DCU News
Ryan Doyle’s wellbeing campaign – Power naps, kickboxing & relationship clinics
“I think there’s a bit of a stigma behind it… it’s like ‘What are you doing?! Wake up!” Read more…
Month: February 2022
DCU News
Meet Christine O’Mahony – Candidate for VP of Diversity and Inclusion
Last Semester, Christine O’Mahony organised a Black Lives Matter protest for students. Of Jamaican descent herself, and chair of the DCU Black students and Student of Colour Advisory Group, social justice is always an issue Read more…
DCU News
“I’m confident that I’m a strong candidate for the role” – Eoin Crossen, Candidate for VP Academic Life
This Student Union election season is turning out to be quite the interesting one, with four of the five full-time positions seeing only one candidate running for the role. The only exception is VP for Read more…
DCU News
Colette Murphy -“I understand the issues students face and I want to help solve them”
Out of the five full-time positions, VP for Wellbeing is the only contest that actually has some proper competition. With four candidates for the job, it will be a more difficult choice for the student Read more…
Lifestyle
Valentines is out, Galentines is in
The idea first proposed by Knope in 2010 has since taken a hold on women throughout the world and has now become mainstream; and what is more beautiful and empowering than women celebrating women? Read more…
Film
‘Belfast’ Review: A touching insight to family life in a turbulent world
When the rest of the world found themselves in lockdown once again, Sir Kenneth Branagh began recreating his childhood home – on an airport runway in Hampshire, and began shooting his newest directorial feature ‘Belfast’ Read more…
Features
Exercising Safe Spaces for Women
Fitness groups and individuals are providing safe spaces across the country for women to
gather and exercise in light of the murder of Ashling Murphy. Read more…
Features
Meet The Voices Representing Ireland’s Underrepresented
The College View spoke to a number of people who have been challenging the barriers of visibility and representation in the arts sector. Read more…
News
New initiative encourages secondary school’s empathy
“Change starts with education, and by giving our young people the right opportunities. That’s why we developed this award”. Read more…
Opinion
Should Ireland remain neutral?
Russia about to conduct naval exercises off the coast of Cork, we must remind ourselves that Ireland’s stance on using neutrality as a means of security, will not work when faced with global conflict. For Read more…
Opinion
“Is it ever wrong to socially distance even if they say we don’t need to?”
The pandemic has really taken a toll on us all. We have done so much since March 2020, when we’d be glued to the daily press briefings at 5:30 pm to find out how many Read more…
Opinion
Rural homelessness remains a hidden problem.
Less prominent counties seem to be struggling the most with homelessness. This is mainly due to insufficient services outside of cities. Homelessness rates in cities and towns remain high, for example, according to Focus Ireland, Read more…
Features
The Benefits of Yoga with Mairead McGrath
They say that everything happens for a reason, a fact Dublin Yoga teacher Mairead McGrath is all too accustomed to. While studying in DCU she began to regularly attend classes with the Yoga Society, after Read more…
Music
The Weeknd provides synth pop perfection in Dawn FM
Fresh off the staggering success of his previous album After Hours and following a controversial snub at the Grammys, expectations were high for new music from The Weeknd. Read more…
Articles
The Life and Work of French Designer Thierry Mugler
The death of iconic fashion designer Manfred Thierry Mugler was announced Sunday, triggering an outpouring of condolences from celebrities and many from the fashion world who remembered the 73-year-old as an icon. Read more…
Lifestyle
UK start-up challenges menstrual waste
Planera’s flushable pad degrades within 30 days and turns into clean water, biogas and fertiliser, compared to regular, plastic pads which can take 500 years to decompose. Read more…
Lifestyle
Men’s violence against women needs to end, organisations say
Femicide is the killing of women and girls by men, precisely because of their gender. Women’s Aid state that “femicide is both a cause and a result of gender inequality and discrimination, both of which are root causes of all violence against women”. Read more…
Lifestyle
Dyson Airwrap: Worth the investment or just excellently marketed?
The latest hairstyling trend has been dubbed “the PS5’s girl version”. The Dyson Airwrap, with its futuristic design, wraps your hair instantly and “creates voluminous curls and waves without extreme heat” according to its website. But is it worth the hype? Read more…
Lifestyle
Why Kombucha is the go-to beverage for your gut
Kombucha, a fermented tea known for its properties that benefit gut health, is a drink that has become more popular in recent years. But just what is kombucha, and why does it warrant pride of place on the weekly shopping list? Read more…
Articles
Teachers union calls for ‘hybrid’ Leaving Cert model
The Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) are calling for written exams in place of the hybridmodel for this year’s Leaving Cert, in a statement released today. TUI proposed further changes should be made to this Read more…
University News
Tech-literate students most in-demand in next half-decade
The pandemic has accelerated the demand for tech-savvy students in the language, business, health, science and engineering sectors. The Expert Group on Future Skills Needs (EGFSN) outlined how young people with competent technology skills in Read more…
Articles
DCU study says family businesses harder done by Covid
Family businesses have been disproportionately impacted by Covid-19, according to a new DCU study. Eighty-three per cent of family businesses in Ireland reported Covid harming their business, well above the national average of 60 per Read more…
Articles
Normality for Nubar with easing of restrictions
After the easing of restrictions last Saturday, restaurants, pubs and nightclubs nationwide welcomed customers back with no restrictions for the first time in almost two years. Taoiseach Micheal Martin announced an immediate end to almost Read more…
Articles
Student nurses to receive pandemic recognition payment
Leo Varadkar announced, towards the end of last month, that all frontline health and ambulance workers are eligible for the tax-free €1000 payment. Student nurses and midwives are included in the cohort who are eligible Read more…
Television
After Life review: Ricky Gervais’ grief-com ends
Ricky Gervais created a show that grips you through it’s mundane depiction of everyday life, it’s agonizing depiction of the motions of grief with an added sprinkle of dark, cynical humour. Shows of this caliber are far and few between. Read more…