“Thomond Student Times, a student-run newspaper on campus, has organised an online petition urging O’Mahony’s Bookshop to stop stocking the tabloid. It follows on from last week’s report in the newspaper which linked charity events in UL to anti-social behaviour …” (more)
[Studenty_Limerick, 10 March]
“The working assumption across the sector – and among his senior officials – has been that Ruairí Quinn would leave Marlborough Street in the summer of 2013. There has even been some speculation that Quinn is en route to Brussels as Ireland’s EU commissioner …” (more)
[Irish Times, 6 March]
“A number of students were arrested by gardai this week as residents in Castletroy again came ‘under siege’ from rowdy students during the annual ‘Charity Week’ in the University of Limerick …” (more)
[Anne Sheridan, Limerick Leader, 2 March]
“It’s that time of the year again, and as usual the place for student hijinks is the University of Limerick. But some irate residents of estates near the college have become so fed up with rag week celebrations that they claim some students were bringing down the tone of their area …” (more)
[David Raleigh, Herald, 29 February]
“Residents in the Castletroy estate of College Court are again ‘under siege’ from rowdy students during the annual ‘Charity Week’ in the University of Limerick, which began this week. The campus’s annual ‘Charity Week’ aims to raise thousands of euro for local charities. However, the week which was formerly known as ‘RAG week’ (Raising and Giving) – has again provoked uproar from upset long-term residents …” (more)
[Anne Sheridan, Limerick Leader, 29 February]
“… But when I saw the YouTube videos displaying the students of NUI Galway and GMIT making thorough idiots of themselves, I was more than slightly annoyed. Where was the majority that voted to get rid of Rag Week altogether? Were they there setting off flares and dancing on tables in Supermacs? Probably …” (more)
[Katy Quinn, Studenty_Galway, 29 February]
“The NUI Galway authorities have pledged to object to the licences of city pubs who deliberately target students with low cost alcohol promotions after unofficial ‘Rag Week’ celebrations resulted in 41 arrests last week …” (more)
[Ciaran Tierney, Connacht Sentinel, 28 February]
“Opportunist publicans slammed for booze promotions. Gardai were forced to clear a city centre pub of customers this week as an all-day drinking session got out of hand while students celebrated an unofficial Rag Week which has no backing from the city’s two third level colleges …” (more)
[Ciaran Tierney, Galway City Tribune, 24 February]
“A large crowd of drunken students set a flare alight outside Supermac’s during an unofficial Rag Week which has no backing from NUI Galway or GMIT. The flare was set alight in the early hours of Thursday morning; outside Supermac’s where a large crowd of students had gathered. This incident has attracted a lot of negative attention from the citizens of Galway …” (more)
[Studenty_Galway, 24 February]
“Good luck with that. Inside Supermac’s in Eyre Square, Galway (video and top), and on the square itself (above) last night. We did warn them.” (video, pictures)
[Broadsheet.ie, 23 February]
“Students at Exeter University have been told cross-dressing is offensive to transgender people – but history shows drag has been a part of student revelry for more than a century …” (more)
[Matthew Holehouse, Daily Telegraph, 22 February]
“The governing bodies of UCC and CIT are to be asked to attend the next meeting of Cork City’s Joint Policing Committee to answer allegations that they are not doing enough to counter the drink-fuelled antisocial behaviour of their students …” (more)
[Sean O’Riordan, Irish Examiner, 21 February]
“GMIT has officially voted to discontinue its Raise and Give week, after a similar decision was taken by NUIG authorities last year. The move has been heralded as the ‘end of an era’ in Galway …” (more)
[Roisín Callnan, StudentNews.ie, 20 February]
“Public order arrests in Cork City are running at treble the normal rates during Rag Week at the university as residents complain that efforts to control antisocial behaviour are not working …” (more)
[Niall Murray, Irish Examiner, 10 February]
“It’s now well over a week since the Students’ Union at NUI Galway decided to do away with Rag Week. Turkeys voting for Christmas, you might think? Students are only mad for the drink, and Rag Week is the biggest piss-up of all …” (more)
[Roisin Peddle, StudentNews.ie, 3 November]
“The authorities at NUI Galway have finally succeeded in getting the students’ union to scrap the notorious rag week – at a cost of €60,000. University management have agreed to increase the annual contribution to a student hardship fund from €33,000 last year to €93,000 this year and in future years …” (more)
[Brian McDonald, Independent, 19 October]
“NUI Galway students’ union has decided to abandon its annual rag week due to the ‘negative publicity’ generated by a ‘minority’. The union says it took the decision by a ‘majority vote’ in favour, in return for a series of concessions offered by the university …” (more)
[Lorna Siggins, Irish Times, 19 October]
“Students at NUI Galway have voted to scrap their college’s notorious Rag Week – as part of a deal which will see the university increase its funding for student initiatives …” (more, video)
[TheJournal.ie, 18 October]
“NUI Galway Students’ Union will not organise a Rag Week next spring, it was decided at a meeting last night. The move came following a proposal from the Students’ Union that the University should provide a number of concessions, included a trebling in the University’s contribution to the Student Assistance Fund and a guarantee that the University’s Health Unit would not introduce charges for students …” (more)
[BreakingNews.ie, 18 October]
“Over 30 students will be facing either a court appearance or an official Garda caution after the NUI Galway, College Week ‘festivities’ …” (more)
[Frank Farragher, Connacht Sentinel, 8 March]
