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(Left to Right) Meabh Larkin and Lisa Meehan graduating with an honours degree in BA of Science in Engineering Science on the 1st of September

Homeless in Dublin: The Student’s Hunt For Accommodation Lauren Tracey Editor

A student’s pursuit of accommodation in Dublin has never been easy, but this year it is set to reach ‘absolute crisis levels,’ according to the Union of Students Ireland. With almost 80,000 students resident in Dublin taking part in full time higher education, this number only set to rise over the next number of years.

Student officials are calling for action to ensure that the needs of students can be properly addressed.

In a statement earlier this month, USI president Laura Harmon said that there needed to be moves made by the government to implement a strategy that related specifically to student accommodation, calling student’s a ‘unique group,’ ‘There was a 13 per cent rise in incoming students last year.

With student numbers in Dublin rising year on year, there is a need for the government to take action. The estimated cost for one student is around €10,000 per year and with accommodation prices rising it’s a real crisis,’ she told the Irish Independent.

“Students are being squeezed out of the private rental accommodation sector so there needs to be an incentive for people to rent to students and some kind of obstacle for people who discriminate

against them which is happening unrestrainedly at the moment.”

However despite USI and Student Union influences, with term time nearing closer and closer, many students are still without a solution.

The College Tribune spoke exclusively with two students about their struggle to find a place to stay for the incoming academic year.

2nd year UCD English and Sociology student Ross Walsh a Wexford native, spoke of his struggles trying to procure accommodation close to UCD. “I’m consistently on the phone enquiring about accommodation, but when landlords find out that you’re a student it makes things even more difficult.

Phone calls go unreturned and suddenly places that were only

just available are taken,’ he told the Tribune.

While this year the situation for all students is considerably worse, this isn’t the first time that Walsh has encountered this accommodation black hole.

‘Last year I couldn’t get accommodation on campus. Thankfully a friend’s aunt was kind enough to take me in, so I ended up in digs out in Cabinteely,’ he continues.

Story continued inside.

Inside: Special Fresher Edition

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UCD Ranks #5 in New Entreprenuerial Report Eoin Holohan News Editor

UCD has ranked #5 in producing VC entrepreneurs in Europe in a recent report carried out by Pitchbook. UCD is the only Irish University to rank in the top ten places in this report. Venture capital (VC) is financial capital provided to early-stage, high-potential, start-up companies.

The findings of this report are based on the number of company founders that have received VC funding in the period of the report based on the founders’ undergraduate qualifications.

The report’s findings were welcomed by UCD Innovation, the body that supports students, researchers, industry and entrepreneurs involved with the college.

This report found that 31 UCD graduate entrepreneurs established a total of 26 companies, which cumulatively received $122 million (€ 87 million) in funding between January 2009 and August 2014.

Pitchbook is a multi-award winning company based in Seattle that provides in-depth data on businesses to investors. Apart from information on VC, this company also provides services such as private equity databases, and the educational backgrounds of over 13,000 company founders.

University of London was the highest ranking European institution in this report, with 71 graduates acquiring over $1 billion in funding. Stafford University topped the report, with 378 entrepreneurs, establishing 309 companies raising just over $3.5 billion.

Examples of successful UCD spinout companies include Logentries, a cloud-based service provider that collects analysis and separates machine generated log data. This company currently provides its services to 10,000 customers in over 100 countries including Ireland and the US, and received $10 million in funding after just 3 years in business last year.

Homeless in Dublin: the hunt for accommodation contin‘Being so far away from campus was not only costly, with my bus ticket costing €100.00 monthly, on top of rent, but it also made it really hard to integrate. I was constantly leaving activities and social gatherings early to catch the bus, and it made college quite lonely at times. Thankfully in the second semester, just because I was in the right place at the right time, I stumbled across an on campus vacancy on SIS Web and managed to get place in Glenomena. I instantly saw the social improvements living on campus would afford,’

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This year, Walsh returning for his second year to UCD was primed and ready to receive a place on campus. ‘I was 9th on the waiting list,’ he tells the Tribune. Confident he would get a place on campus Walsh did not join the throngs of students taking to websites like Daft.ie to search for somewhere to stay.

‘Then suddenly and without any warning the wait list just shut down when I was in 9th place. They had filled up and for the second year in a row I find myself with nowhere to live,’ When asked what he would do if he couldn’t secure somewhere to live before term resumed on the 8th of August, Walsh mentioned that he would have to look into the idea of

commuting each day from Wexford, at a total cost of €360.00 per month, and 4 hours a day on the bus.

Another 3rd year student from UCD studying Law, Andrea* told Tribune reporters about her dire need for accommodation.

‘I’m from Mayo originally, and managed to rent the same house in Clonskeagh the past two years in a row, which was ideal for getting to college. I could cycle in and out every day, and I had the benefit of being only a stone’s throw away from UCD’s academic facilities. This year my ex-landlord has raised the rent so much I can no longer afford to pay it, and it appears many other landlords have chosen to do the same,’ she stated.

‘People are praising the rise in house/rent prices as signs of an economic recovery, but seem to totally forget the affect that it’s having on people needing to rent around Dublin. Commuting is not an option for me and I have no family living in the area. I’m facing the prospect of staying at a hostel in town until I find a place that can afford. I’m scared. I’ve never stayed anywhere like that before and you hear all these horror stories about drug use and theft,’ she continued.

‘I studied so hard to get enough points for Law in UCD, and to pass all my exams, but it feels like I’m being punished rather that rewarded for this,’ When the Tribune asked both students if they felt that there was anything more that could be done for student’s by the USI, UCD, and even the Student’s Union, both were extreme-

Editorial Team: Editors: Lauren Tracey Rachel Carey News Editor: Eoin Holohan Sport Editor: Stephanie West Features Editor: Niamh Crosbie Arts Editor:

ly sceptical about the power that the institutions had to help.

‘Until property owners decide they want to rent to students, there’s nothing practical any of these people can do for us,’ stated Walsh pragmatically.

Andrea* was critical of the measures taken by the USI and UCDSU however. ‘The SU can call all they want for land lord relief tax and for NAMA to release housing for the student market, but until they actually take a strong stand, in my opinion in the form of a protest, and ensure that the government knows that not taking action on this is not acceptable, nothing will change,’ An immediate conclusion to the accommodation crisis in Dublin remains to be seen, however the need for purpose built student accommodation is beginning to be recognised.

With the conversion of the Montrose Hotel by Zigguart Student Living nearly completed, and 232-bedroom development on Dublin’s Church Street is currently in the planning stages, some semblance of a solution may present itself to students in Andrea and Walsh’s position in the distant future.

Real estate firm Knight Frank recently reported their predictions that foreign and Irish investors with make an almost €250 million investment in student property from now until the end of the decade. **Andrea did not wish to provide her real name and it was changed to protect her identity.

Contributors: Geneva Pattison Music Editor: Adam Duke Fashion Editor: Emily O’Brien Business Editor: Diarmuid Burke Eagarthóirí Gaeilge: Donal O’Cathain

Turbine Editor: Andrew Dorman Entertainment Editor Marianne Kehoe Photographer: Sean O’ Reilly Illustrator: Lisa O’Carroll Dan Daly

Emma Costello Diarmuid Burke Adam Duke Andrew Dorman Cillian Fearon Nadine Flynn Eoin Holohan Marianne Kehoe

Cliona Kennedy Laura-Blaise McDowell Susanna Morgan Emily O’Brien Andrew O’hEachteirn Caitriona O’Malley Donnacha O’Murchu J.J Phillips Stephen West

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RTE Star Set To Teach At UCD Cliona Kennedy News Writer

Aoibhinn Ni Shuilleabhain, the nation’s newest rising star will begin teaching mathematics in UCD this autumn the college has confirmed this week.

The former Rose of Tralee, and partner of The Late Late Show’s Ryan Tubridy, has been undertaking a Phd, and shared the final stresses of submitting her final thesis with her Twitter followers recently.

“The torture of the final edit. My head is completely wrecked,” she said of finalising her thesis.

Ni Shuilleabhain has been a prominent part of the RTE set for the past number of years, appearing on shows such as the Panel, The Reel Deal, and Celebrity Bannisteoir.

“Aoibhinn Ni Shuilleabhain is taking up the position in mathematics education in the School of Mathematical Sciences, College of Science in UCD,” a spokesperson for the colleges school of Education confirmed earlier this week.

She will play a part in lecturing undergraduate students undertaking a five year BSc and Masters course. Fans of Aoibhinn can expect to see her back on our screen in the coming weeks as part of RTE’s Science Squad team.

Speaking on her return to show biz Ni Shuilleabhain mentioned her longing to return to airwaves after a successful stint on RTE One Radio over the summer.

“I’d love to do more radio, I really enjoyed Aoibhinn & Company last year and I enjoy that medium immensely,” she told the Irish Independent.

UCD Campus Ban The Sale of Cigarettes UCD have placed a ban on the selling of cigarettes and ecigarettes, this came into effect on the 1st September 2014.

The ban is a result of the UCD Health Promotion Committee’s proposal for a smoke free campus, who suggested this to combat the high levels of student smokers.

Eoin Holohan News Editor

The ban was passed by student referendum last semester by a vote of 55% to 45%. Although the UCD Campus currently has designated ‘smoke free’ areas, such as the space in front if the Newman Building, the ban will eventually also prevent students from smoking anywhere on the 320 acres of campus grounds. Cigarettes previously sold at both the Student Union shops on campus, as well as convenience stores on the grounds will no longer be available to purchase.

According to the national tobacco control office, smoking rates in Ireland are highest among young adults (18-34) and reaching levels as high as 30pc in the group 25-34. This leads to immense strain on the Irish health system, causing estimated expenditure of €2 billion per annum on tobacco related illnesses.

In the 2013 Eurostudent V survey it was found that 25pc of third level students in Ireland are smokers, with 11pc smoking on a regular basis. ASH, an anti-smoking lobby group that influenced the Health Board’s decision to suggest a ban, claim that smoking is the cause of 5,200 deaths per year in Ireland alone.

The group also campaign for causes such as higher tobacco prices and prohibiting smoking in vehicles transporting children.

Opinions on the ban are highly mixed between both students and faculty.

One student was concerned for the various businesses on campus. “If people are not able to smoke on campus during breaks and lunches, then they’ll just go somewhere where it’s not a problem” a second year student told the College Tribune.

Another issue is the enforcement of the ban. “Outside the Newman building the no-smoking notices are blatantly ignored, you only have to walk by the building to notice it” claims another student, “I don’t think it’s right to banish people off campus every few hours just because they want a cigarette”.

However, not all views on the ban are negative. “It’s not exactly pleasant walking into every building through a haze of smoke,”claims a second year arts student, “I usually try to find a different entrance rather than the front door because of it”.

Despite this controversy, the Students’ Union have claimed that they will support the student mandate as expressed in the preferendum results last semester.

Similar initiatives have been launched in third level institutions nationwide, with Maynooth University banning smoking in buildings on campus and on-campus accommodation. Students’ union leaders in Trinity College Dublin have supported a campus wide ban, but was narrowly defeated in a student referendum last year.

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Lauren Tracey and Rachel Carey spoke to the creators of Irish website ‘Humans of Ireland’ to ask about their experiences cataloguing Humans of Ireland, one picture and story at a time.

1. What inspired you to create Humans of Ireland?

Lee: I’ve always been had an interest in street photography and wanted to start some sort of street photography blog. I was toying with a few different ideas and been such a fan of HONY. I knew Killian for a few years as we’ve worked creatively on a number of projects, I put the idea to him about starting our own Humans of Ireland page, within the week we had set up the page and began to document our first humans.

was amazing to hear how much support and care he got from the students and staff in UCD. I’d [gone] from feeling really sad about the whole situation to being inspired by the humanity people had shown to this man. Then once the image was posted online and it went viral it was amazing to hear other people experiences/stories about this man.

Killian: Again, like Lee said, so many of our featured humans affect us, some stories are

2. How long have you been running HOI? Killian & Lee: We posted our first HOI picture/story on the 24th of March this year.

3. Are Irish people particularly responsive to the concept of Humans of Ireland?

Lee: So far most people have responded really well to the concept. When we were first discussing the idea of setting up HOI it was one of my concerns, I was worried if people would be prepared to talk to us but as soon as we started approaching people and taking their portrait we were surprised how open they actually were to chatting to us.

4. What post/photo has affected you the most during your time running HOI? Lee: That’s a really tough question as I’ve been affected by a lot of posts. But I think the one that stands out the most has to be the image/story of the homeless man in UCD. After asking him for a photo and him not verbally responding I watched him for a few minutes and was genuinely concerned for his well being.

In the post I said I thought he might have a mental illness which some people didn’t like but there was some information I left out of the post. After asking a few people around the campus if he about him, it

funny, some are sad but what’s most important is that all of them are real. Real people going through real life struggles.

It’s quite an incredible experience when somebody opens up to you after only meeting you moments before.

I always have my camera close by, one day on the way to another job I spotted a guy sitting on the pavement under a billboard having a cigarette. It’s hard to explain it, but quite often you get a vibe from somebody and that’s what we follow when approaching strangers, I suppose you could describe it as a gut feeling. I approached this guy, who, as it

turns out was on a break from the coffee shop he worked in and asked if I could take his portrait. I did and then joined him on the ground to explain the concept behind ‘humans’ before asking him a question. I asked him about a struggle he was currently facing. Before answering he said that I could continue to take pictures as he answered, I couldn’t have ever imagined what was about to happen. He had recently broken up with his girlfriend and he told me all about it, he began to well up and within minutes his heart was wide open. It was heart breaking to hear his story and when asked if it was strange photographing him as he cried people are often surprised to hear that it felt like the most natural thing in the world. As a street photographer, I set out to capture life and this was real life, real pain, true heart ache and it’s rarely captured in such a pure form. It’s recreated time and time again on screen; in movies but rarely do we get to capture such raw emotion. It was sort of beautiful, I felt honoured to that he allowed me to capture that moment, that feeling, that emotion.

a photographer in Dublin as opposed to a small town in Longford but once people realize that we’re not looking to sell them anything, they’re usually open for a chat.

As for person to person, we do find it more difficult for women to agree to have their photo taken.

Killian: More often than not women between the ages of 40-60 will refuse to have their portrait taken as they don’t have their hair done or feel like they’re not dressed appropriately, it’s gas, we’re not shooting for Vogue and I’ve tried to explain that the whole idea is to catch people in their everyday life but generally to no avail.

Lee: I think the main difference we find is peoples age, younger people are usually keen to have their photo taken and be featured on the blog as they’ve heard of our blog or HONY. Older people would ask a lot more questions and want to know what it’s about before agreeing, also if it’s someone that doesn’t use the internet and doesn’t understand social media they’d be a bit more cautious. I’ll always take the time to fully explain what we’re

For more HOI visit their website

www.humansofireland.ie 5. Do you find response to the page differs from county to county/ or person to person?

Lee: I don’t find that it differs that much at all from county to county.

I suppose it’d be a little more common to be stopped in the street by

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6. You take a lot of photos here in UCD, what is it about the campus, and its occupant, that appeals to you so much?

ple, you need a lot of patience. The rest of the work is in maintaining our social media pages and website which we can usually do from our phones whenever we have a minute. We share the work load on facebook. Killian mainly looks after the Instagram. Lee’s also a web designer so he looks after the website.

8. Are the majority of your photographs taken in Dublin, or from all around the country?

Lee: We’re both based in Dublin so the majority of our shots will come from in Dublin, but we both travel around the country a fair bit with our other jobs and will always take time out to shoot for HOI anytime we’re travelling.

11. Have you ever thought to commercialize the page in the way HONY has done?

Lee: I actually live quite close to UCD so love going for strolls over there with my camera. It’s such a melting pot of people from all over the country/world and from all walks of life so it’s a great place to shoot for HOI. 7. Both yourself and Killian run HOI, we’re sure it’s a lot of work, how do you share out the workload? Is it a full time commitment?

Killian &Lee: There is a lot of work that goes into it alright. We both have other jobs that take priority so it’s not a full time commitment. The most time consuming part is taking the pictures and getting peoples stories. You could easily spent two or three hours walking around a town and only capture 2 maybe 3 peo-

Lee: We would like to put a ‘Humans of Ireland’ book together at some stage alright. But we wouldn’t want to commercialize our page too much as we’d like to keep it all about the humans we photograph and their stories.

Killian: At this stage we’ve been approached by a number of companies and different people looking to capitalize on our 42,000 facebook fans but that’s not what it’s about for us. The whole idea is to tell people’s stories and create a snapshot of life in Ireland. Like Lee said, eventually we’d love a coffee table book but money doesn’t drive us.

To quote the photographer Bill Cunningham, “If you don’t take their money, they can’t tell you what to do.”

9. Where to you see yourselves and HOI this time next year? Do you plan to keep going for as long as possible?

Lee: I hope to we have built a following of over 500k by this time next year on our Facebook page. Plus maybe have started our book. As long as I’m enjoying it I’ll keep taking pictures, it’s such a rewarding feeling chatting to strangers and them sharing their stories with you I can’t see myself getting tired of it anytime soon.

Killian: I couldn’t have said it better myself, I always love to see Lee’s ambition with our facebook page. I was delighted when we made it to 1k meanwhile; Lee was already aiming for 100k.

10. 42,000 likes is an incredible amount, to what do you credit your success?

Lee: I think the main reason for its success is that people in general are very inquisitive and our pictures give people an insight into the life of the people we photograph. Also there are about 70 million people worldwide that consider themselves to be Irish. We see a lot of our audience is from outside Ireland which I reckon gives them a taste of home that they miss while living abroad.

11. How do you deal with the negativity you must occasionally get, either online or in person?

Lee: I’ve never gotten any negativity in person. I have gotten it on some of my images alright. At first I would focus on the one negative comment out of one hundred that I’ve gotten on a certain image, but now it doesn’t bother me. Most of the time it’s some keyboard warrior or someone looking for an argument, in which case I’d just delete their comment and if they continuously post negative/ abusive comments they get banned.

But if someone has a genuine point to make I usually let people debate about it amongst themselves and would rarely get involved.

Killian: What I find lovely about our

facebook friends on the HOI page is the amount of support that is shown in the comments. Especially after someone is nice enough to share their story with us, It’s so nice to see that on a platform which is so often used to troll and abuse that in the midst of it there we are, a little beacon of positivity.

12. Do you photograph on set days or do you just walk and snap?

Lee: I don’t have set days at all, whenever I get a chance I try get out. But I do have my camera in the car all the time and if I have a bit of spare time to kill I’d have a walk about. Sometimes if I’m driving and I see someone that interests me I’d drive ahead of them a bit and stroll back ask them.

Killian: Ditto, as we both work full time jobs we have to shoot for ‘humans’ whenever and wherever we get a chance.

Ideally I’d love to be able to spend my entire day going around the country talking to people, hearing their stories and taking their portraits but unfortunately my landlord doesn’t accept photographs as payment.

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Meeting the Editors

Hello! My name is Rachel and I’m one of the new editors of the College Tribune for the coming year. A Dublin native and recent graduate with a BA in English and History I have always had a keen interest in journalism. Having written for the paper for two years and been News Editor last year this was the job obvious choice.

Although having said that journalism has always been my dream job.

Although many might view print journalism as a dying profession I believe it’s something that will remain strong over the coming years, something that can work alongside the growing online presence. This is something that both Lauren and I will be working towards over the coming year, taking the paper in a new direction and continuing the modernising process, but also maintaining some of the time honoured values of the print. This is just one of the many plans we have for the College Tribune throughout the year. To continue to see what we come up with, pick up your copy every other Tuesday, like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and check out our website.

Hi Everybody!

My name is Lauren, and I’m ‘the other editor,’ as I have fondly become known over the past number of months.

Firstly, before I prattle any further with my introduction, I’d like to extend a particular welcome to the incoming Freshers of UCD, for whom many sections of this paper have been painstakingly dedicated to. Treasure your time UCD, the years will drift by so quickly and before you know it you’ll be posing by the lake with your degree, wearing one of those ridiculous hats with the tassels.

I first began writing for the College Tribune in September 2013 when, inspired by a documentary about the creation of American Vogue’s coveted ‘September Issue,’ I took the leap to message then editors James Grannell and Cathal O’Gara about contributing for the Tribunes

fashion section.

Fast forward two years with a brief layover as Fashion Editor, I’m now one half of the chief editorial team for one of oldest student papers in the country.

Over the course of my 3 year English and History degree writing for the Tribune has easily been one of my main highlights. Its familial feel and passion for publishing hard hitting stories helped nurture the budding journalist in me.

Over the course of the next year Rachel and I intend to make sure we leave no stone unturned to ensure that you, the students of UCD, are brought the most relevant and significant stories that a student newspaper should seek to publish. Coverage of issues at the heart of student life is our main goal, and we can’t wait to achieve it for you.

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A-Z of UCD giving freshers the scoop on what college is really like.

Nadine Flynn talks drama and theatre in UCD

Cillian Fearon discusses upcoming cultural night

Emily O’Brien talks style evolution.

Adam Duke sits down with Dave Judge

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Fringe Fest is a stage for different artistic disciplines to mix and break the rules, a showcase for new Irish artists and international shows. Though the group works year round, the Festival is a 16 day long extravaganza worshiping all art forms. The venues are all around the city and most have discounts for students so you’ve no excuse not to go see a show.

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Dublin’s Coffee and Tea Festival For the first year ever Dublin has its own Coffee & Tea Festival, just in time for the return of the college year. With the National Home Barista Competition, micro-roasters and a brew school, it’s a caffeine lover’s daydream.

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Life Has Surface Noise Part of Fringe Fest, Siobhán Kane returns after last year’s sold out event to discuss how certain records seem to stick with us and why we love music so much. With John Kelly, Peter Toomey, Daragh O’Halloran, writer Kevin Barry and some surprise guests joining her, this looks to be a very interesting evening.

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Nick Cave’s long awaited movie begins screening on the 17th, followed by a live video chat with the man himself. Described as “category defying”, it follows Cave through a single day while explaining his creative process. A student ticket is available, so make sure to bring your card with you!

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Hunt & Gather are teaming up with Discotekken for this once off event. With past events like a Bill Murray themed exhibition, the bi-annual Nuit Blanche art sessions and the ridiculously over-thetop All Fur No Knickers parties, this one is looking to be equally creative and great craic.

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Staple Student Eats: Dublin’s Top 5 One of the best things about Dublin is how it’s constantly growing. Whether you’re familiar with the city or have just started a new chapter here, there is always another coffee shop/bbq/sushi place just around the corner. Though some places come and go faster than others (cupcake stalls, milkshake bars, pancake places; we shall never forget ye) there are a few that you would never want to leave. Everybody has their favourite spot but these are fundamentals for me.

Perfect for a student budget, delicious and wide ranging enough to suit any taste, here are my student staples.

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Boojum €5- €6.50 During the Great Burrito Craze of 2013 many Mexican restaurants opened in Dublin. Most people have a favourite but the one closest to my heart is Boojum.

They have a wide variety of options to choose from, fantastic quality food and their student deal is cheaper than their nearest competitor Tolteca. The first location opened in 2007 and recently Boojum opened its doors on Kevin Street too, though I still wouldn’t try either around lunchtime as it’s guaranteed to be packed out the door. There’s also one in Galway but I think Jervis might be closer. For great value and great service they won’t be beaten, with only Taco Tuesdays in Tuzo on Dawson Street coming close. Look, they have regular burrito eating competitions. What isn’t there to love?

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Yum Thai €5- €5.50 Yum Thai on St. Anne’s Street may not be exceptionally well known but it is a lifesaver. There are a good few noodle bars around the city centre but they tend to only have noodles teamed with meat that could theoretically be anything. For a fiver here you get genuine Asian cuisine that tastes and looks amazing. Also unlike many of the other vendors they have quite a few vegetarian options and offer tofu in lieu of meat instead of simply giving you plain noodles. One downside is a lack of space to sit but if the sun is shining, St. Stephens Green is only a stone’s throw away.

They also give a free apple with every box of noodles so you’ve no excuse not to get one of your five a day in there too.

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KC Peaches €5- €10 After opening first in 2006, KC Peaches has opened in several more spots around town (Nassau Street, Pearse Street, Dame Street, and Stephens Green). Although beverages can be priced a little highly for my liking (€3 for a bottle of ice tea), the salad bar keeps you coming back. For a five euro and upwards you can get as much salad as you can fit into a takeaway box, three sizes and three prices. We aren’t talking lettuce and tomato slices here. We’re talking blue cheese and walnut. We’re talking kale with pomegranate seeds. We’re talking Greek yogurt and broccoli. We’re talking various chickpea options, sometimes with sundried tomatoes. If this isn’t your thing then they also tend to do a very delicious lunch menu for under a tenner. KC Peaches always has a great standard and I wholly recommend it.

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Wagamamas €7- €14 Not only a staple in my list of places to eat but also a common name on society membership cards, Wagamamas is deadly. As much as I love all the places I’ve mentioned above, this is the first I would recommend for a dinner. And if you join pretty much any society during Fresher’s Week, now you can eat half price if you bring someone else! The waiting method is a bit confusing but the food is divine and you can usually spot it being made thanks to the layout. I have very few bad things to say about Wagamamas that aren’t to do with wanting one outside my house. You may not use those society membership cards much in college but you’ll notice yourself using it here throughout your time in UCD. 5.

BoBo’s €10 In Irish BoBo’s means CowCow’s. You can’t look anywhere in this restaurant without seeing cows (they’re painted life-size on the walls). There is cow print everywhere. Whoever runs BoBo’s has a dark sense of humour and I love it. Although not everyone enjoys being forced to remember what they’re eating, the quality of the food served makes you forget. These are no normal burgers. Varying from the generic cheeseburger/bacon cheeseburger you see on most burger menus, there are 20 different types to choose from and all with fabulous names. BoBo’s have a student meal option and also a lunch deal but the price never tends to get higher than a tenner. Equally handy is their social media presence, @bobosburgers tend to give away free burgers regularly!

Like I said above, one of the best things about Dublin is how it’s consistently changing. With such a melting pot of people and cultures you’d be hard pressed to find a cuisine that isn’t represented somewhere in the city. Try sushi. Go to brunch. Eat vegan cheesecake. There are so many places to discover that keep Dublin constantly fresh. It’s the capital city and you’re in college, have fun with it!

Dublin’s Cultural Extravaganza Returns Culture Night is returning to the streets, museums and art houses around the country for its ninth year. With events taking place in over 900 venues, including 40 new ones in Dublin alone, it’s sure to be an exciting night. The cultural extravaganza will be held on Friday the 19th of September. At an estimated 350,000 participants last year, it’s expected that this year’s events will attract an even larger crowd. Of course one of the best things about Culture Night is that all the events are free. The vast array of events caters to people of all interests showing how inclusive celebrating culture can be.

UCD is getting involved with Culture Night with two film screenings and a special event in Newman House. For football fans, the cinema is showing Next Goal Wins. The documentary is focused on American Samoa, arguably the world’s worst soccer team. It follows them in their attempt to turn their luck around and qualify for the 2014 Brazil World Cup. The film, directed by Mike Brett and Steve Jamison, will be shown at 5pm. At 8pm the cinema will show the thoughtful drama Chinese Puzzle, in which a man struggles with life, divorce, and getting older. It is directed by the French director Cédric Klapisch and stars Roman Druis, Kelly Reilly, and Audrey Tautou.

If films aren’t quite your thing, then UCD Newman House will also be hosting an event titled; “The Split: Eoin MacNeill, The Irish Volunteers, and Ireland September 1914”. It will feature a selection of panel discussions, dramatic readings of contemporary speeches, and historical artefacts. This event hopes to highlight the tension and attitudes in at home and abroad in the opening months of the First World War.

If you’re feeling more adventurous there are countless events taking place elsewhere in the city. If you’re new to the city or a lifelong Dubliner, Culture Night is a wonderful opportunity to explore and discover all the city has to offer. There are special events taking place at many of Dublin’s well known landmarks, including the Abbey Theatre, the GPO, and the Guinness Storehouse,. The full list of events can be found at the Culture Night website: www.culturenight.ie.

Cillian Fearon

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The Trib 10.09.2014

12 Tips on Getting Through Your First Year in UCD Unharmed So you made it. Congratulations, the Turbine welcomes you to our colourful, well laid out, financially prudent home away from home. This is a place you can do anything you want, unless it’s during a tutorial, or you didn’t register for it in time. Since we at the Turbine have a generous heart and a superiority complex, we will lay down some simple guidelines to help you survive these first few weeks.

Andrew Dorman

Freshers Edition Special

1. Print out your timetable. This will help you work out what times you can see your friends, and what times you can see them and laugh about how you should be in a lecture.

2. To my friends from the country, greetings! Do not be afraid, the grey buildings around you are made of a substance known as concrete. Despite being a rarity beyond the Pale, we assure you it is perfectly safe.

3. You voluntarily chose your electives. For god sake don’t moan about them. Save that effort for moaning about your core modules.

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If you worked over the summer, that’s fine. But we, the general populace, don’t care.

If you travelled over the summer, that’s fine. But we, your friends who have to hear the stories over and over again, don’t care.

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If you did charity-work over the summer, that’s fine. But we, the people who think you just sound self-righteous and pretentious, don’t care.

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Join a society. There you will find people like you, who have interests like you and you will realise that you’re not a unique and beautiful snowflake like you first thought.

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There is a big building near the old lake called “The Library”. Just learn where it is, it will come in handy later.

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You will never have thought E2.75 could be so crucial to your daily routine. Don’t know what I’m talking about? You will.

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College Fashion Tip: Hoodies are grand.

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If you are doing an Arts Degree, you will absolutely love the module “Intro to Arts”. It is a fantastic learning experience and you are lucky to have it available to you.

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Finally, you only get to be a first year once. Enjoy it while you can.

Have your chance to tell us your fresher experiences!

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is for Buildings. UCD is a minefield of high concrete buildings, impossible to find your way around and easy to get lost. Good luck!

is for the College Tribune. UCD’s best campus newspaper. Released every second Tuesday, you can find your copy on designated floors all over campus.

is for drinking. You will be doing a lot of it during your time in UCD, in the bar, on the bus, in res or even during a lecture. Stock up on your favourite gargle because by the end it’ll be Tesco Value Vodka all the way for you.

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is for Eggs. Sometimes brought onto campus to hurl at visiting members of the government. Completely against UCD rules but does make for one good YouTube video.

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is for Free Stuff. You will receive many free things during Freshers Week, the College Tribune offers you one piece of advice, STOCK UP. You are a poor student; you will take any free stuff you can get.

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is for Grass. Every year we seem to lose another large piece of grass on campus, be vigilant. If you see builders or hear the words “New Lake” run for the hills.

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is for Orange. Many girls coming out of Quinn will be this colour. Warning! Do stop comment or stare, unless you want a Starbucks skinny frappuccino thrown over you.

is for Positivity. You will meet many bubbly positive people, mainly radiating from the SU. Resist the urge to slap them hard.

is for the Quinn Business School. Where the upper classes of UCD flock to recount their stories of Summers spent on Daddy’s Yacht in the Med and to compare their Michael Kors bags.

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Freshers Edition Special A-Z Guide of UCD

is for “I have no idea what’s going on”.

This will be a phrase you will use frequently when approaching Exam Time. You’ll remember fondly those nights spent in Coppers while spending hours crying in the library.

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is for Jumpers. Especially hoodies. After a few weeks of making an effort for college, these will become your staple piece of clothing, even available with a UCD crest and a ‘funny’ class slogan on the back.

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is for www.collegetribune.ie. The best way to keep up with college news and updated daily for you convenience.

is for Home. Mammys Sunday Dinners will be calling you be the 3rd week of term.

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is for Zoo. Some may call UCD a concrete jungle, it’s more like a concrete zoo.

is for Kitchen Nightmares. Those 4am post-coppers snacks that end up burning your down your flat, those Tesco ready meals. The Iron Stomach isn’t just for Freshers Weeks, it’s a test for your 3 years here in UCD.

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Have your chance to tell us your fresher experiences!

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ARTS/5 Blockbusters Before They Were Blockbusters Emma Costello explores the relationship between cinema and comics.

Popular film, “Guardians of the Galaxy”, has just broken the $500 million mark in the box office, making it the top film of the summer. And this profit is only growing for the quirky Marvel film! But how did it become such a hit? A relatively unknown comic series became a huge blockbuster hit in the recent mainstream media, causing such a stir worldwide. There are now dancing Groot toys hurriedly being made by Santa’s elves.

Emma Costello

Many years ago, comics were seen by some as a degradation of literature. Going to the corner shop and demanding my mother to buy me the Simpsons comic, I don’t think she realised what kind of obsession she was feeding. (May I just remind the readers of the Simpsons annual Treehouse of Horror comics and what fun they were to sneak into those annual school masses?) In media today, though, the comic book is thriving. Comic book shops are becoming more relevant and current due to the rise of comics being transformed in cinema. To date, Marvel has planned feature films up to 2019, including Ant-Man, a film based off a comic that many a cool kid may not have heard of. This idea of releasing films of somewhat unknown comics is becoming a bit of a trend these days in the cinematic world.

they will release up to 2019.

One future blockbuster, Ant-Man, is a comic that follows the life of Scott Lang, played by Paul Rudd, who is taught by mentor Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) about the importance of safeguarding the technology that can cause a person to decrease in size but increase in strength. Before Marvel started production of this film, many people on this earth would not have known Ant-Man as well as they would’ve known Spider-Man, a common household name since the comics began. Another upcoming film causing much talk as who is to play the title character is “Dr. Strange”. The Marvel film, about a brilliant but stubborn surgeon who is trained to defend the world against evil thanks to a sorcerer, is set to be realised in 2016. These are just two of the many films Marvel has announced

Comics being an influence in the production of films has become a trend in modern cinema recently, especially so since Marvel was bought by Disney. The extravagance and mild darkness that has become a trademark of Disney films can be seen in all the recent Marvel movies, even as far back as the release of the first Iron Man. This is certainly a reason as to why films based on comics have become more popular. Disney has the technology and profit to put as much time and effort into these obscure and unknown stories to produce major hits. Thanks to this, Marvel Entertainment is allowed to take their more underground comics and bring them up to the surface with the abundance of new technology and special effects. In comparison to the technology used in the Adam West’s Batman as well as the 1978 TV series of The Hulk, the effects have certainly changed. Whereas back then, the thrill that came from seeing the Hulk transform was through the magic of make-up, which took a tiring three hours. To further protect the make up so it would not fade, Lou Ferrigno, who played the transformed Hulk in the tv show, would spend much of his time in a refrigerated motor home whilst on set. I would think that Mark Ruffalo should be pretty happy that he doesn’t have to freeze whilst relaxing between takes!

In comics, everything is visual. I personally call them picture books for adults. Due to the panels, we can easily visualise what is going on. This certainly helps producers, screenwriters, and set designers better create a film. Yet, still we are allowed to imagine. Comics are, like books, only a guide for us to create these images in our mind. We are not restricted by them, but more inspired by them.

Clumsily manoeuvre a stool across a crowded floor, gather your knowledgeable friends and ponder a witty and obscure team name as Caitríona O’Malley exalts the glories of the table quiz.

The first thing to remember as you embark on your quizzical journey is that the colour of the pen is pivotal to your success. Blue is far too trite and suggests intellectual inferiority. It does not reflect the sobriety of the occasion. As well as this, blue pens are notorious for sputtering to a fading scrawl and betraying you midway through the fifth round. A solemn, sturdy black pen is the sagest selection.

It is symbolic of vast wisdom and robust character. Once you have your pen resting twixt thumb and finger, you must discuss a team name with your band of quizzical brothers. This can be a contentious affair. Too obscure, and you risk inciting the ire of the likely sardonic quizmaster. Too obvious, and you earn the contempt of the other teams. Best to plump for something which hovers between the two, and which reflects your wit and searing cultural awareness. It need not be said that puns are discouraged, and your team will be ostracised and mocked if you bestow a punning title on yourselves.

In the emotional maelstrom of disputed answers, friction with the quizmaster, and the inevitable mid-quiz lethargy, it can be easy to forget your motivation for striding into this turbulent arena.

It is not for the prize of a crate of rusting beer cans, but for the opportunity to bond with your friends over obscurities and to revel in the admiration of the congregation as you reveal in the Literature round that Charles Lutwidge Dodgson is the real name of Lewis Carroll. Bask in these glorious moments, and they will nourish you.

If there is a mutinous member amongst you, scowling because no one listened to them in the heated Geography round, it is best to hand the pen to them for the Music category, lest they infect the others with their resentment. Unity is crucial and ensures that you can hold your answer sheets aloft with pride, and assured in the knowledge that the other groups will feel the keen sting of your victory when the final tallies are revealed. If you think the quizmaster is incorrect at any time, do not leap to your feet exclaiming in outrage. You must accept their word, and contain your contempt. It is not about petty bickering, but about the celebration of that which binds us all: pop culture.

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10.09.2014 The Trib

Nadine Flynn

To the Fresher’s who are reading this, welcome to UCD; prepare yourself for a wonderful turbulent experience. To the returning students having already lost their faith in humanity, you’re one year closer to graduating, be grand.

I thought I would give you a slice of what UCD has to offer. So, let’s call this, Nadine’s introduction to Drama in UCD. That has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it? Drama 101.

There is so much Drama to be found in UCD (not limited to what goes on in the girl’s bathroom). From academics to live theatre, UCD has it all. Whether you’re an aspiring actor or an amateur writer like me, you’ll find your place. When I first started college, theatre and drama wasn’t something that appealed to me much.

However, to shamefully quote an old adage, I really found myself in college (after many months of my friends finding me, in rather inappropriate states) and I discovered all these interests I had that were hiding deep down beneath my love of Doritos and The Hills. So if you’re keen for the dramatic arts, please put down your Americano and let me tell you all about all the opportunities UCD offers.

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As previously stated, drama in UCD can be found everywhere, from the classroom to the dramsoc theatre. The lecturers and tutors in the school of English, Drama and Film are all terrific. You’ll fall in love with at least one of them at some point, it’s inevitable. Classes range from 20th century drama to British contemporary theatre to Shakespeare and beyond, the play is the thing! English in UCD is probably one of the most random courses, with classes ranging from Vampires to The Jersey Shore (yes, I wrote an essay on the Jersey Shore), so you’re bound to find something that tickles your fancy. So think ‘sure why not’, and give something different a go.

Classes are great, but nothing beats standing on stage in front of an audience; nervously trying to make your way through the chorus monologue in Romeo and Juliet. If you’re interested in dramsoc, I have three words for you; audition! Audition! AUDITION! I’m no actor, but god did I audition. It will boost your confidence and you’ll never know how good (or in my case, bad) you are until you try. If like me, you’re not the Anne Hathaway you once believed, why not try your hand at stage management, writing or directing?

There are so many ways to get involved in dramsoc. Let me tell you now, the ‘fancy pancy’ actor stereotype that looms over the drama society is not at all present. Last year I wrote a play (which was mediocre at best) but I staged it in the theatre and it was a wonderful experience and now I know that that’s what I want to spend the rest of my life doing; writing mediocre plays. So be sure to join dramsoc this year, it’s worth it.

Enjoy your time in UCD, pick classes you like; it will make everything so much easier! Get involved, scream a monologue, direct some actors, write a play – do something! Have a ball with your dramatic endeavours my fellow theatre nerds!

An Honest Commentary on Luc Besson’s recent sci-fi thriller, Lucy.

Lucy is a visually stunning intellectual sci-fi action film which can be seen as a combination of the plot of Limitless and the cosmic scale of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. Many of the reviews so far have heralded it as a metaphysical masterpiece; others see it as over complicated pseudo-scientific mumbo jumbo but with good action sequences. It attempts but largely fails to bridge these two types of film.

Cillian Fearon

Lucy is written and directed by the French director Luc Besson, best known for The Fifth Element. It stars Scarlett Johansson as the titular Lucy, a fun-loving American college student studying abroad. After a series of unfortunate decisions she meets the Korean drug trafficker Mr Jang played by the intimidating Min-Sik Choi, who you may recognise from Oldboy. Lucy is used to traffic a new designer drug into Europe but after being assaulted by a sadistic guard, she absorbs the drug allowing her to access the furthest reaches of her mind. She then begins her quest to find the remaining drug packets and, with a small amount of help from Morgan Freeman, she unlocks 100% of her brain.

There are both positives and negatives to take away from Lucy. The car chase through the busy Paris streets is more than enough to get your heart racing. The well choreographed fight scenes interspersed throughout the film are entertaining, though at times they hit Tarantino-esque levels of violence. Scarlett Johansson performs wonderfully in this film. She expertly shows the transformation from a terrified and naïve Lucy at to the cold, calculating, killing machine that has been created by the drugs.

There are a large number of negatives that haunt Luc Besson’s film. Continuity errors litter the film along, with a number of very questionable scientific theories; most notably the premise that humans only use 10% of their brain. The over-arching messages that are laced through the film are far from subtle. The antimaterialism message and the suggestion that humans aren’t living to their full potential leaves you with a sense of being nagged rather coming to the conclusion yourself.

It deserves no more than three stars out of five. Many cinema goers will leave this film slightly confused and annoyed after expecting a rip-roaring action thriller. Instead they receive a sporadic action flick loosely roped together with high minded pseudo-scientific nonsense.

MUSIC/7

The Trib 10.09.2014

Adam Duke sits down Abner Brown’s Dave Judge for the College Tribune’s Electric Picnic Exclusive

Adam Duke

Named after a Johnny Cash song, Abner Browns is one of the more curious shops in Rathmines. Ostensibly barbers, it’s filled with enough music memorabilia to fascinate any music nerd that happens to drop in. For just over a year now it’s been playing host to local bands from Dublin to such a success that they ran the Oxjam stage on the Sunday at Electric Picnic. We recently sat down with their own man in black, Dave Judge.

“People talk of me as a promoter in town, around Sweeneys, Marcantile, Whelans, and they think I know what I’m doing when I don’t” laughs Dave “I bought the leather couch out there for about 30 euro in Oxfam, and I had it next to one of my guitars and my hat stand, which is actually the one on our logo, and the image itself just looked cool. I said to my wife I’m after getting this couch and it looks really cool, it might be cool to get somebody playing on it. This was about a year ago, and on the same weekend, by pure chance, there was a guy in called Blair Packhem, a Canadian singer songwriter. I mentioned it to him, so he played a few tunes, and it went down a bomb”.

Pretty soon other acts, such as rockabilly band Gypsy Rebel Rebel and blues singer Mick Heslin started stopping by. This didn’t go unnoticed, and it soon became detrimental to business. “It became so packed that people stopped coming in on Saturdays for haircuts because they thought we we’re really busy, when in reality people where coming to listen to the music”.

Deciding to move the gigs to Saturday night, Dave just “Filled up the sinks with beer and ice for the craic, and went ahead with it.” Though it took a while to get the hang of converting his barber shop into a venue, he now has it down to a “fine art”, and claims the transformation only takes “about fifteen minutes”. Dave soon found that acts would jump at a chance to play in his shop, and that a big crowd would always show up, and that a great night would be had by all, “We get promoted, the band get promoted and the customers get free beer and they can come and listen to music and have a bit of a chat. Afterwards we all go across the road for a pint together, so there’s a real feeling community spirit, which is hard to find in Dublin. The other thing that’s really important is that when people come here, it’s to actually listen to the music. When you go to Whelans, or the Grand Social or wherever, it’s a hum in the background. Here its total silence”. Initially the idea was “just for fun, you know, like I cut hair, that’s what I do for a living”.

Accordingly however, Dave gradually started to get to know the big names in the Dublin music scene; or rather they started to know him. “When I’m introduced to anybody in the industry they always say they’ve heard of me. Jackie Kennedy from 2fm was talking to a friend of mine and when he told her it was a barber shop she said “what do mean it’s a barber shop? I thought it was a venue that looked like a barber shop!”. Ciaran Black, a Dublin promoter asked him if he’d be interested in managing the Oxjam stage at Electric Picnic, but initially Dave was unsure “I said it was way too early to even think about that. I thought something like that might eventually happen, but not so fast”. However after organising a charity gig for Aidlink, “Ciaran said I knew what I was doing. I said I’d think about it again, and when I rang him he told me that I had already been booked in”.

Despite getting offered some big names, Dave sought to “stay true to what we are. Everybody that played here was in with a chance”. The result was a resounding success. “It was perfect” he grins “the place was still hopping at about 3 in the morning”.

Dave is unsure about how big things or going to get, or how big he wants them to get. ”I don’t know what I want.

There’s a lot of hard work involved. Every minute I wasn’t cutting hair is spent with dealing with names, numbers, insurance etc.” However Dave has recently organised a gig in the Sugar Club, featuring the Minutes, in aid of Gaza, and given that he went from having a guy play on his couch to Electric Picnic in less than a year, whatever does happens next is sure to be fascinating.

Would you like to write for music?

Contact our music editor Adam on music@collegetribune.ie

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10.09.2014 The Trib

Stephen West

Drum and Bass. Traditionally the two instruments that are associated with dance music, they’re the only two instruments, which are used on British rock band Royal Blood’s selftitled debut album. While this gives the album an idiosyncratic groove and a very full sound (for a two piece anyway), Royal Blood quickly veers into very familiar territory.

Similar to how Jack White, of the White Stripes, used effects pedals to make his guitar sound a bass on songs like Seven Nation Army, Mike Kerr of Royal Blood uses effects to make his bass sound like a guitar. This is about as far as the White Stripes comparison goes. Drenge, another two piece for the UK who have emerged in the past year are a more apt comparison to the bluesy experimentation of the White Stripes. Royal Blood, on the other hand, are far more in line with the Black Keys, in the sense that they make mainstream rock music, for a mainstream audience. Not in the sense that it sounds very safe and polite, like Coldpay or the 1975, but in the sense that, like Led Zeppelin or Guns and Roses, its sticks to a well-established formula. As such, this isn’t really a bad thing.

College Tribune Album of the Week

Mike Kerr’s riffs are inventive enough, and he can actually sing, making the band very easy to listen to. They’re also smart enough to keep their songs short, with the longest being just over four minutes, making it nearly impossible to get bored.

It’s the type of album that’s perfect for a car journey, something that will keep you interested as it plays, but not necessarily something that will be revisited later.

Unabashedly commercial, numerous publications have touted this album as first album in a long time by a new rock band that could make real commercial headway. If somebody has to do that, it could be a lot worse than this.

Guerilla Marketing and the Internet Three weeks ago Richard James, better known to the masses as Aphex Twin, had us all captivated, because a blimp bearing his logo was flown over London. Audacious, but exactly what you’d expect from a man who reportedly lives in a disused bank. The same logo also appeared graffitied in New York, and there are conflicting reports about it appearing on the dishes in a Thai restaurant in London (which are, incidentally on eBay).

Adam Duke

Given the lack of noise from the normally prolific Aphex Twin over the past few years, everybody was sitting up and paying attention when he announced a few days later that his first album since 2001 was to drop. For an artist as tech savvy as himself, it may be no surprise, but Aphex Twin has used the internet right.

Aphex Twin is hardly the first artist to use to the internet, and with it, the relatively new idea of guerrilla marketing, to great effect. Last year Daft Punk, Arcade Fire and Kanye West where all subject to guerrilla marketing campaigns, where their faces, music, and logos all showed up in unlikely places, leading to huge buzz about new music. This captures the zeitgeist of music’s digital age, because only through the internet could word about their campaigns spread and could anticipation build in such a frenzied manner.

Given that the drop in sales over the past decade or so has been almost entirely attributed to the internet, its interesting to see acts viewing the world wide web as a promotional tool, akin to what touring used to be, to promote themselves, rather than as a drain on sales. However one has to ask why this isn’t the norm.

To read the extended edition of this article head to our website www.collegetribune.ie

FASHION/9

The Trib 10.09.2014

Trend Report: A/W Essentials For Your College Wardrobe

Who doesn’t want to roll into college all wrapped up and cosy in the winter months? It’s dark and cold at 9am on a Monday morning, and your sleepy head needs to go back to bed.

Well we have a trend for you!

There’s nothing like Irish weather to make you realise how important it is to always be prepared for the worst of storms.

Now you can pair both fashion and function with this A/W trend.

Every season channels a signature decade, and A/W 2014 is no different. Over the coming months we can expect to see the best of the 60’s roaming all over campus, so make sure to select your key pieces early.

Burbury Prosem debuted the wrap coat with Cara Delevingne and Suki Waterhouse stomping down the catwalks in their monogramed wool blanket poncho’s. Featuring all our favorite autunal colours, like burnt oranages, muted yellows and deep reds and blues.

Wellies and a raincoat are this seasons must have accessories. Whether you chose to go with a high quality branded pairs of Hunters, or even the brightly coloured country chic pairs available from Joules, Kildare Village, there are many shapes and sizes availbale for even the most wellycynical foot.

It’s all about the ‘A’ line shapes that can be teamed so well with those winter boots we’ve all already rushed out to buy.

A wrap this size can be procured in many high street stores such as Pennys, River Island, New Look or even online at ASOS.com or Boohoo. Teamed with a belt to cinch your waist and with your best distressed jeans and Ugg’s, you’ll definitely be both stylish and comfortable this semester

Team your boots with a floral rain mac for the ultimate boho affect, and ensure you stay dr y on your mid morning dash from Health Sciences to Newman.

We’re talking 60’s with a modern twist. Boxy handbags and pointed flats have also made a come back, and teamed with a high necked polo they create the perfect A/W outfit.

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Beauty Edit ; Hacks to Save Your Skin (Literally) Susanna Morgan

With summer well and truly over and the memory of empty purses, cold toes and rumbling tummies creeping back upon us, here are some beauty hacks to keep you looking fabulous all year round.

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Before you become completely impoverished, invest in a good skincare regime. Trust me… UCD campus can sometimes feel like the windiest place in Ireland and come early December, the library’s air conditioning will leave your skin feeling as distressed as you feel about the looming exams. Personally, I can’t recommend Cetaphil products enough. Suitable for almost all skin-types and with a price tag under €15, what’s not to love?

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Don’t splash on expensive mascara! You really should throw it out after three months – no excuses. But you don’t have to reach for the falsies just yet- try dusting your lashes with a little powder between coats to make them longer and more voluminous. Apply talc or any kind of finishing powder over lashes with an eye shadow brush... et voilà!

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Always keep a tub of Vaseline in your beauty bag. You would be amazed at how versatile this this little blue pot can be! Rub a little into the cracks of your ankles, knees and elbows when self-tanning for a more natural looking finish or smooth it over your eyelashes and brows to boost growth.

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Just when you thought water problems couldn’t become anymore ‘taxing’, dull and lifeless hair will come strolling into your life. Residue and build up as a result of washing your hair in Dublin’s hard water supplies can leave it looking and feeling underappreciated. For a quick fix try rinsing hair in vinegar or lemon juice, after shampooing, as this will bring it back to life by balancing out its PH.

10.09.2014 The Trib

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Emily O’Brien talks fashion.

The University Style Journey

Starting university is a time of huge change in anyone’s life. You’re striking it out on your own, learning to cope with being separated from your lifelong friends whilst also making new ones, taking on a whole new set of coursework and perhaps moving away from your family for the first time. Most of it is positive change that helps us all reach our potential. Entering my final year in UCD, I’ve been through all that and come out the other side as a whole new person, and it’s been brilliant.

While those changes were expected, one thing I didn’t anticipate was my personal sense of style altering and developing during my time here.

Let’s face it, when we’re eighteen we think we know it all, and that being trendy is paramount. Those rare jaunts to the nightclub during the Leaving Cert year were planned with military precision, and my friends and I were adamant that our clubbing outfits would be as stylish as humanly possible. The rest of our time was spent in school uniforms, pyjamas and sweatpants as the pressure of exams took over, leaving us exhausted and wondering when we’d last washed our hair. The few nights out we did have were not only occasions to unwind, but an opportunity to prove that we hadn’t lost touch with life and fashion. Whether these trends actually suited us wasn’t really an issue in our insistence on showing the world that we were more than convent schoolgirls in tartan skirts!

Then university happened, and for the first time I was left to figure out my personal style for myself, free from the influence of my friends. Now, I was dropped into a world full of people of all shapes, sizes, backgrounds and dress senses.

Walking around campus, I began to take notes on the looks I was seeing around me.

More than ever before, I now take inspiration from people around me rather than just the pages of a magazine or from my friends. My tastes drifted away from those of my teenage years, and I began to gravitate towards more classic pieces and a simpler way of dressing. Sure, there are people around UCD who make the Arts Block look like their personal runway, which I admire them for. And on the other hand, I applaud the sweatpant wearers for putting function before form, and not letting anything stand in the way of comfort.

I fall somewhere in the middle of these extremes, choosing cosy jumpers, ankle boots and skinny jeans while experimenting with more daring hairstyles and make-up looks.

It’s a contradiction of sorts, but one that has most certainly been cultivated by my observations and influences.

University will change you in so many ways, and for the better too. Use this time to experiment with fashion and develop your own personal style, as it’s such a rare moment between the uniformity of school and the formality of the working world. In other words, do it now before it’s too late!

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The Trib 10.09.2014

If You’re Going To San Francisco... Laura-Blaise McDowell Recounts her J1Adventure If you’re going to San Francisco, be sure

to wear some flowers in your hair... Or anything else that takes your fancy. The streets of San Francisco are a veritable prism of people, showcasing as many eclectic, electric styles and expressions as one could hope for.

From the homeless to the highflying, the people of San Francisco take stylistic idiosyncrasy to another level. While at home in Ireland, the face tattoo is a tactic utilized mainly by those among us who like to keep track of how many times we’ve been to jail, this form of expression is common in San Francisco, a city where it seems to be unusual not to have some kind of body art.

If you are looking for somewhere you can emblazon your cheeks with pagan symbolism and wear padlocks in your ears without fear of judgement, look no further.

The famous Haight Street, home to the Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and along with Golden Gate Park, the site of 1967’s Summer of Love, still shimmers under a layer of nostalgia, kept alive by the style, not only of the veterans of that era, so easily recognizable with their tiedye, beards, ponytails and herbal aroma, but by the subsequent generations still partying on the Haight, maintaining the chilled out atmosphere and unmistakable look that originated there.

I was lucky enough to be there for the annual Haight Street Fair, an ariel view of which would look like a multicoloured confetti bomb, an unmissable, unforgettable burst of colour and passion. I’ve never been somewhere where I’ve been so entirely enraptured with the way the majority of people choose to look. I worked in a boutique on Haight, Fan Clothing, where much of the stock was designed by the store owner, including, but not

limited to, a delightful selection of hats, of which I became very fond. Working there was undoubtedly one of the most enjoyable experiences of my life, not only because of the location and the hats, but also because of the friendliness, this casual reverence that the people of San Francisco have for each other.

More often than I care to admit, I felt a little sad when a customer left, so pleasant and cheerful had they been. ‘No friend, don’t leave,’ I’d think, watching them disappear out the door, ‘we really had something.’

Even if I hadn’t unashamedly commenced this article with an obvious (some would say lazy) nod to the Mamas and the Papas, I would still be obliged to gush about the music in San Francisco, in both historical and contemporary terms.

The building in which I worked was once run by Janis Joplin’s girlfriend, Peggy Caserta and was next door to the Red House of Jimi Hendrix’s hit song. The Grateful Dead house was just around the corner. In short, the Haight is nothing less than saturated in musical history.

It is also home to Amoeba Music, a real life Empire Records, whose frequent in-store gigs by the likes of Shabazz Palaces and Real Estate were nothing short of a delight. While in San Francisco, we also caught a free gig by Bastille, who were playing in Yerba Buena Gardens for Apple employees, but whom we could clearly see and hear from our perch, and popped along to some brilliant sets by John Hopkins, Rustie, Jamie xx and Disclosure. Though none of us made it into Outside Lands festival in Golden Gate Park, we could hear the dulcet tones of Kanye and the Arctic Monkeys from afar.

Golden Gate Park is looms at the end of Haight Street, a sprawling, glorious home to a thousand different opportunities to enjoy one’s self. From the Californian Academy of Sciences, which holds a drinks night every Thursday at which you can get in for a third of the usual price, and enjoy the exhibits while listening to strange dance music in low lighting, to the Japanese Tea Gardens, to the Botanical Garden, to the Conservatory of Flowers, to lying in the sun to wandering all the way through to North Beach, the possibilities for a near perfect day out are seemingly endless. It is no surprise that San Francisco, with its clamouring colours and vivid lights has been the inspi-

ration not only behind a wealth of music but literature as well. The Beat Museum, which pays tribute to Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and the artists who led the Beat movement, is a sight to behold.

Home to such unmissables as Kerouac’s jacket, the car used in the 2011 adaptation of ‘On The Road’, still caked in mud and orginial art by Lawrence Furlinghetti, the museum is located next to Kerouac Alley and City Lights Bookstore, where Ginsberg’s ‘Howl’ was first sold. I was also particularly fond of an Anarchist run bookshop on Haight Street, which played a lot of death metal, in stark contrast with the sheer amount of D.H. Lawrence they had in stock.

I don’t think a day will ever come where I’ll think ‘yes, I’ve definitely said everything I need to about San Francisco and that’s enough.’ I could go on and on, the bridges, the hills, the houses, the dogs, the idiosyncrasies that make you fall in love with it the same way you fall in love with the little freckles and flaws and habits of other people, but I have to stop somewhere.

I tried and failed not to leave my heart in San Francisco, but no doubt someone there has picked it up, pinned it to their velvet sleeve and is wearing it better than I ever could.

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Adam Duke Tells the Tribune All About College Life and Settling In UCD is pretty easy to get lost in. The campus is huge, and with all the building work going on it seems nigh on impossible to try and remember any of the landmarks. This is made even harder when you look around and you see the multitude of people milling around. Even if you went to the biggest of secondary schools, there’s no way you’ve ever seen this amount of people, all of whom seem to stride confidently and purposefully, going about their day, in the same learning centre as you. As you try and make your way through the crowd, you might notice, or you might feel like, everybody seems to have paired off or found a group to show them around. And its then that you start to feel lost in a difference sense. Though in the middle of a crowd, you feel strangely disconnected. No doubt certain members of your family, or your neighbours, told you that going to college was the best time for you to “find yourself ” (this phrase seems to be used a lot if your course is in the arts spectrum), but as you stand in the crowd, not knowing anybody, without the safety or security of a familiar clique or, as the case may be, face, you may be struck by the sinking feeling that you’ve lost yourself instead.

One of the biggest, or perhaps the most jarring, aspects of going to college is the sense of scale that one gets about the world. One sees just how many people there are, and not only that, just how many different types of people there are. Not only does one get a taste of the scale of the real world in college, but also a sense of its responsibilities, be it living on your own for the first time or having to make sure you get all your work done for the first time. A great thing found in this though is the realisation that you have a lot of control over how things go for you. This applies to meeting new people. One of the great things about being in such a large college is the realisation that no matter how esoteric your interests, it’s very unlikely that you’re the only person in all of UCD that’s interested in it.

Fresher’s week is always one of the most exciting weeks in UCD, not only because it’s a chance to get a load of great free stuff, and potentially see a minor celebrity, but because it offers such a unique chance to meet new people. New people that share your interests. Whether it be Chinese dance or video games or drawing or Dutch Gold, joining societies is a really great way of making UCD far less intimidating. Its also a useful for establishing a routine, and giving yourself responsibilities outside of academia. A good society can be something that you can fall back on, that you can throw yourself into to help you forget the awful day that you might have had, which can make life all the more bearable. And hey, if you can’t think of any societies you’d like to join, this paper doesn’t write itself.

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INSIDE “Second Year Arts student shocked at need to actually try this year”

It’s Satire, STUPID! UCD’s higher powers have this year decided to prohibit the sale of cigarettes on campus in an effort to clean up the air and atmosphere of the outdoor sections of the college. However, sources report a massive rise in other damaging habits among smokers as nail-biting, irritability and a general air of desperation permeates the areas usually populated by the smoking members of the student body.

“No new lake?

Has UCD lost touch? We haave the inside story”

“Up-and-coming Economic Society promise they’re not boring”

The UCD pharmacy has been overwhelmed by demand for E cigarettes and “Stop n’ Grow” anti-nail biting solution as smokers change to a different vice in an effort to sedate their lust for nicotine. A spokesperson declared that they dare not turn the shambling horde away, lest they attack the pharmacy itself.

Lecturers too are finding it harder to focus in class as the rapid leg spasms and finger drumming of those craving a cigarette reaches cacophonic levels, particularly in the Arts Theatres.

When asked to stop the students reacted violently, claiming that nobody understands their situation and that they are being mistreated by the college in general.

Non-smokers are urged not to be in any way smug or patronising, as this will only make the situation worse.

A student being forced off cigarettes against his or her will can be easily spotted by their gaunt face, pale complexion, clumsy gait, short fingernails and rapidly adjusting, bloodshot eyes. If you do come across someone who fits this description, keep a safe distance and do not approach them directly. They are extremely violent and may lash out with a misused and irrelevant quote, even if unprovoked.

“Emotional

scenes as frequent gym users are reunited with their bench press”

analysing the song “Marry You” by Bruno Mars.

“Fresher’s Tent to be torn down to make way for Native American Casino”

“Black Monday to be rebranded as name deemed “Too Racist””

In this new feature, the Turbine will attempt to do one of the sections of the paper better than said section. Since we consistently outperform the News section in both factual presentation and bedroom prowess, we have decided this week to branch out to Music.

In the spirit of the section, we will be reviewing a song. We were going to review an entire album but that would be far too tedious and we best not embarrass the actual music section too much. So, without further ado, we will be

“It’s a beautiful night, We’re looking for something dumb to do.

Hey baby, I think I wanna marry you.”

Good to see you have put so much thought into this whole commitment thing Mr. Mars. You think you want to marry her?

That’s nowhere near good enough. How much land do you have? What are your job prospects? She’ll want more than your potential commitment believe me.

“Well I know this little chapel on the boulevard we

can go, No one will know, Come on girl.

Who cares if we’re trashed got a pocket full of cash we can blow, Shots of patron, And it’s on girl.”

Top tip here lads. If you want to get hitched, make sure she’s smashed first. Then you’ll be in there like swimwear.

“Don’t say no, no, no, no-no; Just say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah; And we’ll go, go, go, go-go.

If you’re ready, like I’m ready” Again with the lack of commitment! If you married this Bruno fella he wouldn’t be able to pick what he wants for dinner, let alone where he wants to live.

“I’ll go get a ring let the choir bells sing like oooh, So whatcha wanna do?

Let’s just run girl.

If we wake up and you wanna break up that’s cool.

No, I won’t blame you; It was fun girl.”

So when the hangover has passed, and Mr. Mars has had his fun with you, he’ll be okay with you walking out on him. That’s reassuring to hear, because otherwise he’d be a more tuneful version of Jigsaw.

Oh. The song’s over. Thus ends the epic saga of either a potential court case or a very indecisive hen party. Either way, it is a catchy song and has an irritating habit of getting stuck in your head. So I’ll give it 3/5. Pretty generous.

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Mealladh an Spóirt Ghairmiúil. Pléann an Murchach an dúshlán atá i ndán don Pheil Ghaelach imreoirí óga tallannacha a choinneáil sa spórt neamhghairmiúil.

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Tá eolas forleathan ar scéal Jim Stynes, a thug a chúl ar thodhchaí ghlórmhar pheile le foireann shinsear Bhaile Átha Cliath chun aghaidh a thabhairt ar an Astráil, é meallta ag fís rómánsúil an spóirt phroifisiúnta. Ach cérbh é go díreach a spreag Stynes, nach raibh ach ina dhéagóir ag an am, le tabhairt faoi thuras go dtí an taobh eile den domhan? Is cinnte nárbh é an spórt amháin a bhí i gceist, bhí grá aige don pheil ghaelach, cén chúis a dtréigfeadh sé í? Ó bunaíodh an Cumann Lúthchleas Gael beartaíodh go mbeadh an t-amaitéarachas mar bhunchloch na heagraíochta. Maireann an fhís go fóill, agus nuair a théann imreoirí na tíre chun páirce, is ar son a dteaghlach agus ar son a gcontaetha a imríonn siad. Is cinnte nach bhfuil a leithéid le fáil i dtír ar bith eile. Ach an leor é

sin d’imreoirí áirithe atá diongbháilte faoin spórt agus a bhfuil fonn orthu a saol a chaitheamh leis? Do dhaoine áirithe, leithéidí Jim Stynes, ní leor an tamaitéarachas. Teastaíonn uathu siúd go mbeadh an spórt mar ghairm acu.

Sna 80idí, tháinig an deis sin chun cinn le bunú an “Turgnaimh Éireannaigh” i Melbourne. Ón mbliain 1982 thosaigh lucht peile na hAstráile ag díriú a n-aird ar pheileadóirí na hÉireann, ag ceapadh go bhféadfaí a gcuid scileanna a úsáid san AFL. Fágann sé seo dúshláin mhóra roimh an CLG. Má theastaíonn uathu an stádas amaitéarach a bhí acu i gcónaí a chaomhnú, agus táimse go láidir den tuairim gur gá, caithfidh siad teacht ar shlite eile chun imreoirí óga uaillmhianacha na tíre a mhealladh ar ais ó shaol galánta an spóirt ghairmiúil.

a thabharfaí aitheantas duit faoi dheireadh. Léiríonn na staitisticí nach minic a bhaineann imreoirí Éireannacha an leibhéal is airde amach. As an 49 imreoir a d’fhág ó 1982, níor éirigh ach le seachtar déag cluiche a imirt ag leibhéal na sinsear thall.

An baol atá roimh an CLG anois ná go sciobfaí na himreoirí is sciliúla agus iad fós ina n-ógánaigh. Caithfidh an cumann béim a leagan ar dhea-thréithe na peile gaelaí agus iarracht a dhéanamh an bród a athmhúscailt ina gcuid imreoirí chun nach smaoineoidís riamh faoin spórt a fhágáil. D’fhéadfaí a thuilleadh scoláireachtaí a chur ar fáil ná mar atá faoi láthair, a thabharfadh rogha dóibh siúd a bhfuil an t-airgead ar a n-intinn acu.

Chomh maith le cúrsaí eacnamaíochta, is é an t-eispéireas a mheallann na himreoirí mar a bhí i gceist i gcás Thaidhg Kennelly agus Tommy Walsh ó fhoireann Chiarraí. Ach tá míbhuntáistí ag baint leis an saol, mar a fuair Kennelly amach, na míbhuntáistí a chuir iachall ar Chiarán Kilkenny Bhaile Átha Cliath filleadh abhaile láithreach bonn. Is minic a bhraitheann imreoirí plúchta agus iad ag streachailt le spórt nach bhfuil aon taithí acu air. Is i ndiaidh cheithre nó cúig bliana de chruatan

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Mo léan is mo bhrón!, sclábhaithe sinn gan cheist; faoi réir ag na meáin chumarsáide, i ngreim ag an status quo agus faoi smacht ag tiarnaí uilechumhachtacha na linne seo, nach dualgas dúinn ár leas nó ár sláinte. Tá óige na cathrach ina sclábhaithe ag na meáin chumarsáide agus ag an aonchineálacht a mholann siad.

B’fhéidir gurb í an chodarsnacht is mó atá ann idir aos óg na linne seo is an ceann a d’imigh romhainn lárnacht agus cumhacht na teicneolaíochta nuafhaiseanta ina shaol. Dar leis an ngníomhaireacht taighde margaíochta Ipsos MRBI, tá cuntas Facebook ag 90% d’Éireannaigh idir 15 agus 24.

Sa lá atá inniu ann, ní hamháin go n-úsáidimid na meáin chumarsáide mar fhoinsí siamsaíochta agus eolais, ach is amhlaidh go bhfuilimid, mar an t-aos óg, ag brath orthu—sa chaoi nach féidir linn maireachtáíl dá n-uireasa.

Éascaíonn an teilifís agus an ríomhaire an leisce. Ní gá an teach a fhágaint sa lá atá inniu ann chun siamsaíocht a lorg, chun dul ag siopadóireacht nó fiú chun labhairt le cairde, a bhuíochas sin leis an idirlíon. Dár n-aimhleas atá sé seo. Duine as gach cúigear déagóirí in Éirinn, tá fadhb mheáchain aige, de réir Fhoras Croí na hÉireann, agus is iad aiste bídh, easpa gleacaíochta agus leisce is mó is cúis leis, dar leis an eagraíocht chéanna.

Os a choinne sin uilig, tobair eolais agus foghlama gan teorainn is ea na meáin chumarsáide. Gach ábhar faoin ngrian a mbeadh gasúr óg Éireannach ag iarraidh foghlaim faoi, is ann dó ar an idirlíon, an meán is nua-aimseartha agus is fiúntaí díobh, dar liom féin. I bhfaiteadh na súl, tagann sé linn ár gcuid eolais a fheabhsú agus a leathnú ar shuíomhanna ar nós Vicipéid, Google agus suíomh gach nuachtán a fhoilsítear sa chruinne. Bíonn tionchar an-fhiúntach aige seo ar an óige, is é sin má thapaíonn siad an deis, seachas stánadh ar an leathanach Twitter maidin is oíche, ag guí chun na Maighdine go mbronnfar “like” nó dhó ar an ngrianghraf is déanaí ainnise atá acu, mo ghreidhin go deo iad. Mar sin féin, is gá a aithint go bhfuil maitheas le baint ag daoine óga as na meáin chumarsáide.

Le blianta beaga anuas, is ríléir an tionchar a bhíonn ag na meáin ar líne ar óige an domhain i leith na polaitíochta. San Iaráin i 2009, sa Túinéis i 2010, san Éigipt agus i Londain i 2011, sa Túirc agus sa Bhrasaíl i 2013, agus san Úcráin i 2014— i ngach cás úsáideadh suíomhanna sóisialta idirlín chun agóidíocht agus mórshiúlta i gcoinne rialtas a eagrú, agus tharla éirí amach agus círéib de chineál.

Feictear a leithéid ar fud an domhain mhóir san aois ina mairimid. Tá sé níos éasca ná riamh ar dhaoine óga a gcuid tuairimí a léiriú agus a mianta a chur i ngnímh.

Tá guth ag cách san 21ú haois, idir óg agus aosta.

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Ma tá íoróin ag baint leis na meáin chumarsáide ar an iomlán, is é go ndéanann cuid mhór díobh scrios ar scileanna cumarsáide na ndaoine óga a bhaineann úsáid

Rinne mé féin ceistneoir a dháileadh ar 150 dalta i gColáiste Eoin (mo scoil) níos lú ná bliain um an dtaca seo maidir leis na meáin “shóisialta” idirlín.

Dúirt 59% de na daltaí go n-úsáidfidís Facebook chun dul i dteagmháil den chéad uair le cailín a raibh dúil acu inti . . . Is ionann é sin agus a rá go mb’fhearr leis an tromlach an ríomhaire a úsáid seachas labhairt go pearsanta leis an muirnín! Ábhar imní é a leithéid le bheith iomlán dáiríre. Tá cuid mhór den aos óg fágtha gan fhéinmhuinín is gan scileanna cumarsáide toisc go n-éascaíonn Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp agus Snapchat an dul i bhfolach, fiú i measc fear mór Choláiste Eoin, go dtéimis slán.

Is é tionchar na bPoncánach i gcoitinne a dhéanann tinneas domsa go príomha, mar phointe deiridh. Tá an t-aos óg millte, ar bhealach, ag an gcultúr allmharaithe atá tar éis ár dtír álainn allta cianársa a chur fé chois. Is é fáth mo bhuartha go bhfuil óige na hEireann tar éis titim isteach i lusca an uafáis, dún diamhrach, damanta, díobhálach Hollywood.

Sa ré nua, ní hé an rialtas ná an sagart a mhúnlaíonn tuairimí na n-óg ach MTV agus Warner Bros. Miley Cyrus, bail ó Dhia uirthi, má fheictear an t-amhránaí óg ag caitheamh branda áirithe éadaí (nuair nach mbíonn sí sa nocht ar an gcorruair), is léir go mbíonn ar gach girseach i ndeisceart na príomhchathrach rith i dtreo an aonaigh ar thóir an bhaill éadaigh chéanna.

A bhuíochas le fógraíócht ar an teilifís (agus go deimhin ar gach mean cumarsáide), tá cumhacht níos mó ná riamh ag margóirí orainn. Ceannóidh an t-aos óg gach a ndeirtear leis a cheannach de dheasca a nádúir róchreidmhigh, a fhad is a bhíonn fear nó bean dhathúil san fhógra teilifíse—mar ar an mbealach sin, bítear cinnte de go néireofar níos dathúla tú féin nuair a cheannaítear an t-earra, is cuma más cumhrán nó canna Coca-Cola atá ann. Chuirfeadh sé aiseag ar asal!

Níl teanga an aosa óig Éireannaigh fiú slán ó thionchar gallda na meán cumarsáide. Cuireann sé dobhrón ar mo chroí an deirfiúr is óige s’agamsa a chloisint agus canúint bhreá Calafornia ar a béal aici, chomh brasach in Éirinn le muc sa phuiteach! Tionchar é seo nach féidir a chosaint nó a shéanadh agus cá luíonn an locht? Nickelodeon, Modern Family agus Grey’s Anatomy (cad é mar theideal gáirsiúil).

Ní haon saineolaí mise, áfach. An bhfuil aos óg ár linne faoi réir is faoi smacht ag na meáin? Tá. An drochrud nó a mhalairt é sin? Faoin léitheoir atá sé é a chinneadh.

Ní féidir tionchar na meán cumarsáide a shéanadh agus ní bhíonn a fhios agat cathain atá an bholscaireacht os do chomhair amach, bíodh sí ar an idirlíon, ar an teilifís nó ar pháipéar.

Is cinnte gurb é an Tribune an trodaí is mó atá ann i gcoinne na bolscaireachta i measc fhoilsiúcháin Gaelacha an cheantair agus más mian leat tacú linn inár dtroid, is féidir deontais—moltar ~€15—a sheoladh inár dtreo. Geallaímid go n-éireoidh gach deontóir níos dathúla mar thoradh.

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Rachel Carey Sits Down with Green Party Leader Eamon Ryan to Discuss the Comeback of the Green Party into the Irish Sphere of Politics and What This Means for Students 3. What are the Green Party’s views in relation to third level education? Is it high on your list of priorities especially in terms of fees?

“When we were in government last time, it was a tough time, we were facing difficult choices. One of the things we tried to do and I think succeeded in some ways was to protect investment in certain areas, overseas aid, research and development, and also education.

We really fought hard to try and maintain education budget against what finance and other people would have wanted to have done.

Included in that, there happens to be at the time a debate about fees, introduction of college fees and a lot of pressure to do that.

We decide against that and a lot of the analysis would have come from the members of the young greens at the time. People who were active in trinity and UCD and elsewhere. And that analysis was based on a variety of different things.

1. In recent years the Green Party has not been a prominent party in Irish politics, how do you foresee the regrowth of the party especially in relation to students?

“We haven’t been prominent because we don’t have representation in the Dáil so therefore it’s hard to get media and other attention. It’s something that every single other green party has gone through in terms of any time a green party in Europe has gone to government they tend to lose all their seats and it’s a slow hard process of rebuilding. That’s the path we’re set on; it’s probably a 10-15 year path. It’s interesting in terms of the environmental movement is about 50 years in existence, green part is over 30 years in existence and to a certain extent, it came out of that civil rights, feminism, anti-war, gay rights, 1960’s, that’s where it all came from.

It’s time for a new generation to redefine where they are and what that role is. I think in Irish society, more generally, coming out of a crisis we have underperformed, we haven’t really changed anything in politics; there isn’t much of a change. So to a certain extent I think it’s up to the upcoming generation coming up to grab hold of the space. To say ok, where is Irish society going. Where is Irish politics going? I hope that we can provide a space where people can take that opportunity and make of it what they will. I think to a certain extent it’s not necessarily up to me to determine what and where and how it happens it’ll happen organically it may take a bit of time but I think the space is there, my job is to try and provide that opportunity.”

2. What would you say to students who think that you are a Party which concentrates solely on Green issues?

“It depends on what you see as ‘Green Issues’, is it just about the physical environmental world and a connection with it? No. It has always historically been about the nature of power, the nature of the democratic system. It has also always had a strong equality agenda at its core, so how to do define Green? I don’t separate out one versus the other I think they’re connected. The nature of politics, the nature of the democratic system connects to the environmental questions we face.

Equality issues connect to the environmental issues we face. I see it as a slightly broader agenda then some might see it. If some people portray us as just interested in nature, well that’s not a bad start. Yeah we have a perspective about what’s living in a more natural way, it has social consequences and if you come at it with that view point you tend to have democratic and social and economic perspectives as well. So if that’s an introduction for people into it fine, it’s not the sole perspective.”

There isn’t such a thing as free fees, people pay a lot of money to go to college – but ostensibly free fees were introduced back in the mid-90’s, has the demographic changed radically ? Probably no, in terms of who goes to college, we saw those statistics recently. The analysis was that if you went down the route of the UK and US it would be a deterrent for people from going to college, lumbering people with a loan would be a fundamental obstacle for a lot of people going to college and we didn’t want to go down that route.

And I suppose in the sense of, we were hitting people at the time with a lot of tax increases and there’s a sense of, that’s how you do it, you pay general taxation and you pay for services outside. So we came to that viewpoint that we should introduce college fees, I mean there is now a reasonably significant fee for third level education but we didn’t want to go down the route that the UK have done, up to €10,000 €15,000 that sort of level, I think that was the right call.

You know some people say broken promises, well the one on the college fees is probably the most obvious at the moment, I felt sorry for Ruairi Quinn on that having signed his name to something and then going the other way. But our time, in that time, we didn’t, I think we need a further opening up of college, because there is a problem of who goes and how they survive when they’re there.”

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4. Many students feel that they have been let down by this government, with the ‘Broken Promises’ would you agree with that?

that’s what they’re more interested in.”

“Yes, they played the crisis for every vote they could get, and they made a big mistake, they didn’t have to do that, they were going to get elected and get into government anyway. I’m sorry, they brought it on themselves, they deserve every bit of criticism that they’re getting. It’s not easy; it’s tough being in government. I support people in general, we’ve got to get out of the crisis, do what you have to do, but where Labour went down was during the previous government when, I’m sorry, but I think they were completely and utterly dishonest on student fees and a whole range of other issues as well.”

8. Some of the biggest issues happening today, in students minds, would be marriage equality, where does the Green Party stand on that if there would be a referendum?

5. I’m aware that you are currently trying to create Green Party societies in Universities and Colleges across Ireland, what is your aim in doing this and what do you hope it can achieve?

“We need political groups in every college and certainly particularly the bigger ones. It has to come from the college itself, it has to come from the students themselves, all we can do is to help facilitate and support it. I think it’s a view to people being political and also joining a political party. Having a university wing of that which has historically been where we get our roots from. A lot of people who have been active in the Green Party over the last 30 years started being affective in college, getting elected when they were in college. Our approach to college fees five years ago, when we were in government, was determined by what our people in the colleges were thinking and doing. So it’s not a practice or a surrogate, for some it’s actually participating fairly centrally and that’s what we need.

I know it’s hard, I’ve been seeing it over the years in UCD and elsewhere that ‘oh I don’t want to be in politics, ok I’m interested in the environmental movement but I don’t want to be in politics’ we need some people to be involved in politics, it is the way we collectively decide things in our society, it is just an organisation of people, the world is too complex now, you think you know everything yourself, you think you have it all sussed and you’ll be your own little independent voice and you won’t have anything to do with party politics, well try it and see how difficult it is. Parties, all it is is collective organisation and its about check and support and we need it, we need people who are willing to get involved in party politics and we want to have that green option in our universities. I’m hoping we will from a small base we are now, will start to grow.”

6. Why do you think students aren’t as eager to get into politics, to join the political societies in college?

“I don’t know, I think there’s always a disillusion with politics, it’s probably a fairly healthy thing. Is it particularly bad at the moment? Yes, I think it probably is. Why is that? I think people aren’t stupid, they see we live in an interconnected globalised world and it’d be the thought that politics, domestic politics can sort a lot of those problems is not as credible as maybe one time it might have been. They look and see the nature of Irish politics, tendencies to do easy promise politics, populace politics, and they think ‘nah, I don’t believe them’ I think that may be another reason why.

I would argue that we cannot just accept that, it’s not wise to just accept that, I think if you don’t like the nature of politics then get involved in politics and change it yourself because what’s the alternative? We leave it to some bureaucracy? Who makes the decisions? Is it media, is it bureaucracy or is it politics? I think its politics in the fairest form.”

7. Do you think the people of are maybe unwilling to move past some of the decisions you made while in government with Fianna Fáil?

“No, we’ll see in time. I certainly don’t experience it when I’m out and about, it’s not what I get picked up on, people are interested in what’s happening today and where we go from here. I’m looking forward to the Banking Inquiry coming up next year, when setting out exactly my sense of various decisions and why various different alternatives. But to be honest that’s not the burning issue for most people, the burning issue for most people in where do we go from here and what are the political decision that we need to take.

My time in government was tough, we arrived at a very difficult time, no matter who as in government no matter what they were going to face remarkable international crisis. As I said I’m looking forward to going into an inquiry to explain some of the decision making around that time but I think I’m more interested in what we’re doing today what’s are solutions today and I think, from my experience talking to people,

“I think there will be a referendum, we’ll be advocating for a yes vote. We’d have to see the wording but from pretty much the start, I’m talking about 20-30 years, it’s something we’ve been espousing. I’ll look forward to playing our part in trying to get it agreed. I think we were proud to put through the civil partnership bill which wasn’t a small piece of legislation, it was huge in terms of the legal, financial, tax, other rights that it bestowed. We even said at the time, I think we were the only party or one of the few parties saying at the time, we’ll do this and we’d like to go further. So I’d look forward to going further next year.”

“they brought it on themselves, they deserve every bit of criticism that they’re getting.”

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9. And what would be the Green Party position on a possible referendum on repealing the 8th amendment prohibiting abortion?

“This is probably the most difficult and complex issue going back 30 years. We have always maintained a position that there is freedom to choose your position on the issue, that there wasn’t a party whip, that it was a matter of conscience so therefore we didn’t have a fixed formal view. Throughout a whole series of amendments that have happened going back to the mid 80’s. There are different views and it’s not a simple issue.

The party did take a position in terms of the protection of life in pregnancy bill that went through last year, I’ll be honest that what we’ve already seen with the Y case, only a few months into the enactment of that act, that there are deep flaws in it, the treatment of that young woman raise serious questions around timelines and around the whole process. We’ve gotten into this criminalisation process; it’s not credible for us to have this approach here and then a different approach in the UK. The way we treat women depends on their income and the fact that she was an asylum seeker meant she had a different approach.

My personal view is that the approach we’ve taken since right back in the early 80’s is not working. The original 8th amendment has not served anyone’s purposes it has created legal quagmire, we’re caught in a knot, legal difficulty and my instinct is that I think we should go back and remove that amendment and start a completely different way because it has not worked, what has been tried and the various twists and turn in the X case and now the Y case. It’s not protecting women or babies; it’s not serving society’s needs at all. So what’ll we replace is with is something we need to debate and I think people say ‘god almighty, anther debate on abortion, we’ve had enough of that’ but I think what we’ve seen sometimes recently is that we can create structures where you can debate out of a hostile environment, you want to create a safe place so people can set out their views. The likes of the constitution convention, I think it should be a dedicated one; this subject cannot be debated in a weekend, its going to take time.

“I think if you don’t like the nature of politics then get involved in politics and change it yourself because what’s the alternative?”

I’d be very respectful to whatever different views, prochoice or pro-life, in that debate, I think I’d be listening intently to what they think we should be doing. But the status quo, I’m sorry, we can’t be doing what we’re doing, in terms of the way that woman was treated, its only one case but it showed up fundamental flaws in the approach that we’ve taken.”

10. So just a final question, what would you say to students either Fresher’s or students that are already in colleges and they want to join the Green Party?

“Ring my office. Give me a call. We’re going to be very busy this Autumn getting groups up and getting the party back. We need people to come to us and we will give them the power to make it happen themselves. It has to come from the colleges, people have to take their own form of leadership by setting things up and the way they get there is maybe just getting in touch with us and we have that experience, we’ve done it before and we’re keen to do it again. We just provide them with the systems to get up and running. But first things first they need to make that first step,”

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The College Tribune Takes a Look at UCD Student Mark English’s Recent Athletic Success UCD 2nd year Medical student Mark English recently claimed Bronze in the 800m at the European Athletic Championships in Zurich on the 15th August.

In doing so, English became the first ever Irish athlete to win a medal in 800 metres at a major championship.

The race, which was won by Adam Kszczot from Poland in a time of 1:44.15, saw English equal his seasons best of 1:45.03 to safely secure the Bronze medal. Having moved from the back of the leading pack in the final lap of the race English was narrowly beaten into third place in the closing strides of the race by Poland’s Artur Kuciapski, who did so in a lifetimes best time of 1:44.89.

The 21 year old Donegal native also competes for UCD on the track as an Ad Astra Elite Athlete. English was backed all the way by UCD and his fellow teammates as he competed in Zurich.

Speaking after his win the Ad Astra Elite Director, Professor Colin Boreham spoke to UCD. “We are so proud of Mark’s achievements in Zurich, and send our hearty congratulations to him and his family” Boreham said. “At the age of 21, he has the ability to go to the very top in world athletic. All of us in the Ad Astra Elite Athletics Academy are delighted to have played a part in his marvellous success.” Boreham also added.

Also speaking to UCD following his success, English spoke of his experience in the last lap and his relaxed approach to the race, stating that he didn’t feel any pressure at all. “Coming off the last bend, it’s usually all a haze, but here it just seemed so clear, I could see it all.” stated English, “ I knew Kszczot was gone from me, I wasn’t going to catch him, but the rest of them were up for grabs. After that it was just get to the line as quick as you can.”

The Minister for Sport and Tourism was also took the time to congratulate the UCD student, speaking soon after the win Michael Ring TD said “I am delighted for Mark and his team; it is a brilliant achievement and bodes well for Mark. I am sure this will give Mark great confidence going forward and as always the nation will look forward to rallying behind him.”

English’s achievements led him to be chose to represent European in the Intercontinental Cup in Marrakech, a prestigious event which takes place every four years and pits the best athletes from the four continents against one another. English was the only Irish athlete selected to be on the European Team.

Unfortunately, English was forced to withdraw from the IAAF Challenge in

Italy on the 6th September following the persistence of a hamstring injury which he picked up in the European Championships. It is feared that this injury may also keep him from competing in the Intercontinental Cup on the 13th-14th September.

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Speaking to UCD about his future, English is confident he will be able to manage both his medical studies and his training as a world class athletics athlete. “The plan is to go back to medical studies too, for the moment. I enjoy that lifestyle, having something else to do during the day, but maybe before Rio I might take some time off.”

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UCD Player Profiles

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The reason I got involved was my plague of a roommate in first year dragged me along, but the reason I stayed was because i loved the sport, and the people in the club. The whole atmosphere was so friendly and genuine, it made it too difficult to leave.

I got involved because I have been skiing since I was young with college and wanted to go on the college ski trip, but once I Started getting involved in the club the trip became only a small part of the reason I became so involved in the club.

Why should Fresher’s get involved?

The club is one of, If not UCD’s most social club as we have weekly events that start off with us all on the slopes of Kilternan and end up with us having a party every single Thursday night. The BUDS trip to Scotland is also a must do for anyone who loves a good social scene and a strong competition on the slopes.

This year were heading off to one of Europe’s finest resorts in January too so keep an eye on the club facebook page for updates!

Why should Fresher’s get involved?

You’ll probably meet lifelong friends here.

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Why should Fresher’s get involved?

I think fresher’s should definitely give it a go. The biggest aspect of college life is to give new stuff a go, and try the weird stuff. This is definitely a Different sport to the rest. Actually bouncing is good fun and learning all the new moves is exciting. The banter is always good around training. The social side of the club is really good because we have something on nearly every month, trips away and nights out. The sport itself is really good for fitness and toning up your lower body and core. The plus is also that you can take it as serious or as lax as you want, because there are extra training for the serious crowd.

Diarmuid Burke discusses UCD’s defeat to Limerick FC Six games are still to be played before this SSE Airtricity League season comes to an end and UCD AFC remain second from bottom following Friday night’s loss to Limerick FC at the UCD Bowl. A vintage performance from Limerick striker Rory Gaffney was enough to sink the Students and despite Conor Cannon getting a goal back for the home team, there was not enough in the team’s performance to end the club’s now eight match winless run.

UCD’s misery was further compounded by the fact that bottom club Athlone Town managed to achieve a draw deep into injury time away at Drogheda, leaving only three points between the sides at the foot of the table, with Athlone having the favourable goal difference.

Limerick took the lead early when Gaffney released Ian Turner into space on the right wing. Turner in turn showed his appreciation by crossing the ball into the box

for Gaffney to run onto and send into the bottom corner with a commanding header. Following a short period of UCD activity during the second half, Gaffney had UCD keeper Conor O’Donnell picking the ball out of the net following a second goal, this time coming off a splendid pass from Prince Agyemang.

Four minutes later UCD forward Cannon gained a goal back for the hosts following a pass from Ben Mohamed, but any hopes for a comeback were quickly snuffed out by a goal from Turner off a Gaffney assist three minutes later. The result swells the already considerable pressure on Aaron Callaghan’s team, who stay in the promotion/ relegation spot following this defeat.

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Conor Nealon looks ahead to the future of Irish Womens Rugby March 2013 proved to be a monumental month for the Irish Women’s Rugby team, it saw the ladies win a historic first ever Six Nations Grand Slam and also witnessed RTE’s first ever live broadcast of the sport. With this came an outpouring of emotion and praise on social media.

These great successes caused Womens Rugby to come to the forefront of Irish sport and led to an increased awareness of the sport across Ireland.

More recently, the World Cup Series this summer proved just as inspirational; a victory on the field against reigning champs New Zealand catapulted the ladies into every sitting room in the country. An honourable bow out in the semi-final to local rivals England did little to dampen the Irish enthusiasm.

Marie Louise Ryan, Captain of the UCD Women’s rugby team, has spoken to the College Tribune about how important the national success has been to the local club level, and how it may aid the development of both the club and the sport.

It soon became clear that the most important outcome of the well-publicised success in the World Cup is the emergence of a tangible goal. Ryan believes that the achievements of the Irish side will give ladies “something to aspire to”. A realistic target which shows women’s rugby to be the “extremely rewarding sport” that it is.

The rugby club remains hopeful that this rise in profile will spark an influx of new members.

Whilst the Grand Slam success of 2013 certainly raised the profile of a relatively unknown sport in Ireland, it was upon the world stage that the Irish contingent brought women’s rugby to the front pages of the national media. In taking down the imposing New Zealand, player of the year nominee Niamh Briggs and the rest of the Irish Team elevated the sport to dizzying new heights within Ireland. Heights which will hopefully “translate into players joining the team”, further swelling the ranks of the University club, according to Ryan.

According to Ryan, due to the nature of college teams, the UCD women’s rugby club experiences an “extremely high level of player turnover”. Whilst the retention of alumni is an area which the club is trying to improve on in future, the main focus remains upon attracting new members.

The current volume of beginners within the squad is at around 50 percent of the total squad count, an exciting figure which suggests rapid growth. UCD attribute this to the post World Cup clamor and IRFU initiatives such as ‘Give it a Try’, a cam-

paign aimed at developing an interest in rugby amongst young girls.

The global impact of the Rugby World Cup is one which has aided the UCD club greatly. It has been noted that the Irish Teams most recent success has seen an increase in the number of incoming Erasmus students actively seeking clubs to participate in. A situation which, according to the club captain, is certainly “looking promising for the upcoming season”.

The coming season presents an exciting prospect for the UCD ladies as the ever expanding club will try to push on and fully utilise the rise in profile of their beloved sport.

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UCD vs Limerick on Friday the 5th of September in the Belfield Bowl

‘UCD Students Set to Battle it Out Again in All Ireland Replay’ JJ Philips comments on the match that had everyone talking UCD students from both Kilkenny and Tipperary will have to battle it out again in the All Ireland Hurling Final following a draw last Sunday. The replay is scheduled to take place on Saturday 27th September in Croke Park.

Noel McGrath and Colin O’Riordan for Tipperary faced their fellow students Cillian Buckley, Walter Walsh and Joe Lyngand for the Cats, in what many are calling a ‘Croke Park Classic’.

The teams were level 12 -13 times during the 71 minutes played. But it was Tipperary that started the better of the two sides taking a lead. Tipperary missed a penalty in the first penalty in the first half of the game which could have seen them win the match.

Kilkenny were quick to close the gap and came back to surge ahead in the second half with excellent goals. Again Tipperary missed a penalty in the second half but to their credit rallied well to come back to level with the clock

turning red. The last play of the game was a free in for Tipperary to win the game in extra time.

A mighty roar from the Tipperary fans had the players convinced they had won the All Ireland but the ball was signalled wide. It was a tense few moments as the umpire and referee went to Hawkeye to confirm the original decision.

The acuminated points score of 31 points apiece mean that for the third year in a row the All Ireland Hurling Final will have to be decided by a replay.

This date was set for Saturday 27th September 2014. So forget the premiership, forget the motor sport, and forget the racing, this time has to set aside for what many will be hoping will be just as fast-paced and exciting of a match that was seen in Croke Park last Sunday.

Kilkenny 3-22 Tipperary 1-28