Other Sports
Karate success in Cork for DCU
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU enjoyed a successful run in the 2018 All-Ireland Intervarsity Karate Championships finishing second in UCC on March 10th.
The College View
Features
A healthy fear of dying
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]here are two things you can be sure of in this lifetime; you are born, and you die, and while it’s not easy talking about death, there are occasions when the taboo seems a consistent Read more…
Features
Procrastination – avoidance at its best
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]rocrastination. A fifteen letter word that’s almost as difficult to spell as it is to overcome. Everybody experiences it, but the major impact it can have is often overlooked. Procrastination is “the act of putting Read more…
Athletics
DCU complete clean sweep at cross country championships
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU retained all three of their Intervarsities Cross Country team titles last week at the Trinity Sports grounds in Santry.
Features
Where words fail, music speaks
[dropcap]How[/dropcap] do you comfort a child who has received impossible news? Sometimes words are not enough, but music is, according to Gráinne Hope, founder of Kids’ Classics, a non-profit organisation which brings professional music into Read more…
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…
Features
Storm Emma: Assessing the cause of Europe’s peculiar weather spasm
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]s 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
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he 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
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU 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
[dropcap]A [/dropcap]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
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n 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?
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]here 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
[dropcap][/dropcap]R[dropcap][/dropcap]ejjie 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
[dropcap]M[/dropcap]ovie 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
[dropcap]L[/dropcap]adybird 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
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]yvern 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
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he 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
[dropcap][/dropcap]T[dropcap][/dropcap]ell 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
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]lmost 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
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he 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
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he 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
[dropcap]Twitter [/dropcap]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
[dropcap]Sixty [/dropcap]Trinity students occupied the Dining Hall last Wednesday in an ongoing protest over supplemental fees of €450 being introduced for re-sit exams.