Boxing
Top club honours for DCU boxing
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU Boxing enjoyed yet another successful year culminating in again being crowned as Ireland’s top third level boxing club.
The College View
GAA
DCU aiming for hurling pinnacle after incredible 2017/18 season
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]hree years ago, DCU had only just made it to their first Freshers hurling final, while having not tasted anything past the quarter-finals of the Fitzgibbon Cup for more than fifteen years. Hurling was by Read more…
GAA
League win over UCD and O’Connor Cup triumph the peak of ladies football season, says Leona Byrne
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU ladies football development coach Leona Byrne has heralded the two victories this year over Dublin rivals UCD as the most satisfying wins of the ladies’ campaign this year.
GAA
Player and organisational attitude towards third-level Gaelic Football ‘worrying’, says Niall Moyna
[dropcap]N[/dropcap]iall Moyna has expressed his concerns at the GAA’s fixture congestion and the pressure it puts on young players, especially third level players.
Television
Netflix’s ‘Love’ takes a bow after three seasons
[dropcap]Most[/dropcap] real-life love stories don’t have the fairytale ending often portrayed in television, which is why it’s probably a good thing Netflix’s Love has concluded after only three seasons.
DCU News
DCU to host cultural festival Anam
[dropcap]DCU[/dropcap] is collaborating with RTÉ radio programme South Wind Blows to host Anam, a two-day festival dedicated to music, poetry, film and drama. The event, which takes place on the 11th and 12th of April Read more…
Features
15 years, nine months, and 25 days
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] 15-year-old girl gives birth, alone, beside a holy statue in a church yard.
Features
Pope Francis to visit a changed Ireland
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]ope Francis is scheduled to come to Ireland for the World Meeting of Families in August 2018. However, he is coming to a country that is very different to the ‘catholic Ireland’ that the last Read more…
Food
Grub Guide: Dolce Sicily
Aakanksha Surve tells us about the sweet taste of Sicily that is available from the coffee shop, Dolce Sicily, hidden just off Grafton street. Read more…
Articles
Nailing the business
Rachel Farrell explores how a subscription nail art salon is taking Dublin by storm. Read more…
Lifestyle
Ireland’s gin revolution
As one of the most popular drinks of the moment with trendy fruit concoctions, mixers and balloons glasses to accompany it, gin has become the drink of the year with exports seeing a massive growth in Ireland recently. Read more…
Articles
The severity of period pains
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]or most girls their period can be a bit of a hindrance, making them cramp up, break out or bloat. But for some, it can disable them from their everyday life.
Lifestyle
Naomi Campbell honoured as Fashion Icon of the Year
As the Council of Fashion Designers of America honour Naomi Campbell with this year’s fashion Icon Award, we took a look back at her iconic career. Read more…
National News
Campaign launched for warning labels on takeaways
[dropcap]C[/dropcap]hinese takeaways and ready meals should carry health warning labels on their packaging and menus for high salt content, according to health campaign group Action on Salt.
Lifestyle
The journey to the J1
As J1 season rolls around again, Ashleigh Nolan told her tale of how she organised, funded and prepared for her trip to America last summer. Read more…
Gaelic Football
Three-in-a-row for DCU Freshers football as UL defeated in All-Ireland Final
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU Freshers had to work every minute for their victory in Wednesday night’s Freshers football final in Portarlington as they captured their third All-Ireland title in a row after a hard-fought 0-10 to 0-08 win Read more…
Hurling
DCU retain Freshers hurling title
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU retained their All-Ireland Fresher 1 hurling title last weekend, spelling a bright future for the college’s hurling ambitions.
Lifestyle
Tony Cantwell: a comedian’s guide to online influencing
Comedian Tony Cantwell spoke with our deputy lifestyle editor Adam Daly about the success of his videos, his new podcast Sexy Beast and two sell out shows at the Sugar Club. Read more…
Other Sports
DCU run elite UCD close in swimming intervarsities
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU’s Swimming Society had an amazing run in the Irish Intervarsity Swimming Championships, placing second in overall, male and female categories with the male team just nine points behind UCD.
Features
Light sabers light up children’s ward
<dropcap>T</dropcap>he capacity to show kindness is perhaps what defines goodness: for one young man who battled brain cancer, this capacity allows him to give back to the hospital ward that treated him in a novel Read more…
basketball
Mosney residents, rookies and DCU Basketball ‘let off steam’ in 3v3 battle
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU Basketball’s mixed 3v3 tournament brought a little March Madness to the Glasnevin campus, and a welcome trip for residents of the Mosney Accommodation Centre.
Rugby
Phenomenal Fallon and European success in Sevens cap top year for DCU Rugby
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he 2017-18 season was one of mixed fortunes for DCU’s men’s and women’s rugby teams.
Student Life
45,000 waiting for driving test date
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]here are currently 45,000 people waiting for a driving test date in Ireland. Although the RSA waiting time target is 10 weeks maximum, Buncrana and Gorey see average waiting times of 19.3 weeks and 18.4 Read more…
Articles
Ready Player One novel falls flat
[dropcap]You[/dropcap] could debate for days about book to movie adaptations. Ernest Cline’s ‘Ready Player One’ leaps from pages to the silver screen in Ireland on March 30th, a release that is highly anticipated due to Read more…
Music
DCU Glee dazzle at the Helix
[dropcap]The[/dropcap] Helix hosted incredible singing and dance routines as DCU’s Glee performed on Monday 26th March.