Music
REVIEW: John Grant at Vicar Street
John Grant’s two night run at Vicar Street, reviewed. Read more…
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Features
Inspirations: Demi Lovato
After a turbulent five years actress and singer-songwriter Demi Lovato has managed to become an inspiration for many people all over the world including myself. Lovato uses her personal struggles to inspire and help many people.
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Flux
Demi vs. Selena – who wins?
Former BFFs Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato go head-to-head with their latest releases. Read more…
Music
Sussed Out – Metropolis
Deputy Editor Stephen Keegan looks at who – and what – to see at the debut Metropolis Festival this weekend Read more…
Features
Understanding Anxiety
“When you’re having a panic attack there are no thoughts, just white noise. Panic and black and white. It’s difficult to look back and remember concrete feelings,” Read more…
Film
Netflix and bills?
With the price of Netflix subscriptions set to rise, what does it mean for viewers? Read more…
Film
A Beginner’s Guide to Robert Zemeckis
Robert Zemeckis is one of Hollywood’s most visionary directors, never afraid to innovate or debut new state-of-the-art technology. You may not recognise his name, but you will certainly know of his work. While he saw Read more…
Features
Rugby: A world in union
Rewind the clock back to 1995, a time that will live long in the history of a nation. A land that was divided by hatred was ultimately united in sport. One man used the Read more…
Opinion
Transgender uniforms will make Ireland an even more open society
Cliona Nic Dhomhnaill talks about plans to introduce transgender uniforms to schools. Read more…
Randoms
Give blood: even with anemia or haemochromatosis
Tapping feet, twiddling thumbs and the all too familiar rattling of cheese and onion Tayto packets are just three of the various components of a blood donation clinic. I’ve been a donor for over two Read more…
Music
Beginner’s Guide to Post Rock
Ailbhe Daly explores the origins of post rock, and the bands that made the genre famous. Read more…
Features
Behind the music
Following Mental Health Week, Sean Looney looks at artists’ approach to mental health in their music. Read more…
Opinion
Sexy costumes shouldn’t be a Halloween essential
In the run up to Halloween, we are bombarded by advertisements for costume shops showcasing what feels like an extensive variation of costumes. There is, however, one stark consistency to the style of these ensembles. While Read more…
News Features
Will criminalisation stop female genital cutting?
For those who do not know, female genital mutilation is a process carried out in which external female genitalia is partially or completely removed. It is more often than not, done without consent or even anaesthetic to girls anywhere from infancy upwards. Read more…
Opinion
SeaWorld – the cruelty behind the ‘entertaining’ spectacle
Imagine being forced to share an apartment with people you don’t know from different cultures for the rest of your life. You wouldn’t be allowed to leave whenever you want and food would be brought Read more…
Books
“The Martian” by Andy Weir
Jordan Kavanagh looks at Andy Weir’s recently adapted novel The Martian Read more…
The Hype
The sorcery of the spoken word at Lingo Festival
Deputy editor Stephen Keegan went along to Lingo Festival to catch American poet Saul Williams spit some bars Read more…
Features
Instagram versus the female nipple
The #FreeTheNipple movement has recently been battling against a very popular app. Instagram has come under great scrutiny for it’s censorship policy which forbids users from posting photos of topless women, in particular their nipples.
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Randoms
Inspirations: Hazel Robb
Most people would probably agree that listing my mother as someone who inspires me is a cliché, but you haven’t met Hazel Robb. Read more…
Features
From cyber stalking to coercive control, abuse has many forms
Women’s Aid, which has been working in Ireland since 1974 have launched a campaign called 2in2u. The campaign is aimed at helping young women in relationships to be aware of what is safe and what is sinister. Read more…
Television
‘I don’t get the reference’: the life of a TV phobe
What happens when you’re the only one not watching the latest small screen hit? Glen Murphy offers advice to readers. Read more…
Television
REVIEW: ‘Scream Queens’
Ryan Murphy’s latest small screen endeavor Scream Queens begins its first season with a series of murders at a sorority house. There’s a murderer on the loose in Kappa Kappa Tau but there’s no shortage of Read more…
Opinion
Should the Private Lives of Politicians stay private?
Lisa O’Donnell discusses whether or not the public put too much of a focus on the personal lives of those in power. Read more…
Features
100 great minds think alike
When Declan Egan created a start-up by the name of 100minds, he couldn’t foresee that it would raise over €400,000 for charity in just over two years. This year he wants to make a million. Read more…
Articles
The Disposable Fashion Generation is crippling the environment
Sarah Magliocco explains why we should be more ethically conscious when purchasing and disposing of clothing. Read more…