Author: CV Features
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Grooming – the dark channels of cyber deviancy
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Grooming is the common term used to explain how a sexual predator draws a child into their trust,…
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Re-opening the old wounds of the Kerry Babies scandal
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When ‘Official Ireland’ was a land of saints and scholars where contraception and divorce were illegal, the Kerry…
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Meet the athletes making a racket on the court
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Every Monday evening from outside the National Tennis Centre in DCU, you can hear shouts of encouragement, instructions…
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Food tech and the search for disease cures: how one company is unlocking food’s hidden potential
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We are what we eat. Or so goes the popular adage. In no other circumstance is this more…
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Protestors are demanding that Ireland transitions with the times
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Ireland has blazed a trail when it comes to the advancement of LGBT+ rights. The referendum passed in…
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No Room at the Inn – student accommodation woes
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Sprawled out across a damp second-hand mattress in a dimly-lit sitting room littered with beer cans and left-over…
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Painting by numbers: Why is Modern Art so Expensive?
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Buying art has never been a cheap deal and is mostly considered to be a pastime for the…
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Mark Little and the Neva ending story
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The first rule of journalism has always been verification. If the story isn’t true, then it isn’t a…
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Zen and the art of garden maintenance
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As you walk into DCU’s community garden, tucked away in a corner behind the library, the sounds of…
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No good time for goodbye
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Darkness does not discriminate. Few people are bypassed when dire possibility and self-doubt eradicate even the faintest glimmer of…
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A balance of religion
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“Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name,” is forever ingrained in the minds of any young person…
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Cash in on the lash
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A21 year old eyelash technician and entrepreneur has brought her booming beauty business to the DCU Glasnevin campus.
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Our students’ unions are losing their sense of identity
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There was an empty silence in the halls of the Henry Grattan building on the evening of 8th November.…
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Bespoke wheels keep on turning: a student success story
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College is said to be some of the best years of your life, yet its hurdles can be…
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HPV vaccine can positively impact gay men’s health
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Lorcan walked into the Gay Men’s Health Services (GMHS) on Baggot Street in Dublin back in September for…
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Finding the light in Seasonal Affective Disorder
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As we wind back the clocks for daylight savings, a veil of darkness looms over the frigid winter months.…
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My Christmas is bigger than your Christmas
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Halloween is over. As soon as that last firework fizzled into the sky, the sound of bells can…
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Who killed JFK – what will the papers say?
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In 1992 a precedent was set by law which locked away, from prying eyes, thousands of papers in relation to the…
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Life after the leaving cert
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The transition from Leaving Cert to college can be formidable and terrifying. It’s especially huge for people who…
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Celebrities and health – help or hindrance?
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Lady Gaga lies on a sofa, crying in pain as the whole right side of her body goes…
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A world of our own
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According to French philosopher and journalist Albert Camus, “to be happy, we must not be too concerned with…
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Burying a life
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Imagine if there was a different way we approached death – a different way we approached funerals and…