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“It’s a Brothel. I’ll end you.”
“Ireland has a long negative history when it comes to sex, sexuality, the body, and women.” Read more…
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The rise of student podcasts and how they are made
“If you just keep going, eventually you’ll get somewhere.” Read more…
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Cancel culture and the “be kind” movement can’t co-exist
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]oon after the tragic news of TV presenter, Caroline Flack’s death people flooded social media with the message ‘Be Kind’. T-shirts, phone cases and endless quotes were made, shared and bought.
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Empty houses, isolation and guilt: the reality for student nurses during Covid-19
Jamie Mc Carron speaks to the pandemic’s student nurses, struggling with troubling memories, isolation and a constant fear of infection. Read more…
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“There’s a massive culture of harassment but it’s not just sexual,”- Ex Young Greens Chairperson speaks out against misogyny.
After years in the Green Party, and having risen to Chairperson of it’s youth wing, Tara Gilsenan felt the need to resign after allegations of sexual harassment went unheeded. Read more…
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From part time job to front-line position
In unprecedented and often scary times, the bravery of ordinary members of our society has become a source of light and hope in a world dominated by bleak news bulletins and stark health warnings.
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Gluten; Don’t grain on my parade
[dropcap][/dropcap]A recent survey conducted by Safefood revealed that 92 per cent of consumers of gluten products did not have a gluten related disorder or coeliac disease.
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The true cost of Graduate Entry Medicine
“I received top marks in the Christmas exams and having to drop out due to something as arbitrary as money infuriates me.” Read more…
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Students look back on one year of online learning
This month marks a year since students across Ireland began online learning. We all thought we were getting two weeks off college; little did we realise that if we fast forward to 2021, we would still be in the same situation. Read more…
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A look back at John Horan’s historic final year as GAA President
“I think in a strange way the empty stadium brought a kind of silence around the place. If there was a full stadium you would have still gotten that silence, but the Saturday evening and the darkness certainly did add to the occasion” Read more…
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Gender identity in lockdown
“Ireland isn’t as progressive as people like to like to think it is.” Read more…
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Air pollution has a lasting damaging effect on public health while speeding up climate change
[dropcap]E[/dropcap]very evening, as the sky turns dark and the wind becomes bitter, Jenny looks out of her living room window to see her son playing outside. She knows he will have to come inside sooner Read more…
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“Social media companies have a massive responsibility in all of this,”: How Ireland plans to stop online female-targeted sexism in new legislation
The Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill, which was published by the government in January 2020, proposes an Online Safety Commissioner as part of a wider Media Commission to impose strict online safety codes to “tackle the availability of harmful content”. Read more…
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Maynooth graduate encourages students to expand their horizons
Luke Joyce established his own premium cleaning company when he realised he didn’t want to be “just another one of thousands” in a big corporation. Read more…
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Journalists need to ask hard questions to get answers
“The Principles and purpose of journalism are defined by something more basic: The functions news plays in the lives of people”, written by American journalists Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel in The Elements of journalism. Read more…
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Student nurses deserve more than just a round of applause
On several occasions we have stood on our doorsteps and applauded the frontline workers, as they deserved it but now they also deserved to be paid. Read more…
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Methadone clinic users still face stigma almost two decades on
Methadone clinics have been in Ireland since 1998. Their patients are still facing the same stigma as those who attended the clinics 22 years ago. Read more…
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Methadone clinic patients still face stigma two decades on
The Methadone Treatment Protocol (MTP) has been in Ireland since 1998. The patients of these methadone clinics are still facing the same stigma as those who attended the clinics 22 years ago.
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How students are adapting to online learning during the pandemic
Students across the country have had to adapt to learning online this year due to COVID 19. Read more…
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Online charity shop launched by former DCU student
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]ormer DCU student, Rónán Ó Dálaigh developed the idea for the company Thriftify when he found a book he needed for college in a charity shop for €1.
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The lingering effects of ‘long covid’
Some people with Covid-19 will have symptoms that linger or recur for weeks or months after their initial recovery, this is known as long covid. Read more…
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Black History Month: A significant year to celebrate Black History
The rise of the Black Lives Matter movement during the summer of 2020, has shown the world the reality of racism and police brutality towards people of colour, especially in countries that claim they hold ’equality’. Read more…
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The stranded Leaving Cert class of 2020
Thousands of Leaving Cert students we left with nothing to commemorate the end of this phase of their life as they embark on a new one. Read more…
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The USI’s #EducationForAll campaign
The USI launched the #EducationForAll campaign in hope of highlighting students who have past and present issues with the high cost of student fees and accommodation. Read more…
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Anti-mask protests in Ireland begin to grow violent
A series of anti-mask protests have taken place across the country, in an effort to stop the government from legally mandating face coverings. Read more…
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