In September 2019, as Irish offshore wind developers looked on jealously, the UK awarded companies the right to build offshore wind farms capable of generating 5.5GW of energy - enough to power about five million homes. The UK already has 1,800 offshore turbines and will host another auction in two years for prospective developers to bid for more wattage.
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Ireland's asylum-seeker statistics bear no relation to reality, a leading United Nations agency has claimed. The Department of Justice's official statistics show that it granted asylum to 85 per cent of people whose applications were processed last year.
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Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act found €32,281 was spent by the Irish State for the transatlantic flights as well as internal flights in the US, as part of Leo Varadkar's visit.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says he is not in favour of a return of bankers' bonuses, despite admitting he may be powerless to stop their reintroduction in some banks. Speaking at an event in Dublin, the Taoiseach said he does not want to see a return to such bonuses which were prevalent in the Celtic Tiger' era.
The protest last week outside health minister Simon Harris’s family home is the latest of many notable visits by demonstrators to sitting politicians’ home addresses, writes Eithne Dodd
It's been eight months since the Grenfell Tower fire, which left at least 71 people dead on June 14, 2017. However, many of the survivors say they're still having to fight for justice against "authorities that don't trust us". "People like me lost their lives," says co-chair of the Residents Advisory Panel (Notting Dale) Samia Badani.
This week, voters will go to the polls. Along with the local and European elections - and, if you live in Waterford, Limerick or Cork, a plebiscite on directly elected mayors - the Irish electorate will also be asked if they want to make an amendment to the constitution in relation to divorce.
Everyone has the right to life, liberty, and security of person, according to Article 3 of the United Nations Declaration of Rights. By making hate crimes illegal we are protecting people's rights. But do we always extend the same protections to women and girls? And if not, why not?
Photo: Joanna O'Malley Information obtained by the University Observer under the Freedom of Information Act has revealed that UCD received €1,853,455 in exam repeat and resit fees for the academic year 2014-2015. Furthermore, a total of 16 modules had a 100 per cent failure rate in 2014-2015.
The rise in savings occurred despite the country's record low interest rates. The interest rates here are among the worst in the Eurozone. The savings rate increased to 8.6% last year, up from 6.8% in 2016. In cash terms, the deposits topped €8,846m. The amount deposited in 2016 was over €6,639m.
He suggested that Budget 2019 will be prudent, with the Government focused on bringing down debt. He hit out at previous governments led by Fianna Fáil, which he accused of boosting spending and cutting taxes too rapidly.
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Around the world, there are very few countries which allow schools to pick pupils on the basis of their faith. The UK is one of them. In the Organisation for Economic and Co-operation and Development (OECD), the global collective to improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world, only four of the 35 member states allow schools to make religion part of the selection process.
As we begin the second semester in UCD, Eithne Dodd examines how a sense of community is formed in the notoriously alienating arts faculty. UCD is by far the biggest university in Ireland with over 32,000 students enrolled. UCD also has some of the largest undergraduate courses in Ireland.
Eithne Dodd speaks to senior Residential Assistant, Jessica Quinn, about the difficulties that they face. AT SU Hustings last month, a senior RA (SRA) of UCD residences named Dylan Quinn McMahon highlighted the issues that SRAs have to deal with when he put the following question to the presidential candidates: "As 1 of 6 senior...
UCD Dramsoc and UCD Library have recently teamed up to create a spotlight display a selection of works written by female playwrights. Taking inspiration from the #WakingtheFeminists movement, which took place in the Abbey Theatre last November as a response to the lack of female voices in Ireland's national theatre, Seán Mac Dhonnagáin ran for auditor of Dramsoc with a manifesto to bring in a 50% gender quota for female playwrights.
Too often imagined as an issue confined to our secondary schools, bullying can be a significant issue for many college students. Eithne Dodd looks at UCD's attitudes and policies in the area Research has said that bullying affects 14% of students in Irish universities. With a total population of approximately 25,000 it is hard to...