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Soaring inflation: How sellers’ algorithms – and not just greed – are helping to drive up prices on goods we buy online

Algorithms, rather than human greed, may be playing a part in driving up prices to unheard-of levels when buying online.

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Obituary: Dr Vicky Conway, accomplished academic and policing expert who campaigned for social justice

Widespread tributes have been paid to Dr Vicky Conway, whose death at the age of 42 was announced last Wednesday by the school of law and government at Dublin City University (DCU) where she was an associate professor. In the course of an active career, she took a close interest in police accountability and was a member of the Policing Authority as well as the Commission on the Future of Policing.

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‘Things just shouldn’t be like this – I had to ask Vincent De Paul for help to pay a bill’ – cost of living crisis hitting people hard

Graduate Clare O’Leary is a single parent and says inflation has hit her so hard that she was forced to go to St Vincent De Paul to help her pay a €400 utility bill.

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How to cut cost of college as the bill for four years at university could hit €53,220

Parents of the students who sat their Leaving Cert this month are facing a bill of as much as €13,305 to put their child through their first year of college, according to the latest cost of student living survey by Technological University (TU) Dublin.

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Stephen Donnelly suggests mandatory mask-wearing could be reintroduced

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has suggested mandatory mask-wearing could be reintroduced on public transport and in shops as Ireland grapples with a summer wave of Covid-19.

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Physical health of residents in care homes ‘declined during the pandemic’

Families of people in nursing homes and other residential settings during the pandemic described an acute decline in their loved one’s physical health, leaving them shocked and distressed, a report reveals today.

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DCU to make it easier to do a degree without the heat of CAO points race

DUBLIN City University (DCU) is shaking up its entry process to make it easier for students to get into college without worrying about CAO points.

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Alexander Baturo Opinion Vladimir Putin has rigged the game against any coup to remove him

Dictators are known to be ousted through a popular uprising or in a coup. Only a month ago Vladimir Putin presided over a well-functioning regime. Barring shocks, he could safely look forward to many years in office. But with the invasion of Ukraine he personally opened a Pandora’s Box. All bets are now off. Still, even though the possibility of his removal cannot be ruled out, a palace coup is unlikely in the near term.

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As a woman in the Army, I love it – but we need to hold a mirror up to shortcomings

As the only female lieutenant colonel in the Defence Forces, Jayne Lawlor is unique. “You just get used to it,” she explains.

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‘I feel so proud and lucky’ – mother-of-three living in direct provision graduates from university with a degree

A MOTHER-OF-THREE living in direct provision has said she is “so proud and so lucky” to have graduated from Dublin City University (DCU).

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Julia Molony Opinion Market-led childcare model fails everyone

Irish parents are “the most exploited in Europe ”, decried the newspaper editorial. Beleaguered families were, it went on, “fuelling the economy by surviving on punishing two-career schedules while also rearing young children without support from anybody.”

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Rachael English: ‘So many women suffered extraordinary indignities. Those are the stories that interest me’

Rachael English’s new novel – The Letter Home, her sixth – starts with a young journalist, Jessie, getting a frantic call one evening from a TV researcher asking her to go on a current affairs programme that night. Someone has dropped out last-minute, they need to fill the space, Jessie has done the show before. Jessie by then has had four vodkas. But it’ll be fine. She says yes.

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Irish Independent calendar contest proves a picture paints a thousand words

On the day his photograph was taken, John Conroy, a bachelor farmer, had just come home from getting his pension.

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Charlie Haughey biography throws new light on to the villain of Irish politics

Haughey Gary Murphy Gill Books, €27.99

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Students glad of on-campus room for up to €1,200 a month

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Review of Hot Air: Confronting the climate deniers in the battle to save the planet

Hot Air: The Inside Story of the Battle against Climate Denial Peter Stott Atlantic Books, €26.59

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Students sleeping on couches, paying for hotels and deferring college entry as accommodation crisis deepens

Thousands of third-level students are sleeping on couches, paying market rates for hotel rooms or deferring their entry to university due to a severe shortage of student accommodation.

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Obituary of George Kiely: Journalist and trade unionist who promoted Irish goods around the globe

George  Kiely, who died at Sligo University Hospital on July 15 after a brief illness, enjoyed a wide-ranging career that included the promotion of Irish industrial products in overseas markets as well as his involvement in journalism and trade unionism along with the study of bioethics — how ethical principles are applied in the field of medicine and healthcare.

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Truce to Treaty Part 1: Weary from war, the people wanted peace

The first week of July 1921. At long last a truce looks likely. Weary from the War of Independence and the Black and Tans, people are hopeful. Sinn Féin is meeting southern unionists. Two men arrive for key peace talks at Dublin’s Mansion House.

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Obituary: Mamo McDonald, former ICA president who was a tireless champion for the rights of women and older people

Mamo McDonald, who has died at the age of 91, was a national figure who served as president of the Irish Countrywomen’s Association (ICA) in the early 1980s and as the first cathaoirleach (chair) of Age & Opportunity, which was founded in 1988 to improve the quality of life for older people. She also played other important roles in a changing Irish society.

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DCU ordered to pay €27,500 to former employee over victimisation

A university has been ordered to pay €27,500 for victimising a former employee two days after she made a complaint of sexual harassment against her male boss.

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DCU trial will put AI vision-enabled scooters to the test

Dublin City University (DCU) is to launch the world’s first academic-industry research project focused on artificial intelligence-directed e-scooters.

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Dundalk man steps down from helm of DCU

Dundalk man and Dublin City University President, Professor Brian MacCraith, has stepped down from the position after 10 years at the helm.

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DCU sets September 21 as start date for first year students

Dublin City University (DCU) has set September 21 as the start date for first years, two weeks ahead of the general return of students on October 5.

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Carthy and Garland shine as DCU teach UCD a lesson

Dublin City University progressed to the final of the 2020 Sigerson Cup as they eased past a disappointing UCD by 15 points at St Claire's last night.

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DCU planning a massive housing project with 1,240 student beds

Dublin City University (DCU) is developing accommodation for an additional 1,240 students at its Glasnevin campus.

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'DCU Athletics will not function without Enda Fitzpatrick'- DCU students rally around dismissed coach

DCU athlete Kate McGowan has penned a powerful endorsement of the former Head of Athletics in DCU Enda Fitzpatrick, in which she claims 'DCU Athletics will not function without Enda Fitzpatrick' and urged University President Brian McCraith to take action on the petition and reinstate the athletics coach.

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Areas for improvement highlighted in new quality report card on DCU

Inconsistencies in the level of training and guidance provided to postgraduate research students who teach undergraduates at Dublin City University (DCU), have been highlighted in a new quality report card on the institution.

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DCU planning 1,240-bed student housing scheme

DUBLIN City University is planning a significant new student accommodation building, with 1,240 bedspaces.

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DCU student avoids jail after he admits to dealing drugs on campus

A sports science college student has avoided jail after he admitted dealing drugs on the campus.