Seven Gaelic Players Association (GPA) hurlers and footballers received a Diploma in Professional Selling from Business Training Solutions International (BTSI) after completing a 40 week training period. The students completed a series of lessons based Read more…
I’m not particularly cool. I don’t wear creepers, thick-rimmed glasses or have t-shirts with the faces of bands emblazoned on the front. Wearing oversized shirts and granny cardigans don’t make me look unique and alternative; Read more…
As Mr Barack Obama re-positions himself in the Oval Office there are a number of things he may reflect on about his campaign. The positivity of his chosen campaign slogan, “Forward” and how it represents Read more…
My faith in modern popular music was obliterated by the dubstep, techno, and dance genres of this generation. Until about a year ago, my musical taste buds had been sorely deprived of any exciting new Read more…
If you like songs about cigarettes and alcohol then Alt-J probably aren’t the band for you. The alternative indie pop four-piece from Cambridge are almost anti-Oasis in their musical approach, with songs about war photographers Read more…
Calvin Harris is back with album 18 Months following his 3 year departure. When I say back, I stray slightly from reality; he’s been blasting through nightclub speakers and radios alike for the past two Read more…
Over the last few weeks, a new realisation slowly dawned upon our society. Bullying was no longer just an epidemic that dominated our schoolyards and classrooms; it had infected social media. This isn’t news, we’ve Read more…
All-Ireland winning manager Liam Sheedy revealed the secrets of a very successful career on the sideline to members of the DCU GAA club on Tuesday evening last. Sheedy entertained the notion that his 2010 All-Ireland Read more…
DCU student Maria Delaney is one of the brains behind a new innovative science book launched recently. A Neutron Walks Into A Bar has been compiled by Maria, a Journalism masters student, who linked up Read more…
Too early? Never. With Halloween out of the way, there’s no excuse for everything not to begin to look a lot like Christmas and as usual Dublin will be ringing in the festive season in Read more…
In a realm a far cry from Temple Bar in Dublin, lies Berghain in Berlin, Germany. Berghain is a nightclub in a league of its own. The club is regarded as one of the world’s Read more…
With his gravelly vocals, penchant for Springsteen covers and skill with a guitar, it was easy to see why every Voice of Ireland mentor wanted Pat Byrne on their team. The obvious winner from the Read more…
Ian Dempsey, Brian Dobson and Sean Moncrieff are just some of the speakers coming to DCU for Media Week 2012 running from 19th to 23rd November. Tracey Smyth, Media Production Society (MPS) events officer, said Read more…
Vintage Cocktail Bar An establishment has to be pretty darn stellar for us to feel bad about smuggling a naggin/shoulder/ingeniously concealed bottle of wine in, and the shiny new VCC is one such establishment. Styled Read more…
Sheol an tOllamh Alan Titley suíomh úr-nua darbh ainm www.gogan.ie an mhí seo caite i gColáiste na Carraige Duibhe, Co. Átha Cliath. Foclóir Liam S. Uí Ghógain arna dhigithe ag Foclóirí LSG Teo. atá le Read more…
Ciúin an baile é Loch Garman. Ciúin do dhaoine áirithe. Ach do ghairm amháin, níor stop an ghníomhaíocht riamh. I Loch Garman inniu, stopann scéalaí amháin chun taithí a shaoil a insint. Insíonn saol Hilary Read more…
It has been a memorable and meteoric 12 months for Lana Del Rey. She won Q Magazine’s Next Big Thing Award, received a much-coveted Ivor Novello Award and has since appeared on top shows across Read more…
Have you ever heard of pif, paf, pouf? It’s a French drinking game. I have to admit that I have played it once or twice since coming to DCU, for journalistic purposes only of course. But Read more…
Director Wayne Blair’s The Sapphires is a comedy drama set in 1968. It is inspired by the true story of writer Tony Briggs’ mother Laurel Robinson, and aunt, Lois Peeler, who travelled to Vietnam to Read more…
Ciúin an baile é Loch Garman. Ciúin do dhaoine áirithe. Ach do ghairm amháin, níor stop an ghníomhaíocht riamh. I Loch Garman inniu, stopann scéalaí amháin chun taithí a shaoil a insint. Insíonn saol Hilary Read more…
Almost 2,500 students graduated from DCU last week with the ceremonies being held in the Helix. 14% of undergraduates were awarded a first-class honours degree with 15% of postgraduates leaving with a top level degree. Read more…
The UCDSU and student body were left angered after the decision to reopen the UCD James Joyce library on Sundays was postponed in the last few weeks The Students’ Union announced the decision on their Read more…
There is something uplifting about knowing that you have got a bargain, your friend paid €10 to get into Coppers and you only had to pay €5 because you knew the bouncer. As students we Read more…
With The Abbey Road Sessions, pop diva Kylie Minogue has hung up her trademark gold hot-pants in favour of a more sophisticated sound The album has been released to mark the Australian singer’s twenty-fifth year Read more…
Prior to the match against local rivals St. Pat’s, Paul O’Brien was without trepidation. The manager of DCU’s senior hurling team had, in fact, been pleased by his side’s performance at Belfield last month, despite Read more…