The University Observer

The University Observer is a broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the campus of University College Dublin once every three weeks. It was launched in 1994 by University College Dublin Students' Union[1] as an immediate successor to the publication Students' Union News. The paper maintains editorial independence from UCD Students' Union. The paper is accompanied by the arts and culture supplement OTwo.

The University Observer
Ne quid false dicere audeat, ne quid veri non-audeat ("To tell no untruth and leave no truth untold")
University Observer, 29 September 2009
Typefortnightly student newspaper
FormatBroadsheet with accompanying arts and culture magazine
SchoolUniversity College Dublin
EditorNathan Young
Deputy editorAoife Rooney
Founded1994
HeadquartersUCD Student Centre, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland
Circulation1,500
Sister newspapersOTwo
Websiteuniversityobserver.ie

The paper was founded by dual editors Pat Leahy, now of The Irish Times, and Dara Ó Briain, now of BBC and RTÉ comic fame. It has provided a number of Irish journalists their first break, including Roddy O'Sullivan and Shane Hegarty, now of The Irish Times; Declan Walsh, now of The New York Times; Alan Torney of RTÉ Radio 1; Sinéad Ingoldsby of BBC Northern Ireland; Daniel McConnell, Political Editor of the Irish Examiner; Juno McEnroe of The Irish Examiner; Steve Cummins, editor of NME Ireland; Samantha Libreri of RTÉ News; Stephen Carroll of France 24; Gillian Fitzpatrick, editor at Maximum Media,[2] and Gavan Reilly of Virgin Media Television and Newstalk.

Awards

Since its foundation the University Observer has received several awards at national and international level. An eight-time winner of the Newspaper of the Year award at the Irish Student Media awards, most recently in 2016, the paper has also won several best editor, best news reporter, best design, and best feature writer awards. In 2002, the paper took the runner up prize in the Overall Best Newspaper category at the Guardian Student Media awards in London.

References
  1. "70% of students "tried drugs"". Irish Times. 30 November 1996.
  2. "Maximum Media puts the spotlight on 'Her'". Irish Times. 28 June 2018.
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