# Students

Last week

28th May 2023 - 3rd June 2023

# Money Laundering

Gardaí warn students not to become 'money mules': 'No bank account, no visa and you'll go to jail'

Gardaí said they have arrested around 100 money mules in the last year.

15.7k

May 31st 2023, 8:00 PM

This year

2023

# leaving cert reform

Plans for LC students to sit Paper 1 at end of fifth year to be deferred

The interim measure led to controversy with teachers’ unions and students.

13.6k

Updated

Feb 28th 2023, 2:58 PM

Last year

2022

# Third Level

Government to part-fund 700 student beds to be let at reduced rates under new plans

Higher Education Minister Simon Harris is proposing partially funding the construction of student accommodation for three colleges.

17.4k

Updated

Nov 29th 2022, 2:19 PM

# Students

Black night for Harps but UCD's bid for survival goes on

Finn Harps lost 3-1 to UCD this evening.

5.4k

Oct 28th 2022, 10:22 PM

# money mules

Over €12 million was illegally transferred by 'money mules' in the first half of 2022

A money mule is a person who allows their bank account to be used for the transfer of another person’s stolen or illegal money.

8.8k

Oct 26th 2022, 8:52 AM

# factcheck

FactFind: How much does it cost the State to train a doctor in Ireland?

Figures cited online range can vary by hundreds of thousands

30.3k

Oct 22nd 2022, 9:00 PM

# out the gap

Thousands of students stage walk-out from lectures in cost of living protest

The protest aims “to remind college authorities and politicians that students aren’t an endless money pit”.

42.9k

Oct 13th 2022, 1:30 PM

# Housing Crisis

French Embassy warns new arrivals of 'severe housing crisis' and 'sharp rent increases'

It’s warned of ‘sharp increase in rents, which are currently much more expensive than in Paris’.

26.2k

Sep 16th 2022, 9:07 AM

# back to college

Students that use private bus companies to have fares cut by 50%

The Young Adult Card and Student Leap Card fare initiative is being extended to the commercial bus sector.

15.5k

Sep 5th 2022, 4:45 PM

# Budget supports

'Significant intervention is needed': Coalition leaders to meet to discuss rising energy costs

Minister for Energy Eamon Ryan will bring a memo to Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting setting out a series of options.

15.0k

Sep 5th 2022, 1:38 PM

# accommodation fraud

Students warned about rental scams as accommodation crunch hits for new academic year

Over €290,000 has been stolen this year, gardaí said.

8.3k

Aug 31st 2022, 8:17 AM

# Housing

3,000 Ukrainians will have to leave student accommodation by the end of the month

Student beds are being provided by a number of universities as well as private providers.

32.1k

Aug 7th 2022, 4:19 PM

# Leaving Cert

College lecturers facing admin 'Groundhog Day' due to late release of Leaving Cert results

First year students in most colleges will be starting term several weeks late due to the late release of CAO offers.

17.8k

Jul 3rd 2022, 7:30 AM

# Students

Parents' group accuse Foley of 'kicking the ball down the road' on 2023 Leaving Cert

The CSSPA, which represents parents from over 340 schools, says students will be ‘hugely disadvantaged and unfairly treated’.

18.0k

May 31st 2022, 6:15 PM

# Investigation

Nearly 80 students allege they were conned out of cash by international travel agency

Gardaí in Dublin are investigating.

22.2k

May 15th 2022, 7:00 AM

# j1

Students blast travel company USIT over lengthy delays to J1 applications

Many of the company’s customers are still waiting for their visas, with their flight dates just weeks away.

Many students going on a J1 with travel company USIT are still waiting to receive their visa, with their flight dates just weeks away, reports Emer Moreau

They're unsure when they'll be able to travel to the US, and therefore can't secure accommodation or tell their employers when they can start working

Students pay USIT up to €1,100 to organise their trip, including setting up mandatory interviews at the US Embassy in Dublin and liaising with US-based companies who sponsor those on the J1 scheme

16.8k

May 11th 2022, 12:05 AM

# Third Level Education

No date yet for promised cut to student contribution fee, Harris says

The Higher Education Minister said the Government is firmly against “unfair” student loans.

12.0k

Updated

May 4th 2022, 1:32 PM

# SUSI

Simon Harris plans to 'overhaul' student grant system

The minister is bringing proposals to the Cabinet today.

22.0k

Updated

May 3rd 2022, 1:00 PM

# phd students

Students who get Blind Pension to be included in law amending means-testing for PhD scholarships

The law, first brought in last year, aims to remove a barrier for PhD students who are disabled.

8.5k

Mar 15th 2022, 10:00 AM

# Next Level

Over 20% increase in applications for courses related to the environment, new CAO figures show

There was a significant drop in the number of people seeking to study midwifery in 2022.

6.2k

Mar 9th 2022, 6:35 AM

# Survey

Half of third-level students intervened in an incident of sexual violence or harassment - survey

Three in ten students said they did not feel well informed about intervening as a bystander.

16.2k

Jan 27th 2022, 1:41 PM

# Leaving Cert

Second-level students union says 'traditional' State exams can't go ahead

Two teachers unions – the ASTI and the TUI – said speculation that State exams would not be held as usual was “unhelpful”.

30.1k

Jan 11th 2022, 11:36 AM

All time

# Prolific

Ireland U21 striker Whelan named November's Player of the Month after netting 25 goals in 2021

The Kilkenny native helped the Students win promotion back to the top flight.

6.9k

Dec 7th 2021, 11:07 AM

# Schools

Unmasked students should not be excluded from school, department advises

The CEO of the Irish Primary Principals’ Network said there have been “high levels of compliance” among children wearing masks.

27.7k

Updated

Dec 6th 2021, 12:27 PM

# Students

UCD survive scare to see off Treaty comeback and seal promotion play-off spot

The Students now face Bray Wanderers at a neutral venue in two weeks’ time.

4.5k

Nov 7th 2021, 7:46 PM

# spiked

Campaign to raise awareness around spiking to be launched, says minister

Minister Simon Harris says there have been a number of cases in the UK that are concerning.

11.6k

Nov 5th 2021, 2:16 PM

# student options

There's a 'national obsession' with the points race, says Harris highlighting CAO changes

The new enhanced CAO website now includes Further Education and Apprenticeship options.

14.5k

Nov 5th 2021, 1:02 PM

# dismissive comments

Taoiseach says Dublin City Council CEO Owen Keegan should withdraw comments on student housing

“I couldn’t believe it, I thought it was facile. I just didn’t understand the point he was making.”

54.9k

Oct 12th 2021, 10:25 PM

# food banks

Colleges around the country say that some students are having to rely on food banks to get by

“These students are doing their best, but they’re just not able to make ends meet.”

UCC Students' Union food bank ran out of food in 50 minutes on Wednesday.

Volunteers say demand has spiked in the face of rent hikes and other living costs.

Students' representatives say it's a result of third level education being underfunded by the Government, writes Céimin Burke.

34.7k

Oct 8th 2021, 12:05 AM

# change of use

Councils told that student beds must be for students unless there's a 'compelling' reason

There have been concerns about purpose-built student accommodation being used for other purposes.

12.3k

Sep 29th 2021, 3:00 PM

# pop vaccine centres

Pop-up vaccination centres to open on college campuses

Paul Reid said that hospital numbers beginning to fall but intensive care numbers are rising.

12.6k

Sep 18th 2021, 11:48 AM

# Leaders' Questions

Taoiseach says he doesn't want to see students staying in hotels due to lack of accommodation

The Taoiseach said a “close eye” will be kept on colleges and what they charge in for rent.

15.6k

Sep 15th 2021, 4:24 PM

# Consent

9 in 10 teenage girls aged 15-17 agree consent is always required for sexual activity

The results of the new Consent Communication study by NUI Galway’s Active* Consent programme.

25.8k

Aug 24th 2021, 6:00 AM

# Fraud

Gardaí receiving 'daily reports' of accommodation scams in which renters lose hundreds of Euro

Gardaí are advising students to be cautious of scams ahead of the new academic year.

26.4k

Aug 10th 2021, 5:40 PM

# student visas

Criticism as international students told to enroll in a course to extend their visas

The Department of Justice has said that they will take a pragmatic approach to the situation.

19.2k

Apr 30th 2021, 7:07 PM

# Recruitment

No medical students have been hired as vaccinators, despite Minister saying they were giving jabs at vaccine centres

The health minister said last month that he had met students administering vaccines.

25.8k

Apr 22nd 2021, 4:57 PM

# Students

University of Limerick has disciplined 'a number' of students following street party

Social media circulated videos in early March showed a largescale street party in the Castletroy area, adjacent to UL.

14.5k

Apr 21st 2021, 1:41 PM

# Leaving Cert

Students who canvas teachers for improved Leaving Cert grades may have results withheld

The heads of a Bill approved today will put this year’s exams and accredited grades system on a legal footing.

12.4k

Mar 9th 2021, 8:27 PM

# Students

Myanmar protesters defy curfew as media outlets ordered to shut

Students and other civilians took part in one of many daily protests across the country against the military’s seizure of power last month.

4.5k

Mar 9th 2021, 7:08 AM

# vmdiff

'I handed in my dissertation on Monday - on Tuesday college was called off'

Students from Trinity College Dublin have made a documentary about their lives during the pandemic, which captures experiences from across the globe.

21.4k

Mar 7th 2021, 9:30 AM