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University College Dublin

@ucddublin

Official source of news from University College Dublin (UCD) - Ireland's Global University. Est. 1854. One of Europe's leading research-intensive universities

University College Dublin

Joined February 2009

University College Dublin
@ucddublin
Jan 11, 2021
Michael Byrne, affectionately known as “Old Man Belfield” by students and staff, sadly passed away on Monday 11 January 2021. A fiercely private person, we thank those of you who quietly looked out for Michael. We will miss him around the campus. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
University College Dublin
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Jun 15, 2018
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⚫️🍽⭐️ Dr Morgan Fraser was among an international team who witnessed the dramatic moment a supermassive black hole devoured a wayward star. The stellar death gives us fresh insight into what happens during a phenomenon known as a tidal disruption event (TDE).
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University College Dublin
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Jun 15, 2018
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⚫️🍽⭐️ Using radio and infrared telescopes, the team witnessed the formation and expansion of a fast-moving jet of material ejecting from the cosmic monster, as its powerful gravity ripped apart its passing neighbour.
University College Dublin
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Jan 2, 2022
💙💛 Aoife Beary: 15 June 1994 - 1 January 2022 👉 bit.ly/31lhNvm 🙏 The University extends deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Aoife Beary, Berkeley balcony collapse survivor and UCD graduate. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam dílis.
University College Dublin
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Jun 16, 2021
On the sixth anniversary of the Berkeley balcony tragedy, we fondly remember the students who sadly and prematurely lost their lives - three UCD students Eimear Walsh, Lorcán Miller, Niccolai Schuster, and their friends Olivia Burke, Eoghan Culligan and Ashley Donohue.
University College Dublin
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Mar 4, 2021
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University College Dublin
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Oct 3, 2025
💙💛 Our deepest sympathies to the family, friends, and colleagues of Manchán Magan, author, filmmaker and passionate advocate for the Irish language. Upon graduating from UCD College of Arts and Humanities, Manchán went on to present acclaimed travel documentaries for TG4 and
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University College Dublin
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Feb 21, 2023
The UCD Governing Authority has announced the appointment of Professor Orla Feely as President of University College Dublin. Professor Feely will succeed Professor Mark Rogers who has been Acting President since March 2022 and will take up office on 1 May 2023.
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University College Dublin
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Sep 30, 2022
💙💛 It is with deep regret that we learned of the death of our friend and colleague Brian Mullins. Hailed as one of the greatest Gaelic footballers ever to play for Dublin, Brian was a massive champion of sport at UCD where he was appointed Director Sport in 2000.
University College Dublin
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Mar 20, 2020
📞🦠 A COVID-19 Training Centre and Ireland's first Satellite Contact Tracing Centre involving some 30 @HSELive trained student volunteers has just gone fully operational in University College Dublin
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University College Dublin
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Sep 6, 2023
💙💛 That went fast! Big congratulations to Ireland’s fastest man and UCD Ad Astra Academy Scholar Israel Olatunde, on receiving his degree in Computer Science at today's conferring ceremony. 📜 UCD President Professor Orla Feely stopped by to congratulate him and his family.
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University College Dublin
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Oct 7, 2021
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University College Dublin
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May 24, 2021
💉🦠 O’Reilly Hall to act as Dublin's fifth COVID-19 vaccination centre 👉 bit.ly/3fCh5gi 🏥 The centre is set to open on Monday, May 31 and will be operated by the Ireland East Hospital Group, in partnership with University College Dublin
University College Dublin
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Sep 29, 2022
💙💛 €3 million anonymous donation sees opening of new athletics track at Belfield 🏃‍♀️ A new IAAF standard 400m 8-lane athletics track has been officially opened at University College Dublin.