Does anyone remember the Leaving Certificate? It seems so insignificant now, doesn’t it? The stress, trials and tribulations to get the points just fade into the present day struggle to get that assignment in on Read more…
Though a handful of athletes moulded by DCU’s Athletics Academy represented Ireland at the recent Olympics, Director Enda Fitzpatrick laments those who were not afforded the chance to compete. In 2004, not one track and Read more…
Business students have expressed their unhappiness with the 12-month DCU INTRA placement programme, in which they work full-time for a company in a related field. The most common complaint was having to pay the full Read more…
Men of DCU, it is that time of year again, so put away your razors and start rooting out your miniature combs, because we have now entered November and it is time to get a Read more…
Quite often, Facebook feeds reference a little-known show called Community, praising its quirky style, clamouring for its survival in the competitive world of U.S. network television and dismissing the top brass at its American distributor Read more…
Musician Emeli Sandé has joined a star-studded list as she has been presented with the James Joyce Award from the Literary and Historical Society at University College Dublin. The Scottish singer-songwriter has been honoured for Read more…
Seven Gaelic Players Association (GPA) hurlers and footballers received a Diploma in Professional Selling from Business Training Solutions International (BTSI) after completing a 40 week training period. The students completed a series of lessons based Read more…
I’m not particularly cool. I don’t wear creepers, thick-rimmed glasses or have t-shirts with the faces of bands emblazoned on the front. Wearing oversized shirts and granny cardigans don’t make me look unique and alternative; Read more…
As Mr Barack Obama re-positions himself in the Oval Office there are a number of things he may reflect on about his campaign. The positivity of his chosen campaign slogan, “Forward” and how it represents Read more…
My faith in modern popular music was obliterated by the dubstep, techno, and dance genres of this generation. Until about a year ago, my musical taste buds had been sorely deprived of any exciting new Read more…
If you like songs about cigarettes and alcohol then Alt-J probably aren’t the band for you. The alternative indie pop four-piece from Cambridge are almost anti-Oasis in their musical approach, with songs about war photographers Read more…
Calvin Harris is back with album 18 Months following his 3 year departure. When I say back, I stray slightly from reality; he’s been blasting through nightclub speakers and radios alike for the past two Read more…
Over the last few weeks, a new realisation slowly dawned upon our society. Bullying was no longer just an epidemic that dominated our schoolyards and classrooms; it had infected social media. This isn’t news, we’ve Read more…
All-Ireland winning manager Liam Sheedy revealed the secrets of a very successful career on the sideline to members of the DCU GAA club on Tuesday evening last. Sheedy entertained the notion that his 2010 All-Ireland Read more…
DCU student Maria Delaney is one of the brains behind a new innovative science book launched recently. A Neutron Walks Into A Bar has been compiled by Maria, a Journalism masters student, who linked up Read more…
Too early? Never. With Halloween out of the way, there’s no excuse for everything not to begin to look a lot like Christmas and as usual Dublin will be ringing in the festive season in Read more…
In a realm a far cry from Temple Bar in Dublin, lies Berghain in Berlin, Germany. Berghain is a nightclub in a league of its own. The club is regarded as one of the world’s Read more…
With his gravelly vocals, penchant for Springsteen covers and skill with a guitar, it was easy to see why every Voice of Ireland mentor wanted Pat Byrne on their team. The obvious winner from the Read more…
Ian Dempsey, Brian Dobson and Sean Moncrieff are just some of the speakers coming to DCU for Media Week 2012 running from 19th to 23rd November. Tracey Smyth, Media Production Society (MPS) events officer, said Read more…
Vintage Cocktail Bar An establishment has to be pretty darn stellar for us to feel bad about smuggling a naggin/shoulder/ingeniously concealed bottle of wine in, and the shiny new VCC is one such establishment. Styled Read more…
Sheol an tOllamh Alan Titley suíomh úr-nua darbh ainm www.gogan.ie an mhí seo caite i gColáiste na Carraige Duibhe, Co. Átha Cliath. Foclóir Liam S. Uí Ghógain arna dhigithe ag Foclóirí LSG Teo. atá le Read more…
Ciúin an baile é Loch Garman. Ciúin do dhaoine áirithe. Ach do ghairm amháin, níor stop an ghníomhaíocht riamh. I Loch Garman inniu, stopann scéalaí amháin chun taithí a shaoil a insint. Insíonn saol Hilary Read more…
It has been a memorable and meteoric 12 months for Lana Del Rey. She won Q Magazine’s Next Big Thing Award, received a much-coveted Ivor Novello Award and has since appeared on top shows across Read more…
Have you ever heard of pif, paf, pouf? It’s a French drinking game. I have to admit that I have played it once or twice since coming to DCU, for journalistic purposes only of course. But Read more…
Director Wayne Blair’s The Sapphires is a comedy drama set in 1968. It is inspired by the true story of writer Tony Briggs’ mother Laurel Robinson, and aunt, Lois Peeler, who travelled to Vietnam to Read more…