Features
Bullying is more than just temporary pain
[dropcap]It[/dropcap] is estimated that 30 percent of young people in Ireland will experience bullying in their lives, which unfortunately often continues into the workplace as an adult.
Month: November 2016
Articles
Institutes of Technology under pressure due to funding short fall
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]here are major concerns over the future of up to 10 of the country’s 14 institutes of technology due to financial deficits and dwindling cash reserves, according to a major review of the sector.
News Features
Teachers say they need better pay
[dropcap]As[/dropcap] two further days of strike action took place in secondary schools across the country last week, teachers and students returned to school on Wednesday as the strike by the Association of Secondary School Teachers Read more…
Student Life
Many students face the crude nude feud
[dropcap]Revenge[/dropcap] porn has become an epidemic in Ireland and affects mainly the student population resulting in depression and in some cases suicide, yet it is still to be decriminalised. The exact definition of the term Read more…
Student Life
The daunting dangers of dating online
[dropcap]Last[/dropcap] month, a woman fell to her death in Australia while trying to escape from a man she met on Tinder. Warriena Wright fell from her date, Gable Tostee’s, 14th floor apartment balcony after an Read more…
Features
Alan Smeaton and the wonders of data analytics
[dropcap]Professor[/dropcap]Alan Smeaton was not expected to be an innovator, or an academic. As a young man, he did well in school but his family background didn’t indicate that a university education would be his path. Read more…
Articles
Joshua Homme – 25 Bliain ag cruthú Ceoil
[dropcap]Palm[/dropcap] Desert, California 1973 cuireadh Joshua Homme ar an saol. Ní fios ansin go mbeadh sé mar dhuine de na hamhránaithe is tábhachtaí i seánra rac-cheoil “stoner” le linn na nóchaidí agus as sin ar Read more…
Articles
KENZO x H&M
A jungle inspired collection with bright vivid colours and elaborate animal prints molded into motifs and ruffles is something most people would find peculiar to wear in November. However, this wasn’t the case for the Read more…
Political
Mental health spending to increase despite rumours
Mental Health spending is set to increase in 2017 by €24.7m, despite popular belief that spending is to be cut from the sector in the 2017 budget. Read more…
Articles
Men’s Health, Mental Health, and Movember
After almost two years with a beard, last Monday night I decided to root out the old razorblade and reveal the baby face hidden beneath the rugged and manly exterior that so many people have Read more…
Articles
Black Friday Bargains
Black Friday is almost upon us, and although primarily an American tradition, it remains one of the biggest dates on the calendar for Irish shoppers. Rachel Farrell takes us through some of this year’s best Read more…
Articles
Khloe Kardashian meets Good American Denim
Reality star Khloe Kardashian and fashion executive Emma Grede launched their new denim collaboration ‘Good American Denim’ last month, alongside their Good American (GA) squad. Good American is a designer jean line created to fit Read more…
News
New system sees a rise in SUSI grants
SUSI has awarded 14,000 extra grants to students compared to last year Read more…
News
Conflict at CRC over constitutional change
Last Wednesday’s CRC saw a heated debate over the proposed changes to the Students’ Union constitution. Read more…
DCU News
15% of DCU graduates finished with a first in 2016
Of the 1,800 students who graduated in November, 15 per cent obtained first class honours, according to data supplied by DCU’s Quality Promotion Office. Read more…
Music
Review: Sleaford Mods at Vicar Street
Close to 1,000 spent their Thursday night at Vicar Street being hypnotised by a 45 year old ex-social welfare adviser repeatedly slapping his own head and unloading half a century of inequality, class division and Read more…
Music
Sussed: Metropolis 2016
Ireland’s biggest winter festival returns to the RDS after a stellar debut outing. Chic, Hot Chip and Le Galaxie were the highlights of a serious couple of days’ dancing in Donnybrook last year – but Read more…