Sort-term lets, TCD consent classes, Brand Ambassadors

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The Government is to tighten the rules around allowing properties in areas of high housing demand to be used for short-term lets – such as Airbnbs. Fiach Kelly reports.

It may not be possible to extend classes on sexual consent to all students at Trinity College Dublin due to a lack of funding, an Oireachtas committee was told on Tuesday, writes Áine McMahon.

Deborah Ryan's Quick chicken noodle soup for student flu. I made this chicken noodle soup whilst feeling very sorry for myself, writes Deborah Ryan.

I was recently invited to talk to a group of parents and teachers at a well-known convent school in Dublin. Are we still subtly telling young women they are not good enough, asks Hilary Fannin.

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Although retail jobs have long been a go-to for students, the explosion of social media has led to the creation of a new type of student job: the 'Brand Ambassador'.Louise Lawless on the growing phenomenon of the student brand ambassador.

Disability rights campaigner Joanne O'Riordan, who graduated from UCC this week, has paid tribute to those who supported her during her time in college. Carl O'Brien reports.

David Byrne is regularly seen wearing his red "Make America Great Again" cap around the University College Dublin campus, with a string of Nigel Farage badges pinned to his satchel.Jack Power reports.

Táimse i mbun eiriceachta arís. Is mian liom leithscéal a ghabháil ar son Arlene Foster. Ná himigh! Is é atá i gceist agam ná nach raibh línte fola dáiríre i gceist aici maidir le teorainn ar Shruth na Maoile nuair a ceistíodh í le déanaí i dtaoibh an Bhreatimeachta, a scríobhann Alan Titley.

It is notable that, when asked about her formative years, Irish folk musician Lisa O'Neill responds by saying that she accidentally poisoned herself when she was 18 months old by drinking rat poison. Patrick Kelleher reports.