By Michaela Deane Last week I was doing a vox pop for An Focal, and the question was: Would you be embarrassed to get an STI test? And it seems that people were embarrassed about more than just the idea of getting the test itself. The question I asked was followed by…
By Lina Ryan Does commitment and dedication explain the huge achievement of these two great sports women Breige Corkery and Rena Buckley? They have been able to train and compete at the highest level in both codes for their whole playing career training seven days a week while holding down a career, sometimes playing…
By Seamus Toomey While I would usually disregard writing music reviews on the basis that we’re all very individual and music is our own subjective experience, an album has dropped that is so great and so perfect for college students I can’t help myself but tell every second person about it. That album,…
By Aoife Willis The UL International Society was delighted to break a UL Clubs & Society’s record on their Week 3 trip to Dingle and the surrounding peninsula. The society filled six buses with over three hundred excited society members and headed down to the picturesque town for the day. The society…
By Chloe Fallon Since our last update, the UL Racing & Motorsport Society have been gearing up for a big year ahead. In July we took 10 members up to Todds Leap Adventure Centre in Tyrone for a bit of quality bonding time. Todds Leap is one of Ireland’s biggest adventure centres and…
By Seamus Toomey At the start of this month I hit a milestone: on September 10th I had eaten vegan for an entire year. I didn’t think it was possible, for the most part I thought vegans were crazy and while I agreed meat and egg production is cruel I believed to be…
By Seán Lynch The Ogham Stone, the University of Limerick’s literary and visual arts journal, is taking submissions of creative writing from the public, for the spring 2016 edition. This year’s edition is set to be the largest in the project’s history, with a deadline of midnight on November 2nd. Almost…
By Naomi Deevy Spending Eramsus (or co-op) abroad can be daunting – That is how a lot of the material provided about Erasmus/co-op abroad begins its spiel. Ok, so we know it can be daunting, if you’ve had it on the horizon, I think the daunting-ness has probably made itself known to you…
By Sally Gorman So I’m just over a week here and settling in extremely well. I flew from Dublin with Ryanair, quite an early flight actually, take off was at 06:20am. My best friends drove me to the airport along with my little sister, Faye. I was glad I didn’t…
By Lina Ryan I have come across stressful situations throughout my life but in the past few weeks I have experienced stress and panic of a very different kind. The reason for that stress is the FYP or Final Year Project. Trying to identify a project has occupied my mind for the…