Food
Superfood of The Week: Kale
Kale is a food that many people have not heard of yet. Kale comes from the cabbage family and it is actually on par with broccoli at how good it is for you. Award-winning nutritionist Read more…
The College View
Ilghnéitheach
Cinneadh mór le déanamh ag McIlroy
Beidh ar Rory McIlroy rogha a dhéanamh idir Éire agus an Bhreatain Mhór maidir leis na cluichí Oilimpeacha 2016 i Rio de Janeiro. Toisc gurb as tuaisceart na hÉireann é is féidir leis dul chuig Read more…
DCU News
DCU bailed out subsidiaries at a cost of €9.8 million in 2010
A report on audits carried out in third level institutions in Ireland has revealed DCU bailed out two if it’s loss making subsidiaries at a cost of €9.8 million. Three of DCU’s subsidiaries, The DCU Read more…
Rugby
“My goal is to bring home a Cup”
Undaunted by the prospect of succeeding Bernard Jackman, DCU’s new Rugby Development Officer Phil de Barra tells Tom Rooney he is determined to plant his own flag this season. Aesthetically Phil de Barra does not Read more…
Film
Review: Lawless
Expectations for Lawless were high. Following John Hillcoat and Nicks Cave’s success with The Proposition, when the talented director and screenwriter announced they would once again be working together nothing less than great was going Read more…
Music
Review: Battle Born by The Killers
After an extended sabbatical The Killers are back with their highly anticipated fourth studio album, Battle Born. Following the Las Vegas quartet’s highly criticized ‘misstep’ that was 2008’s Day & Age, Flowers et al work hard to recapture Read more…
Articles
USI threaten legal action over withheld grants
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) have threatened legal action against any County Council withholding grants based on payment of the household charge. The threat comes on the back of Clare County Council sending Read more…
Rugby
Burson optimistic for season ahead
The nature of college life is that there will be a constant revolving door of cast and characters that roam the campus and accommodation. College sports are anything but immune to this and probably have Read more…
Articles
Woman faces jail for attending GMIT
A woman who failed her first year examinations faces jail unless she complies with a court order preventing her from attending lectures in Galway Mayo Institute of Technology. Despite failing, Anna Marie Flanagan, from Co. Read more…
Clubs and Socs
RAG representing Ireland at SIFE competition
Raise and Give Society (Rag Soc) are representing Ireland at the Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) 2012 World Cup in Washington this week, having won the inaugural national SIFE competition during the summer. RAG Soc Read more…
DCU News
DCUSU’s Doherty hits back at FEE criticism over loan deal
DCU Students’ Union President, Paul Doherty, has hit back at criticism from anti student-cuts group Free Education for Everyone (FEE) over DCU’s student loan deal with Bank of Ireland (BOI). The deal will see BOI Read more…
DCU News
Increase in demand for DCU Programmes
By Adam Higgins, Deputy News Editor Sixty-seven per cent of DCU’s degree programmes increased in entry points in this year’s first round CAO offers. DCU made 2,364 first round offers to CAO applicants this year, providing Read more…
Music
Review: The Truth About Love by Pink
Fresh from a break from the music business, which saw her reunite with gorgeous motorcross racer husband Corey Hart and give birth to their first child, Pink is back with her new album, The Truth Read more…
Articles
UCDSU owed over €120,000 by Student Bar
The UCD Students’ Union is owed more than €120,000 by the Student bar, according to UCDSU President, Rachel Breslin. Union representatives have blamed the liability on financial mismanagement. Breslin told UCD’s The University Observer: “From Read more…
Music
Review: #3 by The Script
The Dub boys done good are back with (in case you didn’t already get it) their third studio release “#3”. Since the release of their last album, “Science and Faith” in 2010, the band have Read more…
DCU News
Secular Society want SU to lobby for secular Ireland
DCU’s Secular and Sceptic Society plans to convince the Students’ Union to make campaigning for a secular Ireland part of their policy next year. The main aim of the society is to fight for the Read more…
National News
Dublin Bike scheme expansion to include DCU
DCU is set to be included in a planned expansion of the Dublin Bike Scheme. This is part of a plan to treble the amount of available bikes from 500 to 1500. Fifty six new Read more…
DCU News
DCU Ryan Academy Launches Mentorship Initiative
Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Jobs and Innovation, Séan Sherlock was in DCU recently to launch the Menter Iontach Nua, an Irish-Welsh entrepreneurship initiative for members of the Ryan Academy. The main Read more…
Articles
TCD to vote on disaffiliation with USI
Trinity College students will vote to secure or disaffiliate their relationship with the Union of Students of Ireland (USI) from the 1st to the 4th of October. Following months of uncertainty and heated debate the Read more…
Náisiúnta
Tréimhse suaite os comhair Aontas na Mac Léinn
Beidh toradh an reifrinn a bhí ag dul ar aghaidh ó 24 Meán Fómhair i gColáiste na Tríonóide amach an tseachtain seo. Bhí ar mhic léinn vóta a chaitheamh ar an topaic chéanna is a Read more…
Film
Review: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
First, let’s do away with any misconceptions – The Perks of Being a Wallflower is anything but perky. As fans of the 1999 novel on which the film is based will attest, Perks could not Read more…
Saol an Mhic Léinn
€100,000 i do phóca? Cúrsa anseo duit…
Más rud é go bhfuil an t-alt seo á léamh agat, is dócha gur mac nó iníon léinn atá ag freastal ar Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath thú. Is dócha, freisin, mar sin gur íoc tú (nó Read more…
Uncategorized
3rd of October 2012
A new college year brings about a lot of change around DCU. Since last year we’ve seen a new team elected to the Students’ Union, which I think could be very good for DCU. Paul Read more…
Travel
I’m a student, get me out of here…
Travel is… You often hear the phrase- “I need to get away” or “I need a holiday”. People say this because they are used to the monotonous routine of everyday life in Ireland that “getting Read more…
DCU News
DCU join with AIB for laptop scheme
DCU has joined with AIB to give students the opportunity to purchase a DCU SmartBook laptop. The SmartBook is a HP Business laptop designed for DCU students. DCU partnered with Typetec to create the laptop Read more…