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It’s time to talk about porn
[dropcap]Porn:[/dropcap] is it an opiate for sexual urges or a catalyst for gender harassment? Experts say neither – society suggests both.
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Bespoke wheels keep on turning: a student success story
[dropcap]College[/dropcap] is said to be some of the best years of your life, yet its hurdles can be tough considering the responsibility weighing on your shoulders. This may include anything from assignment stress or worrying Read more…
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HPV vaccine can positively impact gay men’s health
[dropcap]L[/dropcap]orcan walked into the Gay Men’s Health Services (GMHS) on Baggot Street in Dublin back in September for his regular STI check. As he entered, he saw a poster on a wall. It was regarding Read more…
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Finding the light in Seasonal Affective Disorder
[dropcap]As[/dropcap] we wind back the clocks for daylight savings, a veil of darkness looms over the frigid winter months. For some, the short cold days are a countdown to Christmas; for others, they’re a reason to Read more…
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My Christmas is bigger than your Christmas
[dropcap]Halloween[/dropcap] is over. As soon as that last firework fizzled into the sky, the sound of bells can be faintly heard jingling in the distance. The shops burn all their spooky gear in a bonfire Read more…
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Contempt of freedom of expression
[dropcap]O[/dropcap]ur constitution guarantees that we have a right to freely express our convictions and opinions.
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Who killed JFK – what will the papers say?
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n 1992 a precedent was set by law which locked away, from prying eyes, thousands of papers in relation to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963.
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Technology – a wireless world
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]ireless technology might not be the utopia you think it is.
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Life after the leaving cert
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he transition from Leaving Cert to college can be formidable and terrifying. It’s especially huge for people who have no experience of living alone or providing for themselves. Should it be such a massive adjustment, Read more…
Health
Celebrities and health – help or hindrance?
[dropcap]L[/dropcap]ady Gaga lies on a sofa, crying in pain as the whole right side of her body goes into spasm. One of her assistants massages her face and holds ice against it.
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A world of our own
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]ccording to French philosopher and journalist Albert Camus, “to be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.” Isn’t that however, one of the fundamentals of being human? That we care? It often seems Read more…
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Burying a life
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]magine if there was a different way we approached death – a different way we approached funerals and burials, something different from what we are so used to now?
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Sacrificial goals: balancing life with college
[dropcap]M[/dropcap]ost college students have things other than college going on in their lives. Whether that’s work or individual interests and hobbies, sometimes life itself can get in the way of fulfilling ones full potential in college. No matter how hard Read more…
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Girls just wanna: female representation at Newstalk
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]ublin based station Newstalk FM, has been deemed a “misogynistic” radio station by an Irish Times columnist due to its lack of female presenters, and the recent firing of a long time female presenter at the Read more…
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Queen of the night
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]here is a certain seediness in leaving the bright sunshine of an early summer evening to disappear inside the whoosh of a door. From the hustle and squeal of traffic on Georges Street, into the icon Read more…
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College loan scheme sows the seed for a viable solution
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]wo weeks ago, thousands of students took to the streets of Dublin with placards in hand and a message for the Taoiseach that made its way out of a cacophony of stomping feet. The message Read more…
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How taxing is an internship
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]hile most of my peers were out at festivals, working in summer camps abroad or travelling around Europe, I spent my summer working in an accountancy, audit and tax firm and I loved it. Though Read more…
Student Life
What I learned by changing course
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]here is no way to prepare someone for university – unless, like me, you take a very expensive trial run. Most students are very young (84 per cent of Leaving Certificate students applied for college places Read more…
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The requiem of life vs celebrity
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]hile scrolling through your social media feed this week what did you see? Were you greeted with the rumours that Kylie Jenner is pregnant or were you greeted with the most recent news coming from Read more…
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Living the bus life
[dropcap]C[/dropcap]ollege life is like no other – gone are the days of being told what to do by parents and teachers, you now have control to do what you want, when you want. But what Read more…
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When it’s life’s blood
[dropcap]B[/dropcap]lood donors are needed each week in Ireland, 3,000 of them, according to Irish Blood Transfusion Services; and blood never goes out of fashion. Only three per cent of the eligible Irish population give Read more…
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Back to the future-ish
Once upon a time, those of us over the age of 27, imagined that by now, we would glide through our daily routines, resplendent in suits of crystal LED’s, attending to life from the noiseless Read more…
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The F word says it all
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he English language is rich with colourful expletives. Being used constantly, they represent the very staple of human emotion, and have been applied variously in the classic and modern English literary canon: from James Joyce’s Read more…
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Trumped by the NFL
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]nother week in the Whitehouse and another controversy surrounds President Trump. This time it’s not with a foreign leader or an A-list Hollywood actress, but one of the biggest sports organisations in the United States: The Read more…
Health
7 hours and fifteen days
[dropcap]M[/dropcap]ental health is, for the most part, a taboo subject and many seem to push it aside and decide to avoid the conversation. Until it’s too late. It isn’t until something drastic occurs that people decide Read more…