DCU has a couple of sports where excellence is a given. The GAA and Athletics programs are nationally regarded breeding grounds that provide premium talent to the Irish sporting conveyor belt. But amidst the Sigerson Read more…
Nollaig uaigneach a bheas ann do go leor teaghlaigh Éireannacha i mbliana. Ní bás nó ganntanas airgid a bheas i gceist do go leor ach uaigneas agus easpa comhluadar mar gheall ar an imirce ar Read more…
Luke Reilly and Eimear Shannon run down the things that have provided them with joy‒ maximum joy. @Pontifex Do you feel that sometimes you pray to God and he just doesn’t answer? How would you Read more…
The DCU soccer team have been drawn against IT Letterkenny and the University of Ulster Magee in the CUFL Premier Division quarter-final and the first round of the Collingwood Cup respectively. When the draw for Read more…
The Church of Ireland College of Education (CICE) which was originally meant to join with Trinity College Dublin will now link with Dublin City University instead. This is part of a plan by Minister for Education Read more…
Researchers in NUI Maynooth’s biology department have joined forces with the University of Chicago in producing breakthrough research in the search for a cancer cure. Dr Gary Jones and Dr Naushaba Hasin of NUIM’s Yeast Read more…
The Twelve Pubs of Christmas has become a staple event on most students Christmas calendar. It is both a mental and physical challenge for the even the most hardened of drinkers. The following is a Read more…
David Ayer, screenwriter of 2001’s Training Day, has a history of making cop movies. You might be forgiven for cringing internally at the prospect of yet another film about rogue cops cleaning up the mean Read more…
Eggs were thrown at Taoiseach Enda Kenny when he was in UCD to open the new Centre and Sports Complex on November 29th. Two eggs were thrown in protest at his invitation to the event Read more…
Do you check the prices of goods online before going into the shop to look, touch and feel the item and then proceed home to click ‘buy’ on your computer screen? Are you an addicted Read more…
We have all heard the phrase “Manners Maketh the Man” but is it really true? In a world of internet abbreviations and anonymity how important are manners? Humans are a social species designed to live Read more…
Nandos: the perfect student restaurant for when you need a break from the chicken rolls, McDonalds and Burger Kings but still don’t want to make an effort or spend a lot of money. It is Read more…
Adam Higgins, Deputy News Editor [ @Adam_Higgins27] Best album: Jack White’s first solo effort Blunderbuss. Song of the year: It’s a tough one but I’m gonna go with Kodaline’s “All I Want”. Best film: Looper. Read more…
I must admit that I actively try to dislike anyone who has come through the X Factor (with Jedward being my case and point). However no matter how hard I try I can’t help but Read more…
Guts and talent, but mostly guts. Those were the overriding factors that carried Fionnuala Britton to a second successive European Cross-County title, the first ever female athlete to achieve such a feat. And given that Read more…
Identifying the sports in DCU that are driven by scholarship programs is an effortless task – for not only do they dominate the college’s landscape, they are fortresses revered across the country. Moulded from nothing, Read more…
1. Old ladies. Between the staff and the patrons, a healthy proportion of charity shop folk are (generally) cute old ladies. For the most part, they will be so delighted to see someone young that Read more…
1. A Lomography camera. Instagram or even apps in general are probably becoming too mainstream now, so they’ll need to revert back to something more retro. The ultimate hipster travel buddy, Lomography enthusiasts must be Read more…
Everyone knows Ke$ha loves to party, but it seems there is a lot more to the glitter and Jack Daniels enthusiast. With the release of her new album Warrior, the singer who was initially expected Read more…
‘Tis the season to be jolly, and of course, dress up for said jolliness. The one time of year when we can channel our inner Anna Dello Russo (editor of Vogue Japan, queen of crazy Read more…
Women’s rugby scholarships in DCU aren’t as well publicised as the men’s, believes Club Captain Clara McDonald. “DCU women’s rugby scholarships aren’t widely publicized. No one is really to blame for it and we just Read more…
Fourteen-time Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and producer, New York Times best-selling author, entrepreneur and humanitarian, Alicia Keys has just released her highly anticipated fifth studio album, Girl On Fire. The title track and first single released Read more…
At the end of last season the DCU soccer team were reflecting on yet another disappointing College and Universities Football League campaign and an equally deflating showing in the Collingwood Cup. Fast-forward nine months, and Read more…
Queen’s University Belfast was the venue for last month’s National Tetrathlon Intervarsities, where DCU Equestrian Club had two teams competing. The tetrathlon consists of four phases of competition: shooting, swimming, riding and running. Although many Read more…
In Bruges filmmaker Martin McDonagh has once again teamed up with Colin Farrell to make a movie that has to be seen to be believed. Farrell plays a struggling Irish screenwriter named Marty who is Read more…