Plan to increase on-campus housing for students is delayed again
Only project to be opened so far under funding from student plan is 116 beds at Maynooth University
University College Dublin (UCD)
Losing friends, bullying and tests: Concerns around starting secondary school
UCD’s longitudinal Children’s School Lives project follows 4,000 across almost 200 schools
‘I feel I have been forgotten’: Palestinian has offer to study at UCD, but has been unable to leave Gaza
Shaker Albuhaisi, who is due to start science degree soon, not among 52 Gazan students being brought over
CAO points 2025: Which courses were up or down in requirements?
Random selection for some courses applies again, but some universities have increased places to try to meet demand
E-scooter crashes: As a doctor, it breaks my heart to see such life-changing injuries
There have been 260 accidents recorded in just six months, leaving two dead and 32 others seriously injured
What impact will 2025 Leaving Cert results have on the CAO?
Leaving Cert grades still subject to an ongoing distorting effect
Tips for first-year college students: Recent graduates offer advice and share biggest regrets
Recent UCD and DCU graduates offer advice for incoming first years, and share their regrets
‘We are sleeping in cars and serial couch-surfing’: Dublin students appeal to homeowners to rent out rooms
UCD students’ union takes to streets to tell public they can earn up to €14,000 tax-free under rent-a-room scheme
Student with place on UCD master’s course still awaiting evacuation from Gaza
Department of Foreign Affairs faces protest over pace of bringing over Palestinians who want to study
From goats cheese to hummus - why there have been so many listeria recalls
Despite recent publicity, Ireland’s rate of infection is low, with good safety procedures in place
Student accommodation: Irish on-campus costs revealed with most expensive room at €11,888 a year
Cheapest on-campus option at UCD is a shared bedroom in Village 1 at €5,722
Commission of inquiry into abuse in day and boarding schools must become truly survivor-centred
Rite & Reason: Terms of reference should change and include restorative justice as requested by so many
Could bouncing the sun’s heat back into space help solve the climate crisis?
‘If something can shave off just half a degree, that means millions fewer impacted by heatwaves, crop failures or flooding’
Tributes to Irish woman found dead on New York yacht as police investigate what happened
Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra was found unconscious on vessel at exclusive Montauk Yacht Club
When too many conductors result in cellular discord and cancer
Research Lives: Clodagh Murphy, Musgrave Breakthrough Cancer Research PhD Scholar, University College Dublin
Most farmers could earn more money by planting trees - why don’t they?
Tree planting in Ireland is at its lowest level since 1946 despite grants and premiums
Ireland’s only protected insect the marsh fritillary to star in new comic championing cause of insects
‘The bee gets the glory. The wasp gets the swat. I work so hard at pest control and pollination all day long and what thanks do I get?’
Student accommodation: Just 116 of 1,000 ‘emergency response’ beds will be delivered this year
Oireachtas committee hears of shortfall in €100m plan for accommodation with planning permission in place
Cern decision by Cabinet opens up particle research opportunities for Ireland
UCD to expand its research capacity to coincide with membership of the famous laboratory in Switzerland
Obituary - Dermot McAleese: economist who played a major role in shaping public policy
Inspirational academic credited with reforms paving way for boom in Irish economy
DCC gives permission for Clonskeagh student housing
Bain-backed vehicle gets go ahead for 439 bed spaces near River Dodder
Where will vital student housing come from?
Like Ireland’s wider housing crisis, there are too few student beds available with little sign of a solution
Student accommodation developer challenges decision to rezone land near UCD to open space
Colbeam Ltd, which wants to build 698-bedroom complex, is challenging council in High Court
Discrimination against sexual and gender minorities in Ireland has increased, UCD study finds
Research demonstrates broad support for LGBTIQ+ people, women’s rights and abortion
More than 1m Irish people exposed to harmful transport noise, report finds
Noise threat likely to be underestimated, Galway based noise specialist say, ‘particularly in Dublin airport’
Locals oppose development plans for Dublin 6 site
Bain Capital unit proposing student housing at old Smurfit site
Irish universities earned more than €830m from student housing since 2015
UCD generated nearly €290 million from its accommodation units during the 10-year period
Up to 100,000 homes per year needed to address deficit by 2030, committee told
Department of Housing suggestion that commission’s recommendations were under way ‘not true in any meaningful sense’
More than 160 academics call for ‘immediate halt’ to trade with Israel over conflict in Gaza
Signatories from 11 universities describe response to October 7th, 2023 attacks by Hamas as ‘a well-televised genocide’
PhD woes: ‘Financially, I can’t really take care of myself, and I certainly couldn’t take care of anybody else’
PhD researchers in Ireland say the payment they receive is simply not enough
PwC Ireland boss focused on getting tech to do some heavy lifting
Managing partner seeks to leverage AI as firm and clients grapple with uncertainty caused by Donald Trump’s tariffs
Students from UCD and TCD are joint winners of 2025 Mary Mulvihill science media competition
Deeply personal essay on the use of animals in biological research and biodiversity game announced as winners
Munster Technological University cyberattack response cost €3.5m, PAC told
State facing ‘significant’ potential loss as training board funds in non-interest bearing account, Comptroller and Auditor General says
Ireland needs multi-functional farms with biodiversity benefits. But how can they be supported?
Calls grow for farming supports to help landowners push ahead with national climate goals
Remembering the many talents of broadcaster, activist and historian Máire de Paor
Committed socialist and feminist lived through a time when attitudes to women in Irish society were decidedly narrow
Why do we have a charter for thought control in Irish universities?
Higher education institutions should facilitate open debate – not seek to ‘foster collective understanding’ on controversial matters
Paludiculture could see Ireland’s peatlands store vast amounts of carbon and yield profit
University of Galway leads EU-funded project exploring wetland farming technique’s dual potential
From Delhi to Dublin: ‘I ended up making really good friends, they are my safety net’
New to the Parish: Nishtha Khanna moved from India to Ireland in September 2020
‘Punch to the gut’: Students condemn potential €1,000 rise in third-level fees
Minister signals the €1,000 cut to third-level fees could be reversed this year
The Routledge Companion to 21st-century Irish Writing: academics deliver hefty report from the coalface on the state of our culture
A mixed-bag on purpose, the volume spans prose, poetry and drama then looks at the new in an uncertain era of change
Wearable tech: ‘It’s like having a personal health coach in your pocket. I live a healthier, better life because I have this’
Developments in health technology allow us to take more personal responsibility for our wellbeing, which may have significant consequences for the future
Vernal equinox marks the emergence of spring
That’s Maths: The Earth’s axis is at right angles to the line from sun to Earth, the sun is directly over the equator and the lengths of day and night are approximately equal
Food on campus: Greasy college grub makes way for smart student-led initiatives
From the Galway pantry tackling food waste to breakfast clubs and training restaurants, campus dining is having a moment
Spotlight on postgraduate options
Ireland’s third-level institutions offer a range of postgraduate degree options. Here we explore a selection of available courses.
Irish company to unveil world-first quantum computing server
Equal1, a spin-out from UCD, has developed a sillicon-based server for use in data centres and high-performance computing
Philosopher Richard Kearney and healthcare pioneer Michael Dowling awarded St Patrick’s Day Medals
Taoiseach pays tribute to ‘exceptional work being carried out by the Irish research diaspora across the US’
New system for appointing judges is an ‘important safeguard’ for judicial independence – Chief Justice
Commission of judges and lay members to begin public work this week
Dublin Bus services between Heuston and UCD restored after policy U-turn
Direct connection between Heuston and UCD had been lost following implementation of the BusConnects network redesign
The company of wolves: should large predators be reintroduced to Ireland?
What we really need is a study, not on the feasibility of wolves or lynx here, but on people and how our values, attitudes and perceptions might evolve to accommodate them
Quantum physics, a century old, still passes understanding
That’s Maths: Werner Heisenberg’s seminal work on quantum theory, published in 1925, represented the dawn of a new era in physics
Unforgotten star Sinéad Keenan: ‘UCD had an awful lot of arty-farty people. I felt, oh Jesus, I can’t compete with that’
The Dublin actor got her break in Fair City more than 20 years ago but left for London soon after. Now she plays Jess James, the Irish top copper in ITV’s acclaimed cold-case crime drama
Student solicitors win place in Irish Times debate final
David Rattigan and Emer Nolan take team place, while Trinity’s Mary Woods makes individual final
Surprising discoveries in the family tree of mathematics
A vast project tracing the history of mathematics reveals that this column is brought to you thanks in part to an illustrious thinker from nearly 1,000 years ago
Exploring the power of urban green spaces to connect
Research Lives: Dr Tadhg MacIntyre, Innovation Value Institute, Maynooth University
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