Haunting, melancholy folk and bruised hearts make for a moody debut album courtesy of London three-piece Daughter, fronted by Elena Tonra. If You Leave plays as an album should, ten sparse but crafted tracks intertwine Read more…
Nicholas Sparks is back and doing what he does oh so well. Better known for popular romantic flicks like The Notebook and Dear John, Sparks’ newest movie Safe Haven is just another weepy installment to Read more…
‘You can never have too many shoes or handbags’, ‘they’ always say. Who are they? No one knows, maybe it was Carrie Bradshaw. Regardless of who said it, they were completely right. Shoes are an Read more…
Nuair a smaoiníonn tú ar theanga na Gaeilge, d’fhéadfadh le cúpla íomhá leadránacha a rith leat – Peig Sawyers ag insint scéalta amaideacha agus ag caint go trom faoina saol. Na huaireanta uafásacha sin ag Read more…
DCU’s ‘Surf n Sail’ club have presented a cheque for over €800 to the Howth Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). Over 30 students from the club braved the frosty waters of Balscadden Bay near Howth Read more…
Tá réalta rugbaí na hÉireann Luke Fitzgerald ag iarraidh ar an rialtas níos mó airgid a infheistiú ar theanga na Gaeilge. Dar leis, tá margaíocht níos fearr á theastáil le cuidiú le daoine atá ag foghlaim Read more…
There’s nothing better than when the TV gods decide to create a whole range of TV shows to choose from, and this year there is more than enough to look forward to already. From spy Read more…
Oxegen doesn’t even enter the equation anymore when it comes to Ireland and music festivals. A whole bevvy of new offerings have sprung up over the last couple of years which means those of us Read more…
The Australian Internships company has set up its first Irish office, giving hundreds of students around the country new opportunities for work placements abroad. The new establishment will offer six-month work placements to students from Read more…
The students of NUI Galway have decided that their college will take a pro-choice stance on abortion. This comes after 2,478 of the 3,454 students that voted in the referendum supported NUI Galway adopting a pro-choice Read more…
DCU graduation ceremonies will now take place on the Friday and Saturday of November’s reading week. The registry made the decision to change the days from Monday and Tuesday to Friday and Saturday because of Read more…
Social media is a wonderful thing. It has broken down so many communication barriers that it can be seen as a purely positive invention. However, problems caused by social media have come under the spotlight in recent times. These Read more…
DCU graduate, Helen McEntee, feels she shouldn’t be penalised because of her family name as she prepares to run in the Meath East by-election for Fine Gael. Speaking to The College View, McEntee says that Read more…
DCU faced University of Ulster Jordanstown in the first semi-final of the All-Ireland Intermediate football championship on Wednesday last. With a place in the final up for grabs, the Dublin outfit came out victorious on Read more…
A greater collaboration from DCU Students’ Union could have made the DCU SU RAG week an even bigger success, according to co-chairperson of RAG Soc SallyAnn Downes. The week, which ran from Monday March 11th, Read more…
DCU Students’ Union have been invited to the Union of Students’ in Ireland’s national congress meeting due to take place next week. USI President John Logue said he has been in contact with DCU SU Read more…
DCU student Sineád Foy finished in an impressive second place in the gradireland National Student Challenge last week. Foy was one of over 5,600 students who entered the competition, which began last October, by completing a 40-minute Read more…
The Electoral Committee would have failed to reach quorum in the USI referendum if it wasn’t for the USI’s presence on campus during the campaign, according to the President of the Union of Students in Read more…
There was a time when television provided an escape – a happy, much-welcomed break from our run-of-the-mill routine-driven lives. After days spent studying, arguing with friends/parents/yourself and stressing about mundane everyday chores, you could kick Read more…
A new ‘moodle’ platform will be launched for DCU students in September. New designs put forward by Mark Glynn of the Learning Innovation Unit are set to revitalise the online resource. Speaking at a workshop Read more…
Whether you loved, liked or loathed The Dark Knight Rises (all three camps exist, I’m proud to have set my tent in the first category) the fact of the matter is that in the final Read more…
DCU students are set to face another referendum next year. A committee has been put in place to assess and amend the current Students’ Union constitution. The constitutional review committee was put in place after Read more…
I have a confession. When watching a programme on the television, I have an obsession with finding out what year it was first broadcast and what the actors are doing now. It’s quite upsetting. I Read more…
There has been a large increase in the demand for science courses in DCU, according to recent CAO figures. As many as eight courses in the faculty of science have received an increased number of Read more…
Claims that Larkfield on campus accommodation is illegal or sub standard have been slammed by DCU Students’ Union President, Paul Doherty. Speaking to the College View, Doherty said: “I have great confidence in the University, Read more…