University College Cork (UCC) has temporarily suspended 11 students pending disciplinary hearings. UCC’s Student’s Union has been under fire for going ahead with several freshers week activities online only against the backdrop of rising Covid-19 cases in Cork. For the more serious breaches, students can be fined, suspended, have their access to library and computer facilities removed, or even expelled. Earlier yesterday, the spokesperson for the Magazine Road and Surrounding Areas Residents group, Catherine Clancy, and president of UCC's students' union, Naoise Crowley, went head-to-head on the issue on the Neil Prendeville Show on Cork's RedFM. Mr Crowley accused residents of over-reacting, while Ms Clancy accused Mr Crowley of being irresponsible during a pandemic.

Source: Irish Examiner October 02, 2020 05:30 UTC