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RG receives a mix of emotions from 80,000 fans on Home Debut
5:45p.m on October 12th, where else would you rather be than in Croke Park in North County Dublin watching history repeat itself 15 years on?
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The Top Ten Films You NEED TO Watch This Halloween
With Halloween coming up, I thought it would be a good idea as a film connoisseur to give you a little idea of what to watch whilst panned out on the couch, gorging yourself on Read more…
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Katie O’Shaughnessy & Leonor Selas Amaral to lead The College View for Academic Year
This year’s editorial board of The College View will be led by Katie O’Shaughnessy & Leonor Selas Amaral. Read more…
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The Hidden Cost of Technology for Students
College is not easy. It’s academically rigorous, socially demanding, and certainly economically challenging, but it’s an utter privilege to be there. Okay, perhaps socially demanding is a stretch—the multiple nights out a week aren’t particularly stressful! But what’s not a stretch is the financial pressure that students and their parents are put through. Read more…
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Relationships to Roommates: Navigating College Life
Starting college as a fresh 18-year-old, being thrown straight out of the most stressful exams of your adolescence life can be very daunting. Everyone tells you how life is flying by and that you’re “really grown up now”, (trust me this was my least favourite thing to hear). You get older, you make new friends and the people you grow up with aren’t the ones you see every day to talk about PE at lunch. Read more…
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MPS ELECTS A NEW COMMITTEE FOR THE 2024/2025 SEASON
On Monday, the 15th of April 2024, DCU’s Media Production Society saw the election of a brand-new committee for the 2024/2025 academic year. After many speeches, questions, votes, and smiles, a new committee has finally Read more…
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Simon Harris is set to become Ireland’s youngest ever Taoiseach: But do students care?
At the age of 37, Simon Harris is set to become our youngest ever Taoiseach after being appointed party leader of Fine Gael without opposition. The Wicklow native entered the world of politics at only Read more…
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Live Results: 2024 DCUSU Election
15:15 – The quota has officially been hit & a new student union will be elected at 4pm today. 16:06 – The announcement is running late but the steps are incredibly busy with supporters. Most Read more…
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DCU Students Call for a Ceasefire in Palestine
At 12pm on Wednesday the 20th of March DCU staff and students vacated classrooms in their droves in order to take part in the walkout in solidarity with the Palestinian people. The walk out, that Read more…
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Day One on the Campaign Trail
The second round of Student Union voting started with a bang, as the U building was flooded with colourful campaigning. Following last month’s failed bid to elect a new student government, past candidates have made Read more…
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IPSC supports Seanad motion to sanction Apartheid Israel
The Irish-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC), gathered in support of a Seanad motion to sanction Israel at Leinster House last night. The motion calls for real comprehensive sanctions against Apartheid Israel, the implementation of the Occupied Read more…
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[OPINION] A sign of consent against silence
Protests serve as the pulse of a society, beating to the rhythm of outrage and the demand for justice. In the country I once called home, marching for change was treated as a rebellious act, Read more…
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“I grew up in the rugby club. Running around the bar, running around the pitches, just being there. It was always part of our life growing up.”
Aoife Clarke recently took up her role as the new IRFU Director of Communications. In this interview she speaks about her career with Lidl Ireland and what she wants to achieve. Aoife and I sat Read more…
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Government ‘failed completely’ to protect hospitality workers from ‘rife’ abuse
The strikedown of the Joint Labour Committee is having lasting effects on the hospitality industry, with opposition parties waiting to see “real action” from the government. Opposition parties and trade unions are calling out the Read more…
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Signing off…
I still remember my first interview that I ever conducted. It was back in the depths of Ireland’s second lockdown during Autumn 2020. I interviewed Alicia O’Sullivan, the then-Education Officer of the Irish Second Level Read more…
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The potential sterile threat posed by Artificial Intelligence
While the threats of artificial intelligence (AI) have been illustrated and proposed primarily through fictional media and literature, the fast development of artifices like chatbots, voice cloning, and fabricated images and videos, also known as Read more…
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Navy Blue’s ‘Ways of Knowing’ Review – An Exercise in Growth.
Model, skater, artist. Sage Elsesser can do it all. Yet, in ‘Ways of Knowing’, Sage ignores his achievements and focuses on his family and growth. Read more…
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The “Bully” blocker: Christine O’Mahony claims DCUSU colleagues bullied her
VP O’Mahony made claims to The College View and on her social media that she was the subject of bullying during her time on the DCUSU. Read more…
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DCU votes for NUIG’s Gujulla to be USI President
Sai Gujulla of NUI Galway has been chosen by DCU students to be the next President of the Union of Students in Ireland (USI). The vote was opened last night following the hustings of candidates Read more…
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Will Ireland be able to handle the impending end on eviction bans in the midst of a crippling Housing crisis?
The eviction ban imposed in Ireland last October will finally be lifted on April 1, 2023. However, with this ban being lifted, there are far more complications and consequences set to occur, consequences that are Read more…
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Temporary eviction ban set to expire
The government will not extend the temporary eviction ban after March 31 setting them on a collision course with opposition parties as housing remains a hot-button issue and political football. Sinn Féin will table a Read more…
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What will a streaming service levy accomplish in Ireland?
The proposals for a ‘content’ levy by the government and various Irish entertainment groups are intent on increasing funding for the Irish film and television industry through collecting funds from already existing international streaming providers. This Read more…
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Are Irish people angry enough about reports of animal cruelty?
Dogs Trust Ireland’s announcement suggests an indifference to animal welfare in Ireland. Last month’s article in The College View talked about the announcement by dog welfare charity Dogs Trust Ireland of 394 requests to take Read more…
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Christy Burke: ‘it’s the same story from 40 years ago and nothing has changed’
Councillor incensed by long-term inaction as Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs to commence next month With notable irritation in his voice, Dublin City Councillor and former Lord Mayor of Dublin Christy Burke lays bare to me Read more…