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Interview With Prof. Fitzgerald At Lero

By Naomi Deevy Lero, the Irish Software Research Centre has announced the appointment of its new director, Professor Brian Fitzgerald, who has been a Science Foundation Ireland principal investigator (PI) since 2002 and has been involved with Lero since its beginning. Professor Fitzgerald is an internationally recognized scholar in the field of software engineering and…

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Oh My Gonorrhoea

By Caolan O’Donnell Yes, before you ask, I did have to look up ‘gonorrhoea’ before I spelled it. It doesn’t matter how many times I write that down, it still looks wrong to me. I also tend to question anyone who can spell it first go no problems – no one knows how to spell…

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Trying to Revive the Lost Art of Poetry and He Needs Your Help

By Chloe O’Keeffe Second-year student Yash Sanghvi has recently begun his quest in publishing his very first book. The Bachelor of Arts student has made an appeal to his fellow University of Limerick students to help him in his journey and donate and raise awareness for his recently created GoFundMe page. Mr. Sanghvi has been…

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Self-Defence Law Knowledge Vital for All

By Aisling O’Connor The UL Krav Maga and SAMBO club held a self-defence seminar earlier this month. The seminar featured two barristers and a member of An Garda Síochána speaking about the laws surrounding self-defence. “Krav Maga is known for its real world situations,” Krav Maga and SAMBO President, Stephen Linnane said. The seminar informed…

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Student Protest Greets Enda Kenny As He Visits UL

By Paul Saunders Over one hundred UL students turned out to protest against third level fees as Enda Kenny launched the €86 million Bernal Institute. The protesters were comprised of students from a variety of the universities societies such as Out in UL, Sinn Féin society, Social Democrats and many students who joined the protest…

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Being Visually Impaired On Campus

By Yash Sanghvi Josh Stundon (23) is a Human Rights and Criminal Justice student here in the University of Limerick (UL), and has already completed a bachelor degree in Law Plus. Josh has been blind since he was four and a half months old. “There are a lot of people who are visually impaired but…

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Students’ Union Hosts Consent Workshops

By Rebecca Laffan Rape Crisis Midwest Executive Director Miriam Duffy spoke to UL students on the pressing issue of sexual consent last Monday. The talk, organised by ULSU, aimed to normalise speech around consent and encourage students to know their rights around bodily autonomy. Ms Duffy broke down the issue that many find difficult to…

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