Blogs
DCU set to have referendum on Irish unity
DCU Students’ Union received a petition for a referendum on the university’s stance on a united Ireland last week.
Year: 2017
National News
Ireland in state of crisis in relation to homelessness, according to housing charity chairperson
The current housing situation in Ireland was described as a country in a state of crisis when it comes to homelessness by the chairperson of the housing charity Threshold. “We are in a state of Read more…
Film
Call Me By Your Name’s summer of love
There’s a reason why Call Me by Your Name is one of the year’s most anticipated releases. Directed by Luca Guadagnino and based on the novel of the same name by André Aciman, the movie Read more…
DCU News
DCUSU President makes personal speech on mental health
DCUSU President Niall Behan spoke about his personal experience with mental health and wellbeing after the death of his father in a speech to students in UMASS Boston. The speech at the ACUI conference was Read more…
Articles
Vegan this Christmas
With more and more people becoming vegan, there will be even more people hosting vegan christmas dinners this year, but what does that entail? Read more…
Articles
Grub Guide: San Lorenzo’s
When searching for a place in Dublin to grab a tasty brunch, specifically one that does a mean eggs benedict, the restaurant prides itself in serving “the brunch of champions” seems like the obvious choice. Read more…
Opinion
The road to eradication of drink driving
The RSA and An Garda Síochána launched their annual Christmas and New Year’s Road Safety campaign last week in an effort to combat the amount of traffic accidents that are alcohol related at Christmas. However, they also said that alcohol is a contributory factor in 38% of fatal crashes in the lead up to Christmas. Read more…
basketball
Freshers Basketball “over the moon” with second All-Ireland title in three years
DCU Men’s Freshers Basketball coach Gavin Doyle said claiming the All-Ireland Freshers title in his first outing as a coach was an “incredible feeling”.
Student Life
No Room at the Inn – student accommodation woes
Sprawled out across a damp second-hand mattress in a dimly-lit sitting room littered with beer cans and left-over dinner, he barely flinches when the door swings open.The room temperature is tepid on a cold Autumn Read more…
Randoms
Painting by numbers: Why is Modern Art so Expensive?
Buying art has never been a cheap deal and is mostly considered to be a pastime for the superrich, the world’s top 1%. The record for the highest price ever paid for a painting was Read more…
The Hype
IMLÉ
In an initial attempt to extend my Irish language exposure beyond lecture halls and contributing articles ‘anois agus arís’, I found myself on the Irish language website nós.ie. Nós.ie is an online lifestyle and cultural Read more…
The Hype
Mindhunter is mind-blowing
Mindhunter, a new series recently added to the growing pile of shows released by Netflix, has been receiving nothing but praise and it’s no surprise. This show is one of the most interesting and engaging Read more…
Features
Mark Little and the Neva ending story
The first rule of journalism has always been verification. If the story isn’t true, then it isn’t a story. Based on the premise of verification, Mark Little founded Storyful in 2009 as a social intelligence Read more…
News Features
How two students took the journalism world by storm
It all started six months ago, in a living room in Dublin. André Bastié needed to transcribe twelve interviews for an academic research project on Social Entrepreneurship for his masters in e-commerce in DCU. He Read more…
Blogs
DCU Rooms has rooms available to rent online
DCU Rooms has 16 rooms on the Glasnevin campus available for open-bookings for tourists throughout the academic year.
Video
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Ag sárú brón na samhna
Cúpla moladh ó Mhéabh Riordan chun an meabhairsláinte a fheabhsú i Mí na Samhna Read more…
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Rugbaí an gheimhridh agus easpa atmaisféir
Tugann Cal a thuairim faoin easpa paisin i lucht féachana an Rugbaí Read more…
Gaeilge
Cé hí Peig? An Ghaeilge sa ré úr teicneolaíochta.
Tugann Ali cur síos ar deich bealach ina bhfuil an Ghaeilge beo sa 21ú hAois Read more…
Articles
Basics behind bulking and cutting
We live in a world where anything and everything is possible thanks to social media and the immediacy of sources and information on any given topic. An area that appears to be building up strength by Read more…
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Lifestyle
From drab to fab
From time to time we all get fed up of our look and want to shake things up a bit. It could be because you landed a cool new job, or lost your job, it Read more…