This week, students in Galway are “celebrating” an unofficial Rag Week. Unofficial, because the students unions in GMIT and NUIG have washed their hands of it since major drink fuelled incidents were connected with it a number of years ago.

This week, students in Galway are “celebrating” an unofficial Rag Week. Unofficial, because the students unions in GMIT and NUIG have washed their hands of it since major drink fuelled incidents were connected with it a number of years ago.

These students in Galway decided to make their own entertainment during RAG (Rise and Give) Week and all they needed was a hurley, a sliotar and an old plate.

City officials have been asked to introduce designated alcohol-free zones across the city centre for Cork’s St Patrick’s Day festival.

A taxi driver who sexually assaulted a student two years ago after she fell asleep in his cab will be sentenced at Limerick Circuit Court today.

Gardaí have praised UCC students for their behaviour during Rag Week as the focus swings back to fundraising for charity.

Apparently the grants situation has gotten so bad that students in UCC can no longer afford clothes.

Under-fire landlords have accused University College Cork of effectively ignoring them despite their efforts to tackle alcohol-fuelled problems caused by student tenants.

Public order arrests in Cork City are running at treble the normal rates during Rag Week at the university as residents complain that efforts to control antisocial behaviour are not working.

Siobhan Ryan and Padraig Power of the UCC Dance Club led students in a flash mob as part of the Rag week celebrations at University College Cork yesterday.

Students will normally do anything for a free beer or pizza.

NUI Galway Students’ Union will not organise a Rag Week next spring, it was decided at a meeting last night.

A nightclub in Co. Westmeath has been found to have breached the MEAS code on the responsible promotion of alcohol.

GARDAÍ in Galway have arrested 15 students in a crackdown on unruly behaviour during “rag week” in the city.

GARDAÍ warned students to respect local residents and avoid engaging in antisocial behaviour, or else face repercussions, as celebrations commenced yesterday at University College Cork for Raise and Give (RAG) Week.

HEROIN use has been blamed for a rise in street-level and petty crime in Cork, despite an overall reduction in crime figures.

IMAGES of drunk students sprawled on the ground will be pasted to the floors of college toilets this week as part of a hard-hitting campaign on the dangers of alcohol.

GARDAÍ will lead a major and co-ordinated crackdown on University College Cork’s (UCC) annual Rag Week event next week.

IT was with shock and disgust that I viewed the events of Rag Week at the University of Limerick last week.

STUDENTS are turning away from drink and using their feet to raise cash for charity in Galway this week.