Hurling
DCU lose out despite Hogan factor
The DCU senior hurling team were easily dispatched by DIT in their opening game of the season. Read more…
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Gaelic Football
Murphy to captain International Rules side
Paul Earley has chosen former DCU student Michael Murphy as the man who will skipper his team in the upcoming International Rules series against Australia. Read more…
Camogie
Bittersweet September for DCU Camogie stars
A number of DCU students featured in the All-Ireland Camogie Finals in Croke Park last month. Read more…
Rugby
DCU rugby coach confident side will improve on last year
DCU rugby coach, Phil de Barra, says that he is confident his side will perform better this year after a disappointing campaign last year. Read more…
Other Sports
DCU Boxing Club back from the brink
After the recent threat of extinction DCU Boxing Club has come back stronger than ever and is still on the rise. Read more…
Other Sports
DCU Sport claims excellence award for second year running
DCU Sport has won the EIQA National Excellence award for the second year running. Read more…
Sport
McEnaney devastated after crushing All-Ireland defeat
Laura McEnaney reacts to losing the Ladies All-Ireland Senior Football final with Cork. Read more…
Gaelic Football
Cooper reflects on “surreal” All-Ireland victory
DCU student Johnny Cooper reflects on his first All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medal with Dublin. Read more…
Gaelic Football
DCU GAA Academy strikes sponsorship deal
A five-year sponsorship deal has been agreed between the DCU GAA Academy and Bank of Ireland. Read more…
Other Sports
DCU Ultimate Frisbee team competing well at home and abroad
Deputy Sports Editor Ruaidhrí Croke speaks to DCU Ultimate Frisbee captain Brian David Henderson about the sport’s growing popularity and the status quo of one the university’s most active clubs. Read more…
Sport
Camogie and Men’s Soccer honoured at Sports Club Awards
Soccer and Camogie clubs win big at this year’s Sports Club Awards. Read more…
Features
Battles for Sam and Liam on the horizon again
Ben Egan previews the 2013 GAA Championships. Read more…
Sport
Sport Review of the Year 2012/2013
Deputy Sports Editor Eoin Sheahan reviews the year in sport Read more…
Gaelic Football
Cork star Aidan Walsh will ‘be able to return to DCU next year’
Back in September when Cork’s midfield powerhouse Aidan Walsh was starting in his first year in DCU, surely he could not have envisaged the year that lay ahead for him. The P.E and Biology student Read more…
Athletics
Successful year for DCU Sports stars on national stage
DCU has had a great sporting year collegiately but the worldwide sporting landscape has also felt the impact of the college. Inter country GAA, international rugby and world athletics have all been areas where DCU Read more…
Football
5 years of Clap-Trap and more to follow.
A manager does not have to be liked to be successful. On the contrary, many of the touchline predators we canonise hold characteristics akin to a beast: snarling, brooding, ruthless and scaly. Ok, probably not Read more…
GAA
Ten varieties of GAA supporters you are likely to meet this summer.
Over the past fifteen or so years I have travelled the length and breadth of the country, visiting nearly every G.A.A ground and mixing with supporters from nearly every county in Ireland. One thing that Read more…
Articles
Season ends on a high for DCU Ladies G.A.A – DCU 4-10 St Mary’s 2-11
DCU’s Ladies Gaelic football’s second team lifted the Lynch shield after a five point victory over St Mary’s last Thursday evening to end the season on a high. The Dublin side were given a very Read more…
Rugby
Can the Lions become the Wizards of Oz?
This summer rugby fans in the northern and southern hemispheres will be fixated on the Lions’ tour of Australia, where they have not played since losing the test series 2-1 in 2001. At this stage, Read more…
Other Sports
Former DCU student, Cathal Pendred, on the verge of the UFC
On March 9th of this year, DCU graduate, Cathal Pendred, usurped Gael Grimaud as the Cage Warriors Welterweight Champion after a compelling five round battle in front of a sold out crown in London’s HMV Read more…
Other Sports
Final disappointment for DCU teams
Falling at the final hurdle is one of the worst feelings for anyone competing in any sport. To be within touching distance of glory and to have it slip from your grasp can at times Read more…
Football
College View Sport pipped by Radio rivals in Bill O’Herlihy Cup
DCU soccer fans held their breath on Wednesday evening as their college was set to be part of history, when the country’s two best college sides met in the All-Ireland final in Glasnevin. Some of Read more…
Other Sports
DCU Mercy lose out in all Ireland Colleges final to UL
There was disappointment for DCU Mercy last Wednesday as they were beaten by University of Limerick in the all-Ireland Colleges final at the national basketball arena in Tallaght. DCU, who defeated the same UL team Read more…
Gaelic Football
Depleted DCU reach Intermediate final against all the odds – DCU 1-08 UUJ 0-09
DCU faced University of Ulster Jordanstown in the first semi-final of the All-Ireland Intermediate football championship on Wednesday last. With a place in the final up for grabs, the Dublin outfit came out victorious on Read more…
Articles
DCU heart break as Queen’s crowned O’Connor cup champions – QUB 4-10 DCU 1-09
DCU’s Ladies footballer’s season ended in heartbreak after they suffered a harrowing ten point defeat at the hands of Queen’s University Belfast at Waterford IT Sports Campus last Saturday. DCU were appearing in their fourth Read more…