First international university announced for Beijing

During his first official visit to Ireland, Mr Xi Jinping, Vice-President of People’s Republic of China, along with An Taoiseach, Mr Enda Kenny, witnessed the historic contract-signing between University College Dublin and Beijing University of Technology to establish the first international university in the Chinese capital...

UCD student is individual winner of Irish Times Debate 2012

By relying on prisons, we as a society are “happily shackled to a criminal law system that looks and acts like something out of the Book of Revelations”, argued Michael Conroy who was the individual winner of the Irish Times Debate 2012. Conroy of the UCD medical society was awarded the Christina Murphy memorial trophy for his debating...

UCD’s Ciara Everard wins Senior Women's 800m at National Championships

Ciara Everard (UCD Athletics Club) won the Senior Women's 800m at the Woodie’s DIY Irish National Indoor Athletics Championships at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast. With 300m left in the race, Ciara who had been running well but in a boxed position, seized on a gap...

Garret FitzGerald ‘guide and mentor’ to Ireland

In his active retirement, the late Garret FitzGerald acted as ‘a guide and mentor for this country that he loved so much’, former President of Ireland Mary Robinson said at the first annual Garret FitzGerald Spring School at UCD. “Garret died at a time when a goal he had done so much to achieve – peace on our Island – was sealed by a highly successful...

February 2012: Made exhibition

Hosted by the UCD School of Architecture, this exhibition of architectural models features models from leading architects such as Ryan W. Kennihan Architects, Clancy Moore Architects, Burke Culligan Deegan, Steve Larkin Architect and TAKA. Come and view the exhibition in the front room, Richview …