Revisiting Hours: Protomartyr – Under Color of Official Right
Protomartyr’s second album is the red-headed stepchild of their back catalogue for the sole reason that it tends to be overlooked in favour of their later work. It’s a personal…
Road to Tokyo 2020: Ireland’s Prospects
Since Ireland started competing in the Olympic Games in 1924, we have been heavily reliant on boxing as our source of podium placings. The Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) have…
Keeping Politics To The Politicians
Last November, financial markets worldwide braced themselves as Donald Trump barged his way into the Oval Office, using not much more than braggadocious remarks and a deep wallet. Despite the…
There’s A Little Bit Of ‘Aisling’ In Us All
When I read online last year that a book was being written based on the famous Facebook group, Oh My God What A Complete Aisling, which I was a member…
Arts Class Officer Warns Class Reps Against Speaking To Press
The Tribune today learnt that college officers have today warned class reps against talking to members of the press on campus. In a message sent to Arts, Humanities and Social…
Brazil’s Right-Wing Resurgance
For the first time since 1985 Brazilians have elected a far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro to the presidency. In a landslide victory of 58 million votes, Bolsonaro defeated left-wing candidates such…
When Free Speech Comes At A Price
Oliver Wendell Holmes famously wrote ‘The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theatre and causing a panic’. The day…
ADHD and the Forgotten Gender: Why Is ADHD Underdiagnosed In Girls?
Noisy, fidgety, impatient, hyper: this is what the average person imagines when they think of a child with ADHD. They normally also imagine that the child is a boy. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity…
Sharp Objects And It’s Portrayal Of Mental Health
Sharp Objects is an eight-part psychological thriller series, produced by HBO and adapted from Gillian Flynn’s novel of the same name. Without hesitation, it does not shy away from life’s…
A Brief History Of The Israel-Palestine Conflict
Tensions between Israelis and Palestinians stem from a number of places, but if we set aside the biblical ancestry of Isaac and Ishmael, the conflict is primarily a land dispute:…
Make Way For The Queen: Robyn Has Returned
Obviously, the new Robyn album is great. I cannot in good conscience call this a ‘review’; my sheer lack of objectivity whenever Robyn is part of the discussion prohibits the…
GNIB Issues Cost Post-Graduates
The inability to get an appointment with the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) is now preventing numerous post-graduate students in UCD from receiving scholarships and remuneration for work done. The…