, and others have no access to education, it creates huge inequalities’

Call for more supports to redevelop units above shops into homes

Simon charity and DCU report says properties above shops could help tackle housing crisis and revitalise urban locations

Metrolink: Residents’ lives will be ‘nothing short of a nightmare’ if Ballymun station plan goes ahead

Seven-year construction period would close church and put children ‘in the middle of a building site’, hearing told

‘I feel that it is possible to become Irish in a way it would never be possible to become German or to become Japanese’

New to the Parish: Michael Svoboda moved from Czechia to Dublin in 2022

Returning to college? Here are funding options to help cover the costs of your postgrad or MBA

Research your funding options well before starting your application for postgraduate studies

‘After Eircom I decided I should stay away from things I know nothing about’

Me & My Money: Rachael English, broadcaster and author.

Much of the Irish media belongs to foreign owners and that matters

As a new regulator-backed website suggests, decisions about media aimed at an Irish audience are often taken overseas

Website will increase public awareness about media ownership, says DCU

Mom Ireland project, the first of its kind in Europe, is supported by Coimisiún na Meán with co-funding from the EU

As more companies go quiet about greenness, many people are still distracted from the real issue

Social media content creators are hesitant about producing sustainability material due to the backlash risk

Dublin city to get real-time monitoring of greenhouse gas levels in new project

Innovative monitoring project to identify emissions hotspots and provide real-time data on carbon dioxide, methane and air quality

The five landmines that threaten the March referendums

Low turnout, misinformation and a shaky campaign are the main threats, political experts say

More than 500 new student beds to go into construction this year

Extra beds come as Government announces €61m for first phase of new student accommodation scheme

The struggle in managing Pablo Escobar’s ‘cocaine hippos’

Efforts to cull or relocate the population have created controversy in Columbia

Life after childhood leukaemia: ‘It makes it easier that the research is so personal’

Research Lives: Avril Deegan PhD researcher at Dublin City University School of Psychology is looking at end-of-treatment experiences of childhood leukaemia survivors

How much sleep do we need? The answer might not be ‘a solid eight hours’

Experiments suggest modern norms might be at odds with human biology

State’s bilateral trade with France hits record €30bn in wake of Brexit

New study highlights increasing importance of French market for Irish exporters

A third of Irish journalists have been sued in the last five years, survey reveals

DCU report reveals threat of defamation action and online abuse are among the biggest worries in the journalistic profession

UCC-based expert in gut health named SFI researcher of the year for 2023

UL scientist wins award for development of crystals for use in medical implants and drug-delivery devices

It’s not ‘only a theory’ – it’s a rigorously researched scientific study

This phrase betrays a common misconception about science

Climate change: The great contradiction in Ireland’s response to a warming world

Despite progressive climate policies and impressive renewable energy use, why do we rank 21st out of 27 countries on climate change?

‘I was given five days to leave the country’: Student at centre of deportation campaign graduates from university

Staff and students at DCU mobilised to help prevented the removal of ‘model citizen’

Landowners including Dublin City University bring High Court challenges over inclusion for ‘land hoarding tax’

High Court judicial review actions centre on An Bord Pleanála’s decisions to uphold findings by local authorities that properties should be included on maps of sites where Residential Zoned Land Tax applies

Resolution reached in dispute over failed €37.6m sale of DCU site

Judge congratulated the parties on finding a ‘very sensible outcome’

Marlet subsidiary was ‘committed’ to DCU land purchase, court hears

Court is being asked to decide whether DCU was able, ready or willing to complete the sale in accordance with the contract

Marlet group chief executive denies attempt to ‘disengage’ from DCU land purchase

Subsidiary seeks return of €3.7 million deposit and declaration DCU was unable to deliver site title

North’s loyalist communities have not seen any gains from Belfast Agreement, says Campbell

Chair of Loyalist Communities Council believes DUP prepared to re-enter Stormont administration ‘under a Sinn Féin first minister’

Delivering a bee boost with a different form of hive

Trained forester Mick Verspuij has five different designs of log hives which mimic the natural habitat

Why are college dropout rates on the up in Ireland?

Disconnection, isolation and exam inexperience among factors behind increase, say academics

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