By Tomás Heneghan They lined up, all seven would-be kings – though perhaps ‘queens’ would be more the appropriate term, considering how each carried themselves last Monday night. It was all hand-swinging, gestures and sass. First to arrived was Martin. The man who replaced the last king, but only after the thrown…
By Kiera Thornton As of the past two weeks I have been rudely plunged back into the academic side of university. This was in the form of a PowerPoint presentation I had to do in one of my tutorials in week three, and, keeping in mind that I as a misanthropic almost-recluse generally…
By Paul Jordan 18 Parties. 551 Candidates. 158 Seats. 393 people who’ll be disappointed. But how do we decide who’s in and who’s out? Can’t we replace all this campaigning with a once-off episode of I’m a Celebrity? Who wouldn’t want to see Enda Kenny and Gerry Adams share a hammock in…
By Tomás Heneghan The University of Limerick’s Concert Hall (UCH) played host last week to seven leading Irish politicians for the first of the RTÉ broadcasted General Election debates to take place outside of Donnybrook in Dublin. The General Election 2016 polling day is to take place this Friday, 26th February, with…
By Tomás Heneghan The qualified majority clause operated during the last two referenda on a new student centre will not be applied to the referendum this year on the issue. The announcement of the removal of the qualified majority voting system applied to the last two referenda on the issue was made…
By Ciara Corcoran Ask anyone how they feel about their body and there’s usually a list of complaints a mile long. Your body image can be influenced by your own beliefs and attitudes as well as those of society, the media and peer groups. It’s easy to start feeling bad about the way…
By Aisling O’Connor This is a difficult article to write, but I think it’s important that I write it. I joined Krav Maga back in early January to learn self-defence because I was getting followed home last semester. Most evenings when I was walking home I saw a guy in the same location,…
By Marisa Kennedy Our Ashbourne camogie team treated fans to a nail biting finish in their final against UCC on Sunday 14th February in Gort GAA Club, Galway. After overcoming reigning champions WIT in the semi, a mouth-watering fixture against UCC promised to serve up a cracker of a final. The game got…
By Tomás Heneghan We’re good at complaining about this country. We’re really good at complaining about politicians. But we’re experts in the art of not being bothered. Last May thousands of students and young voters registered to vote so they could bring about historic change in this country. We gave a loud “Yes”…
The world of sex and relationships can be a bit of a minefield, but it’s about time we in Ireland opened up and ‘Pixie’s Sex Clinic’ is here to do that! COCO Television is producing a brand new series for RTE2 on Sex, Sexual Health, Behaviour and Education fronted by Dr. Pixie McKenna….