Editor
Education is one of the most important roles within the SU but this year sees only one candidate vying for the position. Editor, Elaine McCahill interviews Senior Sophister Katie Byrne on her policies, women within in the …
Leadership Race
Leadership Race: Welfare
Leadership Race: Communications
Staff Writer
For seasoned observers of SU elections, the race for Communications Officer is usually the most exciting and unpredictable. The prospect of defining the SU’s communications policy and holding the reigns over the University Times usually result …
Leadership Race: Entertainment
Comment Editor
Ents is the most hotly contested race this year, at least numerically, with three candidates – Aleksandra Giersz, Finn Murphy, and Ben Ó Mathúin – battling it out for the position. Ents is, regrettably or otherwise, …
Leadership Race: President
Deputy News Editor
Only two candidates remain in this year’s Students’ Union (SU) Presidential race after Neil Cronin left the race last week. The successful candidate will be charged with the task of co-ordinating the campaigns and the …
The Leadership Race: taking the politics out of politics
Staff Writer
Student Union Election season is here. Once again we are subjected to the two week rigmarole of fliers, “catchy” slogans and t-shirt clad campaigners waxing lyrical about their candidate of choice. Our social media inboxes are …
EC sanction Leadership Race candidates
Elaine McCahill
Editor
A number of sanctions have been laid down by the Electoral Commission as a result of violations of the EC rules that govern Sabbatical Officer elections.
Communications Officer candidate, PJ Moloney was sanctioned as a result of …
Candidates address students in hustings
News Editor
The second day of campaigning in this year’s sabbatical election saw all 10 SU candidates take part in the traditional Dining Hall hustings at lunchtime today. Neil Cronin, a candidate in the presidential race, announced his …
Editorial: Leadership Race still has miles to go
Editor
It’s that time of year again. The time that is pretty much universally detested, when campaigners and flyers and awful stunts punctuate our daily lives on campus for around two weeks: The SU elections. Although, it has …