UCC Innov8 Week to showcase local innovation

DONAL MACHENRY

UCC’s first INNOV8 Innovation Week is due to kick off next Monday and is the result of a partnership between the IGNITE Graduate Business Innovation Programme and UCC student society, the Entrepreneur & Social Society (E&S). The week is due to feature a series of workshops on topics ranging from intellectual property management to business [...]

New sporting center of excellence for UCC

DONAL MACHENRY

UCC is set a develop a new sporting centre of excellence for sport on a 100 acre site at Curraheen, on the outskirts of the city. The project is a joint venture between UCC and the Munster Agricultural Society, and the site is to be based to the south of the N25 Ballincollig bypass. >> UL wants [...]

UCC to sue ESB for €18m flood damage

LUCY WALSH

UCC is to sue the national electricity supply board, ESB, for €18 for damage sustained to its buildings as a result of the controversial November 2009 flood damage. ESB came under significant criticism at the time for allegedly opening a key water dam during an almost unprecedented deluge of rain, though has since denied wrongdoing in [...]

Cork student feared drowned as search efforts for trawler continue

PETER KELLY

A 21 year old student from Cork is feared drowned as hopes fade that the remaining survivors from yesterday’s tragic fishing vessel sinking will be found. One Egyptian crewman, Mohammed Add Elgwad, is the only survivor so far, as search efforts continue for a second day. The vessel sank in Glandore Bay early yesterday morning. The missing men [...]

Disadvantaged student views are ‘widespread’, believes support group

DANIEL O'CARROLL

Sentiments similar to those echoed by UCC President Dr Michael Murphy at his controversial Cork Chamber of Commerce address are widespread within higher education, a prominent support organization has claimed. Higher Education Access and Disability (AHEAD), an access and disability support network today hit back at Murphy’s refutation, claiming that he did indeed claim that [...]

81% of students happy with college courses, finds survey

DONAL MACHENRY

81% of students are happy with the current college course, a national survey by course advisory website CourseHub.ie has found. 34% however, say that their course is not what they expected it to be. Over 10,000 students responded to the survey, making it one of the biggest ever undertaken in Ireland. Founder Georgie Smithwick, commenting on the findings [...]

Arrests soar and house damaged during UCC RAG Week

DONAL MACHENRY

Cork City Gardaí reported a three-fold increase in arrests made and a UCC college property sustained over €15,000 worth of damage during this year’s UCC Raise and Give Week. The damage follows a recent debate by a college society questioning whether the event should continue. Brian Byrne of college news site Studenty.me today reported on [...]

UCC president crowned Cork person of the Month

DONAL MACHENRY

UCC president Michael Murphy was named the Cork Person of the Month in what organizers say was an honour yo mark UCC’s award of the Sunday Times Irish University of the Year 2011-2012 and also being the only Irish university to achieve the unique status of Ireland’s five-star university. Dr. Murphy – the highest paid university [...]

Government & Politics Society withdraws Nick Griffin invite

PETER KELLY

UCC's Government and Politics society has announced that it has withdrawn its invitation to BNP leader Nick Griffin to speak on campus.

Body of missing student recovered from Adam Island wreck

DONAL MACHENRY

The body of missing 21 year old student Kevin Kershaw, 21, was recovered from the wreck at Adam’s Island in Glandore Bay this afternoon. The 21 year old had been missing since since the trawler he was fishing on got into difficulty on its approach to Glandore Bay. Kevin was a FÁS trainee originally from Dublin, and [...]

Search efforts for missing student resume off South-West Coast

ROISÍN CALLNAN

Search efforts to find missing 21 year old student Kevin Kershaw as well as three other men now feared drowned are continuing today off the South-West coast. Kershaw, 21, had sent a last minute desperate text to his father, asking him to ring him quickly. The Naval Service said in a statement this morning that it is [...]