By Aoife Mullen Almost half of final year students in DCU who won’t be applying for a postgraduate degree next year had intended to, but had to change their plans after the grant cuts announced Read more…
Jenny Darmody Features Editor I am not that girl. I am not the type that waits for couples to break up so that I can swoop in. I don’t do that. I didn’t do Read more…
By James Martin Being single again after serving your time in a long-term relationship can seem like a daunting prospect. Like a death row convict released after having made peace with your fate, you may Read more…
by Sarah Doran Going on Erasmus? Planning your J1? Your next big adventure can be an incredibly exciting prospect but when you’re leaving your other half behind things can get a little more complicated. Long Read more…
by Méabh McDonnell Those of you who haven’t been living under a wifi-deprived rock will have had some experience with the SOPA (Stop Online Piracy) bill. Between the Wikipedia blackout, the activity of online organisation, Read more…
Will Slattery And so it all begins again. Another four-year cycle that will lead us to another World Cup. And it all starts with this 6 Nations. The last World Cup is now the distant Read more…
Prior to Friday’s Women’s Superleague National Cup final DCU Mercy coach Mark Ingle wanted fans to expect the unexpected, but the formbook was to ring true as UL recorded a comfortable 64-27 victory at the Read more…
Eoghan Cormican DCU will have it all to do when they meet Kildare in what should be a humdinger of an O’Byrne Cup final at O’Moore Park, Portlaoise on Friday, February 17. The final was Read more…
Brendan White Four up-and-coming DCU athletes have been chosen to compete at the prestigious Millrose Games in New York. The world famous distance relay event takes place in February every year and DCU have been Read more…
By Aisling Kett UCD Students’ Union are €1 million in debt, forcing the union to make cuts of 40% across the board. This debt has also forced the union to make redundant two employees in Read more…
By Aoife Mullen Negotiations relating to the Croke Park Agreement have been put on hold by The Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT), following compulsory redundancies made in Trinity College. Two lecturers represented by the Read more…
-Derek O’Brien D’fhógair Foras na Gaeilge ag tús na bliana go bhfuil siad chun €6 milliún a chaitheamh ar fhoclóir nua Gaeilge-Béarla, agus go mbeidh sé foilsithe roimh dheireadh 2012. Is é seo an chéad Read more…
-Gráinne Ní Aodha An gcuimhin leat an teanga iasachta a rinne tú staidéar uirthi le haghaidh na hArdteistiméireachta? An gcuimhin leat conas comhrá a thosú agus a coimeád, mar shampla? Go dtí gur chuaigh Read more…
-Fiach Mac Domhnaill Bhailigh grúpa agóideoirí os comhair na Dalá an tseachtain seo caite chun a míshástacht a léiriú i leith ciorraithe ar scoileanna beaga sna Gaeltachtaí. Bhí na hagóideoirí ag súil go dtiocfadh an Read more…
-Rob Ó Conchúir Is iomaí duine a bhfuil máistir-saothar Alan Moore “Watchmen” léite acu. Seans an-mhaith go bhfuil an scannán feicthe acu chomh maith. Is sár-obair amach is amach atá sa scéal, a bhí de Read more…
By Chloe O’Sullivan Niteline, the confidential and anonymous listening service for students of DCU and other colleges, experienced such an increase in the number of calls last semester that it had to recruit a second Read more…
By Claire Corrigan DCU’s Dance Society will compete in the third annual All Ireland Dance Experiment against other third level institutions, choreographers, and dance institutions from across the country at the Helix on February 15th. Read more…
By Frances Mulraney A new radio advertisement aimed at prospective DCU students attracted criticism on Twitter recently for its production quality, which many listeners felt was substandard. TV producer Colm Tobin tweeted: “Fittingly, that DCU Read more…
By Adam Higgins DCU and RTÉ are teaming up to help the teenagers of Ireland get fit with the First Year Fitness Challenge, a joint venture between Professor Niall Moyna of DCU’s School of Health Read more…
By Sam Griffin Students who eat at restaurant facilities on campus will not be affected by the rise in VAT following December’s budget. Trispace, the DCU owned catering company which operates seven restaurants and cafes Read more…
By Catherine Dennehy The Helix hosted recordings of several TV3 series throughout January as Sideline Productions filmed ‘Take Me Out’ series three and four along with the first series of ‘Alan Hughes’ Family Fortunes’. Today Read more…
By Gillian Fitzsimons Many students who found temporary work over the Christmas period have since been offered permanent contracts by their employers. During the busy festive period, many well known retailers, restaurants and pubs offer Read more…
By Aisling Kett Class reps will decide whether a second referendum on funding higher education will be held this semester when they vote on a motion at next Wednesday’s Class Representative Council for a new Read more…
By Aishling Phelan Labour DCU believes Young Fine Gael is merely “cheering on” its parliamentary party and is failing to come up with its own independent policies. Chairman of DCU Labour Youth, David Healion, Read more…
by Tom Rooney The DCU B handball team captured the B Plate title as the A team were defeated in the final of the 40×20 team intervarsity tournament at St. Joseph Centre in Wexford. The Read more…