In the past few months, Irish Rail have outlined plans to expand the DART (Dublin Area Rapid Transit) past the small coastal commuter area spanning Malahide and Howth down to Bray and Greystones, to include areas further north to Drogheda …
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The sudden redemption of Sinéad O’Connor’s career is too little, too late.
Kate Byrne explores the disconnect between the criticism of the late singer during her career and the praise she received following her death.
“Remember what I told you, if they hated me they will hate you.” This line from the song Black Boys on Mopeds, which appears on Sinéad O’Connor’s second studio album, perhaps best describes the general public’s attitude towards the singer …
Marketing Femininity
An Insight Into The Discourse of This Summer’s Trending Feminine Outlets
Discourse surrounding the idea of femininity and the enjoyment of manifestations of stereotypical femininity is highly topical in the current cultural climate. The world has been saturated in pink for the promotion and release of the Barbie film, and highly-coveted …
The Trial of Resitting: Navigating the Labyrinth of College Exam Resits
Resitting exams can often feel like a losing battle, but it doesn’t have to be that way. With the right strategies in place, resits can be a manageable experience.
So, you got your results back. You failed an exam, or two, or more, and you don’t know what to do. Summer is ruined and you don’t know how to process this information. Your J1, internship or other summer plans …
The Irish live music industry: what needs to be changed
Enough is enough, Ireland has to lose its title as Europe’s most expensive gig destination
Let’s face it, more times than not global chart-topping artists skip Ireland on their world tours. For example, both Beyoncé and P!nk have not included an Irish date on the European Leg of their recent tours. Therefore, in the last …
The symbolic action of our students’ union is not enough
Student voices are being heard but not acted upon. It’s time for change
The most important issue on the minds of people in Ireland today is housing. Based on a Eurobarometer poll conducted in March 2023, 52% of people in Ireland consider housing to be the foremost issue, significantly higher than the EU …
We told you this would happen
Following the murder of a sex worker in Limerick, we need to rethink how we view and regulate sex work in Ireland if we want to prevent future violence
Warning: This article contains mentions of graphic violence.
‘The murder of a sex worker is the grim but obvious result of a law that disregards the voices and safety of sex workers’, said the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland (SWAI), …
Op-Ed: The student movement must organise radical demands beyond electoralism
TCDSU President-Elect László Molnárfi writes on how “voting alone will not make society better in the long-run”
The passing of our emergency motion at the recent Union of Students Ireland (USI) Congress to take a position of no-confidence in the government has been met with applause from all corners of the third-level sector. This is certainly a …
Daylight savings; it’s time for change
Are brighter mornings really worth it?
Since the foundation of the state, Ireland has subscribed to the practice of changing our clocks twice per year. This bi-annual changing of clocks leads to brighter mornings during the wintertime at the expense of light during the evenings. While …
The BBC should aim to be impartial, not claim they are already
Punishing employees for “impartiality” will not solve such a complex issue
The BBC was first set up in 1922 as a bastion to protect against influential, one-sided broadcasting. In its own words, it aimed to “create a single national conversation.” As it happens, this conversation has often revolved around the BBC …