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…
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…
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…
Shows To Watch Post-Making A Murderer (No Spoilers!)
It has been just over a month since Steven Avery and the Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Department came into our lives through our Netflix accounts and no one has felt the…
What’s It Oil About?
Much discussion and column inches have been devoted to the recent slump in oil prices without much clarity being offered to the three most important questions: why the price is…
200 in Facebook Chat Sharing & Rating Photos of Girls
It is believed a private Facebook groupchat with as many as 200 members is active among male students in UCD, in which members share and rate stories and pictures of…
EU Take Aggressive Stance on Corporate Tax
This week the EU have issued a clampdown on aggressive corporate tax planning by announcing a suite of measures to prevent multinational companies from reducing their tax bills. The European…
Agallamh le Cathaoirligh na bPáirtithe Polaitíochta
Le holltoghán ag druidim, cuirtear Cathaoirleach Ógra Fhine Ghael (Paula Ní Chathmhaoil) agus Cathaoirleach Shinn Féin (Eoghan Ó Donnchú) faoi agallamh. Ord na n-ainmneacha, agus na bhfreagraí thíos, cóirithe de…
Social Democrats Election Manifesto Prioritises Public Investment and €1000 Reduction in Student Fees
The Social Democrats launched their general election manifesto ‘Building a Better Future 2016-2026’ at the steps of the GPO today. The pillars of their platform are an increased investment in…