Flux
DCU Drama’s ‘The Breakfast Club’
In the wake of DCU Drama winning Best Society, the society’s fifth and final show of the academic year had a big reputation to live up to. It did not disappoint. The second contemporary play Read more…
Bríon Hoban
Blogs
“For three nights in Drumcondra audiences witnessed magic” – Review: DCU Drama’s Pippin
Every year DCU Drama stages a large and expensive musical. Every year the cast and crew face the unenviable task of topping the wonders performed by the previous production. Pippin was performed for three nights Read more…
Opinion
Building a non-sectarian generation
Following the death of former deputy First Minister in Northern Ireland Martin McGuinness earlier this month, Bríon Hoban discusses possibilities for the generations to come. Read more…
Opinion
Unlocking a hidden Ireland one travesty at a time
Bríon Hoban discusses the wrong doing in Ireland that we, as a society, accept. Focusing on the recent discovery of the mass grave at Tuam, Galway, Bríon argues that we must face up to the issues facing our society today, rather than ignoring them in the hope that they become forgotten. Read more…
Opinion
Opinion: College identity is a self-defeating concept
Following the incorporation of St Patrick’s College, Mater Dei Institute of Education and Church of Ireland College of Education with DCU, Bríon Hoban discusses the aftermath of the incorporation from a St. Pat’s perspective. Read more…
Opinion
Opinion: Nurses strike exposes HSE incompetence
The nurses and midwives of Ireland plan industrial action on the seventh of March after the HSE failed to agree terms with the INMO regarding a dispute over working conditions Read more…
Editorial
Editorial: Loser, winner: SU, where’s my chicken dinner?
The curious case of the missing goujon spiralled out of control in recent weeks. So significant was the backlash against the reduction in the number of goujons sold in DCU’s NuBar that it was covered Read more…
Opinion
Opinion: Trump’s first week leaves the U.S. in turmoil
Donald Trump’s first week in office signified the beginning of an era best described as an era of horror, writes Brion Hoban Read more…
Opinion
Government shamed as Apollo House recaptures spirits of 1916
Sometimes doing a little can mean a lot. While one person cannot put the world to rights they can still make a positive impact, writes Bríon Hoban regarding the recent Apollo House contraversy. Read more…
Opinion
DCU’s indifference to student addiction
Bríon Hoban takes a look into DCU’s attitude towards drugs and its strict anti-drug policy and wonders that perhaps DCU doesn’t prioritise the helping of students suffering from drug addiction.
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Opinion
Absent voters sacrifice their voice
Following last week’s US presidential election, Bríon Hoban believes that if more young Americans had voted, the outcome would have been different. Read more…
Opinion
Budget 2017 neglects mental health
The rate of suicides in this country is higher than the rate of road deaths yet mental health still remains a low priority for the Government, writes Bríon Hoban. Read more…
Opinion
Selfish students only support certain strikes
Recent Dublin Bus strikes caused outrage amongst students and the general populace, but is it so wrong to fight for a fair wage? Bríon Hoban discusses the matter.
Opinion
Does DCU deserve more credit than it’s given?
DCU was one of seven Irish third-level institutions to fall in the QS World University Ranking published this month. Despite the rankings, Brion Hoban believes that DCU is thriving and improving in various aspects with every passing year. Read more…
Opinion
Opinion: New DCU, old discrimination
The newly formed DCU Faculty of Education caused controversy on just its third day of existence. Read more…
Opinion
Time for Ireland to embrace ideal of free education
Featured on The Irish Times. “Fees have been steadily rising since 2008, yet it took eight years for a report to consider that expecting more money of people who have less and less every year Read more…
Film
REVIEW: Zoolander 2
Zoolander 2 is an almost irredeemably bad movie. It feels like both a lazy retread of the original and a tonally jarring rip off of a Dan Brown novel. Worst of all, it commits the Read more…