Articles
Video: Do students use Irish after school?
Video by Leanne Hanafin and Lauren Timlin
The College View
News Features
Online gambling can negatively affect students
[dropcap]There[/dropcap] was a pungent stench of weed, cigarettes and stale alcohol that clouded the air of the small room. Excited chatter and electronic music pulsated throughout the empty space while the gyrating bodies were getting Read more…
National News
Ireland ranks above EU average in gender equality
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]reland ranks above the EU average in gender equality according to a report published earlier this month. The Gender Equality Index revealed that Ireland scored 69.5 out of a potential 100 while the EU average Read more…
Features
Contempt of freedom of expression
[dropcap]O[/dropcap]ur constitution guarantees that we have a right to freely express our convictions and opinions.
Features
Who killed JFK – what will the papers say?
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n 1992 a precedent was set by law which locked away, from prying eyes, thousands of papers in relation to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963.
Lifestyle
The world of SFX and prosthetics at Halloween
Lifestyle editor, Katie Gallagher spoke to some makeup artists trained in prosthetics and sfx makeup coming up to a busy halloween period. Read more…
Travel
Paris in Autumn
Shauna Coen spent a weekend in Paris this month and has put together the top things to do in the parisian city in Autumn. Read more…
Boxing
English team hammered by DCU fighters and Irish team at charity fight night
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] predominantly DCU based Irish selection won all but two fights against their English opponents at a special charity fight night in London last week, with Ceire Smith, Shane Carter and Monaghan’s Stephen McKenna just Read more…
Football
DCU spirited but frustrated in 3-1 home loss to DIT
DCU 1 DIT 3 CUFL Men’s Premier Division North
Flux
Review: The Snowman
Backlash against progressive Nordic feminism haunts every flake that falls on The Snowman as surely as it haunted the ancestral homes and unwelcoming streets of the Millennium films. More explicitly social-minded than its Swedish cousin, Read more…
Flux
Review: St. Vincent at The Olympia
Annie Clark tends not to bend the knee to convention. In her second of back-to-back sold out shows at the Olympia, she showcases her eccentricity and unloads a mammoth 90 minute set that examines the Read more…
Opinion
Two Sides of Cultural Appropriation
David Kelly: This is nonsense [dropcap]N[/dropcap]o more Halloween, kids. Nowadays, people aren’t interested in what to dress up as, but what not to dress up as. A slew of articles have been released that explain Read more…
Blogs
No first year students in DCU Irish and Journalism course due to low grades
[dropcap]N[/dropcap]o first year students were enrolled in a DCU Irish and Journalism course for 2017/18 due to a lack of applicants achieving the CAO points required.
Lifestyle
Selfmade founder visits Glasnevin campus
Gabija Gataveckaite attended DCU Styles event which hosted a talk in DCU last Wednesday by Sinead Kelly, founder of Selfmade . Read more…
Articles
UCD vote to impeach SU president
[dropcap]U[/dropcap]CD students have voted overwhelmingly in favour of removing their Students’ Union president Katie Ascough from office after she blocked the publication of abortion information in a freshers’ magazine. The results showed that more than Read more…
Articles
The world of SFX and prosthetics at Halloween
Lifestyle editor, Katie Gallagher spoke to some makeup artists trained in prosthetics and sfx makeup coming up to a busy halloween period. Read more…
Lifestyle
The blogger who cried nutritionist
Instagram has become a forum for much more than pretty pictures with many bloggers giving out nutritional and health advice without qualifications. Read more…
Features
Technology – a wireless world
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]ireless technology might not be the utopia you think it is.
Articles
DCU plans Visual Arts Initiative
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]deas of festivals, studios, glass buildings, and murals flew during the first meeting of the Visual Arts Initiative on Wednesday.
Boxing
London calling for DCU boxing’s Ceire Smith
[dropcap] C[/dropcap]eire Smith is in a better place than most to talk about the progress that DCU boxing has made over the past year – considering she spent it in Australia.
DCU News
Hurricane Ophelia damage in DCU
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]here was minor damage to a building and two trees down across the three campuses in DCU after hurricane Ophelia passed through Dublin on Monday.
National News
Church of Scientology opens European base in Dublin
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]rotests against the Church of Scientology opening up a new centre in Firhouse, South Dublin took place last Saturday afternoon.
Lifestyle
Halloween around the world
Halloween is getting increasingly more popular in Ireland but it’s celebrated very differently in other parts of the world. Read more…
Features
Life after the leaving cert
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he transition from Leaving Cert to college can be formidable and terrifying. It’s especially huge for people who have no experience of living alone or providing for themselves. Should it be such a massive adjustment, Read more…
Food
The grub guide – Aqua Restaurant, Howth
Journalism student Alison Rothwell reviewed Aqua Restaurant, a seafood restaurant in Howth rating it on price, location and service. Read more…