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DCU paves the future in artificial intelligence
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]rtificial intelligence (AI) is a phrase that has been around over 50 years but only now is it taking precedence all over the world.
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Bless me Father, for I have sinned
[dropcap]O[/dropcap]n October 26th, Irish citizens voted to remove blasphemy from article 40 of the Constitution. This means that the government will revoke the law which made it illegal to say something that is offensive to Read more…
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Ireland’s darkest hour
There is a stark difference between her experience and her daughter’s Read more…
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Keeping up with the times
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he consensus about whether or not the Catholic Church in Ireland has had a good year depends very much on who you ask.
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Risky business
Shame, sex and promiscuity- the oldest profession in the world thrives in glamorous brothels, red light districts and dodgy alleyways.
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The deep dangers of a wide social media presence
The nature of your data and messages can cause danger regardless of expected reach or social media following. Read more…
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Learning the difference between a no and a maybe
As if sex, the most natural thing that brings both genders together, is something that needs to be discussed in segregations Read more…
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A bed, a bathroom and an empty bank account
Nothing is safe unless you have money to burn at this stage. Read more…
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Teaching on a prayer
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]t’s strange looking back on religion classes during the junior cycle. Classes were considered somewhat of a farce by fellow students, a class where you could sit back and relax and not worry about the Read more…
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Young people pave the streets of tomorrow
Students are causing quite the political storm worldwide Read more…
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Could Cambridge influence the 8th?
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]hen social media drives the agenda of campaigns to support worthwhile charities, like the ‘no make up selfie’ for cancer, or the ‘ice bucket challenge’ for ALS, the reaction from the masses is generally one Read more…
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Snow one gets left behind
[dropcap]H[/dropcap]er name was Emma, and though she came as a shock for Ireland , delivering snow and curtailing progress, she will be remembered by many, as the storm that let us out to play.
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Bridging the gender pay gap – start with childcare.
[dropcap]G[/dropcap]ender pay gaps do little to address equality, and according to a Fianna Fáil Senator progress will not be made in Ireland until the current childcare crisis is addressed.
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Waltons – Then the music ended
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]hen the South Great Georges Street branch of music retailer Waltons closed on Monday 19th, after almost thirty years in business, the move hit some particularly close to home. “Personally, I feel pretty disappointed” former Read more…
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Can EU’s new data regulation put an end to social media defiance?
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]ith two months ticked off the calendar, 2018 has been a whirlwind for social media. Facebook oversaw various changes to their algorithm and an overhaul in their employee operations as a result of the upcoming Read more…
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Permission required – sexual harassment needs to stop
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n the wake of claims of sexual harassment in Cambridge university, a number of Irish students have come forward with stories of sexual assault and harassment, experienced in Irish universities.
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Grooming – the dark channels of cyber deviancy
[dropcap]G[/dropcap]rooming is the common term used to explain how a sexual predator draws a child into their trust, with the core objective; to meet the child in the real world to commit sexual abuse.
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The future of Europe will need a united front
[dropcap]On[/dropcap] the 23rd of June 2016, there was a seismic change that reverberated throughout the continent of Europe. Social media was flooded with responses of shock and, in some cases, outrage at the results of Read more…
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How two students took the journalism world by storm
[dropcap]It [/dropcap] all started six months ago, in a living room in Dublin. André Bastié needed to transcribe twelve interviews for an academic research project on Social Entrepreneurship for his masters in e-commerce in DCU. Read more…
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Our students’ unions are losing their sense of identity
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]here was an empty silence in the halls of the Henry Grattan building on the evening of 8th November. The lecture halls had been cleared out and the only solitary sounds were the shuffling of feet Read more…
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Online gambling can negatively affect students
[dropcap]There[/dropcap] was a pungent stench of weed, cigarettes and stale alcohol that clouded the air of the small room. Excited chatter and electronic music pulsated throughout the empty space while the gyrating bodies were getting Read more…
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Who killed JFK – what will the papers say?
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n 1992 a precedent was set by law which locked away, from prying eyes, thousands of papers in relation to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963.
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Back to the future-ish
Once upon a time, those of us over the age of 27, imagined that by now, we would glide through our daily routines, resplendent in suits of crystal LED’s, attending to life from the noiseless Read more…
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X and the giant Apple
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]f man and machine lived harmoniously in perfect co-existence, Apple would be its all-nurturing Biblical force – assuming the role of guardian over the bliss artificial utopia. An A11 bionic chip, True Tone display and Read more…
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I am not to blame
[dropcap]R[/dropcap]ape. It’s a tiny word that contains so much emotion, violence, destruction and devastation. It means, by it’s dictionary definition; to plunder, to strip bare of resources, to sexually assault. There is no question of Read more…