Features
The true cost of Graduate Entry Medicine
“I received top marks in the Christmas exams and having to drop out due to something as arbitrary as money infuriates me.” Read more…
Month: March 2021
Lifestyle
Choose to challenge on International Women’s Day 2021
International Women’s Day is Monday 8th of March, with this year’s theme being #ChooseToChallenge. The aim is to challenge gender bias and inequality while still choosing to seek out and celebrate women’s achievements across the world. Read more…
Lifestyle
I took the plunge, will you?
Record numbers in Ireland took up the activity in 2020, and the popularity of sea swimming continues to grow. So, what do you need to know about sea swimming? Read more…
National News
Minister for Higher Education Simon Harris joins Tik Tok
The Minister for Further and Higher Education, Simon Harris has joined Tik Tok and has amassed hundreds of thousands of views within a day Read more…
News
Government votes against bill to abolish third-level fees
The bill was proposed by the government’s opposition party People Before Profit, to remove barriers to higher education by abolishing third-level fees so that everyone who wants to access higher education has the same chance. Read more…
DCU News
DCU Student’s Union for 2021/22 academic year elected
Terence Rooney was elected President of DCUSU on the second count, receiving 1,908 votes and besting his two opponents Seán Smyth and Jack Callaghan. Read more…
News
DCU Amnesty Society and Feminist Society host Women’s Welfare Event
DCU Amnesty Society and Feminist Society hosted a virtual event to raise awareness of women’s welfare, the important discussions around sexual health that aren’t happening, and what life in university is like for young women. Read more…
Music
Women reign supreme at the 2021 Grammy Awards
Beyoncé broke the record for the most Grammys won, bringing her new total to 28 awards after Sunday night. This surpasses the record previously set by bluegrass singer, Alison Krauss. Read more…
Football
City look unbeatable in Premier League title race
With just 12 match weeks left to play in the Premier League this season, many fans will be looking back at a unique season of football.
Sport
Fans prove pivotal in sport
There’s an age-old saying that many singers, athletes, and general celebrities favour at awards ceremonies, on podiums, or in everyday life – “This is for my fans”.
Television
Was WandaVision worth the hype it generated?
The nine episode MCU series garnered millions of views on Disney+. Read more…
Opinion
Stretched to the last: the unheard voices on scoliosis waiting lists
While Covid-19 has changed how we live, and it has affected the general running of hospitals and plunged them under pressure, children are still waiting and their condition has not gone away at the foot of a global infection. Mountains have been moved over the course of this pandemic, this should be one of those mountains. Read more…
Film
Disney teases newest “reimagined classic”, Cruella
Stone looks and sounds as though she is the perfect person to play the villain, even nailing de Vil’s notoriously spine-chilling chuckle. Read more…
Opinion
Women should not have to fear walking alone at night
People are advising women to think twice before they leave the house but why are we not advising men to change their social behaviours towards women. Read more…
Opinion
TD’s pay rise is inappropriate under current circumstances
TD’s salaries set to reach over €100,000, as new pay rise comes into effect. Public sector workers will receive a 2 per cent pay rise, increasing TD’s salaries from around €98,000 a year to €100,000.
National News
Eating Disorders: “There’s no set definition of recovery”
At the end of 2019, the Coronavirus pandemic took the world by surprise. Scientists worked long and hard over the past year to develop a sufficient vaccine, and they succeeded. But as the pandemic is slowly regressing due to the vaccination rollout programme taking place across the world, there are still other deadly illnesses that cannot be deterred by vaccination immunity. Read more…
Opinion
Covid-19 has not decimated women’s sport
In fact, the entire last year in sport needs to be looked at positively, rather than through the typical ‘men are treated better’ lens. Read more…
Music
Limerick’s leading musical talent Denise Chaila wins the RTÉ Choice Music Album of the Year
The talented MC is yet another powerful voice in Ireland’s growing hip-hop community. Read more…
Lifestyle
Best online vintage shops to get ready for spring
And due to shops still being closed, most of your favourite vintage stores have easy to use and access online stores so you can still look your best this spring. Read more…
Lifestyle
The pandemic has proven that the future of fashion is rental
For a lot of fashion rental services, 2020 was the year that they had just found their feet. It was also a year where the fashion industry was already experiencing an existential crisis of sorts. Read more…
Lifestyle
Journalist and Entrepreneur Anne-Marie Tomchak on sharing her joy
The faces behind the fashion are Irish women who have leveraged conversations around mental health, fashion and sustainability. From women such as Roz Purcell, Louise McSharry, Dr Doireann O’Leary and IamIrish founder Lorraine Maher, each woman has a positive, powerful contribution to make that extends far beyond a piece of clothing. Read more…
The Hype
How stand-up comedy survived in the midst of a pandemic
Stand-up comedy is arguably the one event where an audience is essential. Read more…
Music
One more time: A look back through Daft Punk’s career
It is perhaps interesting that the band has ended their run twenty years after the release of Discovery, the 2001 album that cemented their place in the pantheon of electronic music. Read more…
Music
Excitement as St. Vincent announces new album
The new album cannot come soon enough, as fans have been eagerly waiting for new music from the talented indie rock artist since 2017. Read more…
Lifestyle
A reflection on life in lockdown
Face masks were still just a skincare routine, a cough simply meant we had a cold and seeing our friends was common practice, little did we know our daily lives were about to become altered for over a year. Read more…