University News
Maintenance grants for postgraduate students.
The department of education have announced new changes for postgraduate and mature students being implemented in the 2017/2018 academic year on the 3rd of April. Read more…
The College View
Other Sports
SDS awards first ever referee scholarships
[dropcap]R[/dropcap]efereeing scholarships were granted by DCU’s Sports Development Service at last week’s sports scholarship ceremony for the first time in college history. Deputy President of DCU Daire Keogh handed out 75 scholarships, with six budding referees who Read more…
Students' Union
Eimear Maguire SU Spread
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]ith the academic year drawing to a close, outgoing Vice President for Engagement and Development Eimear Maguire reflected on her biggest challenges; the incorporation and finding her feet in the newly created position. “It was always Read more…
National News
Drop in Irish Speakers is disappointing says Cumann Gaelach DCU
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he daily use of the Irish language in the Gaeltacht has dropped eleven per cent in the last five years, and Irish people are less religious, according to the latest census results published by the Read more…
Students' Union
Dylan Kehoe SU Spread
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU Students’ Union President Dylan Kehoe said Wednesday that he is leaving his SU office with high hopes for his successor Niall Behan after the “tough year” the Union has dealt with in relation to Read more…
Events
DCU Professor releases study on humans’ effect on the global environment
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU professor Michael Cronin looks at the effect of humans on the global environment in his new book, ‘Eco-Translation: Translation and Ecology in the Age of the Anthropocene’. Translation studies is the examination of how language Read more…
Blogs
Free use of St. Pat’s gym in lead up to exams
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he gym on St. Patrick’s campus was made completely free for the final three weeks of this semester in a bid to alleviate the stress of exams for students. Initially, a number of requests had been Read more…
Opinion
Is rural Ireland being discriminated against due to the continued Bus Éireann strikes?
With over two weeks of no Bus Eireann services around the country, rural Ireland has been forgotten about. Read more…
Irish & Languages
Daonáireamh 2016; Cainteoirí Gaeilge ag streachailt arís
Cad atá i ndán don Ghaeilge de réir Daonáireamh 2016? Read more…
Opinion
Have the recent terror attacks in Europe created a fear of travelling or is there now more of a hunger to travel?
Recent terror attacks around Europe have left citizens weary of major cities however is it this fear and weariness that also attracts many people to travel to them? Read more…
Irish & Languages
Díospóireacht lag faoin nGaeilge ar Claire Byrne Live
Bhí éigeantas agus rath na Gaeilge á phlé ar Claire Byrne Live. Faraor, b’é an meon diúltach tipiciúil a bhí le brath air. Read more…
Irish & Languages
Pop-Up Gaeltacht
Bealach gur féidir leat feabhas a chur ar do chuid Ghaeilge, bualadh le Gaeil agus craic bheith agat ag an Pop-Up Gaeltacht Read more…
Opinion
Mind the Gap – How to Converse with Intolerance
In a time when there’s so much hatred and injustice in the world, we have to put an end to division and try to understand one another. Read more…
Opinion
Is lifting the ban on the sale of alcohol on Good Friday by the government a direct effort to move away from our Catholic heritage?
With the government’s proposal to abolish the Good Friday alcohol ban in 2018, Niamh Dunne takes a look at whether it’s a direct move away from our Catholic heritage. Read more…
Music
Review: The Chainsmokers – Memories…Do not open
‘Closer’ dominated airwaves all over the world last summer, ‘Don’t Let Me Down’ won a Grammy this year for Best Dance Recording and ‘Something Just Like This’ racked up enough sales and downloads to stop Read more…
Features
The Art of Henna
Skin is no longer just skin; it is a canvas waiting to be covered by artists and to be appreciated by art enthusiasts. The art of decorating the body has been around for centuries and Read more…
Music
Festivals – A celebration of music or an excuse to get wasted?
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Irish festival scene has exploded over the last decade with new festivals springing up seemingly overnight to cater to the different kinds of revellers. The selection of different genres is pretty impressive, but one Read more…
Film
Preview: Alien: Covenant
What to expect from the upcoming movie Read more…
Health
Smoking mirrors
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]conic movie legends of the 1940s and 50s were the trend setters of their day. In a time when the world was shrugging off the vestiges of war, a well-tailored pencil skirt and a pair Read more…
Events
International Brexit Conference to be held in Henry Grattan
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU are bringing together Europe’s leading experts and key-policy makers to discuss the law and politics of Brexit at an international conference on Thursday. Prof. Federico Fabbrini, in the Department of Law and Read more…
News Features
The last good, Good Friday
[dropcap]B[/dropcap]ibi Drumm, lifetime parish member and a devout Catholic, sits down in her compact living room, leaning her walking stick gently against the arm of the upholstered chair. “Once you get over 65 – which Read more…
Health
DCU STEM projects receive millions in funding
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]hree projects from DCU were awarded funding this month from the Science Foundation Ireland for research projects in the areas of sciences, technology, engineering and maths. (STEM) Each project is currently being led by Read more…
00 NEWS DRAFT
Gateway Student Village makes changes for upcoming academic year
[dropcap]G[/dropcap]ateway Student Village is taking new initiatives in the upcoming academic year in an effort to “be a leader in student accommodation,” said Mike Russell, a representative of Gateway. Russell, his brother John and Peter Read more…
Randoms
Love letters
[dropcap]L[/dropcap]etter writing is a concept often idealised and romanticised. Once a useful way of talking to people, does it serve a purpose in the modern world of social media? While there is definitely space for Read more…
Randoms
Counter moves
A[dropcap][/dropcap]n overwhelmingly uncrowded lecture hall on an overcast afternoon, is the location for the deceptively explosive talk by Dr Claire Hamilton of NUI Maynooth on Counter Terrorism in Europe. As a stream of students pool in and out Read more…