Students’ union sees loss of €121k as relocated ball flops

The largest college student union in the country is nursing losses of €121,148 after its flagship annual ball flopped.

Last year, UCD Students’ Union staged the college union’s annual ball at the 3 Arena in Dublin City centre after gardaí raised safety objections to it being held at the UCD campus, due to the alcohol consumption of students at previous campus balls.

The numbers in the UCD SU total 30,000, but students turned their backs on the 2014 event, headlined by Clean Bandit, Katy B, Laidback Luke, and Le Galaxie.