Food
A Beginners Guide To Wine
Sometimes you don’t know where to begin when starting to drink wine, so this is a beginners guide to finding the perfect wine for you. Read more…
Month: September 2017
Features
One to watch: Carrie Hope Fletcher
These days, recognition for people that are not featured on a television show or do not have an extensive list of top ten hits is scarce. That is not to say that television stars and Read more…
Travel
Travel Tales- Summer Camp Magic
Rachel Farrell explains how she spent her summer at a Camp in Indiana, telling some tales from her experience as a radio instructor and camp councillor. Read more…
Television
Game of Thrones Season 7
September has arrived, marking the near end of another Summer and thus the end of Winter for Game of Thrones fans. The fantasy phenomenon came crashing onto screens yet again this year with what was Read more…
Travel
Tales From Toronto – J1 in Canada
Ian Mangan spent the summer in Toronto on a J1. He gave tips on what to do and what not to do when planning, living and surviving a J1 in Canada. Read more…
FluxFeat
Summer’17 festival roundup
Electric Picnic in Stradbally Co. Laois was yet again another success with a wide variety of acts taking to the many stages across the weekend. The festival had something for every music fan, including Chaka Read more…
Television
The Ricklantis Mixup
Season 3 Episode 7 of Rick and Morty was a true surprise from beginning to end. It began as normal with Rick and Morty about to head off on a classic zany adventure that would Read more…
Music
As You Were, Liam
While these past few months have begrudgingly seen the returns of artists such as Taylor Swift to our sound systems, no musical return this year has been anticipated as much as that of ex Oasis Read more…
Film
Review: IT
It is uncommon that a horror movie lives up to the hype that surrounds it and can provide something more than a few jump scares and a story you won’t remember the next morning. The Read more…
Health
7 hours and fifteen days
[dropcap]M[/dropcap]ental health is, for the most part, a taboo subject and many seem to push it aside and decide to avoid the conversation. Until it’s too late. It isn’t until something drastic occurs that people decide Read more…
Articles
X and the giant Apple
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]f man and machine lived harmoniously in perfect co-existence, Apple would be its all-nurturing Biblical force – assuming the role of guardian over the bliss artificial utopia. An A11 bionic chip, True Tone display and Read more…
Rugby
Aidan Kearney looking to “right the wrongs” of DCU Rugby
[dropcap]N[/dropcap]ewly appointed DCU Rugby Development Officer, Aidan Kearney, vows to “right the wrongs” of previous seasons in an effort to bring some silverware back to DCU. Kearney, expressed his desire to build on his predecessor’s ground Read more…
Students' Union
Podge Henry SU Spread
[dropcap]H[/dropcap]elping with the vast numbers of students seeking accommodation has been his “most stressful time by far” according to New VP for Welfare and Equality Podge Henry.
News Features
I am not to blame
[dropcap]R[/dropcap]ape. It’s a tiny word that contains so much emotion, violence, destruction and devastation. It means, by it’s dictionary definition; to plunder, to strip bare of resources, to sexually assault. There is no question of Read more…
Football
Declan Roche excited for new football season
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]eclan Roche has reflected on DCU’s 2016/17 third level football season while also taking a look ahead to this coming season. The DCU Senior Football Manager, speaking at the Third Level Football season launch in Read more…
DCU News
DCU set to lead Gender Identity Project
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU is launching a project to reshape children’s attitudes to gender identity through an overhaul of prescribed children’s literature. DCU’s Centre for Children’s Literature and Culture is spearheading the Creative Europe project ‘Gender Identity: Child Read more…
Other Sports
Taiwan crowd the inspiration for Brendan Hyland at World University Games
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]aiwan played host to the 28th World University Games in August, an atmospheric event that won’t be forgotten anytime soon, according to Brendan Hyland. The Games, which is the second largest multi-sport event behind the Read more…
Student Life
Feeding the fire
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]s long as there are studies, there will be conflicting advice. A glass of wine is good for you as is a chocolate bar, however, don’t eat them on a day of the week with Read more…
National News
Free Wi-Fi coming to City Centre
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]ublin City Council are planning to bring free Wi-Fi back to Dublin, almost two years after a similar initiative fell through. The previous initiative was first rolled out at the beginning of 2013 at various Read more…
Students' Union
Mathew Davey – SU Spread
The new VP for Education and Placement Mathew Davey spoke to The College View about his plans for the upcoming year.
University News
DCU Physicists lead Science Bus
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]our physicists from DCU were chosen to captain a bus tour around Europe over the summer to make science more accessible to citizens. The European initiative ‘Doing It Together Science’ was set up in order Read more…
DCU News
DCU Sports Complex bans mobile phones in facility
[dropcap]DCU sports complex have issued a ban on all camera devices including mobile phones within their facilities.[/dropcap] The complex released the statement earlier this month in a post on their Facebook page. The gym said: Read more…
GAA
Niall Moyna: Sigerson football the key to inter-county success
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU Gaelic Football manager Niall Moyna has emphasised the importance of third level football to young GAA players aspiring to make the inter-county grade. The long serving manager reviewed last year’s GAA season as well Read more…
Students' Union
Siobhán Nic Thaidhg SU Spread
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU’s Vice President for Engagement and Development Siobhán Nic Thaidhg has said that she is very excited to be part of DCU’s Students’ Union this coming academic year.
Rugby
Force stars dreaming of national success under Kearney
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he newly appointed leadership in DCU’s Force Rugby has the teams dreaming of All-Ireland glory. The men’s and women’s senior setups are now under the wing of new Development Officer Aidan Kearney along with fresh Read more…