The fortunes of the DCU swimming club have rarely been brighter after they left the recent intervarsities with a bounty of medals. The club claimed seven individual medals and two relay medals spread across a Read more…
For every athlete in every sport, the thrill of representing your country remains the same. No matter the stature of the performer, when a sportsperson talks about representing their nation an unmistakable passion is present. Read more…
Three members of the DCU Sigerson Cup management team were allocated money in the club’s grant allocation in a breach of the Club Life Committee funding policy. The CLC funding policy states that they will Read more…
Former DCU student Fionnuala Britton produced a lightning quick last lap to claim a bronze medal in the women’s 3,000 metre final at the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Gothenburg on Sunday. With one lap Read more…
They are one of the most decorated clubs in DCU, and the Athletics Academy are keen to add more silverware to their trophy cabinet. Already hugely successful, they count athletes such as Brian Gregan and Read more…
DCU Devils make their bid for a league final spot when they meet Waterford IT in the penultimate round today. Team captain Clara McDonald said that all involved are firmly focused on the prize at Read more…
DCU experienced mixed fortunes at the recent Equestrian Intervarsities at UCD. The club sent a four-person team consisting of Rob Sheridan, Alex Donohoe, Colm Fitzpatrick and team captain Niamh Higgins. Second year Business student Sheridan Read more…
A superb performance from the DCU Fresher Football team saw the side run out one-point winners over city rivals UCD in the All-Ireland final on Thursday last. Manager Ross Munnelly expressed his delighted following the Read more…
Achieving the two-in-a-row of Purcell Cups has put DCU firmly on the camogie map and yet the powers-that-be continue to put obstacles in front of their Ashbourne dream. Eoghan Cormican sits down with three girls Read more…
The rugby season ended for the DCU first team last Wednesday with a 27-10 loss to Waterford IT at the quarter-final stage of the All Ireland competition. The DCU team never really got going this Read more…
Naturally, the Fresher A outfit was the GAA team that received most of the attention last week, after getting revenge on their city rivals UCD in the All-Ireland final. However, one of the factors that Read more…
As UCD were winning the Collingwood Cup for a record 35th time – their fifth title in the last seven years – by beating UCC 1-0, a dejected DCU squad were on a coach travelling Read more…
The DCU Ladies Senior Football team were in O’Connor Cup action last Thursday, as they travelled to Galway to face NUIG. The match resulted in an 8-point triumph for DCU but it wasn’t a walk Read more…
In a game as tight as this was, the margin for error is miniscule; neither side can afford to blink for fear of the one small slip that could have devastating repercussions. This also applies Read more…
By the end of today, day two of the 99th Collingwood Cup, all four quarter-finals will have been decided and the list of potential winners will have once more been cut in half. In the Read more…
It was a case of déjà vu for DCU this afternoon; for the second time in less than a week Stephen Traynor scored the winning goal in extra time. However, today, the goal, which was Read more…
One of the most overused buzz words in team sports, particularly during tournaments, is momentum; an essential prerequisite for success, although at times difficult to define. For DCU, their momentum, which has been building since Read more…
Stephen Traynor’s winner deep in extra time sealed DCU’s place in their first ever CUFL final, after an epic battle with champions, IT Carlow, which rested on a knife edge from start to finish. It Read more…
On a day of high drama, a late goal from Caitriona Regan proved the defining strike as DCU completed the two-in-a-row of camogie championships. Trailing by the minimum entering the closing stages, Regan pounced for Read more…
There was more heartbreak for DCU last Tuesday as they were on the receiving end of a heavy defeat to a Seamus Callanan inspired LIT. The loss brings the curtain down on another disappointing year Read more…
Four DCU men were involved in creating history on Saturday, as they helped Ballymun Kickhams advance to a first ever All-Ireland Club final. The North Dublin club were hugely impressive as they marched on with Read more…
Last week was the most significant week for DCU hurling in a long time. With the senior side facing what was virtually a play-off for a quarter-final spot in this year’s Fitzgibbon Cup and the Read more…
Once upon a time, DCU’s Canoe and Kayaking Club ruled the waters. The college attracted the top “paddlers” (the industry term for those who take to the water in the small plastic vessels) from around Read more…
After a winter break, a walkover and a postponement, the DCU first team finally got to take their second semester bow last Wednesday. NUI Maynooth were the opponents and while DCU were defeated 35-25, there Read more…
The DCU players, at this stage, must be well accustomed to being referred to as underdogs. Much like against IT Letterkenny three weeks ago and UCD all the way back in October, there are very Read more…