Author: CV Features
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Sacrificial goals: balancing life with college
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Most college students have things other than college going on in their lives. Whether that’s work or individual interests and…
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Girls just wanna: female representation at Newstalk
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Dublin based station Newstalk FM, has been deemed a “misogynistic” radio station by an Irish Times columnist due to…
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Queen of the night
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There is a certain seediness in leaving the bright sunshine of an early summer evening to disappear inside…
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College loan scheme sows the seed for a viable solution
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Two weeks ago, thousands of students took to the streets of Dublin with placards in hand and a…
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How taxing is an internship
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While most of my peers were out at festivals, working in summer camps abroad or travelling around Europe,…
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What I learned by changing course
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There is no way to prepare someone for university – unless, like me, you take a very expensive…
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The requiem of life vs celebrity
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While scrolling through your social media feed this week what did you see? Were you greeted with the…
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Living the bus life
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College life is like no other – gone are the days of being told what to do by…
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When it’s life’s blood
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Blood donors are needed each week in Ireland, 3,000 of them, according to Irish Blood Transfusion Services; and…
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Back to the future-ish
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Once upon a time, those of us over the age of 27, imagined that by now, we would…
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The F word says it all
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The English language is rich with colourful expletives. Being used constantly, they represent the very staple of human…
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Trumped by the NFL
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Another week in the Whitehouse and another controversy surrounds President Trump. This time it’s not with a foreign leader…
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7 hours and fifteen days
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Mental health is, for the most part, a taboo subject and many seem to push it aside and…
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X and the giant Apple
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If man and machine lived harmoniously in perfect co-existence, Apple would be its all-nurturing Biblical force – assuming…
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I am not to blame
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Rape. It’s a tiny word that contains so much emotion, violence, destruction and devastation. It means, by it’s…
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Feeding the fire
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As long as there are studies, there will be conflicting advice. A glass of wine is good for…
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A quirky guide to Dublin
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Sometimes it’s the things we take for granted which surprise us the most, and our fair city of Dublin…
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Smoking mirrors
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Iconic movie legends of the 1940s and 50s were the trend setters of their day. In a time…
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The last good, Good Friday
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Bibi Drumm, lifetime parish member and a devout Catholic, sits down in her compact living room, leaning her…
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Love letters
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Letter writing is a concept often idealised and romanticised. Once a useful way of talking to people, does…
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Counter moves
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An overwhelmingly uncrowded lecture hall on an overcast afternoon, is the location for the deceptively explosive talk by Dr Claire…
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Planes, trains and automobiles
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Paris, Westminster, Brussels, Stockholm, Nice, Berlin – all cities that have suffered in the past few years at…
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Postcards from abroad
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The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there…
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Hiking: the hazardous hobby
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Last month, the High Court overruled a decision for the National Parks and Wildlife Service to pay out…
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Are arts degrees a waste of time?
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As University College Dublin (UCD) announce a huge overhaul of all of their arts courses, in an effort…