‘There’s a girl in my course who travels from Monaghan every morning’: Housing the biggest election concern for DCU students
Housing is biggest challenge facing their generation and the number-one thing they want fixed, students say
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‘I once brought my team to London and booked an apartment through a popular booking site. When we arrived, the apartment didn’t exist’
Me & My Money: Claire Tighe, chief executive of TheatreworX Productions
University open days: when they take place and what makes each university unique
Key details about 2024-2025 open days for UCC, UCD, TCD, UL, Maynooth University, University of Galway, DCU and RCSI
DCU says viral video ‘misrepresents’ graphic material shared with secondary teachers as part of SPHE course
Viral video claimed students would be exposed to inappropriate sexual material under new curriculum
‘Dealing with parents can be scary’: New teachers on life in today’s classroom
Although many young teachers are emigrating, most have chosen to stay in Ireland. Five of them share their experiences
Is free, publicly-funded childcare possible in Ireland?
Government has established a special unit to investigate what a ‘nationalised’ childcare model might look like
Israel is targeting educational infrastructure in Gaza. An academic boycott is the right response
Academics can’t just talk about freedom and the pursuit of knowledge, we must defend it too. But academic boycotts of Israel target institutions, not individual scholars
Trinity College Dublin drops five places to 139th in world university rankings
Of the nine Irish universities ranked five dropped, three remained in same position, and one, Dublin City University, improved
‘In school people are scared to be a bit strange’: Gifted students on life in mainstream schools
Exceptionally able students can often feel like outsiders - but many feel at home at the Centre for Talented Youth Ireland
Regulator expressed strong concerns with TikTok about content featuring self-harm, misogyny
Coimisiún na Meán held meeting with tech firm after RTÉ investigation and report by DCU Anti-Bullying Centre
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
Most third-level colleges increase on-campus accommodation costs for coming year
Students face sometimes ‘chaotic and claustrophobic’ shared spaces and rising prices countrywide
Can a school smartphone ban work? Here’s what principals and anti-bullying researchers think
Minister for Education Norma Foley is planning to ban mobile phones from all second-level schools. But is a ban really the best way forward?
Government ‘scrapes a B- grade’ in climate action report card
Friends of the Earth report card concludes ‘programme for Government commitments were not strong enough in first place’
Alternative access routes to Irish universities
Prospective students can avail of different pathways to university education in the State
Ireland has vowed to get tough on social media platforms - what are the options?
Taoiseach to convene meeting of State agencies and other stakeholders as concerns about online threats and inflammatory content escalate
‘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’
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