Articles
Frisky business
Sex shops have evolved from seedy backstreets to bustling high streets, encouraging the country to talk honestly about sexuality and the politics that comes with it. Read more…
The College View
Features
Storm Emma: Assessing the cause of Europe’s peculiar weather spasm
As the slabs of hard snow on the ground melt away, so do Ireland’s memories of the peculiar March whiteout – some good, some not so much, and one in particular involving a stolen digger Read more…
Inspirations
Giving while living – the sharing billionaire
The rhyme says sharing is caring, but billionaire Chuck Feeney exemplifies the concept: “I cannot think of a more personally rewarding and appropriate use of wealth than to give while one is living,” Feeney says. Read more…
Lifestyle
Ladies Ball Fashion
With ball season upon us, Gabija Gataveckaite tells us how ladies can turn out on a student budget, without breaking the bank. Read more…
Football
DCU defender Ross Taheny nominated for Colleges International Player of the Year
DCU student Ross Taheny has been nominated for Colleges and Universities International Third Level Football Player of the Year.
Lifestyle
Black Tie for the Cheap Guy
Whether you fancy a formal tuxedo or laid back tweed look this ball season, Alison Rothwell covers it all in her style guide to suit your pocket. Read more…
DCU News
New Google scholarship for DCU students
A new DCU scholarship program for people from disadvantaged backgrounds will “help a lot of people”, according to the DCU Senior Access Officer. Senior Vice President of Global Marketing at Google Lorraine Twohill announced she Read more…
The Hype
Legally Blonde brings glam to the Bord Gais theatre
In 2001, Reese Witherspoon captured the hearts of many with her portrayal of Elle Woods in the hit movie, Legally Blonde. It’s a timeless tale – fast forward seventeen years later and its message of Read more…
Features
The age old question; Marvel or DC?
There are not many rivalries that generate internet drama like the Marvel versus DC debate. Hardcore fans are ready to lay down their lives on their keyboards to defend their favourite franchise, and discussions escalate Read more…
The Hype
Rejjie Snow at the Olympia
Rejjie Snow is an Irish rap sensation that has put Ireland on the map for rap and hip-hop. Alexander Anyaegbunam, more popularly known as Rejjie Snow, has blown up in the past few years internationally Read more…
Features
The rise of film musicals
Movie musicals weren’t born in the last few years, but they have certainly returned to glory in this decade and seized the national spotlight in recent years.
Film
Saoirse Ronan soars in Ladybird
Ladybird is a coming of age film about love, heartbreak, friendship and family. It is a semi-autobiographical comedy written and directed by Greta Gerwig.
Music
Wyvern Lingo sing of love and loss on their impressive debut album
Wyvern Lingo released their self-titled debut album last month, which has drawn huge attention, and rightly so. It is a brilliant album of groovy and elegant tunes. The female alt-pop band from Co. Bray consist Read more…
The Hype
Irish authors to keep an eye on
The Irish literary community was recently devastated by the loss of the brilliant award-winning author Emma Hannigan after her battle with cancer. Emma was an ambassador for Breast Cancer Ireland and a very popular novelist Read more…
The Hype
An exploration into post rock
Tell someone your favourite genre is Post Rock and prepare to be met with a raised eyebrow and a quizzical stare. It gets worse if you tell them your favourite album is ‘The Fear is Read more…
The Hype
Analysing gender politics in Louise O’Neill’s Almost Love
Almost Love, despite its title, is not a romance novel. It is not an easy read. Louise O’Neill has written an incredibly raw depiction of how obsessive love can lead to devastation. It is a Read more…
National News
€7.6 million mental health fund aims to help over 8,000
The EU has funded €7.6 million in an effort to improve mental health support across the country, the HSE announced on March 9th.
National News
Free contraceptive pill could be introduced
The Irish Government are drawing up proposals to examine the possibility of introducing free contraceptive pill for Irish women.
News
DCU students get Twitter accounts suspended under new rules
Twitter is going through a process of suspending accounts that they believe have stolen content from others in order to go viral or generate a larger following. Twitter are aiming to reduce spam on their Read more…
University News
Trinity students lock in to protest supplemental fees
Sixty Trinity students occupied the Dining Hall last Wednesday in an ongoing protest over supplemental fees of €450 being introduced for re-sit exams.
News
USI concerned over referendum date
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) are concerned that any delays finalising the wording of the Eighth Amendment referendum would mean that students will be left unable to vote.
DCU News
DCU to partner with Europe’s largest co-working network
Europe’s largest co-working network will open their new digital innovation hub in the DCU Alpha innovation campus in Glasnevin in September – the first partnership of its kind in Europe.
University News
Two students hospitalised over bad batch of drugs
Two NUI Galway students were hospitalised after taking a “bad batch” of drugs.
Articles
DCU Gender identity policy in final stages
A Gender Identity and Expression policy for DCU is currently in the final stages of development and can be expected later this year, the head of the University’s Equality Office has said.
DCU News
Storm Emma water reductions: explainer
In the aftermath of Storm Emma, Dublin City Council announced water restrictions across the greater Dublin area which left DCU without water across its campuses.