Opinion
Climate change can no longer be ignored
Sonja Sjogren speaks about why people need to start taking the consequences of climate change more seriously. Read more…
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Music
“We’re doing it for Ireland” say Rusangano Family
In the Shona language of Zimbabwe, the word Rusangano means togetherness, and it’s clear that the concept resonates strongly with Rusangano Family’s members – MCs God Knows and MuRli, from Shannon by way of Zimbabwe Read more…
Music
Will Zayn go the same Direction as Robbie?
There comes a time in each successful boyband’s lifespan where one member throws a spanner in the works and decide to leaves the band, disappointing fans all over the world.
Debate
The Great Debate: Are digs a solution to the accommodation crisis?
FOR There are plenty of reasons why I can say that living digs this year was a great experience for me and would be for anyone. I will be the first to admit that Read more…
Features
True religion should never produce violence, at its core it’s about peace
Asking if religion is part of the problem of terrorism says Mc Kinley is the wrong way to look at the issue: “I think the question then becomes, if religion is part of a problem and you then have to find what that problem is and it differs in different ways then how can it also be part of the solution.” Read more…
Music
European festival forecast
It’s beginning to feel a lot like summer. The grey skies and morning drizzle may beg to differ, but with Electric Picnic’s lineup launched festival season is right around the corner. LCD Soundsystem and Lana Read more…
Features
University degree holders more likely to get married and have kids
College students have always been pinned as some of the most progressive in society. Universities attract bright people, who, for the most part, are ambitious and motivated to work. They are places that foster political activism and encourage liberal stances on social issues. Just over a month ago, an overwhelming majority of DCU students voted in favour of the SU taking a pro-choice position on abortion. Read more…
Features
Defeat is just another step on McGregors’s Journey
His story is nothing short of remarkable. McGregor came from nowhere – he was a young man with a dream; an aspiration to go somewhere that had never been done before in Ireland, and rise to the UFC’s summit. Read more…
Health
Don’t blame yourself if your counsellor isn’t right for you
Counsellors have heard it all, they have been built up and trained, but no amount of books, training or even time working in the field can force two people to work well together in a small room in which one of them shares their deepest or saddest thoughts. Read more…
Music
Review: Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats at the Olympia Theatre
The beautiful Olympia Theatre played host to the grooviest rockabilly party Dublin has ever seen. The men in charge of it all? Nathaniel Rateliff and his masterful band, the Night Sweats. Often at gigs the Read more…
Opinion
Europe, don’t turn your back on refugees now
With crisis talks in place to resolve the refugee crisis, Lisa O’Donnell discusses why Europe cannot turn its back on migrants. Read more…
Debate
The Great Debate: 2016 is a time to celebrate and reflect on the Easter Rising
Last week, schools and third-level colleges across Ireland celebrated Proclamation Day, commemorating events of Ireland in 1916 and creating a vision for the country in the future. it’s important to teach the children of our nation the struggles and triumphs we faced. Read more…
Music
How one band’s album review could signal change in music journalism
The 1975 have just released their sophomore record, ‘I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful, yet so unaware of it’. The LP went to number one in both the UK and Read more…
Opinion
It’s time to stop complaining and just accept water charges
With water charges at the centre of discussions surrounding the formation of a new government, Aoibheann Diver asks if the nation is putting too much of a focus on the issue. Read more…
Opinion
Lone traveller – would the fear get in your way?
Travelling alone often poses many dangers, especially for women, but Sarah Magliocco explains why the risk will never prevent her satisfying her wanderlust. Read more…
Inspirations
Inspirations: Teresa Lynn
As a “returned-Gaelgeoir”, she has a great interest in Irish, consistently putting great emphasis on the language within her work. Her PhD included the development of the Irish Dependency Treebank and the first statistical parser for Irish text. Read more…
Opinion
Should colleges stand by the USI?
With UCD students voting against rejoining the Union of Students in Ireland, Aisling McCabe explains that while there are many advantages to membership, the national body is far from perfect. Read more…
Film
Oscars: Spotlight shines on Leo’s glory
The race for best picture at the 88th Academy Awards was said to be the closest for years and so it proved. Alejandro González Iñárritu won best director for frontier revenge drama The Revenant, and Read more…
Opinion
If the Catholic Church is to survive, reform is essential
It has been at the centre of shocking scandals over the past few years. Hannah Moran explains what she thinks the Catholic Church needs to do to regain the trust of its followers. Read more…
Features
Observations of accidental adulthood
As Virginia Woolf once said, ‘growing up is losing some illusions in order to acquire others’. You may no longer believe in Santa (or you may, each to their own), but you can somehow make yourself believe that those letters marked ‘urgent’ about your student loan repayments are not even there. Read more…
Features
The changing world of children’s toys
Toys are changing, while some people may worry that tablets and smartphones are taking over and that young children are becoming dependent on technology, in the opposite direction, many toys are becoming more suitable and appropriate for children every day. Read more…
Features
Living with Diabetes
spiralling down towards a really unhealthy lifestyle. The more rare kind of Diabetes is type 1: a disease you most commonly get diagnosed with at an early stage in life – for no, yet, known reason. For many kids who have this disease, or any other disease that makes you “different”, it is something well connected to shame. Read more…
Features
He could’ve been Pope, Ted: Farewell Father Jack
Frank Kelly passed away last month at the age of 77. Kelly had a long and varied career spanning music, film, TV, radio and theatre. No wonder it felt like he was always around. And Read more…
Television
REVIEW: Why Love is on the air
You know it’s good when you watch all ten episodes in one sitting, without food or human contact. Netflix original series Love follows the unfortunate love lives of Gus and Mickey in what can only be Read more…
Opinion
Breaking down the stigma surrounding mental health
As the number of students with mental health issues reaches an alarming level, Sarah Magliocco discusses how stigma is preventing people from seeking help. Read more…