The University Observer is the paper of record of University College Dublin and is Ireland’s most widely-read student publication with a circulation of 10,000 and a readership of approximately 24,000.
In 2009-2010 I was the full-time Deputy Editor of the paper, having been Online Editor the year previous, and a contributor across a multitude of sections in the three years previous.
I tried to write a colour piece for the next issue reading the entirety of the consolidated treaties on European Union, as amended by the Lisbon Treaty. I failed, in an abject pile of misery, but hereby post my attempt, as a warning to those who may heed it. As another noted European federalist, Otto […]
Gordon Brown can no longer resist calls for a Leaders’ Debate in advance of the UK General Election, writes Gavan Reilly.
UCD STUDENTS’ UNION (SU) were forced to issue an apology to Deputy Mary White, Green Party TD for Carlow-Kilkenny, after contributing to a newspaper advert wrongfully claiming the TD to be in favour of third level tuition fees. The full-page advertisement, which appeared in the 17th August edition of The Irish Times, listed the contact […]
Current CEO of the Health Services Executive (HSE), Professor Brendan Drumm, is to return to UCD as Professor of Paediatrics when his tenure with the HSE ends next year. Prof. Drumm is currently on a leave of absence from the position, worth approximately €284,000 a year, and is also expected to return to duty as […]
With all the hubbub about The Pirate Bay being blocked off by Eircom and the imminent Death Of Music™, it’s worth remembering that this isn’t the first time human greed has (allegedly) expedited the downfall of the music industry.
Gav Reilly argues that the Students’ Union sabbatical officers’ work behind the scenes counts for more than people realise.
Barack Obama was the first politician who used the internet to win big. Gavan Reilly investigates how the Web stands to become a permanent feature of government.
Sob. I can’t believe it’s come to this so soon. It doesn’t seem like nine months since I first strolled into the Observer office for a visit and left having agreed to write a column about my tales of Erasmus in Germany… but here we are, coming to the end of Semester 2, in the […]
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