News
Trinity Receive Confirmation On 250-Bed Project
[dropcap]Tr[/dropcap]inity College Dublin are to redevelop Oisín House on Pearse Street into a 250-bed accommodation project after receiving verbal confirmation from Dublin City Council.
Year: 2017
News
USI VP: HEA Report On College Performance Not Surprising
HEA report suggests rising student numbers and no change in funding will have a negative effect on graduate quality. Read more…
Articles
Top Tips for final year semester students
If you are finding yourself entering your final semester of college life and feel slightly overwhelmed with the workload that lies before you, do not panic, writer Rachael Kellegher has some top tips to help Read more…
Music
The power of pop as protest
The protest song is exciting, irreverent, and powerful, putting into words our frustration with inequalities of all description. For as long as pop has existed, there has been a subsection of righteous, rage-fuelled songwriters who Read more…
Television
Was Gilmore Girls worth revisiting?
After years of long-term fans patiently awaiting an update from our beloved Stars Hollow, Netflix brought us a six part mini-series, Gilmore Girls: A Year in The Life, to revisit the Connecticut town. If you’re Read more…
Television
A series of fortunate adaptations
The new adaptation of ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’ on Netflix brings a whole new interpretation of Lemony Snicket’s dark and depressing tale of the Baudelaire orphans to the streaming platform. The story begins small Read more…
Opinion
Opinion: Has feminism taken a turn for the worse?
Lucy Mangan argues that although feminism has advanced in society in recent years, perhaps is has taken a turn for the worst in its aim to promote the equal rights of both men and women.
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basketball
Saints withstand late pressure to go level with Moycullen in standings
DCU Saints 77 Moycullen 74 Basketball Ireland Men’s Super League DCU Saints held off a late run from Moycullen to seal a win in the Basketball Ireland Men’s Super League on Saturday night, February 4th. Read more…
Articles
Happy Friend Hunting
[dropcap]Finding[/dropcap] friends can be difficult during your first semester at college, learning how to navigate your way through the campus grounds can be challenging enough never mind seeking out your lifelong college friends. To ease Read more…
National News
Shannon and Dublin airports implement Trump’s executive order
Dublin and Shannon airports implement Trump’s executive order that bans people from seven Muslim countries. Read more…
News
TCD SU oppose loan scheme
[dropcap] T[/dropcap]rinity College Dublin Student’s Union council have passed the motion to oppose student loans, two years on from the initial rejection of the motion.
National News
Intel and DCU Ties Grow Stronger As Helix Hosts Mini-Scientist Awards
St. John’s National School from Cratloe, County Clare took the overall prize at this year’s Grand Final of the Mini-Scientist Awards held in The Helix Read more…
Athletics
Behan’s eyes set firmly on Tokyo
When twelve-year-old Matthew Behan wandered down to his local athletics club for the first time, he probably did not expect it to alter his life so significantly. Still only 19, Behan’s rapid rise to prominence Read more…
Opinion
Opinion: Trump’s first week leaves the U.S. in turmoil
Donald Trump’s first week in office signified the beginning of an era best described as an era of horror, writes Brion Hoban Read more…
Features
The harsh reality of the 2C-B drug
[dropcap]In[/dropcap] early January six young people were hospitalised after taking the synthetic drug known as 2C-B, at a house party in Cork City. Gerard Banks and his friend were walking by the house when they Read more…
Features
What has Donald Trump done so far?
[dropcap][/dropcap][dropcap]It [/dropcap]has been just over two weeks since Donald J. Trump’s inauguration and he became the 45th President of the United States. Within that week, President Trump and his administration have already initiated a series Read more…
Features
Battling burnout
[dropcap]Semester[/dropcap] 2 is here and everyone is ready to jump straight back into college life full steam ahead. A lot of students have new year’s goals to finally get themselves sorted with regards to college Read more…
Features
Where did Valentine’s Day come from?
[dropcap]It[/dropcap] is that time of the year when Christmas and New Years have passed, and the masses of red and pink items land in shops all around the world. Valentine’s Day is once again upon us, Read more…
Features
Palestine, Israel and the UCC conference
With all of the controversy surrounding the UCC conference, Paola Rivetti, a member of Academics for Palestine, explains why the conference should go ahead. Read more…
Features
New year, same issue: what can we do to help the homeless?
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DCU News
New student employment app launched on DCU SU website
[dropcap]DCU[/dropcap] has officially added a Jobbio feature to their website which will allow thousands of students to access potential employers through the Student Union.
Features
Students of Incorporation feeling the loss of their Students’ Unions
[dropcap]The[/dropcap] merger of St. Patrick’s college into DCU which began last September has brought many changes to the make-up and facilities present across both campuses in the last number of months. One particular change that Read more…
DCU News
DCU Phd researcher becomes first visually impaired athlete to complete seven marathons in seven days
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU PHD researcher Sinead Kane became the first visually impaired athlete to complete the World Marathon Challenge this week. Sinead successfully ran seven marathons in seven days on seven continents with just 5% vision.
Articles
Sluascaoilte – Bagairt Nua-Aimseartha
An Amharclann ‘Bataclan’ i bPáras. ‘Virginia Tech’ sna Stáit Aontaithe Meiriceá. Muenchen sa Ghearmáin. Trí shampla de sluascaoileadh, nó ‘mass-shootings’, a tharla le 10 mbliain anuas trasna na cruinneoige. Chaill 171 duine neamhchiontach a gcuid Read more…
Irish & Languages
Códúcháin, an teanga nua-aimseartha
[dropcap]Is[/dropcap] féidir scileanna ar bith a fhoghlaim ar an idirlíon faoi na laethanta seo. Ní haon ionadh gur féidir le duine ar bith cúrsaí ríomheolaíochta a fhoghlaim ar shuíomhanna éagsúla. B’fhéidir gur ionadh gur Read more…