Rounding off the championships in style, the Men's Senior Eight retained their national crown following a powerful performance in one of the weekend's showcase events.

Saturday brought further success with the Men's Novice Coxed Quad, and this momentum continued into Sunday when the Men's Novice Eight added a fourth title.

UCD's success began on Friday as the Women's Novice Eight claimed the national title. Later that day, the Women's Club 2 Coxed Four produced a commanding performance, crossing the finish line with a 15-second advantage to secure another gold medal.

Last weekend at the National Rowing Centre in Farran Woods, County Cork, both teams had a remarkable weekend at the championships, featuring over 1,350 athletes from 60 Rowing Ireland clubs competing in 138 races over three days.

🚣🏆 What a weekend! Student rowers from UCD Ladies Boat Club and UCD Boat Club secured five national titles at the 2026 Irish Rowing Championships, with victories across novice, club and senior competition.

🥇🧑‍🔬 Many congratulations to UCD Professor Pat Guiry, who has received the European Chemical Society’s Division of Organic Chemistry Award for Service 2025.

💙💛 The University is deeply saddened by the passing of Oscar-winning Irish actress and UCD honorary degree recipient Brenda Fricker.

🥇💳 1st Place: Congratulations to UCD Computer Science students Adam McIntyre, David Remenyik and Simon Lasak, who have won first place and a $10,000 prize at an international AI hackathon in Boston. 👏 @ucdcs.bsky.social

🇮🇪🦈 Almost half a century of sightings has revealed that Ireland’s waters remain an important seasonal refuge for the endangered basking shark, with new research identifying long-standing hotspots where the world’s second-largest fish returns year after year. 🧵 @irishbaskingshark.bsky.social

🎓🏎️ Best of luck to UCD Formula Student as they take on teams from around the world at Formula Student 2026 at Silverstone this weekend. @ucdengarch.bsky.social

💙💛 President Catherine Connolly hosted a reception at Áras an Uachtaráin for students from Gaza who have come to study at universities in Ireland, including University College Dublin. @president.ie

🧑‍🎓👏 UCD alumnus Niall Norton appointed as Chief Executive Officer of TechIreland. @techireland.bsky.social A graduate of the UCD Lochlann Quinn School of Business with a Bachelor of Commerce (BComm)...

💙💛 Our warmest congratulations to UCD Professor Cormac Taylor, who has been named the recipient of The Physiological Society’s 2027 Widening Participation in Physiology Prize Lecture.

👨‍🎓🕰️ Congratulations to UCD graduate Ian Kinsella on an outstanding run in Channel 4's Countdown. Ian reached the semi-finals of this year's series after becoming an 'octochamp' with eight consecutive victories, scoring an impressive 812 points during his initial run. @channel4tv.bsky.social

😤🤳 Teenagers are not passive victims of social media algorithms. They have a sophisticated understanding of how recommendations work and want a greater voice in the design and governance of platforms such as TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. 🧵

🔝🔟 ‘Top 10 Most Interesting Medical Publications’ of 2025: A study by UCD Professor Carel le Roux, comparing two of the world's leading obesity treatments, has been recognised by Altmetric as one of the ‘Top 10 Most Interesting Medical Publications’ of 2025. @ucdmedicine.bsky.social @altmetric.com

🏅💙 Warmest congratulations to UCD School of Medicine Professor Catherine Godson on being awarded the prestigious John Vane Medal by the William Harvey Research Institute at Queen Mary University of London.

💙💛 Many congratulations to UCD alumna Cathy Reynolds on her appointment as Chair of The Alzheimer Society of Ireland. 👏 @alzheimersocirl.bsky.social

👩‍⚕️🫀 A UCD-led research project focused on improving cardiovascular care for women has won a major international award recognising innovation in health.

👩‍🎓🩻 Warmest congratulations to UCD Professor Niamh Nowlan, who has been awarded a prestigious European Research Council Proof of Concept Grant to develop new, less invasive treatments for children with growth disorders. @ucdconwayinstitute.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu

🏥💙 Twenty years and over 25,000 patients' lives transformed: The UCD Clinical Research Centre is celebrating two decades of bringing pioneering treatments from the lab to the patietn's bedside, giving thousands of people access to clinical trials that have changed and saved lives. 🧵

💙💛 UCD graduate, business leader and philanthropist Donal Tierney has been awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science by the University, recognising his exceptional impact on veterinary science, sustainable development, and higher education.

🤖🎗️ UCD researchers have helped develop an AI tool that could help spare some breast cancer patients from unnecessary chemotherapy. @ucdmedicine.bsky.social @rcsi.bsky.social

🤖🧠 "Are We Creating Alien Beings?" | Nobel laureate and Artificial Intelligence pioneer Professor Geoffrey Hinton argues that rapid advances in AI must be more carefully guided to ensure that systems remain safe and beneficial to society.

🇺🇸🇪🇺 Congratulations to postdoctoral researcher Dr Giovanni Parente, who has become the first UCD-affiliated academic to receive a Fulbright Association Schuman Fellowship, one of the world's most prestigious and competitive international fellowship awards. @giovanniparente.bsky.social

💙💛 Congratulations to Associate Professor Rory Johnson, Professor Porscha Fermanis and Professor Anthony O'Mullane, whose ambitious research projects have secured prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grants. @erc.europa.eu @ucdresearch.bsky.social

🦯👓 Congratulations to UCD students Scott Nagle and Suyun Zheng, whose venture AuraLink has been named the winner of the 2026 NovaUCD Student Enterprise Competition. @novaucd.bsky.social

🌳🐝 A new arrival has been spotted buzzing around campus - the tree bumblebee has been sighted in Belfield for the first time by researchers from the UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science.

👨‍🎓🗳️ Congratulations to UCD Associate Professor Emeritus Lee Komito on his appointment by Uachtarán na hÉireann, President of Ireland, Catherine Connolly, as a member of Ireland's Electoral Commission, An Coimisiún Toghcháin. @ucdischool.bsky.social

👩‍🎓🧑‍🌾 At Government Buildings, An Taoiseach Micheál Martin was joined by UCD President Professor Orla Feely and UCC Professor Sarah Culloty to mark 100 years since the University Education (Agriculture and Dairy Science) Act 1926. @orlafeely.bsky.social