Finance Bill 2019: SMEs Rejoice
The recent Finance Bill, which mostly escaped media scrutiny, came as a pleasant surprise to SMEs (Small to Medium Enterprise) in the midst of uncertainty around Brexit and its implications…
To Upgrade, Or Not To Upgrade: The Ethics of Human Augmentation
Have you ever thought about what humanity would look like in the future? Would we have flying DeLoreans like in “Back to the Future”, would we be venturing to distant…
Impossible Efficiency: Magnets and Heat Recovery
A study published in the journal ‘Science Advances’ has demonstrated a new way of converting heat into electricity. This technology could improve the efficiency of some industrial processes and save…
Poo to the Rescue: Why we are Giving Faecal Transplants to Koalas?
Can the key to saving a species from extinction be in its faecal matter? However outlandish that question may appear, the answer appears to be a tentative yes. This comes…
Don’t be Afraid of the Wolf at the Door
English and Scotsmen trekked across the Irish Sea in the wake of the Cromwellian wars and plantation of Ireland. To their dismay, the land they had come to was still…
Budget 2020: “In the Shadow of Brexit.”
In his opening remarks, Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe said that budget 2020 was ‘developed in the shadow of Brexit.’ The budget he went on to deliver had very few…
Making Drugs Safe: What would drug testing look like if introduced in Ireland?
In a relatively recent 2014 Eurobarometer poll, psychoactive drug usage among 15 to 24-year-olds in Ireland was shown to be the highest in Europe. The needless deaths of Irish teenagers,…
Opinion: UCDSU’s Climate Hypocrisy Is Unacceptable
On October 2nd, UCDSU held a €2 Pretty Little Thing sample sale. Backlash from students who were disappointed in the Union’s willingness to work with a company well known for…
Abortion Rights: Is the North Next?
For the last few decades, Irish people have been familiarised with the image of a woman making the lonely journey across the Irish sea in an effort to seek medical…
Teanga Náisiúnta, Teanga Oifigiúil, Teanga Labhartha
Agus feachtas nua, Gaeilge4All, faoi lán seoil, le breis is 11,500 síniú ag a achainí ar líne, is fíor a rá go bhfuil an Ghaeilge go mór i mbéal an…
Start-Up Spotlight: The Fruit People
This week’s Start-up Spotlight focuses on the office ‘fruit box service’, The Fruit People, who are Ireland’s largest office fruit delivery specialists. Brothers Barry and Brian Dennis founded the company…
Comment: The Aviation Industry Should Face Steeper Taxes
As most people know by now, Budget 2020 introduced a 30% hike in carbon taxes, from €20 to €26 per tonne of Co2, applicable from October 9th. This is predicted…