By Paul Jordan For the Halloween weekend, our society headed north, all the way to Belfast in fact. Why? Because RACECAR! Located outside the city is Nutts Corner, an international standard race track. What better place is there to have your first trip of the season. We left UL at 6pm on Friday and headed to a …
By Brian Crowley The annual Irish International Student Badminton Tournament (ISBT) hosted by the UL Wolves Badminton Club last month brought colleges from all over the country and even as far as the Czech Republic together. Over the course of the three days, participants got to play plenty of badminton. The event was graded based on ability and …
By Ruairi Nealon Sub Aqua Intervarsities are a little different to most intervarsities. There is no competition it’s purely a nationwide social event where divers at various levels of training gather, to explore what lies beneath Irish waters. This year’s intervarsities were held up in Carraroe Co. Galway. It’s a quiet country village in the Gaeltacht beyond Spiddal. …
By Emily Kelly The Archery club is forever improving and organising new events. The first thing we did since our last event was our Pub Quiz in the Sports Bar last month. It was an extremely successful night with many in attendance and lots of bonding. This quiz had archery members as well as new members and also …
By Eoghan Carey So as you may know from the previous edition, the club is going from strength to strength. We have hit the 500 members mark since I last wrote to ye. Woopeee! We’re just so cool with our many activities such as walking/hiking, climbing, caving, mountaineering and orienteering/going on treasure hunts. We had the most …
The UL Senior ladies footballers made it 3 from 3 with an emphatic win over Maynooth University to book their place in the Division 1 league semi-final. Their opposition will be decided when DCU play UCD in the other group with the loser of that game facing the reigning champions. Against Maynooth, the UL ladies got straight down …
By Gearóid McCarthy During UL Rainbow Week, the Irish Trans* Students Alliance (ITSA) delivered a crucial workshop called “Trans 101”. ITSA is a support and advocacy group for transgender people aged between 18 and 30. This workshop sought to bring about greater awareness of issues affecting transgender people who are too often erased not just by society but …
By Gearóid McCarthy It is hard to believe that this here is the final instalment of Fresher’s Diary for the semester. My first semester at the University of Limerick is almost complete, with only a couple of weeks remaining (excluding exams). A stark contrast from when I was in secondary school and the holidays could never come fast …
By Ciara Corcoran The Wolf has become central to life in ULSU but what does the wolf encompass? A number of months ago we asked all students a number of questions relating to C&S and life in the Union. This survey included questions like “what does C&S mean to you?” and “what does the Union mean to you?” …
By Ciara Corcoran It’s hard to believe it’s already the last edition of this semester’s An Focal, time has gone by so fast! As this is the last issue until next semester how about a semester review? What you’ve achieved for students since starting? Since the start of our term there has been a lot happening. The …