UCC Students Union dismayed by threat to expel partying students

UCC Students Union is refusing to cancel its Virtual Freshers Week despite pressure from the college and local residents.

The Quad at UCC, Cork. Picture: Denis Minihane.

UCC Students' Union has said it hopes the possibility of expulsion from college for hosting or attending house parties does not become a reality, adding that young people are "conscious" of public health guidelines around Covid-19.

The vice president of the UCC SU, Eimear Curtin, said the threat of expulsion — as outlined in an email to students by interim president of University College Cork, Professor John Halloran — was a new development and came amid pressure on the SU to defer or scrap its Virtual Freshers Week.