By Colin Clarke Well lads, what’s the craic. Welcome back and a happy new year to you all. There’s an awful lot to get excited about this semester. This year for the first time UL students will be participating in Jailbreak which is a competition for charity where students will have to…
By Seamus Toomey A new study by bogusstudies.com has found that despite not eating meat, vegans still die. This then proves that you cannot live without meat and we’ll be expecting the timely demise of Patrick Baboumian, David Haye, Carl Lewis, Ellen Degeneres, Travis Barker and Jared Leto any day now. “It’s…
By Eilís Walsh We embarked on our first semester of being a fully-fledged society in September 2015. Mainly what we wanted to achieve last semester was to gain loyal members and we plan on increasing our membership this semester. As a group we regularly saw films in the cinema namely Macbeth and…
By Aisling O’Connor After shutting it’s doors last September, the popular Limerick cafe, The Stormy Teacup had its soft reopening on November 16th last year. Following a social media countdown to tease and excite the customers, the cafe, located in Foxes Bow reopened its doors under new ownership. As Malgozata Zararko,…
By Tomás Heneghan The University of Limerick’s (UL) will play host to two TDs from Ireland’s newest political party, the Social Democrats, this week. The event, which is being organised by UL Social Democrats society, will host a meeting with TDs Catherine Murphy and Róisín Shortall, entitled ‘Meet the Social Democrats’ on…
By Kiera Thornton With the general election in Ireland rapidly approaching, it is worth asking whether or not young people are adequately involved in Irish politics, and the effect the involvement (or lack thereof) of young people has on the politics of the country. A statistical analysis of the last general election…
By Graham Sturdy Fifty five years after the publication of one of the best selling, culturally defining novels of the 20th century, comes Harper Lee’s second novel, ‘Go Set a Watchman’. Lee’s first novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, is a story that resonated with multiple generations around the world. It is a classic…
By Tomás Heneghan The University of Limerick (UL) has the highest student drop-out rate of all Irish universities, holding the place jointly with the National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG), according to a new report from the Higher Education Authority (HEA) earlier this month. The HEA report, ‘A Study of Progression in Irish…
By Aisling O’Connor Everybody experiences anxiety to a certain degree. It’s perfectly normal to feel nervous meeting new people, doing presentations, trying new things etc. however when does it become too much? Social anxiety includes symptoms such as avoiding social situations, worrying for prolonged periods of time about oncoming events, dread of public…
By Kiera Thornton It sure is wonderful to be back. I recall viewing the timetable at the start of the first semester and thinking about how much I would enjoy the long winter break, planning to balance productivity with relaxation. Well, I must inform you all that I was drastically incorrect. I have…