By Editor in Chief Jack Brady.
The nominations are closed, the Candidates have been officially announced, these are the students vying for your vote in the 2026 Student Union Elections.
As the candidates gear up for their campaign launches next week, let’s take a brief look at their public credentials…
President
- Séan Greene – Current VP for Academic Life, Co-Chairperson of RAG Society 2024 – 2025, 4th Year Economics, Politics, and Law (EPL) Student
- David Keyes – Previous Participation with DCUFM, 3rd Year Communications Student
- Peter Lawlor – Class Representative for International Relations, Ógra Fianna Fáil Equality Officer, 2nd Year International Relations Student
- Katherine McBride – Class Representative for EPL, Co-Chairperson of Debate Society, 2nd Year Economics, Politics, and Law Student
- Shreyas Mohan – 1st Year Masters in Finance Student
- Isha Tanwar – Luxoft Project Manager for Deutsche Bank from 2021 to 2022, Information Management at HSBC 2023 – 2024, 1st Year Masters in Management (Strategy)
VP for Academic Life
- Vincent Hynes – Class Representative for International Relations, 3rd Year International Relations Student
- Ashika Rajkumar – Software Engineer for CitiusTech 2023 – 2025 1st Year Masters in Computing (Data Analytics) Student
- Roman Vai Smith – Published Writer with Short Stories available at Dublin’s The Library Project, 1st Year Masters in Creative Writing Student
VP for Community & Citizenship
- Aisling Boylan – Chairperson of RAG Society, 4th Year Primary Education Student
- Robert Byrne – Spoke in front of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Artificial Intelligence, 2nd Year Joint Honours Politics & Law Student
- Zuzanna Chadzinska – Climate Action & Sustainable Living Society Chairperson, 4th Year Computing for Business Student
VP for Wellbeing
- Anna Balletbó – Education Ireland Ambassador, 1st Year Masters in Psychology (Conversion) Student
- Hugh Emerson – EU Careers Student Ambassador 2024 – 2025, 4th Year International Relations Student
- Carine Mambou – Part-time position at Irish Refugee Advisory Board, 3rd Year EPL Student
- Benjamin Watson – Chairperson of Politics Society, 3rd Year EPL Student
VP for Diversity & Inclusion
- Mohammed Azhar – Key Account Manager for Zomato food delivery company, 1st Year Masters in Management (Operations & Supply Chain)
- Kagino Freddie – Writer and Director of ‘A Miracle for Kara’ Ugandan audio drama, 1st Year Masters in Creative Writing
- Bhavya Tandon – Operations Analyst for NatWest Group 2023 – 2025, 1st Year Masters in Management (Operations & Supply Chain)
- Angelina Zhao – Humanities & Social Sciences Representative, 3rd Year Journalism Student
Voting opens on Monday February 16th and closes on Wednesday February 18th.