DCU News
Student body to vote on plastic free campus
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU Sustainable Living Society’s successful campaign for a single-use plastic-free campus has borne a DCUSU referendum, aimed at the University’s Board of Directors.
The College View
Other Sports
“Pure elation” for champion Ryan Farrell as DCU return to the top table
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] first competition in four years beckoned for DCU table tennis club – but after only being reformed early in the semester, they surely couldn’t leave a significant impact.
Boxing
Ceire Smith snatches National flyweight title
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU boxer Ceire Smith took home the flyweight title in the National Stadium in Tallaght last weekend.
Film
‘The Shape of Water’ flows perfectly
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he latest movie directed by the critically acclaimed Guillermo Del Toro (Hellboy, Pan’s Labyrinth) weaves a deeply intricate fairy tale into a very unusual love story.
The Hype
‘Crying Into the Saucepan’ fries mental illness stigma
[dropcap]M[/dropcap]ental health issues are familiar to most Irish people, and few understand the power of mental disorders more than Nikki Hayes (the pseudonym of Eimear O’ Keefe), whose debut book ‘Crying Into the Saucepan’ deals Read more…
The Hype
How the work of Emma Hannigan celebrates life by discussing cancer
[dropcap]B[/dropcap]est-selling author Emma Hannigan announced that she has terminal cancer last month. A wife, a mother of two, a phenomenal author and an inspiration to us all, The Bray native, known for her books ‘Letters to Read more…
Music
Has music changed for the worse or better?
[dropcap]Music[/dropcap] is more than just lyrics and melodies. It is emotions, thoughts, life, love, sadness, despair. It is everything we are and everything we want to be. It is one of the most important things Read more…
The Hype
Discussing religion, poetry and self-recording with Four In The Morning
[dropcap][/dropcap]F[dropcap][/dropcap]our in the Morning are an alternative-folk band based in Melbourne, Australia. The band consists of DCU Communications Studies graduate Kevin Dolan, and his band members, Kiran Srinivasan and Libby Ferris. We spoke to Kevin Read more…
The Hype
Imagine Dragons light up the 3 Arena
[dropcap][/dropcap]T[dropcap][/dropcap]he atmosphere of the 3Arena was alight when Imagine Dragons took to the stage on the 26th of February. While their unexpected opening tune ‘I Don’t Know Why’ wouldn’t have been the first guess for Read more…
The Hype
The difficulty of being a modern artist
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]espite Ireland’s tiny size, the small island has produced some of the world’s leading poets, composers and artists. Twentieth-century Irish artists such as Jack Butler Yeats, Evie Hone and Sean Keating are renowned for their Read more…
Film
Black Panther roars around the globe
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n the fifth episode of the Netflix series Master of None, main character Dev mentions how movies or tv shows traditionally can’t have more than two black people as main characters, and the show wasn’t Read more…
Television
Disjointed portrays the highs and lows of cannabis
[dropcap]Disjointed[/dropcap], the new Netflix original comedy show, is showing that legal marijuana is not all highs – it has a serious side too.
University News
Maynooth first university in Ireland to have ‘napping pods’
[dropcap]Napping[/dropcap] pods have been introduced in Maynooth University library allowing students to recharge during the day. As part of the #ifstudentsdidlibraries campaign, the university is the first in Ireland to introduce Energy Pods in their Read more…
DCU News
DCU primary teaching students call for financial aid
[dropcap]Primary[/dropcap] teaching students on St. Patrick’s Campus are seeking financial aid for placement from DCU.
National News
DCU partner with I Wish to promote women in STEM
[dropcap]Over[/dropcap] 5,000 students attended two workshops in Dublin and in Cork hosted by the I Wish initiative to encourage female secondary school students to choose careers in fields of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). Read more…
News
DCU support local Ballymun Kickhams with study help
[dropcap]DCU[/dropcap] and Bank of Ireland (BOI) are working together to support Ballymun Kickhams GAA club by offering study support to leaving cert students. The student volunteers offer free tuition to the Ballymun leaving cert students Read more…
News
5.7m fund launched for underrepresented students
[dropcap]DCU[/dropcap] will benefit from a new multi-million fund which will encourage underrepresented students to access higher education.
News
National survey shows equal gender enrollment in postgrad research
[dropcap]An[/dropcap] equal amount of men and women enroll for postgraduate research in Ireland, according to the Higher Education Authority. The HEA recently published a Factsheet on Postgraduate Research in Ireland, which looks at the many Read more…
News
DCUSU Presidential Candidate: Vito Moloney Burke
[dropcap]Vito[/dropcap] Moloney Burke is a third year business student, the current Chairperson for the DCU Society Life Committee, and is the only candidate in the running to be the next DCU SU President.
SU Elections 2018
DCUSU Engagement and Development candidate Aaron Harper
Aaron Harper is a final year Multimedia student running for VP Engagement and Development hoping to focus on long-term goals for student engagement as opposed to one-year accomplishments.
SU Elections 2018
Education & Placement Candidate: Craig McHugh
[dropcap]Craig[/dropcap] McHugh is a 21-year-old second year Economics, Politics & Law student. He is hoping to better the INTRA portal, start a book-swap app and hold more events on campus.
Ilghnéitheach
Gníomhairí teanga ag coimeád na Gaeilge i mbéal an phobail
Le tvuít Gaeilge seolta ag RuPaul le déanaí tá an Ghaeilge ar ais i mbéal an phobail arís. Read more…
Articles
Cén úsáid atá ag céim sa Ghaeilge?
Déanann Deirbhile cur síos ar a taithí pearsanta ag déanamh céim gnó trí mheán na Gaeilge Read more…
Ilghnéitheach
Ceist an Achta Gaeilge ó thuaidh
12 bliain tar éis Comhaontú Chill Rimhinn agus tá ceist an Achta Teanga fós ina chnámh spairne ó thuaidh Read more…
DCU News
DCU Fashion Show showcases student talent and political stances
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he annual DCU fashion show took place in the Helix on the Glasnevin campus last Tuesday. Hosted by Tropical Popical co-founder Andrea Horan and social media influencer James Kavanagh, the show was organised by DCU’s Read more…