During the General Election it was common for politicians to think that Millennials weren’t engaged. How can we be compared to the spirit and intention of student activists of the 1960s?
DCU’s Class Rep Council have elected the first Irish Officer to the Students’ Union Executive. Caoimhe Ní Cathail ran unopposed for the position at Council on Tuesday March 8th. She also answered questions from the Read more…
Seachtain na Gaeilge is a nationwide campaign backed by organisations who aim to promote Irish. It takes place the week before St. Patrick’s Day each year. Whilst great emphasis is put on the campaign in Read more…
Fresher A hurling final Cork Institute of Technology IT 1-13 DCU 0-13 DCU were beaten in the All-Ireland Fresher Hurling final by Cork Institute of Technology in the Cork College’s sports grounds on Thursday, March Read more…
O’Connor Cup quarter-final DCU 3-18 Queen’s University Belfast 1-11 DCU qualified for the O’Connor Cup weekend on Thursday night, February 25th, after seeing off Queen’s University Belfast in an exciting encounter.
Professional sport can be a cruel game in which to get your break. Regardless of talent, funding is a necessity for the continued development of athletes and sport in Ireland. For DCU graduate Cathal Pendred, Read more…
Collingwood Cup quarter-final DCU 0-1 Trinity College Dublin City University’s senior football team suffered a quarter-final exit in the Collingwood Cup for the second successive year, as they went down 1-0 to a ten-man Dublin Read more…
Former USI president, Laura Harmon announced she will run as an Independent candidate in the Seanad Eireann elections. She is running for a position on the National University of Ireland panel, which consists of three Read more…
The race for best picture at the 88th Academy Awards was said to be the closest for years and so it proved. Alejandro González Iñárritu won best director for frontier revenge drama The Revenant, and Read more…
NUI Galway became the first ever Irish university to appoint a vice president for Equality and Diversity when they awarded the position to Prof Anne Scott last Friday afternoon.
Over 350 students attended DCU’s blood donation clinic run by the Irish Blood Transfusion Service, last week.
UCD students will face a referendum next Tuesday and Wednesday on whether or not their college should re-affiliate with the Union of Students in Ireland (USI). A group of students led by the national Labour Read more…
Shirley Donlon looks at the latest selfie essential. Read more…
DCU Dance Society took home five awards at an inter varsity competition in Trinity College Dublin, last week.
New Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses are being added to the DCU Faculty of Humanities & Social Science, following the amalgamation of St. Patrick’s College (SPC), Mater Dei Institute of Education and DCU.
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As Virginia Woolf once said, ‘growing up is losing some illusions in order to acquire others’. You may no longer believe in Santa (or you may, each to their own), but you can somehow make yourself believe that those letters marked ‘urgent’ about your student loan repayments are not even there. Read more…
It has been at the centre of shocking scandals over the past few years. Hannah Moran explains what she thinks the Catholic Church needs to do to regain the trust of its followers. Read more…
Amy Rohu explores the benefits of yoga for students. Read more…
Toys are changing, while some people may worry that tablets and smartphones are taking over and that young children are becoming dependent on technology, in the opposite direction, many toys are becoming more suitable and appropriate for children every day. Read more…
Although not the most well-known Danish city, Odense is just as wonderful. Read more…
A review of online coverage of the general election was hosted by The institute of Future Media and Journalism, Fujo, in the Business building on DCU’s Glasnevin campus last Thursday night.
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A record number of female TDs were elected to the 32nd Dáil Eireann, which has been credited to the introduction of gender quotas. The Union of Student’s in Ireland (USI) welcomed the impact the introduction Read more…
From pasta to potatoes, some foods are necessary for students. Read more…
Overcrowding in the computing faculty and campus accommodation rent hikes were among the issues Class Rep Council (CRC) brought to DCU President, Professor Brian MacCraith.
Minister for Education Jan O’Sullivan accepts the people have spoken and Labour are out. We look back at her time short time in office. Read more…