In the run up to Halloween, we are bombarded by advertisements for costume shops showcasing what feels like an extensive variation of costumes. There is, however, one stark consistency to the style of these ensembles. While Read more…
Imagine being forced to share an apartment with people you don’t know from different cultures for the rest of your life. You wouldn’t be allowed to leave whenever you want and food would be brought Read more…
Lisa O’Donnell discusses whether or not the public put too much of a focus on the personal lives of those in power. Read more…
Sarah Magliocco explains why we should be more ethically conscious when purchasing and disposing of clothing. Read more…
Rebecca Keane argues that tattoos and piercings should never be used as an excuse to dismiss employees from the workplace. Read more…
Ryan McBride discusses whether or not reverse voting would be a suitable alternative to our current voting system. Read more…
Following the ban of Native American headdresses at many music festivals this summer, Lisa O’Donnell looks into the debate on cultural appropriation. Read more…
Sean Cassidy responds to Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s recent comments that he will not commit to repealing the 8th amendment if Fine Gael return to government. Read more…
As over 50,000 students opened their Leaving Certificate results yesterday, Ryan McBride discusses why he thinks the exams put too much of an emphasis on Maths. Read more…
Aidan Delaney takls about the challenges men face when approaching a girl in a nightclub Read more…
Leandro Pondoc discusses whether new political parties will ever overcome the power of Fine Gael and Fianna Fail. Read more…
Cliona Nic Dhomhnaill explains why she thinks the French laws in place to combat eating disorders are severely flawed. Read more…
The attempt to build a more politically knowledgeable and active student body is a positive movement. Yet more often than not, it is portrayed as the opposite. This opposition is rarely based on solid argument, Read more…
Posing elegantly in the banquet hall of the Odd Fellows Mansion, Copenhagen, hand placed confidently on her hip and dressed in a floor length black gown, 20-year-old student Nikita Klæstrup instantly grasped the attention of Read more…
“Ah, I just don’t like to get feelings for anyone so… when I start to – I’m gone.”
For the last few years, many students have been doing what they can to influence the outcome of the Marriage Equality referendum.
The typical night out for a girl, from a guy’s point of view, may go a little something like this:
This year, National Eating Disorders Awareness Week ran from Monday, February 23rd to Sunday, March 1st. Eating Disorders Awareness Week provides the opportunity to raise awareness and an understanding of eating disorders, while challenging greatly Read more…
Men too face pressure regarding how they look says Odran De Bhaldraithe Read more…
Being gay shouldn’t define a whole persons character – its just one part of who they are says Christine Allen. Read more…
Forget Netflix or the written word, audio entertainment is where it’s at says Sharron Lynskey Read more…
The realisation that staff at my local Chinese takeaway now have my address memorised invokes an instant sense of shame. However, it’s quickly displaced with thoughts of finding change for the deliveryman’s tip.
Not much has changed since the millennium when Trent Reznor’s Nine Inch Nails epic tune, ‘Starf**kers’ emerged.
Despite growing up and seeing only heterosexual relationships and religious women who were comfortable with playing the part of devoted mother and housewife, the idea of following a similar path never appealed to me.
Aaron Gallagher looks at lectures as a learning method and asks whether students are really getting their moneys worth with this medium of teaching. Read more…