DCU News
Compliments, Contradictions and Campaigns – DCUSU Presidential Election Kicks Off
In the first event of the DCUSU Presidential Elections, incumbent Thomas O’Dowd and Brandon Perry laid out their platforms. Read more…
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Articles
DCUSU Elections 2023: Hustings Live Updates
Matthew Joyce, Muiris O’Cearbhaill, Liam Coates, Jack Redmond, Sarah O’Tuama Additional Reporting: Amy McLoughlin
Articles
The Hype Team’s 2022 Highlights
With 2022 coming to a close, The Hype team wanted to share some of our highlights that got us through the year of mass inflation, Omicron and Russia being a really bad neighbour. Read more…
The Hype
iOS 16 Review – Get the Zimmer Frame
Like a charming old lady who stops to chat on a walk, iOS 16 is pleasantly familiar, but hard to get really excited about, and maybe a little stale. Read more…
Articles
What the hell do I do with all these new emoji?
With a tranche of new little cartoons – yes, even more – rolling out on our phones, I thought it would make sense to take a look and see where they fit into our lives. Read more…
Film
Turning Red Review – Pixar’s Period Drama
Turning Red is about periods and the changes that accompany them. But it’s also a lot more. It’s a study of adolescence in Toronto in the early noughties. A trip down family lane. It’s a loud reminder that it’s okay to be weird and different. But most of all, it’s a big fat lie about the size of red pandas. Read more…
Music
Lana Del Rey – Blue Banisters Review
In other words, if you had a lust for old Lana, this tickles your ear canals in much the same way as her last six (!) albums did. And if you thought she was samey and dull, you can dump Blue Banisters on your mental scrapheap. Read more…
Television
The Killing of Father Niall Molloy Review – Killing Time
Ultimately The Killing of Father Molloy feels like a capable horse in need of blinders. RTÉ needed to sit down and ask themselves where to focus, because ‘everywhere’ hasn’t worked. Read more…
The Hype
No Garden-Variety Musical as DCU DramaSoc presents Little Shop of Horrors
Little Shop of Horrors is streaming live on YouTube on the 6th, 7th and 8th April at 7:30. Read more…
Television
It’s a Sin Review
“It’s a Sin” will mash your emotions up like a potato and tug your heartstrings along a cheese grater. Makes a delicious meal then, but it’s heavy going. Do with that what you will, but it gets a hearty recommendation from me. Read more…