UCD Professor Receives Research Grant of €2.5 million
Professor Gerardine Meaney from the UCD School of English, Drama and Film has been one of the first two Irish women to have been awarded the prestigious European Research Council…
Pressure Mounts to Adopt UCD ‘No-Detriment’ Policy as Student Petition Blows Up
Pressure is mounting on UCD management to adopt a “No-Detriment” policy for the remainder of the trimester as thousands of students back calls for academic leniency amid the COVID-19 crisis.…
Film Retrospective: What we can learn from ‘Gangs of New York’
Flawed but magnificent – Scorsese’s sprawling epic escapes the pitfalls of perfection to be something much greater. This dark, fascinating exploration of civilisation dives into the cesspit of 1860s New…
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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the world to its core and the world of television and film is no different as events are cancelled, celebrities face the brunt of…
Cabin Fever Crooning: Albums to Keep You Sane
If you’re trapped in the house and are starting to get tired of your heavy rotation, this carefully crafted selection of albums is a change of pace that’ll fit you…
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Music is nothing without a story, and Tony Cassidy, frontman of the Dublin-based rock band P1g, has a fascinating origin story for the band’s latest album. A mature student studying…
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