Television
Drama makes Riverdale riveting
Secrets, lies, heartbreak and family drama – just some of the factors that make up the spine of any teen TV series, and Riverdale is no exception. Almost a year in the making, Riverdale is Read more…
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Music
Sussed: Paddy’s Day Club Guide
As everyone knows, it’s our national duty to go out and have fun on March 17th. Avoidance of this sacred tradition is tantamount to high treason. Yet maybe wading through a sea of puke Read more…
Articles
How much is that doggy in the window
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]nn, who felt hard done by due to the lack of a family dog in her own childhood, had a yearning for a puppy of her own. Browsing through Done Deal, she found an adorable litter Read more…
Articles
I ain’t no Hollaback gal
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]s a society we tend to have a very dismissive attitude towards sexual harassment. Many people consider it to be ‘just a catcall’, so what exactly is sexual harassment? Sexual harassment is unwelcome sexual advances, Read more…
Opinion
Opinion: Nurses strike exposes HSE incompetence
The nurses and midwives of Ireland plan industrial action on the seventh of March after the HSE failed to agree terms with the INMO regarding a dispute over working conditions Read more…
Film
Review: T2 Trainspotting
[dropcap]Choose[/dropcap] regret, denial and rekindling old friendships. Twenty years later, Mark Renton (Ewan Mcgregor) returns to Edinburgh following the death of his mother; Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller), Begbie (Robert Carlyle) and Spud (Ewen Bremner) Read more…
Film
Sussed: The Oscars’ best pictures
After last year’s #OscarsSoWhite controversy sparked outrage on Twitter as well as from the actors themselves, the academy have made an explicit effort to recognise diversity in this year’s films. This can be seen in Read more…
Features
IMMA programme launch
[dropcap]The[/dropcap] Freud Project at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) will be expanded this year, director of IMMA Sarah Glennie revealed as part of the launch for the 2017 programme. The programme also hosts Read more…
Television
Emotional significance made The Simpsons great
‘Mother Simpson’ is not the greatest episode of The Simpsons, but it is my favourite. It presents the defining feature of what made its first ten seasons the greatest animated show and sitcom in television history: Read more…
Music
Sussed: Albums of 2017
Despite being a year that most people would prefer to forget, when it comes to music releases, 2016 was lit. Kanye’s Life of Pablo, Queen B’s Lemonade, Bowie’s Blackstar, Frank Ocean’s Blonde, The Rolling Stones’ Read more…
Features
Student nurses shoulder a great burden
[dropcap]While[/dropcap] walking around, checking on patients, first year nursing student at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT), Rebecca , noticed that one of the louder patients on the ward was being oddly quiet. As any nurse would, Read more…
Health
The reality of clinical psychology doctorate programmes
[dropcap]On[/dropcap] the ninth of March 2016, an applied psychology master’s degree student called Elaine rang up Liveline to talk to Joe Duffy. During their conversation, the twenty-three-year-old student informed Joe that she was nearing the Read more…
Features
Splitting the movie myth of split personalites
[dropcap]Teasing[/dropcap] a fear from the depths of safety delivers a rush of adrenaline, increases our heart rates and is often referred to as the fight or flight response; the edge of the unknown. Little children Read more…
Features
Living with a stammer
[dropcap]For[/dropcap] as long as I can remember, I have had trouble with words. I’m sure you’re thinking: “Then why are you writing an article?”, but it’s not that I don’t know what to say, I Read more…
Features
Does Dry January deliver results?
[dropcap]Over[/dropcap] the last month Instagram has been flooded with posts of #DryJanuary alongside images of people going to the gym or photographs of healthy meals. This tradition of ditching alcohol for the first month of Read more…
Debate
The Great Debate: Should Irish be a compulsory subject?
FOR: [dropcap]“Tír[/dropcap] gan teanga tír gan anam,” are famous words from Easter Rising leader Padraig Pearse. They mean “a country without language is a country without soul”. So how can we as proud Irish people Read more…
Opinion
Opinion: Injection facilities: a proactive movement for Ireland’s drug problem
Following the approval of legislation allowing for the introduction of safe injection centres in Ireland, opinion editor Shirley Donlon discusses the benefit of the incentive. Read more…
Opinion
Opinion: Equality in education: breaking the glass ceiling
Amy Lawlor discusses how far we have come with women in education and stresses the importance of appreciating our opportunities to learn in a safe environment. Read more…
Film
Review: La La Land
Every year, there’s a film that is soaked in nothing but hype. 2016 saw Suicide Squad, which critics loved to hate and 2015 gave all its Oscars to The Revenant. Admittedly, sometimes the hype is Read more…
Music
Sussed: Afrobeat
The birth of Afrobeat happened almost a decade after West African countries such as Nigeria and Ghana gained their independence from British rule in the 60’s. During a time where freedom and hope for future Read more…
Television
Review: Striking Out
If you know anything about Irish television it is either a masterpiece or garbage. Rarely, however is it both. RTE’s latest endeavour into original drama has split the nation, with either rave reviews or dismissive Read more…
Opinion
Opinion: DCU’s efforts show signs of hope for refugee crisis
Andrew Ralph discusses DCU’s new title as Ireland’s first university of sanctuary and stresses the individual effort needed to help to combat the refugee crisis. 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…