Features
The true cost of Graduate Entry Medicine
“I received top marks in the Christmas exams and having to drop out due to something as arbitrary as money infuriates me.” Read more…
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A look back at John Horan’s historic final year as GAA President
“I think in a strange way the empty stadium brought a kind of silence around the place. If there was a full stadium you would have still gotten that silence, but the Saturday evening and the darkness certainly did add to the occasion” Read more…
Features
Gender identity in lockdown
“Ireland isn’t as progressive as people like to like to think it is.” Read more…
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Air pollution has a lasting damaging effect on public health while speeding up climate change
[dropcap]E[/dropcap]very evening, as the sky turns dark and the wind becomes bitter, Jenny looks out of her living room window to see her son playing outside. She knows he will have to come inside sooner Read more…
DCU News
DCU collaborating on videos with the GAA to keep children active
DCU and the GAA team have teamed up to launch a video series aimed at keeping primary school children physically active during Covid-19. Read more…
Features
Maynooth graduate encourages students to expand their horizons
Luke Joyce established his own premium cleaning company when he realised he didn’t want to be “just another one of thousands” in a big corporation. Read more…
Opinion
The toxic TikTok diet culture needs to stop
Many of the #WhatIEatinADay videos on TikTok set out an unrealistic expectation of how we should be losing weight. Read more…
Lifestyle
How Brexit has changed how we shop online
With all the closures, online shopping has taken over our lives. When Brexit kicked in it completely changed how we shop online as it brought extra charges and waiting times. Read more…
News
Rise in Covid-19 cases among Irish students
Covid-19 cases have spike among the Irish student population, with a total of 135 cases confirmed in NUIG and GMIT earlier this month. Read more…
Lifestyle
Why you should continue to cut back on your alcohol intake
For many, the first month of the year is known as dry January where people don’t drink any alcohol throughout the month. Read more…
Features
The women of Irish university politics
The University experience for Irish women has progressed drastically over the past century.
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Face masks, pods and nappies – The life of an essential early years educator
93 per cent of Early Years educators say they will leave the sector in five years’ time if things don’t improve.
Features
EllaVerbs – the language learning app with DCU origins
Many entering the hallowed halls of the Helix on their very first day in DCU, may dream of meeting a significant other over goujons in NuBar, or at least establish a serious library relationship before Read more…
Features
A look back on Ireland’s response to Covid-19
We are almost one month into 2021, and Ireland’s relationship with Covid-19 has been nothing short of tumultuous.
Features
DCU Tea Instagram account run by teen thousands of miles away.
“I thought, why not make one?” the once hidden figure behind a DCU confessions page reveals, from a place many miles from Glasnevin.
Articles
Student nurses deserve more than just a round of applause
On several occasions we have stood on our doorsteps and applauded the frontline workers, as they deserved it but now they also deserved to be paid. Read more…
Features
Methadone clinic users still face stigma almost two decades on
Methadone clinics have been in Ireland since 1998. Their patients are still facing the same stigma as those who attended the clinics 22 years ago. Read more…
Lifestyle
Using Feng Shui to attract positivity in your home
Feng Shui enables you to change the placement of your belongings to welcome harmony and a natural flow of positive energy. Read more…
Features
Methadone clinic patients still face stigma two decades on
The Methadone Treatment Protocol (MTP) has been in Ireland since 1998. The patients of these methadone clinics are still facing the same stigma as those who attended the clinics 22 years ago.
News
Simon Harris confirms additional €15million allocated to higher education
Simon Harris TD, confirmed that an additional €15 million is to be given to higher education institutions for capital works and equipment. Read more…
Features
Dark days and dark minds – Gym owners protest closures under Level 5
With a 6-week lockdown in Ireland, gyms have shut to many owner’s and participant’s disapproval.
Features
Why it really is a dog’s life during lockdown
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]hile the pandemic has affected almost every aspect of human life imaginable, the impact it may have had on our furry friends is less obvious.
Features
Online charity shop launched by former DCU student
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]ormer DCU student, Rónán Ó Dálaigh developed the idea for the company Thriftify when he found a book he needed for college in a charity shop for €1.
Articles
The lingering effects of ‘long covid’
Some people with Covid-19 will have symptoms that linger or recur for weeks or months after their initial recovery, this is known as long covid. Read more…
Books
“The Haunting of Bly Manor” tells a chilling love story
While this is a horror series, this particular season takes on a dramatic yet chilling love story that even those who can’t stand horror could enjoy. Read more…