Student Union Nominations Close: Here’s your candidates
While the General Election may be dominating national press coverage, an election much closer to home is on the horizon. That’s right; Student Union elections are nigh, with nominations for…
Superbowl or Super-business?
The dust has finally begun to settle on the behemoth that is the NFL season, and once again the seasoned veteran Peyton Manning stands atop the pile triumphant as he…
Capital Punishment – Taxing Matters
Ireland’s tough inheritance tax regime is a contentious topic – taxing the passing of wealth which has been accumulated by individuals for a second time, as income earned is subject…
Another Downturn? Growth Falters and Risk Returns
Financial markets have had a worrying opening to 2016. The causes, so far, have been rapidly falling commodity prices, fears over China’s growth and its “up and down” exchange rate…
Warner Brothers’ Studio Tour, London
It isn’t often that an opportunity comes along to explore the hidden magic behind one of the biggest movie franchises of all time, and the Warner Bros. Studio Tour presents…
Review: Troye Sivan- Blue Neighbourhood.
‘Youth, Life, Love and Sexuality’ December 4th marked the release of the highly anticipated debut studio album by Australian artist (and YouTube sensation) Troye Sivan. This album marks a follow…
Monday April 24th, 1916
The sun glistened brightly against the murky canal. Margaret pulled her new green overcoat around her, fastening it’s brass buttons against the cold. She looked up Great Brunswick street towards…
What a load of Klopptrap!
While Liverpool are faring no better in the league table since Rodger’s dismissal at the start of October, Klopp, in his three and a half months in charge has already…
A Republic of Equals and the Legacy of the 1916 Rising
Wherever green is worn, are changed, changed utterly: A terrible beauty is born. These are not just the words of a W.B. Yeats poem ‘1916’ that I was forced to…
Seachtain na Gaeilge COBÁC
Beidh Seachtain na Gaeilge COBÁC ar siúl idir an 15 Feabhra agus an 19 Feabhra. Tosóidh an tseachtain Dé Luain le scaoileadh ballún in aice an locha díreach roimh a…
Settling into life and studies into a new country
I remember exactly the sensation in my stomach this time last year when I gave in the signed papers that would allow me to move to Ireland to study. I…
Use it or lose it? We would if we could
In 2013 the Irish electorate voted to retain our upper house of parliament, the Seanad, despite the coalition government’s campaign to abolish it. The referendum sparked a deal of debate,…