News
Students suffering with mental health issues urged to speak out
The founder of Headstrong has urged DCU students struggling with mental health issues to confront their problems and speak out, as Suzanne Cooper reports. Read more…
The College View
Through My Eyes
Are you in or out? The issue of opt-out organ donation
Should opt-out organ donation be legislated for in Ireland? Read more…
DCU News
Record number of students attend blood donation clinic
A record number of students attended the annual blood donation clinic held in DCU last week, Finnian Curran reports. Read more…
DCU News
Employers share inside knowledge with students
Employers are meeting with students in the Faculty of Engineering and Computing and filling them in on the skills and attributes most sought after, as Sharron Lynskey reports. Read more…
Articles
Real Model… Real Mannequins
After Debenhams brought in size 16 models,are we seeing the start of a new trend? Read more…
National News
Niteline hoping to humanise service for students
The confidential listening service Niteline is hoping to connect with students by launching a new public faces campaign, as Ciara Moore reports. Read more…
DCU News
DCU on track for 2014 Green Flag award
With a number of sustainable and environmental campaigns, such as ‘Switch Off’, on the go, DCU look set to be awarded Green Flag status in 2014. Sarah Curran reports. Read more…
Features
Mo bros and Mo sistas unite for men’s health
A look at Movember and the money it has raised for men’s health charities Read more…
DCU News
Nobel Prize winner gives lecture to DCU students
Nobel Physics Prize winner Professor Serge Haroche gave DCU students an insight into the world of quantum physics. Finnian Curran reports. Read more…
Randoms
TD: Tweeting Daily
We all use Twitter, but which politicians are the best at handling 140 characters? Read more…
Student Life
College: expectations v reality
Now that the semester is halfway through, how are Freshers settling into life in DCU? Read more…
DCU News
UCD lecturer loses High Court discrimination case
UCD lecturer Dr Eleanor O’Higgins has lost her High Court action, in a case where she alleged that failure to promote her to the rank of professor amounted to gender discrimination by the university, as Bryan Grogan reports. Read more…
Gaelic Football
Diamond shines as St Vincent’s take home the title
St Vincent’s player Cameron Diamond talks about his club’s victory in last week’s Dublin final as well as the strong connections between DCU GAA and the Diamond family. Read more…
Football
DCU coaching team calls for change to “unfair” Collingwood Cup ruling
The manager and assistant manager of the senior soccer team in DCU have both called for a change to the rule regarding players on professional contracts not being allowed to compete in the Collingwood Cup. Read more…
Football
Mixed week for soccer side despite quarter-final qualification
DCU senior soccer team secured quarter-final qualification with a 4-1 win over Letterkenny but went down 4-0 to Maynooth a week later. Read more…
Other Sports
DCU recognises one of Ireland’s greatest sportsmen
Sean Kelly, who received an honorary doctorate in DCU last week, speaks to the media about his career. Read more…
Camogie
Powering her way to an All-Star
DCU student Mairead Power recently won a camogie All-Star award for her performances with Kilkenny this year. Read more…
Gaelic Football
Conroy leads Vincent’s to title
DCU intermediate football team and St Vincent’s coach Tommy Conroy talks to Eoin Sheahan about DCU GAA and St Vincent’s winning the Dublin senior title. Read more…
Student Life
Would you like a job with that?
Is it possible to have a part time job in college, or is it all work and no play? Read more…
DCU News
Movember raising awareness of men’s health amongst DCU community
The Movember campaign, which sees males grow moustaches for November, is raising awareness amongst members of the DCU community who may not otherwise think about their health. Megan Roantree reports. Read more…
DCU News
DCU partner with Special Olympics for new research project
DCU have partnered with Special Olympics Ireland for a new research project aimed at increasing knowledge about the health and welfare of people with intellectual disabilities, as Darragh McGrath reports. Read more…
DCU News
Students weren’t intentionally excluded from Convention forum – MacCraith
Few students attended the fourth public meeting of the Constitutional Convention held on campus last week, as staff omitted to notify students it was being held, as Sarah Bermingham reports. Read more…
News
UCD forum thinks big on Ireland’s 21st Century challenges
UCD undergraduate students organised a recent forum which saw area experts give their views on some of the biggest challenges facing the world in the 21st century, as Jordan Kavanagh reports. Read more…
DCU News
Film festival to return with powerful documentary screening
The 8×8 Documentary Film Festival, run by educational development charity SUAS, will return to DCU in December with a screening of a powerful documentary about a photojournalist killed while working in Libya, as Rachel McLaughlin reports. Read more…
National News
SUs strike back at controversial facebook profiles
Students’ Unions in several third-level institutes are calling upon Facebook to remove controversial profiles which are feared to be impacting on students mental health, as Mark Hogan reports. Read more…