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In Third-Level, Number of Students With Disabilities Rises by 17%

Some 14,720 students with disabilities enrolled in third-level courses for the 2017/2018 academic year.
By Danielle Varley
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No Higher Education Funding Plans to be Ready for Next Election

A group of financial management consultants will spend the next year looking into higher education's funding crisis.
By Emer Moreau
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DKIT Staff Lift Strike Threat, After Institute Promises to Pursue TU Status

The decision averted planned strike action by staff over concerns about the college's strategic future.
By Emer Moreau
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Tacaíonn AMLÉ le Comharthaí Dátheangacha in Ollscoileanna an Tuaiscirt

Aithníonn an rún tréaniarracht na gcumann agus na haontais ó thuaidh mar chuid den feachtas ar son comharthaí dátheangacha.
By Malachi Ó Marcaigh
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USI Votes to Support Student Rent Strikers

After a lengthy discussion, USI's national council voted without objection to support students participating in rent strikes.
By Sárán Fogarty
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USI to Lobby for Free Menstrual Products for Students

The mandate came after Ireland’s National Strategy for Women and Girls identified students as a group at risk of period poverty.
By Alex Connolly
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UCCSU Cancels Competition for Tickets to Versatile Concert

The union said that the 'controversial and provocative lyrics and attitudes' of the group caused upset among many UCC students.
By Ciaran Molloy
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Amid Protests, Trinity Lets Students in Hong Kong Decide Whether to Stay

A spokesperson for College said Trinity is 'careful to respect the autonomy, independence and decision-making of each student'.
By Cormac Watson
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Trinity Student, and College Lobby Group, Up for Red Cross Awards

Jessie Dolliver, a botany Scholar, and lobby group TCD Plastic Solutions have been nominated for the Young Humanitarian Award.
By Orla Murnaghan
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‘Let Her Stay’: DCUSU Urges Government to Revoke Student’s Deportation

Students gathered at the Justice Department demanding that the government revoke a deportation order issued to Mehwish Saqib.
By Donal MacNamee