THE RE-INTRODUCTION OF COLLEGE FEES –
A BAD MOVE

On 14 October last, Minister for Finance, Brian Lenihan, presided over the introduction of one of the toughest Government Budgets this country has seen for decades. Massive cutbacks in essential services, coupled with the introduction of new levies and increasing taxes, meant that the public felt, not unsurprisingly, very hard done by.

[Read More] by Claire Ryan

Budget 2009 -
An Attack on the Vulnerable

On Tuesday the 14th of October, Brian Lenihan revealed Fianna Fáil’s budget for 2008 and described it as “a call to patriotic duty”. Well, if targeting the old, the young and the sick is what he sees as his patriotic duty, I’d like to ask Brian Lenihan- Who is it that you claim to represent? The people of Ireland? Or just the Construction Industry Federation?

[Read More] by Julie O'Leary

What Joining YFG Means to Me

When I first started in UCC, my main objective was to join every club and society that would let me in! Every fresher does it, ....

[Read More"]by Rebecca Sullivan