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UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK (UCC) has confirmed that 11 students have been temporarily suspended following breaches of student rules relating to public health.
The temporary suspensions have been put in place pending the outcome of a hearing.
In a statement, UCC said that the vast majority of students have been adhering to national public health guidance.
“However, UCC can confirm that Campus Watch has received some complaints pertaining to alleged breaches of Student Rules. Every case is considered on its merits and the principle of natural justice applies.
“Hearings for those complaints not already resolved by Campus Watch through the informal procedures of the UCC Student Rules have yet to be held and UCC, therefore, is not in a position to comment further on these ongoing cases.
“UCC can confirm that in 11 cases a temporary suspension has been put in place pending the outcome of a hearing, as per the Student Rules. These have been made without prejudice to the hearing process.
“Over 50 support services are in place to support students at this time and UCC will continue to work together with its students, its community and the local authorities at a challenging time for our society.”
Earlier this week, residents near UCC said they were shocked at plans by the Students’ Union to ”surge ahead with Freshers’ Week”.
In a statement, the residents of Magazine Road and Surrounding Areas said Freshers’ Week in a time of Covid was a non-runner.
“When people in Cork have been asked to minimise social contacts, and UCC has moved lectures online, the Union shows shocking irresponsibility and a blatant disregard for the health and economic well-being of the citizens of Cork city.”
However, UCC Students’ Union President Naoise Crowley said he couldn’t understand the position being held by the residents.
“We have cancelled our usual Freshers’ Week. As an alternative, UCC Students’ Union is running a virtual Freshers’ Week – where students, including the thousands who have not travelled to Cork as a result of last Friday’s announcement, can enjoy virtual entertainment such as bands, DJs and comedians from their own home as well as learning about the supports available within UCC through our virtual, interactive campus map.
“This approach has been taken in line with public health strategy towards the entertainments industry since the beginning of the pandemic and is fully compliant with guidelines.
“We are using Virtual Freshers’ Week as a means of promoting public health measures by providing alternative entertainment to face-to-face contact. For reference, Dublin colleges, including Trinity are all hosting an online Freshers’ Week too.”
The householders in Magazine Road took a successful case against a former landlord in the area earlier this year after repeated house parties in the area led to significant noise.
They were horrified when students gathered in large numbers in the area during the national Covid 19 lockdown period.
They are worried that house parties in the area could lead to a major rise in Covid cases in Cork in the coming weeks.
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Love to know what sat nav he was using as Grafton street has been pedestrian since the 80′s
@Derek hutchings: Depends what time late night early morning it is opened to delivery vans and trucks.
@Derek hutchings: probably Google because its hopeless.
@James O’Brien: i am not making excuses for this driver. It just reminded me I was visiting Brussels a few years ago and used my Garmin sat nav to get around on foot, you can set it for “pedestrian mode” so it will navigate you to your destination down pedestrian only areas. The next day I was using the same sat nav in the rental car and I forgot to reset the setting for “car mode”….it took me a while to realize why it was telling me to get off every motorway and use minor roads and telling me to go down pedestrian only alleys etc. GPS/Sat Navs are really great but it doesn’t mean you have to suspend your common sense and just blindly follow a device like that.
@James O’Brien: sat nav sent me towards a one way. I didn’t follow instructions as I knew the street. Both iPhone and google sat navs are unreliable regularly
@Diddles Daffy: they are only unreliable if you follow them without looking at road sings.
Thought there were barriers to stop random drivers taking to Grafton St.
@Brendan Geoghegan: Best hope the Ones who want to “kill” us all don’t read this article.
@Brendan Geoghegan: I was just looking at these this week… big boxes with a huge gap on either side big enough to fit an arctic down. luckily we only have satnav related issues, and not something bigger.
The ‘sat nav’ was probably an old Ordnance Survey Map with compass-
A tweet and 4 sentences, where the 4 sentences repeat exactly what the tweet says but even more impressive, the first and last sentence repeat each other.
What’s new. There are unaccompanied Learner Drivers everywhere including on the motorways. No enforcement unless in s bizarre instance like this, and the insurance continue to give them 3rd party cover so as to collect the huge premiums they can charge them
@Randal McNally: Insurance is nullified if you don’t have a full licenced driver with you on a learner permit I think, so they were also uninsured..
I hope they impounded that pesky satnav to be sent to the crusher.
Spud picker no doubt lol
@shane campion: or perhaps an Abbey St smackie local.
You’d think with the terror threat that all heavy pedestrianised streets would be protected by Barriers and bollards to prevent vehicles travelling down them.
@Jordan Kearney:
That’s what buskers are for!
I was in college in Wexford about 10 years ago and a girl and her BF drove to Dublin for the first time with his Dads sat nav.
Well I couldn’t stop laughing for days later !!!! The sat nav brought them into Dublin up the old coast road through Wicklow they didn’t know there was a better road like the N11 and M50 !!!!
Off to the crushers with it.
@Reg: Surprised to see a Ford Focus been driven up Grafton St without breaking down. One of the worst cars on the road. It would be no loss if it was crushed!
@Maureen: I just traded in a Ford Focus, had it 4 years, drove 80,000km. Never had as much as a puncture. Just saying.
@Maureen: Ignorant comment, ford focus is one of the best selling cars for over 20 years, if they were that bad they wouldn’t be around.
@brendan H: friend had an usual 1.9 Gia Focus Saloon Diesel 120 BHP absolute dynamite beautiful car never gave trouble except heavy on suspension parts.
Why is it when Idiots act the Idiot and when they are caught its usually no Insurance ,NCT , and no driving licence
@Scottyal: because, only idiots drive without tax, insurance or NCT!
@Peter Cavey: Yes we already know that But to draw attention to yourself
You’d imagine that because of all that ,they’d at least try not to bring attention onto themselves
@Scottyal: because they are allowed to do it,guards couldn’t give a toss now who is on the road.legal or not.
Nobody should blindly follow a satnav.. if road signs say something and the satnav says something else then go with the road sign. The satnav will recalculate, but there will be no recalculation of the fine or the penalty points…!!
@Stephen Duffy: me thinks the sat nav had nothing to do with this one though
Typical motorist, won’t be long before he’s doing hit and runs
At least he wasnt one of those idiots driving with an L AND a N plate – by himself. Why are the Garda letting off people who display L plates who are alone in their cars? Do we have to wait for them to do something stupid to stop them?
@Dave Harris:
The lone drivers may be the fully licenced and insured ‘accompianist” in some cases.
@Dave Harris: what if they have a licensed split personality?
@Michael Kavanagh: the plates are only supposed to be up when th e car is being used by the learner or novice, they are not permanent.
@Dave Harris: L DRIVERS driving on their own is against the law now,but still they ignore the law,guards couldn’t be bothered enforcing it anyway,it’s no wonder they are still doing it.
@GClare:
Its not easy to get the usual vinyl types off and impossible to get them back in right.
@Michael Kavanagh: so why have they got L plates on the car?
L plates are to tell others a learner is driving.
They’re not hard to take off and put back on when a learner is actually driving
Ford. A great car, had one for 10 years no trouble
@Roy Keating Sr.: I had a rental one recently – found it to be a very heavy vehicle with the requirement for a petrol tanker driving behind you, but then I was waiting on my efficient diesel to be repaired
Idiot
My sat nav on my phone samsung s7 did the same from Harcourt street
I hope his driving license will be revoked for life.
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