# College

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# sugar baby

Why one Irish girl signed up to date 'sugar daddies'

And what it’s really like.

9.9k

Feb 5th 2016, 2:14 PM

# i'm yellin tinder

14 differences between dating in college and dating in the real world

“Is this a date?” – You on a daily basis.

14.0k

Jan 16th 2016, 8:15 PM

# striiiiike

Lecturers at the country's institutes of technology are going on strike

The strike day will take place next month.

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Jan 12th 2016, 12:29 PM

# internet hero

A group of students built an adorable shrine to a cockroach left in their hall

Rest in peace, Rosie Roach.

3.7k

Dec 22nd 2015, 8:35 AM

Voices

Students loaded with loans are less free to conduct their lives in the way they wish. It's a bad idea

We know very well the negative consequences of a student loan system. Just look at the United States, writes Julien Mercille.

437

Dec 21st 2015, 12:00 PM

# Saved by the Bell

Mr Belding graduates from college at the age of 65

He left university as his acting career was taking off.

20.4k

Dec 15th 2015, 3:56 PM

# GOOD DEED

This lovely professor looked after a single mum's kids while she took an exam

Dr Krebs is the internet’s latest hero.

6.1k

Dec 14th 2015, 5:00 PM

# as if

This absolute chancer of a student sent this email the night before his exam

Laaaazy.

10.3k

Dec 6th 2015, 12:05 PM

# Next Level

14 reasons Dublin is the best place to go to college

The city where hungover dreams are made.

7.8k

Dec 1st 2015, 9:30 PM

# Money Money Money

20,000 students are still waiting for their grant applications to be processed

…but most of them haven’t submitted all the necessary documentation.

10.6k

Nov 30th 2015, 6:10 AM

Voices

Do you know how you're going to afford to send your kids to college? You could sacrifice your daily coffee

How do you plan to pay for the education costs for your little ones? It’s time to start planning now, writes Eamon Dwyer.

676

Nov 5th 2015, 8:00 AM

# central college limerick

Limerick college's website 'hacked' by group claiming to be Islamic State

It has since been taken down.

13.2k

Oct 8th 2015, 12:54 PM

# America

A history of violence: 10 dead in a US college shooting is not an aberration

294 shootings in 267 days…

9.0k

Oct 3rd 2015, 7:30 AM

# Surplus to Requirements

Staff at Limerick IT being paid €72,000 to 'do nothing'

“That’s absolutely crackers isn’t it? I mean it’s just bananas.”

33.1k

Sep 24th 2015, 1:55 PM

# glen houndsard

This perfectly-timed photo looks REALLY like Glen Hansard

Woo-nce.

5.1k

Sep 21st 2015, 10:45 AM

# Reality Bites

10 things all twentysomethings say, and what they really mean

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

13.1k

Sep 19th 2015, 6:00 PM

# swanky pad

Inside the plush pads of ridiculously wealthy students

London has an even greater property shortage than Dublin, but many of its exclusive properties are being rented by wealthy foreign college students.

34.4k

Sep 10th 2015, 6:05 AM

Voices

Getting used to all that freedom, and other advice for new college students...

Students have far more freedom and it’s a significant transition from leaving cert studies, writes Larry Donnelly.

2.6k

Sep 8th 2015, 9:30 PM

# man i love college

This student found an excellent college 'care package' hidden in their dorm room wall

THE DREAM.

9.6k

Sep 3rd 2015, 11:09 AM

Voices

We're facing the prospect of students turning down college places because they can't afford to survive

The student accommodation crisis is a barrier to education, and it needs action now, says USI president Kevin Donoghue.

415

Aug 21st 2015, 1:00 PM

# CAO 2015

Flying the nest? Here's what to do if you're a college student renting for the first time

Good Leaving Cert points? Check. Got your college course? Check. Now it’s time to find somewhere to live.

14.5k

Aug 17th 2015, 3:09 PM

# late lectures

15 realistic college tips all new students need to know

Let’s not sugarcoat things.

12.1k

Aug 17th 2015, 1:16 PM

# Round one

The CAO Round One offers in numbers

The moment of truth…

60.1k

Aug 17th 2015, 6:00 AM

# Leaving Cert

Want to check the CAO points? We’ll have them right here from 6am

We’ll have all the points from every third-level institution, plus all the information you need to know.

45.8k

Aug 16th 2015, 6:30 PM

# green green grass of home

Four charts that show how Irish students are feeling much more confident about Ireland

It’s all change from four years ago.

8.8k

Aug 15th 2015, 7:30 AM

# College

The next step: Charts show financial strain Irish parents face as their child goes to college

It’s more saving and more debt.

20.7k

Aug 13th 2015, 12:00 PM

# Close Call

With one day until the college grant deadline the SUSI website is back up and running

Head of communications with Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) Graham Doyle says that all applicants should now be able to access their website.

12.9k

Jul 31st 2015, 5:50 PM

# choices choices

Here's what everyone has been choosing on their CAO this year (after they changed their minds)

The first round of offers will be out on 17 August.

30.9k

Jul 11th 2015, 7:30 AM

Voices

It's change of mind time for the CAO – but do students really know what they're getting into?

What makes one student successful when another fails? In answering this question, we’re not using one valuable resource: data.

683

Jul 1st 2015, 11:00 PM

# Berkeley

Irish students killed in balcony collapse named by US authorities

A press conference was held by the Office of the Coroner in Oakland.

99.0k

Jun 16th 2015, 11:28 PM

# chaotic delays

Taxpayers could end up footing €4.1m bill for student grant overpayment

The Department of Education has apologised for the error.

12.4k

Jun 11th 2015, 12:37 PM

# Hacked

'Large cyber attack' brings down Waterford Institute exam website on results day

The latest update just over an hour ago is that the website is back up and running.

13.5k

Jun 8th 2015, 11:57 PM

# follow the money

Are you a recent graduate? Here's where the jobs are - and how much you'll be paid

Things are looking up for new graduates entering the workforce…

38.7k

Jun 5th 2015, 6:05 AM

# barnard

A women-only college in the US will now accept transgender women

It will still exclude transgender men, or applicants born female but identifying as male.

6.4k

Jun 4th 2015, 7:39 PM

# Croke Park Classic

American football games have to be of 'promotional value' or 'financially worthwhile' to the GAA

GAA President defends decision to have no college American football game in Croke Park in 2016.

5.0k

Jun 4th 2015, 1:30 PM

# Mansplaining

This 'sexist' statue on a college campus has become a big talking point on Twitter

This is one controversial statue.

7.1k

May 27th 2015, 10:57 AM

# sister sister

Two absolute strangers met in a college class and realised they were sisters

It’s the story the internet has fallen in love with.

10.5k

May 25th 2015, 3:15 PM

# Top of the Class

These are the best eight college courses in Ireland

According to a new survey, anyway.

81.9k

Apr 29th 2015, 12:01 AM

# Data Breach

Photocopies of college students' passports left in a skip on busy street

The college says all of the sensitive information has been recovered.

31.5k

Apr 23rd 2015, 10:37 PM

# campus killing

A suspect in a US college shooting has been found - asleep, at the beach

The fatal shooting happened on Monday. He was found yesterday at a beach around 500 miles away.

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Apr 15th 2015, 6:14 AM