News Features

The last good, Good Friday

April 19, 2017

Bibi Drumm, lifetime parish member and a devout Catholic, sits down in her compact living room, leaning her walking stick gently against the arm of the upholstered chair. “Once you get over 65 – which Read more…

Health

DCU STEM projects receive millions in funding

April 19, 2017

Three projects from DCU were awarded funding this month from the Science Foundation Ireland for research projects in the areas of sciences, technology, engineering and maths. (STEM)   Each project is currently being led by Read more…

Randoms

Love letters

April 19, 2017

Letter writing is a concept often idealised and romanticised. Once a useful way of talking to people, does it serve a purpose in the modern world of social media? While there is definitely space for Read more…

Randoms

Counter moves

April 19, 2017

An overwhelmingly uncrowded lecture hall on an overcast afternoon, is the location for the deceptively explosive talk by Dr Claire Hamilton of NUI Maynooth on Counter Terrorism in Europe. As a stream of students pool in and out Read more…

Student Life

Planes, trains and automobiles

April 19, 2017

Paris, Westminster, Brussels, Stockholm, Nice, Berlin – all cities that have suffered in the past few years at the hands of terrorists.   Many major European cities have seen horrific incidents – knife attacks, bombings, vehicles Read more…

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Travel

Travel Tips for the Middle East

April 5, 2017

With summer fast approaching, the time has come to book your holiday plans. Emily Sheahan believes you should not be shy when it comes to The Middle East, and shares her tips for staying there.

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Music

Gorillaz return as Humanz

April 5, 2017

When Gorillaz first began teasing at their new LP with the multimedia story “The Book of Noodle” back in October 2016, it’s doubtful anyone could have predicted the shape their fifth album “Humanz” would take. Read more…

National News

HIV figures up six per cent in 2016

April 5, 2017

There were 512 newly detected cases of HIV in Ireland in 2016 according to a report from The Health Protection Surveillance Centre. The figures show a rise of six per cent from last year. The Read more…

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Television

Review – Beauty and the Beast

April 5, 2017

The live action imagining of Beauty and the Beast proved itself to be a tale as old as time, living up to and possibly surpassing the much loved Disney classic. The anticipation of this film Read more…

National News

Lack of regulation found in au pair industry

April 5, 2017

A lack of regulation in the au pair industry has stirred concerns abroad, according to a recent article in the Daily Telegraph. University of Technology Sydney researchers are interviewing the 10,000 au pairs currently working Read more…

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Travel

The American Dream

April 5, 2017

The Graduate visa is a dream to those of us who are leaving, but not quite ready for the real world. Ciara Moran tell us why and how, we can make it our reality.

News Features

Postcards from abroad

April 5, 2017

The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair.”  So says the great author JRR Tolkien. As Ibrahim Halawa spends yet another Read more…