Hurling

DCU retain Freshers hurling title

April 4, 2018

[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU retained their All-Ireland Fresher 1 hurling title last weekend, spelling a bright future for the college’s hurling ambitions.

Other Sports

DCU run elite UCD close in swimming intervarsities

April 4, 2018

[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU’s Swimming Society had an amazing run in the Irish Intervarsity Swimming Championships, placing second in overall, male and female categories with the male team just nine points behind UCD.

Features

Light sabers light up children’s ward

April 4, 2018

<dropcap>T</dropcap>he capacity to show kindness is perhaps what defines goodness: for one young man who battled brain cancer, this capacity allows him to give back to the hospital ward that treated him in a novel Read more…

Student Life

45,000 waiting for driving test date

April 4, 2018

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]here are currently 45,000 people waiting for a driving test date in Ireland. Although the RSA waiting time target is 10 weeks maximum, Buncrana and Gorey see average waiting times of 19.3 weeks and 18.4 Read more…

Articles

Ready Player One novel falls flat

April 4, 2018

[dropcap]You[/dropcap] could debate for days about book to movie adaptations. Ernest Cline’s ‘Ready Player One’ leaps from pages to the silver screen in Ireland on March 30th, a release that is highly anticipated due to Read more…

Music

DCU Glee dazzle at the Helix

April 4, 2018

[dropcap]The[/dropcap] Helix hosted incredible singing and dance routines as DCU’s Glee performed on Monday 26th March.

Music

George Ezra’s ‘Staying at Tamaras’

April 4, 2018

[dropcap][/dropcap]E[dropcap][/dropcap]nglish singer George Ezra released his first album in 2014, immediately receiving high-praise and reaching number one in the UK charts. Though he’s 24, his deep and rich voice makes it hard to believe he is anything Read more…

Style

Is Ballet an under appreciated art?

April 4, 2018

[dropcap]Ballet[/dropcap] itself is an artform, with the human body being used in a similar manner to that of the paintbrush of an artist or the voice of a singer; conveying passion, grace, elegance and physical Read more…

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Film

Red Sparrow: empowering but inconsistent

April 4, 2018

[dropcap]The[/dropcap] release of Francis Lawrence’s film, Red Sparrow has received a series of mixed reviews since its initial release on February 28, 2018.

Articles

The Wombats at the Academy

April 4, 2018

[dropcap]Last[/dropcap] month, the Wombats took to The Academy to give Irish fans a night to remember. The band’s long awaited show was extremely well received, an obvious fact made clear by the large audience that Read more…

Books

The dramatic poetry of award-winning Leonita Flynn

April 4, 2018

[dropcap]L[/dropcap]ast month, poet Leonita Flynn won the Irish Times Poetry Now award for her collection ‘The Radio’. Previous winners such as Seamus Heaney, Derek Mahon, Sinéad Morrissey and Caitríona O’Reilly show that she is up Read more…

Television

The rise of tv dating shows

April 4, 2018

[dropcap]Love[/dropcap] is something we all want to find. It is also something we want to watch people find. We love a good love story. This, perhaps, is one of the fundamental reasons for the huge Read more…

National News

New metro poses risk to local GAA club

April 4, 2018

[dropcap]G[/dropcap]lasnevin GAA club Na Fianna are set to lose some of their facilities after the National Transport Authority (NTA) recently announced the preferred route for the new Metrolink project. The NTA and Transport Infrastructure Ireland Read more…

National News

Number of girls getting HPV vaccine rises

April 4, 2018

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]here was an increase in the uptake of girls getting the HPV vaccine this year, according to the latest figures released by the Health Service Executive (HSE) on March 22nd .