By Colin Clarke I love this job, it’s a fantastic privilege to represent 14,000 of your peers. The role of the president is a vital one as it commands a certain level of respect from the university. Unlike other members of the union or the university, the university cannot help but listen to…
By Aisling O’Connor “Will you take this knife And stab it though their heart? Will you take these vows So death will do you part?” “I do”, she said. Red dots speckled her white dress. She pressed the dagger flat against his chest, his hands closed over hers and they shared their…
By Tomás Heneghan “Enda Kenny, what’s it to be? Micheál Martin?” “Labour. Labour.” “So you’re not going to do business with Micheál Martin, under any circumstances?” “Certainly not.” This is the conversation which took place between Claire Byrne and Enda Kenny three weeks ago in UL’s Concert Hall. Kenny was firm, clear…
By Tomás Heneghan The University of Limerick’s Students’ Union (ULSU) President, Colin Clarke led the first UL group of students to Poland last month as UL joined the charity competition, Jailbreak for the first time. Mr Clarke’s team was the first UL group to arrive in Krakow, which was the ‘Location X’…
By Tomás Heneghan The Labour Party, formerly the government junior partner, has failed to retain the majority of its Dáil seats and returns with only seven TDs. The other main surprise from General Election was Renua Ireland’s failure to win or retain any seats in the Dáil, despite the high profile of…
Why do you want to be ULSU Welfare Officer? In the last year I’ve done a lot of work with charities and just giving back. I started feeling that rewarding feeling and just seeing what an impact the work you can do as one person especially with things such as mental illness. I just wanted…
By Kiera Thornton It feels as if I blinked and it was suddenly almost halfway through the semester. Where did the time go? I am already relatively near to the completion of my first year in UL and that is absolutely unbelievable. With first year mostly finished, you would imagine I would regret…
Le Rachel Ní Mhórdha Is í surfáil an spóirt is nua aimseartha, is “cool” le deanaí agus nach méanfar dúinn go bhfuil na tonnta is fearr ar domhan againn anseo ar chóstaí na hÉireann! Sa ghliúin seo, ina bhfuil an teicneolaoícht ag teacht go mór chun chinn agus ár saolta ag brath…
By Fay Langley Hiking boots, multiple pairs of socks, energy sachets, a well needed map of Europe, a tin whistle, deodorant, An Ghaeilge stickers to spread the love, a pack of cards, a travel diary, a camera to document our madness, Irish flag, banana outfit and of course, 200 bananas sponsored by Fyffes…
By Eilís Walsh Tuesday was day three of UL’s Charity week. There was great excitement as one of the main gigs of the week would be The Academic playing in Dolans. These boys had previously played for the university before, supporting Hudson Taylor in a gig hosted by UL Music Soc. However, this…