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Alumni Spotlight: Louise Quill
Founder and voluntary director of Tír na nÓg Orphanage in Tanzania and BA Arts
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15 Sep 2025
From Irish elections to global conflicts: UCC conference to explore today’s political challenges
The future of democracy and US presidential politics among topics to be explored. The conference marks 25 years of the Government and Political Science BSc degree at UCC. Free and open to the public — all welcome to attend.
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12 Sep 2025
Do you play an instrument? Join the UCC Concert Band
Be part of UCC’s 2025–2026 Concert Season
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10 Sep 2025
UCC student joins panel assessing European Commission President’s State of the Union Address
Cian Walsh, Government and Political Science BSc student and Quercus Active Citizenship Scholar, assessed the key themes explored and President von der Leyen’s outlook and priorities for 2026. The panel discussion included Frances Fitzgerald MEP, Former Tánaiste and Tom Hanney, Former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Ireland to the EU.
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04 Sep 2025
Major EU project led by UCC to investigate false memories
UCC researcher Dr Gillian Murphy awarded €1.5m European Research Council Starting Grant to explore false memories. Researchers at UCC School of Applied Psychology will examine the possibility that false memories are reliable, adaptive and highly functional. The five-year research project will investigate the potential upsides of memory distortion – something typically viewed in a negative light - and explore the ethics of intentional alteration of memories.
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