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Wednesday, 25 March 2015

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Exam timetable amended for marriage equality referendum Katie O’Neill Deputy News Editor @_Katie_ONeill

DCU has made the decision

to remove exams from the afternoon the Marriage Equality Referendum is set to take place.

A student led petition for ‘equality not exams’ was the catalyst for the amendment to the exam timetable. The petition was signed by 876 supporters.

Second year economics, politics and law student Sean Cassidy and Welfare Officer Eve Kerton were the driving force behind the petition which sought for the

university to remove exams from May 22 to ensure students were enabled to exercise their vote in the referendum.

“Although it is examination week, DCU has decided not to hold examinations on the afternoon of May 22.

This will enable students to travel home to any part of the country in time to vote,” DCU President Brian MacCraith told the Irish Independent.

The academic calendar conveys that May 22 is the second last day of the summer examinations although which exams exactly were to be taking place on this date hadn’t yet been revealed.

The decision has been com-

mended by Tiernan Brady of the Gay and Lesbian Equality Network (GLEN) “We know we want to get the highest possible turnout and to do that, we have to make it as convenient as possible to vote. That is especially true for students.

Kudos to DCU for doing it.”

A DCU spokesperson said that the university will from now on engage in the rescheduling of exams that clash with referendums. “It’s planned to be an ongoing thing that from now on there wouldn’t be any clash.” They continued: “If there’s any kind of clash, we will have to revisit the academic schedule to allow students exercise their mandate.”

Last week 93 per cent of DCU students voted in favour of the Students’ Union advocating and actively campaigning for a ‘yes’ vote in the May referendum which will allow or prohibit samesex couples the right to marry.

Following in the footsteps of DCU, last week the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) Students’ Union passed a motion to endorse that DIT refrain from holding exams on the date of the referendum.

In Trinity the referendum was considered in structuring the exam timetable and just one exam affecting less than ten students is scheduled for the day.

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The Great Debate

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USI National Congress kicks off in Athlone Finnian Curran Deputy Editor @finnc94

Drug policy group set to hold their next annual conference in the college

DCU SU are sending up to 18

delegates and observers to this year’s USI National Congress in Athlone this week. It will be the first Congress attended by a full delegation of DCU students since last year’s re-affiliation with USI. The Congress is the USI’s decision making body where all affiliated Student Unions debate and vote on various issues submitted to Congress. Any member union can submit motions and amendments for Congress.

DCU SU has submitted several motions to this year’s Congress including lobbying to ensure student nurses are paid minimum wage and to organise an annual voter registration day at each college. Around 20,000 students were registered to vote last year following a vigorous registration campaign by the USI and affiliated Student Unions.

Congress is taking place in the Sheraton Hotel, Athlone from Monday March 23rd to Thursday March 26th. Minister for Education Jan O’Sullivan, Chairperson of the HEA Tom Boland and several Trade Unions are due to speak at the event.

So how does it work? Motions are divided into three areas; Proposed changes to USI Constitution, Policy Motions for the year ahead and Policy Motions due to Lapse. Congress will also elect the next Officer Board at the end of the week following hustings, which take place on Monday evening.

Incumbent USI President, Laura Harmon, opened the Congress on Monday afternoon where she cited the USI Voter Registration Drive, The Chats for

Elaine Carroll Deputy News Editor @elainecarroll93

STUDENTS for Sensible Drug

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Change campaign and the USI’s involvement in the Repeal the 8th Amendment campaign as the biggest accomplishments by the USI over the past 12 months.

Kevin Donoghue, a former NUIG student and Glenn Fitzpatrick of DIT will compete to become the next President of the student organisation taking over from current

90% of Irish medical students considering emigration after they qualify Elaine Carroll Deputy News Editor @elainecarroll93

NINE out of ten Irish medical

students are considering leaving the country when they qualify, a new survey has found.

More than 2,000 medical students across six schools in Ireland were included in the study which was led by researchers in NUI Galway.

DCU to host the second SSDP National Conference

Career opportunities, working conditions and lifestyle were the three main reasons cited for possible migration.

The study ‘Ireland’s medical brain drain: migration intentions of Irish medical students’ found more than a third of medical students definitely planned to migrate with a further 53pc contemplating it. However, 40% expressed interest in returning to Ireland within 5 years.

The study into Ireland’s medical brain drain is the largest of its

President, Laura Harmon.

Sean Cassidy, one of the delegates selected to attend Congress on behalf of DCU SU, said that it’s the greatest annual opportunity to affect the decisions and policies of USI. “It’s where policies and principles are debated and decided upon. Where we choose who will lead the national student

movement for the following year.

Where we engage in public discourse with HE sector politicians and officials.

It is massively important.”

The College View will be reporting and live tweeting from Congress as events unfold.

Follow us @thecollegeview or visit www.thecollegeview.com for further coverage.

kind in Ireland. It included over 2,000 medical students in Ireland studying across the country’s six medical schools. Led by NUI, Galway it will be published today in the open access journal Human Resources for Health.

Nearly two-thirds of students identified that they did not have a great understanding of the training following graduation and a third of the students surveyed also indicated that they had a poor understanding of how the Irish healthcare system worked.

Pishoy Gouda, a final year medical student at NUI Galway, was the principal investigator of the study. She said the findings were “a major concern” to the sustainability the Irish healthcare workforce.

“This outflow of qualified

personnel may represent a financial loss to the Irish healthcare system, when one considers the costs involved in training medical students, the cost of recruiting replacements and the service delivery constraints if replacements cannot be found.”

The Department of Health said a range of actions are already underway to recruit the retain doctors at all levels.

“The recruitment and retention of doctors at all levels, from medical student to specialist, is key to the effective functioning of the public health system,” a spokesperson said. “In this context, the implementation of the recommendations of the 2014 Strategic Review of Medical Training and Career Structure is a priority for the Minister for Health.”

Policy Ireland (SSDP) have announced that they will hold their second annual conference in DCU this year.

The student-run organisation, which aims to end “the failed, disastrously ineffective and counter-productive war on drugs”, will hold its conference on the 2nd of April at 5 pm in The Helix.

Some of the speakers set to appear at the event are Senator James Heffernan, Garda whistleblower, John Wilson and Councillor Karl Gill.

Drug legalisation and regulation, the criminalisation of drug users and drug education are among the many topics wh SSDP stress that they do not condone or support the use of recreational drugs but rather believe that with a well thought out regulatory network and satisfactory manufacturing practices, drug users would have access to a safer product which could be overseen and monitored.

Graham De Barra, spokesperson with SSDP, says that the Irish attitude towards drugs and alcohol needs to change and that they should both be considered under one label.

“Governments often talk about drugs and alcohol as if they were mutually exclusive. They’re all drugs, illegal and legal. Even coffee, which is a substance that many people crave in the morning and throughout the day, is a drug.”

De Barra has openly criticised the Government’s “blotched attempts” at prohibiting drug use in Ireland.

“Over the last 40 years of drug prohibition, we have criminalised over 36 million people just for cannabis alone.

In Ireland this figure is over 100,000 people over the last 10 years. That’s a lot of resources to be taking away from the Gardaí, with little to zero impact on the cannabis trade.”

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DCU sees largest number of CAO first choices in its history Sharron Lynskey News Editor @sharronlynskey

LATEST statistics from the

Central Applications Office (CAO) show that this year, DCU recorded the largest number of first preferences in the university’s history.

Just under 20pc of those first preferences were applicants for courses within the college’s new Institute of Education.

This year, DCU hit the 5,500 mark for first preference applications for the first time. These figures are in conjunction with peDCU’s merging process that will see St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra, Mater Dei Institute of Education and the Church of Ireland College of Education integrate into DCU. The figures show an increase of more than 13pc in first preference applications across Education programmes.

Joint Honours programmes in Humanities have also proved popular with applicants, with numbers up by 12pc.

Speaking about these results, President of DCU, Brian MacCraith, said that they

were “very encouraging indeed as they demonstrate a growing recognition … of the expanded DCU arising from the incorporation of St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra, Mater Dei Institute of Education and the Church of Ireland Institute of Education”.

Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) degree programmes also experienced a considerable boost in first choice applications.

Common Entry Engineering increased by almost a quarter, while the number of people applying for Mathematics courses in DCU was more than

DCU plays host to first food hackathon Finnian Curran Deputy Editor @finnc94

DCU last weekend played host

to Ireland’s first food hackathon aimed at solving the biggest problems facing Ireland’s food industry.

The event, which took place in DCU’s Invent Campus played host to entrepreneurs, engineers and farmers from across the globe with the focus of “developing ideas and solving food industry problems.” The event took place in conjunction with DCU Innovation Campus, Intel and the ABP Food Group.

Participants were tasked with using the latest technologies to tackle numerous problems facing Ireland’s food industry

from sustainability, farm safety, animal welfare and waste management. The farming and agriculture sector has had annual increases in work-related deaths for the last five years.

55 per cent of all work-related deaths in 2014 took were linked to the agriculture sector.

Speaking at the launch of the event, Intel’s Philip Moynagh said: ‘’Hackathons are fast emerging as an optimal way to bring together makers, entrepreneurs, designers, engineers, creators, innovators and developers from across the country to join together for intense sessions dedicated to developing ideas and solving problems.”

There is a first place prize of €10,000 for participants in the hackathon. Second place winners will receive €5,000, while those in third place will win €2,500.

double the amount in 2014.

Applied Physics noted an increase of 55pc and Nursing programmes in DCU are up 4pc overall, combatting the national trend, which suggests that interest in Nursing courses are overall down by 2.2pc.

MacCraith added that the university’s strong performance in STEM and Business programmes is “an endorsement of our commitment to providing students with industry-relevant programmes which equip them with the knowledge and tools to contribute in existing and future sectors of the economy.”

In the Business School, first preference choices were generally up by more than 7pc. Marketing, Innovation and Technology applications rose this year by 31pc, increasing more than twofold over the last five years.

In the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Law and Society saw an increase of over 40pc and interest in Gno agus Gaeilge (Business and Irish) courses expanded by close to 30pc.

Over 400 NCAD students protest against cuts and overcrowding Laura Colgan Deputy News Editor @Laura_Colgan

OVER 400 students at the Nation-

al College of Art and Design took part in a peaceful protest against cuts and overcrowding at the college.

Each student hand-delivered a letter of demands to the college’s director last Friday, outlining their concerns regarding the college’s current difficulties.

The college recently decreased the number of years in the undergraduate course from four years to three and increased the number of years to complete a master’s degree from one to two.

This means that two classes will be graduating in 2016 instead of one.

The cuts and overcrowding come after NCAD was rocked by a financial scandal earlier this year.

The college was funded with €104 million by the Higher Education Authority, despite its failure to produce records of its accounts.

Last week, a group of final year and masters students along with past graduates came together to produce a letter of demands to send to the director.

The letter states, “It has become evident that the administration’s primary concern at present is the management of revenue, rather than the welfare of its students”.

The letter of demands goes on to demand facilities such as a furnace, studio space and resource facilities for students as well as the reversal of increased fees for master’s degree programmes and increased charges to see the doctor.

One student among the 400 who delivered the letter by hand described the protest as “really successful”.

The textiles student, who produced badges, a flag and a banner for the protest, says students will escalate their campaign if their demands are not met by director Declan McGonagle in a reasonable timeframe.

“Initially, he (McGonagle) had a response prepared but we decided we would not accept it.

We wanted him to really thoroughly read the letter and have an adequate response. We’ve

given him until Tuesday to hear back but we want some actual evidence that he’s acting towards our demands,” she said.

The final year student explained that student numbers have increased by 16 percent but that funding had fallen by 23 percent.

She also said that the degree show that students take part in before they graduate was a major cause of concern within the student body.

The student said, “We have a degree show every year and the 2016 degree show will have the 4 year graduates exhibiting and the third years exhibiting in the same degree show. The director hasn’t told us anything about the plans for that. There are so many students that are really worried that they won’t be given the appropriate space. The degree show is the final piece. It’s the thing that we’ve all been working towards.”

The textiles student added that shortening the undergraduate course to three years will compromise the standard of work produced by students.

“Shortening the amount of time that a degree is going to be is going to compromise the standard which comes out of it. NCAD is a huge part of Ireland’s art scene. To shorten the degree will jeopardise that,” she said.

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DCU hosts first allfemale hackathon Finnian Curran Deputy Editor @finnc94

THE Hub last weekend played

host to the country’s first all-female hackathon, aimed at getting more girls to learn coding.

About a hundred girls between the ages of 15-17 milled into The Hub with the aim of building new websites while adding a flavour of Ireland to the site. The event is aimed to get young women creating with code, according to Anne-Marie Imafidon, founder of UK-based organisation Stemettes, which ran the hackathon at DCU with the Insight Centre for Data Analytics.

Hackathon judge Prof Christine Loscher from DCU hopes the event will encourage more young women to be aware of opportuni-

ties in the digital technology sector.

“The future of technology looks bright, after seeing what these girls did today,” she said.

However, she cited figures for Ireland from the Higher Education Authority that of 2,613 applicants to study computer science in 2013, only 436 were female.

“Innovation needs diversity, and if we don’t have greater participation by women we could face a disaster for innovation in Ireland,” she said.

CEO of Silicon Republic Ann O’Dea spoke about the importance of “changing the ratio” and increasing diversity and female participation in STEM. “It’s very important that women are part of shaping the future,” she said.

Plans are afoot to host a Girls Hack Ireland event at the Silicon Republic Inspire 2015 festival in Dublin in June.

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Munster ITs hit back at merger funding debate Joseph Moore News Reporter @thecollegeview

CORK IT and Tralee IT have said that the proposed merger of the two colleges will not be funded through cuts in services.

The two ITs are the latest institutes of technology to plan to merge in what is expected to cost €6.7 million.

“We will not require additional efficiencies in order to meet these costs,” a Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) and Institute of Technology Tralee (ITT) statement read.

“Additional funding, if it were to become available, would be utilised to fund developments which would allow the new university to begin to deliver an economic dividend, conservatively

calculated to be many multiples of the costs of merger, to the region and beyond.”

In a joint statement, the governing bodies of CIT and ITT said they were “very confident” they would meet the criteria for such designation, and also moved to reassure staff that they would be fully consulted on developments.

The Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI), which represents lecturing staff at the two institutes, has expressed fears the merger will undermine educational standards and is balloting members on industrial action.

However, it welcomed the statement from the governing bodies, which the union interpreted as evidence that the merger process “has been slowed down”.“A stop has been put to the gallop of the MTU [Munster Technological University] consortium,” the union said.

But the TUI said it was continuing to progress its dispute both through the Labour Relations Commission and balloting, the results of which would be known next week.

At separate Oireachtas committee hearings last month, Tom Boland, chief executive of the Higher Education Authority, said any mergers would have to be done in an “innovative, shoestring sort of way” in the absence of additional state funding. It was expected most of the costs would be covered by “efficiencies” and raising funds through other sources, he said.

In its statement, the governing bodies of CIT and ITT said: “This is an exciting time for our two institutions and the achievement of technological university designation promises a broad range of benefits and opportunities for our students, staff and other stakeholders.”

DIT holds second annual film festival Paula Clarke News Reporter @thecollegeview

THE DIT Film Festival is back for its second annual appearance, running from March 2nd to 12th at DIT Aungier Street, Dublin 2.

The festival promised a mixture of talks, workshops, masterclasses, and even an awards ceremony, with all events free and open to the public.

The festival kicked off on Monday March 2nd with a screening of the Filmbase Masters’ Poison Pen, including a talk on “How To Make A Feature Film”. Essentially the crew behind the film Poison Pen will screen their film and talk about how they made it.

On Wednesday March 4th the festival hosted a joint

session with the Fingal Film Festival. This saw the team behind the Fingal Film Festival talk about their festival and how applicants can enter and be part of it. The Fingal team also screened some international and Irish shorts including Not Anymore: A Story Of Revolution, Taimse im Chodladh, Shoot, Skunky Dog, Piece At The Bottom, and Volkswagon John.

Monday March 9th saw a dedicated VFX workshop called ‘The Greenscreen’ while Tuesday March 10th saw an outdoor screening of a classic Irish film. There was be treats, couches, fairylights and a hundred or so students watching a cult classic in harmony. A public vote will decide between The Commitments, War Of The Buttons, The Guard, Into The West, and The Snapper.

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WIT headed for industrial action over merger Jason O’Dwyer News Reporter

@thecollegeview

STAFF at Waterford Institute

of Technology (WIT) have voted in favour of industrial action against a planned merger with IT Carlow.

According to new legislation, any institute of technology seeking to be deemed as a technological university must first merge with another IT. However, several branches of the Teachers’ Union of Ireland have now voted against the merger. Earlier this month, lecturers at Cork IT and IT Tralee voted 92 per cent and 86 per cent respectively in favour of industrial action and they have been joined by staff at WIT where 94 per cent voted in favour.

TUI assistant general secretary Aidan Kenny said the industrial action would be sequential, starting with non-cooperation with technological universi-

In a statement Thursday, the TUI said: “Lecturers believe that there is absolutely no academic rationale for forced mergers. The requirement to merge is part of the outdated cutbacks policy which seeks to make financial savings by the rationalisation of services, supports, provision and reductions in staff.”

It said the WIT branch considered “WIT should be given the opportunity to apply in its own right for university designation. The branch is also calling on the Government to urgently increase the funding to the institute and higher education sectors in general”.

The union added “for technological universities to function at university level, there will be a need for significant increases in the numbers of academic and research staff. This Credit wit.ie will require the Government to provide funding for the new ty activities, progressing to a merger plans were not changed. plication for technological technology university sector work-to-rule and ultimately WIT had intended to merge university status but pulled that is on par with the current leading to strike action if the with IT Carlow under an ap- out of talks late last year. funding for the universities”.

UCD to lose millions at the foot of the school of business

WIT President appointed to new in HEA

John Barry Deputy News Editor

Rebecca Strong News Reporter @thecollegeview

@thecollegeview

DR Ruaidhrí Neavyn, President UCD could face a substantial re-

duction in income over the coming years as its business school is considering cutting the annual dividend it pays to the south side college. The dividend is worth millions to the Bellfield campus.

In an interview with The Irish Times, a prominent businessman at the school, Niall Fitzgerald, has said that the school is reviewing how its resources are allocated and this could involve paying less to the university.

“The entity today is profitable as a standalone school of business, but much of its surplus goes to the rest of the university. We need to refine the strategy for the next five to 10 years.”

He admitted that the amount returned to UCD would “probably” need to reduce because the business school “will decline if we continue to do what we’re doing”.

Mr FitzGerald, former chief executive of Unilever and one of Ireland’s most prominent business figures, took over the position of chair at UCD’s Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School late last year. The role in-

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cludes oversight of all aspects of the business school’s workings.

The most recently available accounts for the UCD school of business show it generated a surplus of almost €9.5 million on income of €48.2 million in the 2012/3 academic year. Of this, it returned a dividend of about €8 million to the wider university.

UCD as a whole had total income of €497 million in the year to the end of Sep-

tember, 2013. Its surplus for that year was €12.2 million.

Mr FitzGerald said the business school offers “a unique bundle” to students, with its combination of undergraduate, postgraduate and international courses. He believes, however, that the school will need investment even to stand still, with more required if it is to grow.

“In the end, the university will have to take a view,” he said.

of Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT), is to take up an advisor role with the Higher Education Authority (HEA).

The Governing Body of WIT has accepted the request of the Department of Education and Skills (DES) for the secondment of Dr Neavyn to the DES and he will take up the position of Advisor on the development of the Technological Sector encompassing the existing institutes of technology.

The Chairman of the Governing Body, Mr Dick Langford said, “On behalf of the Institute and in particular the staff and student body, I want to thank Ruaidhrí for his contribution to the development of WIT in challenging times. His expertise and experience have been of great value and I wish him every success in his future role.”

The appointment will be a critical pillar in delivering on the HEA’s agenda to develop the technological sector. The CEO of the HEA stated that “An experienced President in an advisory role will support the HEA in aligning the necessary components for real and sustained development of the HE Tech-

nological sector. Dr Neavyn will bring his wealth of experience in the sector to the role and will ensure that the sector is appropriately represented in key areas”.

Speaking about his new role, Dr Neavyn commented, “I am delighted to accept this new role and the opportunities it presents. Having worked in five Institutes of Technology at all levels from lecturer to President over the past 25 years, I look forward to applying my experience at a national level with the Higher Education Authority.”

Dr Neavyn will transition to the full time position at the end of the month.

The governing body is taking immediate steps to appoint a new President.There was dismay in Government circles late last year when WIT pulled the plug on merger talks with IT Carlow, intended as a forerunner to an application for university status.

Wrangling between the Waterford and Carlow ITs came to a head after a report raised questions about how long it would take for IT Carlow to meet the criteria necessary for university status.

Proposals for a technological university in Dublin and another in Munster are advancing, while this week a Connacht-Ulster Alliance indicated its intention to pursue designation as a technological university.

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Trinity students favour local issues over political campaigns Stephen Downey News Reporter @thecollegeview

A survey compiled by Trini-

ty College Dublin Students’ Union has found that the majority of students believe that the SU should prioritise college and welfare campaigns over social and political campaigns.

80 per cent of students surveyed said that representation in the form of class reps and advocacy on the College Board should be the focus of the SU. Just 12 per cent of social and political campaigns should be favoured over college and welfare campaigns.

The three most common strategic priorities cited by students for the SU, which will inform its future direction, were a focus on college campaigns, welfare campaigns and student services. More specifically, focus groups found these priorities to include concentrating on college-related campaigns rather than nation-

al ones, as well as “securing a suitable social student space” and “fostering a sense of community and place” on campus.

As part of the survey, students were asked to rank seven SU activities on a five-point scale from “very effective” to “very ineffective”. Students ranked political and social campaigns as being the activity at which SU is most effective but ranked campaigns for the improvement of student services as the activity at which it is least effective Speaking to Trinity News, SU president Domhnall McGlacken-Byrne said: “Possibly the most interesting conclusion of the whole process [is] that students may be more interested in being represented as students, and not necessarily in their capacity as citizens.” He said that the SU is “sometimes seen as engaging in arcane political campaigns Credit tcd.ie unrelated to our central purpose” which “plausibly explains our difficulties in engag- “focus primarily on things that with.” Some students surveyed with its political stance and ing a wider student cohort.” only affect students and that are quoted as saying that the more concerned with issues One student urged the SU to only the SU can effectively deal SU should be less concerned within the city centre campus.

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DCU fails to make the grade

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No Irish university received a place in the Times High@Laura_Colgan er Education’s ranking of the world’s 100 top universities.

Trinity College Dublin was the highest placed DCU failed to make the grade Irish university on the list, and missed out on a place in coming in at 138th place. the top 100 universities in the UCD, NUI Galway and Laura Colgan Deputy News Editor

UCC all ranked between the 200 and 300 marks.

Last year, NUIG came in 261st place, with UCC ranking coming in between 275 and 300.

The prestigious Harvard University scooped the top spot, with Cambridge University, Oxford University, MIT and Stanford University rounding out the top five.

US universities Berkeley, Princeton, Yale, Caltech and Columbia made up the rest of the top 10.

Last year, Caltech came in first place, beating Harvard to the top spot.

This year’s top 100 features 12 UK universities, while last year’s results had only two.

France, Australia and the Netherlands all had five universities that made the cut.

The rankings are based on survey responses from 9,800 academics in 142 countries.

Survey respondents nominate the 10 best institutions in their own area of expertise.

No Irish university has ever been placed in the Times Higher Education top 100.

UCC fairs well in green ranking as DCU flops

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John Boland News Reporter @thecollegeview

DCU has fallen from 46th to

53rd in the latest league of environmentally friendly universities, according to the latest Greenmetric surveys. The rankings were compiled from self-declared data from each university.

UCC and UL are the only Irish universities who ta-

bled in the top 20 as TCD placed 104th and DIT ranked 193rd. UCD were not registered in the rankings.

The survey, carried out and compiled by Universitas Indonesia, measures the “greenness” of each campus including the preservation of lawns and forests. It also includes the sustainability of the colleges including the use of energy-efficient appliances, waste recycling, environmental course offerings and the number of cars entering the campus.

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Maynooth University to halve number of entry routes Credit Irish Times

Jade O’Leary Deputy Features Editor @ JadeOdette_

MAYNOOTH University aim to

cut the number of entry routes it lists on the CAO by half before Sept 2016 in a bid to give school-leavers more flexibility in their study options.

The university also plans to become the first college in Ireland to offer prospective students a joint arts and science degree as part of a major revamp of its undergraduate curriculum.

This plan is set to be phased in over the course of 18 months and NUI Maynooth say it will reduce the number of course entry routes from 50, at present, to less than 25.

One of the major changes to programmes at Maynooth University is a combined arts and science entry route that will allow students to choose modules from each discipline. They could then complete either a twinned degree, the first of its type in Ireland, or else a BA or a BSc. President of Maynooth University, Prof Philip Nolan said at the start of the academic year that by 2017, “at most Maynooth would have 20 entry routes, perhaps 15”.

The third-level institution,

which changed its name from NUI Maynooth to Maynooth University on September 1st last year, is undergoing a rebranding exercise and hopes to reverse a trend across the sector of forcing school-leavers into narrow college entry routes.

Minister for Education and

Students’ bank account details leaked at UL Scout Mitchell News Reporter @scout_mitchell

THE personal details of over 350

University of Limerick students were released in an accidental data breach earlier last month.

A “human error” caused the leak of the bank account details and PPS numbers of residents in the university’s Kilmurry Student Village, a spokesperson confirmed.

An email with an attachment containing the bank account details, including IBAN numbers, sort codes and BIC numbers, of 363 residents was sent to a student on February 6 this year.

The student who received the email later passed it on to a family member.

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The mistake was discovered by the subsidiary company that manages the student village three days later.

The Data Protection Commissioner was notified of the data breach upon its discovery and said an “investigation is ongoing and UL is reviewing its procedures to ensure compliance with its data protection obligations.”

A spokesperson for UL told the Limerick Leader that the breach was “fully contained”.

“Campus Life Services worked with the student who received the information in error, and with the parents of that student, to ensure the data breach was fully contained and that all emails and attachments have since been deleted,” she said.

“Apart from the inconvenience caused to those who were affected there was no adverse consequence to the incident,” the spokesperson added.

This is the second data breach in UL this academic year after information relating to students’ grant applications were displayed on its website last December.

The bank account details and household incomes of seven students applying for assistance funds could be seen for one weekend before the error was caught.

The university also suffered a lengthy delay in January in issuing exam results to over 12,000 students after it carried out “a review of its student information systems”.

Skills Jan O’Sullivan welcomed the reforms and has been urging colleges to introduce broader entry routes for students. This was aimed at simplifying the CAO process and allowing students to specialise later in higher education.

A number of colleges have

agreed to cut their number under an Irish Universities Association taskforce plan. University College Dublin has already cut the number of course codes it lists on the CAO from 56 to 45, and other colleges are encouraged to do likewise.

Betty McLaughlin, president of

the Institute of Guidance Counsellors, in an interview with the Irish Examiner said Maynooth was moving towards “a fair, simplified” entry route. “All guidance counsellors nationwide enthusiastically support this and would urge all other universities to follow suit.”

UCC survey finds 1 in 7 students have been sexually assaulted Sharron Lynskey News Editor @sharronlynskey

ALMOST one in seven students

at University College Cork say they have been a victim of rape or serious sexual assault.

A voluntary survey was distributed across the campus last week and completed by over 300 students at UCC. About a third of students also said they had experienced minor sexual assault.

Seven per cent of students surveyed were not sure whether their sexual experience had been consensual or not.

Over 80pc of respondents said they didn’t know how to report a sexual offence to the university authorities, despite the fact that there is a protocol in place for such complaints.

According to the survey, just two out of over 300 respondents reported sexual assaults to the university while seven made complaints to the Gardai.

33pc of students said they had been victims of less serious assaults, which included other

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students “grinding up against them in a sexual manner”.

The survey was conducted by students involved in anew information campaign, Know Offence.

The campaign aims to break down myths surrounding sexual assault and highlight the services available to students who are affected by it.

Speaking at the launch of the survey, Ruth Lawlor from the Know Offence campaign team said that “what is most worrying is the evident lack of knowledge surrounding this issue … students do

not know where to report a sexual offence to university authorities in order to seek disciplinary action against the offender”.

She added that the purpose of the Know Offence campaign is to “fill in these gaps in knowledge so that UCC students may access the services they need. It is also important to recognise that this survey represents only a small segment of students in UCC, and actual incidences of sexual violence on campus could be higher.”

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If You Have An Eating Disorder, Please Reach Out and Talk Sarah Fallon Contributor @thecollegeview

THIS year, National Eating Dis-

orders Awareness Week ran from Monday, February 23rd to Sunday, March 1st.

Eating Disorders Awareness Week provides the opportunity to raise awareness and an understanding of eating disorders, while challenging greatly outdated stereotypes and stigmas.

For me, however, this week meant so much more than that.

It was the week I finally decided to change my life.

After struggling in silence for so long, I cannot even begin to describe the overwhelming feeling of freedom I am experiencing just by typing these very words.

You see, for the past few years I have had an extremely self-destructive relationship with food.

It all began when I was 15 and was asked to accompany a guy to his debs.

Fifteen was quite a young age to be attending a debs and immediately, instead of being overjoyed with the invitation, I was filled with a harrowing sense of dread at the possibility of being looked down upon by all the older girls who would be in attendance.

I came to the rather irrational conclusion that the only way to avoid being scrutinised was to ensure that I looked perfect.

This planted the seed that would change my life - that looking good meant being skinny.

From this point on I became obsessed with the idea of los-

ing weight and food became my number one enemy. I began skipping meals as often as I could without drawing any unwanted attention and began to exist on a diet solely consisting of Rivita crackers and apples.

However, I still remained blissfully unaware that I had any sort of problem.

Eating disorders are an incredibly secretive illness and when I finally started to realise my thoughts and habits were extremely unhealthy, instead of seeking help I retreated into myself even more.

I blamed myself entirely for my illness and due to the fact that I viewed it as self-inflicted, I felt as if I didn’t deserve any help.

I spent years lying to myself, trying to convince myself I could ‘get better’ on my own.

Some attempts were more convincing than others and on some occasions I even managed to gain a good bit of weight, but even then, when all appeared to be going well on the outside, on the inside I was crumbling.

With each defeated attempt to beat this illness, I was becoming more and more estranged from the confident, fun, outgoing, life-loving girl I once was. I was fighting a painfully frustrating internal battle with my own body and mind... and I was losing. Badly.

It took me four years to finally break my silence.

I confided in my best friend but instead of feeling like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders panic struck again. I was terrified that in an act of concern she would tell one of my family members, that they would then intervene, and encourage me to do

“If there is one piece of advice I can offer to someone is that you need to talk. While I know that even the mere thought of this is probably terrifying, I’ve been there and it will be the best decision you will ever make.” what I feared most - gain weight.

It was in that moment that I realised that this was about so much more than a desire to be thin. However, as much as I hated the illness that was consuming me I wasn’t ready to let it go. It gave me a sense of control and it wasn’t the thought of getting fat that struck terror into me - it was the thought of handing over that control to others.

It really wasn’t until last Christmas when I was at home with my family that I decided I couldn’t live like this anymore. I have two younger sisters (one of whom is currently 15, the age I was when it all began) and I wanted to be a better role model for them. After all, how could I possibly be any sort of role model if I couldn’t even look after myself?

On Wednesday, February 25th of this year, I finally came clean to all of my friends and family via

a Facebook post ( I know, what a way to break the news), about the illness I had spent so long desperately trying to conceal.

However, my choice of media was not unjustified as I decided to come clean in such a public way for two main reasons.

The first being in the hope that if any one of my Facebook friends were in any way struggling with their own eating disorder, my post may provide them with some sort of inspiration to reach out for help.

Asking for help is paramount to recovery as eating disorders are too horrible a disease for anyone to even attempt to defeat on their own.

The second reason stemmed from the idea that coming clean in such a public way would respectively force me out of the dark reserved corner that I had been hiding in for so long and more importantly prevent me from ever

having the cover of secrecy to enable me to retreat there again.

For the first time in a long time I am actually excited about my future. I know I still have a long way to go regarding my recovery but I am finally on the right track.

If there is one piece of advice I can offer to someone is that you need to talk. While I know that even the mere thought of this is probably terrifying, I’ve been there and it will be the best decision you will ever make.

Furthermore having an eating disorder is nothing to be ashamed of. Eating disorders are illnesses, not character flaws or choices.

The support I have received in the past few weeks genuinely still leaves me speechless and although the road to recovery may be long, the day that I acknowledged that I had a problem marked the first day of the rest of my life.

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Lads, take a leaf out of Lionel Richie’s book and say “Hello.” from a guy’s point of view, may go a little something like this: Get ready for hours, pre drink with the girls, step into high heels and hit the town. I’ve heard the term ‘Palace Girls’ being kicked about for the usual suspects that partake in this particular night out, that being said with no offence to those who regularly attend The Palace!

Thursday night is student night, which results in Harcourt Street, Camden Street and all of Dublin City being alive with a whole collection of people, including the ‘Palace girls’ and what I like to call the ‘not so bothered’ girls (a category that I regularly fit into).

These are the girls who are busy in college until nine o’clock, bring their ‘going out’ clothes with them, change in the bathrooms, lash on a bit of make up on and head to the NuBar for a few drinks before heading out.

Now, I’m not going to play dumb and say that girls don’t go out with the intention of meeting a guy, because the

Call your Granny for Marriage Equality Muireann Montague Guest Writer

FOR the last few years, many

students have been doing what they can to influence the outcome of the Marriage Equality referendum.

In QSoc, the Trinity LGBT society, we’ve hosted talks, arranged mock marriages, and taken part in the March for Marriage. DCU have done likewise and successfully petitioned for the removal of exams in the afternoon of May 22nd.

Last autumn, Trinity’s Students’ Union ran a voter registration drive which registered over 3,000 students. These campaigns have all been well received, but in Trinity we are blessed to live in a bubble of acceptance and we knew we were preaching to the converted.

So, we wanted to break out of this bubble and have a greater affect on this referendum.

Looking at the polls there is a core 44 per cent that will vote in favour of the Marriage Equality referendum and 22 per cent that will vote against. This leaves a 34

per cent margin of swing voters and this, as you are told if you go to any marriage equality debate, talk, training day etc, is where the referendum will be won – or lost.

At USI Pink Training we were given the campaign slogan of ‘ring your granny’ and in QSoc we tried to think of a way to capitalise on this.

Should we go around at Christmas and offer to put up Christmas lights for older people, run a bingo night or send flowers for Valentine’s Day? We knew we were grasping at straws but our reasoning was that surely there had to be something more that we could do than to just ring our own grannies.

Then the SU President, Domhnal McGlacken-Byrne, came to me with what seemed like an obvious idea - to make a video. In the video he proposed that we get LGBTQ students and allies to ring up their grannies with the purpose of not only asking them to vote yes in the marriage equality referendum, but with the view of engaging them in a conversation about it.

Of course it wouldn’t be simple. What if our grannies simply said ‘yes’, or even worse, ‘no’

cue to pull them away as soon as they’ve secured their vodka.

Guys across our cities are being fleeced with this tactic and they just don’t seem to notice - or maybe they don’t care.

Perhaps for every nine girls that leave them four euro shorter, without as much as a peck, there is that one whose Facebook username they procure.

The third approach involves the dance floor. This is where a guy pretty much steps into your dancing space and lets face it, some guy, who by midnight is incapable of coherent speech, holding onto your waist and not even giving you the chance to say hello is the furthest thing from what a girl wants.

In fact, I recently had to think on my feet and engage in a tactical hug/turn with a male friend in order to get out of this very situation.

In 2015, it seems that the majority of guys have forgotten how to hit on someone. Gone are the days of being politely asked to dance by a real gentleman, and to be blunt it’s a real shame.

That said, I know that it must be intimidating for a guy to approach a girl that he finds attractive, particularly if she is with a large group of friends.

We girls have it easy in the sense

that the pressure is usually on the lad to make the first move.

However, what I’d say to guys is this. DO come over with a friendly smile. Introduce yourself.

Strike up a conversation with us.

If we aren’t giving you much to work with take the hint and walk away. DON’T employ the ‘go on, go on’

tactic made famous by Mrs Doyle from Father Ted. On the other hand, if we appear interested then by all means offer to buy us a drink and then maybe suggest we dance.

After all, while some of us may like the ‘latch tactic’, the majority of us prefer to be shown a bit of attention before getting straight down to business.

and that was the end of every conversation? Not great viewing.

But our greatest problem was volunteers. When we set out looking for students they were somewhat hesitant in their responses.

Understandably people were nervous to call their relatives. What if they fundamentally disagreed with the concept of marriage equality and it was all captured on camera?

Back in January on the day of filming our numbers seemed to dwindle even further; it was the weekend and people couldn’t make it in because they had essays due or work commitments.

For some of those that did come in there were issues with relatives

on the other line not picking up.

Despite this Samuel Riggs, the Communications Officer, Domhnall, and the camera team waited in good faith and eventually, people came.

After that day of filming I don’t think any of us involved knew what to expect from the video. We certainly never expected the phenomenal response we’ve received.

The video was posted on Sunday March 15th and within less than three days it received over 30,000 views. Of course, view counts look great on paper and sound impressive, but it’s the impact this video has had that’s blown all of us away.

I’ve had people in class, at

parties, and just walking past, tell me that they’ve watched the video and that it has actually inspired them to not only call their relatives, but to also talk to their parents about the referendum.

Our success is that we’ve finally evolved out of our Trinity bubble; we’ve succeed in igniting a conversation across Ireland.

For those involved, what this campaign has done is shown just how much Ireland has changed in the last 20 years, and how much support there is to be tapped into.

But most of all, what we have learnt is that when it comes to those whom we love the most, maybe we just have to ask.

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THE typical night out for a girl,

truth is that sometimes we do. However, I would go as far as saying that we don’t do it as often as guys think – or do.

Sometimes, we just want to round off a stressful week at college with the opportunity to let off some steam. However this concept is something that many lads fail to grasp.

From my own personal experience, it seems as though you can’t make eye contact with a lad or smile at them without them taking it as an open invitation to approach.

Like the old days of the teen discos, on foot of a glance in their direction, the boys still latch onto you from behind thinking they have your permission to do whatever.

There seems to be a limited number of ways in which guys do their chatting up these days.

Offering to buy a drink is the standard. The other is, as I’ve outlined above, much more physical and dare I say aggressive.

That said, I do feel sorry for lads sometimes when they go for the drink tactic. I mean, of course the girl will accept a drink from you, you’re buying.

What the lads fail to realise, however, is that more often than not a girl will have a friend close by who knows their

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TO PIMP AN IDEAL It was released as a surprise and in barely enough time to give it a full listen was being hailed as a classic; the immediate reaction to Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly said more about the people reacting than it did about the album itself.

Music has always had a problem with elitism and hip-hop is no different; in fact it’s most likely the genre in the mainstream consciousness that is most plagued by theories of authenticity. The idea of “real hip-hop” harkens back to hip-hop’s so-called golden age, when artists like A Tribe Called Quest and Public Enemy released critically acclaimed, commercially successful hip-hop built from jazz and funk samples.

People who ignore the fact that this era also birthed Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer rushed to the internet to proclaim a new classic when To Pimp a Butterfly was released a week early, just like they did in 2012 when Kendrick’s good kid, m.A.A.d city was released.

Anyone who listens to To Pimp a Butterfly should be able to pick up on the fact that immediate praise for the album is almost impossible. For an album so dense and so left-field (he raps over free jazz on “For Free? (Interlude)” for God sake!) to be immediately acclaimed seems almost factitious.

To Pimp a Butterfly might well become a classic, but the amount of listens this body of work commands means that immediate acclaim seemed to be serving ulterior motives; namely, positioning Kendrick Lamar as the undisputable king of hiphop (whatever that means) and the championing of a certain style of hip-hop over others.

Upon survey, the current field of mainstream hiphop throws up three major heavyweights: Kendrick Lamar, Drake and Kanye West. The three contrast greatly; Lamar is the traditionalist, the most technically gifted rapper. Drake is the one who made emotional frailty and ambient beats cool in mainstream hip-hop. Kanye West is Kanye West.

Kanye, Drake and Kendrick are all needed as much as the other when it comes to hip-hop, and while critical reaction is generally positive for all three, it’s in the online threads that the real views of the hip-hop community are seen and they are almost unanimous; we don’t like new Kanye, Drake sings too much and is too emotional, Kendrick is king.

The reception for lesser artists tells a similar story, J. Cole being the prominent example. Cole’s music can be described as pleasant at best, but because of his adherence to the “real hip-hop” aesthetic, his painfully mediocre albums are often suggested in discussions about what albums from this generation will be considered classics in the future.

The truth is, Illmatics are not willed into being; they just happen, often as a result of eschewing standards, not sticking to them. To Pimp a Butterfly might become this generation’s Illmatic, or it could be Yeezus. Time is the way to know and to blow something up as a classic mere hours after its release isn’t fair to the public or to the artist.

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sharp darts -Not content with releases from Kanye West, Drake, Kendrick Lamar and Action Bronson to name a few, hip-hop in 2015 has decided to reward us again; Earl Sweatshirt has released a new surprise album.

I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside was announced last week along with the video for lead single “Grief”. The album was released yesterday.

-Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All leader Tyler, the Creator will bring his own personal brand of chaos to Dublin this coming August. He will play the Academy on August 26th. Tickets are €25.50 and on sale now.

-Drummer AJ Pero of glam rockers Twisted Swister has died, aged 55. The suspected cause of death is a heart attack.

-Actor Ryan O’Neal has told of how the filming of Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon was

The video for Earl Sweatshirt’s “Grief” was released along with the announcement of his new album

disrupted after IRA threats against the director. Kubrick was placed under threat for filming scenes involving the British Army during the

-US television website TVLine are reporting that the upcoming sixth season of Downton Abbey will be the show’s last.

The website cites “multiple sources” and the report follows hints of the show’s end from Maggie Smith earlier this month.

-John Connors has been confirmed to be leading an acting masterclass at this year LiFT Youth Arts Festival in Ballymun. The actor is best known for portraying pipe-bomb maker Patrick Ward in RTE’s Troubles. O’Neal commented: Love/Hate.

“He was given 24 hours. He Odrán de Bhaldraithe was gone in 12.”

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Tyler, the Creator will bring his own personal brand of chaos to Dublin this coming August

One Line Reaction to the mountains of hip-hop news as well as the Jeremy Clarkson situation and Blur’s return.

Action Bronson’s Mr. Wonderful: Two Big Body Bes features on an album is two too many.

RATKING’s 700 Fill: Any album with a Despot feature is worth listening to by virtue of that alone, doesn’t hurt that RATKING themselves are pretty amazing.

The Kanye West at Glastonbury reaction: You’ll find there’s a massive correlation between people being racist and people thinking that music isn’t “real” if it hasn’t got any “real” instruments.

The Jeremy Clarkson situation: Sign the petition, if there’s anything that television is lacking, it’s old, pomp-

ous, white, racist millionaires.

Gucci Mane releasing three albums all at once: FREE GUWOP

The year in hip-hop so far: It’s all too much, we’re suffocating under the quality and it doesn’t look like it’s stopping and it’s just all too overwhelming and Future just released another mixtape.

Blur’s return: Seems like Coxon and Albarn are a little too into ice cream, bit weird.

Courtney Barrett: Listen to her new album, Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit and then listen to her older stuff too because she is wonderful and Australian.

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Bobby Aherne of No Monster Club is pretty damn close to how you would imagine, based on the output of his band No Monster Club. He’s funny, modest about the music he makes and very self-aware.

No Monster Club’s latest album, People Are Weird has been receiving considerable acclaim around Ireland since its release and when I meet

him, Bobby is in the final stages of preparing for the album’s launch night in Bello Bar on the 14th of March.

He’s full of praise for the three acts that are to join him on the night, but none more so than Mr. Rosso, who, according to Aherne, shares the same musical ethos as No Monster Club.

“There’s a small scene in Dublin that I discovered about two months ago with this guy called Henry Ernest.

He just turned eighteen and he’s tapping into music I love

People Are Weird is the most potent example thus far of what No Monster Club are about; it’s fun and addictive with songs that are liable to take wild tangents off into underappreciated or unfashionable genres of music.

“I wanted this album to have a more uniform sound, almost like a solid drum machine beat throughout, because in the past albums have been recorded in different places at different times and some songs would be garage pop songs and others would be No Monster Club better produced so we’d releasing People end up with a real mish/ Are Weird mash of sounds.”

Taking inspiration and he’s doing what I from retro Nigerian pop music like Victor Uwaifo and Dizzy K, People Are Weird describes the trajectory of emotions in the guitar riffs more so than the lyrics. Working alone on a No Monster Club album for the first time, Aherne was able to let the stream of consciousness music he is known for go wild.

“The joy of this album is strive to do. I’m really excited that I got to do it all on my own, I got to exercise the to see them play live for the control freak in me. I’d orfirst time.”

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The joy of this album is that I got to do it all on my own, I got to exercise the control freak in me

ganize the skeleton of a song and then maybe one night I’d be messing about with the keyboard at 1 am and I’d add a load of layers to it. That’s the most fun part of music for me.”

“I rarely take a break; I play in three other bands as well, in Women’s Christmas, Gillows and with a guy called Paddy Hanna. They all have different approaches to songwriting so collaborating with them definitely helps me when I go back to my own music.”

The consensus seems to be that this band will make it big but despite all the media attention the new album has been getting Aherne is still wary of the exterior pressures that come with popular acclaim.

“I’ve been making music for so many years now and none of the bands I really love ever broke through, they just had a few people in the know. I wouldn’t feel right, a lot of bands have a vibe where they’re gonna split if they don’t make it big, I just want to keep making music the way I am.”

Bryan Grogan

reflections after watching the entire house of cards series in two sittings “Claire.” The final word of the third season of House of Cards comes as a relief. I rub my eyes. Embracing my exhaustion at last I make a halfway sincere promise never to watch this show ever again.

I’ve just finished watching the series in two marathon runs, sitting through the disintegration of the First Couple’s marriage while the glue that holds the Underwood Empire in place loosens, with ramparts and buttresses like Remy Danton or Jackie Sharp falling by the wayside.

By the end of last season Frank had manipulated his way to the top. The raison d’etre of the show was forced, as a result, to change. That’s not to say that Frank’s aggressive nature changes, it’s just much harder for him to operate the way he wants. Even as President he needs to assert

his superiority, although it ruins every relationship he has.

There are changes in the show’s structure. By the second half of the season Frank has lost the confidence it takes to address the audience.

His famous sidelong discussions with the camera are gone, as he tries to put out fire after fire.

Probably the most interesting addition to the show is Tom Yates, the writer of a book about Underwood’s anti-Obamacare project; America Works. Yates is a saltof-the-earth-writer, like Tom Wolfe or Richard Yates, who in the course of the season reveals that he was once a junkie, a hooker and also stole an unfinished manuscript from his dying friend.

He’s just one of the frenemies added to an ever growing list, along with the Rus-

sian Premier Petrov, whose political aggression mirrors Vladimir Putin, and Heather Dunbar, a lawyer turned presidential candidate whose tenacity throws a legitimate roadblock in Underwood’s quest to be the second coming of Franklin Roosevelt.

These people are interesting but their stories pale alongside the overturned admiration for Underwood, a downward trajectory that begins somewhere around the seventh episode. His demons are revealed and his Achilles heel turns out to be larger than anyone would ever expect.

I feel sorry for him, but his wilful ignorance of the damage he has wrought on his own life is also disturbing and uncomfortable. While House of Cards was once seen as a show glamorising the pursuit

Francis Underwood (Kevin Spacey)

of power, we’re now shown the pitfalls of this quest with harrowing honesty.

The Osama bin Laden of the west is looking down the barrel of destruction, his own

wife seeming like a potential opponent and what can you do but await the fourth season; a difficult task to face.

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Seth Avett and Jessica Lea Mayfield ...Sing Elliot Smith Five and a half studio albums and one Oscar nomination into his career, 34-year-old singer-songwriter, Elliot Smith was found dead in his California home – his life taken by two knife wounds to the heart cautiously identified as suicide.

Twelve years after his mysterious death and eleven after his final work was released, folk rock musicians Seth Avett and Jessica Lea Mayfield have released an album that bravely reimagines Smith’s beautifully dark music; a 12-track cover album simply titled Seth Avett and Jessica Lea Mayfield Sing Elliot Smith.

No matter how respected

tentional insincerity. Pair this with the protective, tight-knit following that make up Elliot Smith’s still strong fan base and any musician is predisposed to criticism for attempting to borrow or change the one-of-a-kind work that is so unique to the late Mr. Misery.

Despite, or perhaps in light of, these obvious challenges, Avett and Mayfield manage to explore the artist’s sorrowing career with tender imagination that alters the work enough to insure some originality, while maintaining enough authenticity to avoid the slippery slope into failed imitation.

The vocals are strong and the instrumentals adequate, but the true success of the album is in the way that the stripped-down renditions frame Smith’s poetic lyrics. By removing Smith’s unmistakable vocals, the words stand

Seth Avett and Jessica Lea Mayfield honour the late Elliot Smith with their new release

one’s own music is, touching the work of Elliot Smith is a courageous, if not dangerous, uphill battle. Smith’s lyrics are so deeply personal, so individualized to the struggles of the writer that even the best cover artist risks uninScott Laudati Hawaiian Shirts in the Electric Chair

Hawaiian Shirts in the Electric Chair bears the marks of experience. Scott Laudati, in his first book of poetry, summons a plethora of different situations to describe a world view

on their own, making his music (perhaps unintentionally) accessible to a generation of singer-songwriter junkies that may not have belonged to the sad kids club that worshiped Smith’s work in the late ‘90s and early 2000s. that is at times cynical, but at others loving and understanding.

With rhythm that is barely there Laudati creates poetry out of the everyday. If you want to look hard you could call it dirty realism, but if you’re being simply observant you get the fact that these descriptive sentences of his contain something different from the mundanity of gentrification.

His poetry bears the marks

The addition of Mayfield lends a unique angle to the album, providing co-ed vocals to the lyrics so often pointed at the fleeing relationships in Smith’s short life. Mayfield’s earthy vocals feel in-tune with Smith’s words, particularly with Avett providing harmony on “Somebody That I Used to Know” and “Between Bars”.

It’s hard to separate Avett from the upbeat, folky vocals that have colored so much of his career as one-half of the Avett Brothers. Throwing him into the depressive, alcoholic, drug-addicted world of Elliot Smith is a hit-ormiss effort that occasionally results in shortchanging of the emotional vulnerability so imperative to Smith’s work.

With this said, Avett’s clear, strong voice, acts as a poetic storyteller, shining particularly strong in the second half of the album, notably on “Pisteleh” and “Angeles”.

The album is a quintessential side project – a three year long labour of love recorded in homes, studios, and hotel rooms between tour dates and main project obligations. It is this dedication to Smith’s work that keeps the duo from falling into the trap of attempting to mimic Elliot Smith’s performance style. It’s not overly fresh, and it’s not overly creative, but it is an honest attempt by two talented songwriters to navigate nine years of irreplaceable creativity.

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Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly

This album, prematurely or not, is being labelled as one for the ages, and is getting mentioned in arguments over the Best Rapper Alive title. Offensive, ground-breaking and anchored in social awareness, To Pimp a Butterfly fulfills the expectation hanging over Kendrick Lamar’s head.

The rapper formerly known as K. Dot has challenged the rap genre with a 16-track record detailing the black, male experience in America today. The ideology is clear: Lamar opposes blackon-black violence and wants self-love to replace it.

The density of Lamar’s message means casual listeners may be disappointed by the lack of feel-good music. Lamar’s aim was to make his audience feel “uncomfortable” and the absence of melodic hooks in place of non-lin-

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His poetry bears the marks of life like fingerprints, as honesty shines through under the loose rhythm, keeping you interested in what he has to say

of life like fingerprints, as honesty shines through under the loose rhythm, keeping you interested in what he has to say. The rhythm itself sometimes seems to die away, to pick up and slacken a pace that wouldn’t be out of place on stage or in a spoken word jam.

The view exhibited in this book of poems is not atypically optimistic. Cynicism is in abundance, in the lines where he remains observer, but

structures, mid-track shifts and sprawling free jazz interludes (“For Free? (Interlude) delivers upon this aim. “i” sums up Lamar’s approach. The song (sampling The Isley Brothers) won a Grammy after its initial release, but the newly extended version cuts to Lamar addressing a restless crowd like it there are moments of thought when the kernel of his situation is revealed, usually coming as a reaction to what went before, shining hope or despair above the refrains describing a first date or the aftermath of a miserable news bulletin.

A standout in the book, “Take the Path For Cocaine and Plath” is written hardboiled as Laudati describes the stratagems of getting someone into bed, while he’s

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as we see it

Kendrick Lamar has placed himself firmly into the Best Rapper Alive argument with his new album, To Pimp a Butterfly

Marina and the Diamonds Froot

Almost three years after the release of her second album, pop queen Marina Diamandis - better known by her stage name, Marina and the Diamonds - is back in the charts with her new record, Froot. While Electra Heart was all synths and booming bass, Froot sees Diamandis return to the new wave styl-

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That is not to say that the entire record is all cheery fluff; the songstress delves into some more controversial areas in later tracks

was the Civil Rights Movement all over again: “I promised Dave I’d never use the phrase ‘fuck nigga’,” Lamar announces: “He said ‘think about what you saying, fuck niggas’/ No better than a white man with slave boats.”

While the album poses numerous social questions throughout, it tries to answer some at the end. The 12-minute long “Modest Man” dissolves into an interview with Tupac Shakur, where Lamar assumes the role of interviewer. Using a 21-year-old Q&A, K. Dot sheds light on ideas of legacy, success and the current generation of hip hop artists.

Although clearly pushing capable of taking a completely different tack, as seen on “The Dog Days are Over”, in which he depicts growing old as becoming irrelevant.

This book of poems reads like a book of thoughts or happenstance occurrences, to create a collage describing Laudati. His tone is communicated well and, by the last poem, you have the feeling of familiarity, almost like kinship.

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his message, Lamar still offers up the obligatory mother dedication song with the Knxwledge. produced “Momma”. While artists like Jay-Z (“Blueprint (Momma Loves Me)”) and Kanye West (“Hey Mama”) wrote nostalgic and anecdotal songs, Lamar still uses his track to deal with the larger issue of gang violence.

It seems unfair to compare Lamar to Kanye West and JayZ without mentioning names like James Brown and Prince, however. To Pimp a Butterfly dips into jazz, soul, funk and spoken word, and can be seen as an album continuing the evolution of black music.

could be how heavy the message is overall; it’s not easily digested, especially after just one or two listens.

But Lamar could have easily come back with an album outlining a childhood under dire circumstances. Just rework good kid, m.A.A.d city and the 27-year-old would have satisfied the masses, provided his label with money-making singles and kept his name relevant.

Instead, Lamar’s genius and ambition lead to this; To Pimp a Butterfly is not just another album: it is a huge step on Kendrick Lamar’s path to greatness.

To Pimp a Butterfly’s downfall

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ings and personal lyrics that made her famous on 2010’s The Family Jewels.

From the first track, the style switch is apparent. “I found what I’d been looking for in myself, found a life worth living for someone else” goes the chorus of “Happy”; simple and empathetic words, Diamandis is in a confident place in her career and the song showcases her contentment, setting the tone for the remaining tracks.

However, that is not to say that the entire record is all cheery fluff; the songstress delves into some more controversial areas in later tracks.

“Savages” hears the singer release all of her inhibitions around the faith of mankind.

“I’m not afraid of God, I am afraid of man” sings Diamandis before going on to compile a list of man’s animalistic tendencies and actions that ensure damnation of the human race.

The personal nature of the record’s lyrics throughout evidence Diamandis’ return to her charismatic persona.

The singer’s experiment with Electra Heart resulted in her

transformation to a blonde bombshell diva. In order to make fun of the music industry, Diamandis had to become the stereotype in question. Unlike the preceding album, each track is not an individual attempt at becoming a hit single.

Songs such as “I’m a Ruin” and “Blue” are perhaps reminiscent of the fast paced dance like feel of Electra Heart, but in contrast the remaining tracks are only gradually catchy, pushing a major lyrical emphasis. At first, the title track appears to be a mildly electronic nonsensical tune, but a close inspection of the lyrics reveal the singer build an intricate analogy of her high maintenance relationship expectations to the ripening of fruit.

In comparison with her previous albums, Froot is essentially a recognition of Diamandis becoming closer to the “indie artist with pop goals” she says she wishes to be. While there exists a disconcerting shifting of genre throughout the album, those who have been there from the start

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will know that this is merely a quirk of Diamandis’ hyper nature and an integral part of

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Froot is essentially a recognition of Diamandis becoming closer to the “indie artist with pop goals” her songwriting process. Nevertheless, the record is a treat for lovers of good pop music and a welcome addition to traditional chart music.

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all white everything With spring approaching, this season we’re leaving behind our typical florals and pastels and opting for a sleek and simple all-White look. Here are some of our suggestions on how to work this new trend.

The Duster Coat The duster coat is one of the easiest pieces to pull off this season. A simple and causal wardrobe-staple that can be worn from day to night. Style with a pair of skinny jeans and layered necklaces for a look that emulates the New York Street Style.

The Leather skirt While leather can often be seen as a bit of a risk; a sleek, white leather skirt is the answer to all your wardrobe needs. From styling it with flatforms and a denim shirt to

rocking it with a white crop top, this look is easy and affordable and will definitely be a wardrobe staple.

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The Crochet top As we are beginning to enter festival season, the crochet top is our go-to piece. A cute and casual piece that completely rocks the boho-chic trend. Team with a pair of high waisted denim shorts and a floral headband for the perfect festival look.

The Mules Love them or hate them, mules are everywhere at the moment. While some may believe they are boarderline tacky, when paired with the correct outfit they can completely transform the look from drab and dreary to funky and fresh.

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lemon drizzle cake

It’s the middle of spring and we’re in-between chocolate seasons. We’re long past eating leftover Christmas chocolates but we haven’t quite reached the stage of indulging in Easter bunnies and eggs.

A break from chocolate is never a bad thing, so the question is: what sweet food will tide us over until Easter?

My solution is this delicious lemon drizzle cake; a madeira cake with a hint of lemon and a zesty drizzle on top. It’s a light yet satisfying cake that goes perfectly with a cup of tea at lunch time, or as a tasty dessert with fresh cream.

It’s fun to make and even more fun to eat.

Ingredients: 125g margarine 175g self-raising flour 175g castor sugar 2 eggs – beaten 4 tbsp milk Pinch of salt

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Rind of lemon 4 tbsp lemon juice 100g icing sugar Method: 1. Preheat oven to 200˚C/Fan 180˚C. 2. Grease and line a 2lb loaf tin.

3. Cream the margarine and sugar with the lemon rind.

4. Beat in the eggs.

5. Add in flour with salt. Then the milk.

6. Mix in a food mixer (or by hand) until the mixture is light and creamy.

7. Pour into the tin and bake for 45 minutes.

8. To make the drizzle, dissolve the icing sugar in lemon juice and bring to boil. Simmer for 5 mins.

9. When cake comes out of oven, make holes on top with a skewer and pour lemon drizzle over.

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For centuries Use a T-shirt to dry your hair women have been The grooves of a towel cause and absorb all of playing with breakage your hair’s moisture. T-shirts their hair in the are softer, therefore reduce and absorb only the hope of achieving breakage, excess water. The moral of the what some of us lesson? No towel, no foul. are ‘lucky’ to be Swap your brush for a wide born with – curls. tooth comb are great for those So why don’t Brushes with straight hair. The many we appreciate bristles separate nearly every, hair, removing any them more? Ah single possibility of a kink. For us yes, frizz - what curly gals though this can be Separating all these Urban Dictionary terrible. hairs ruins the shape of the defines as ‘the curl, creating the unruly, flyaways which we mass of fro-like bushy know all too well. The large hair found on one’s head’. So how do we beat The main culprit this? of frizz is dry hair. While in Shampoo twice a week – the process of max! removing excess The main culprit of frizz is dry hair. While in the process grease, shampoo of removing excess grease, shampoo also strips your hair also strips your hair of it’s natural oils and robs it of it’s natural oils of it’s natural moisture. Instead, use a natural ‘hair and and robs it of it’s body soap’, which will solely natural moisture prevent product build up.

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Brushes are great for those with straight hair. The many bristles separate nearly every, single hair, removing any possibility of a kink comb allow the hair to move between them easily, while still preventing knots and maintaining curl shape.

Make oil your new best friend Whether you’re using a heavy oil to hold down flyaways, or a lighter oil for added feel and shine, this should be your holy grail product. It doesn’t have to be the latest €30 oil from John Freida. Coconut oil from the supermarket works wonders. Besides the obvious shiny quality it is also a fantastic conditioner and has been proven to aid in the prevention of protein loss in the hair.

Michelle Martin

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Healthy-looking models at DCU Style Society’s fashion show last month aren’t so common in France

french fashion laws New laws debated in France which would ban underweight models, and introduce fines for fashion houses who hire models that are underweight have been rejected.

Lawmakers on the French Parliament’s health committee rejected two provisions of an anorexia prevention measure but they said they were open to an amendment of the bill which would be debated in April by the full National Assembly.

The bill, if backed by government, would have seen major changes in the fashion industry. France is home to many fashion houses such

as Celine, Chanel, and Dior.

The law would enforce regular weight checks on models and any fashion house found to be employing models who are underweight could be fined up to €75,000, according to a statement made by Olivier Veran who wrote the amendments, to Le Parisian.

This new law has been met with much criticism as some people feel it should aim not only at dangerously underweight models but also at obese models. The lawmakers also said that they did not want to create discrimination against underweight models in the workplace by making it difficult for them to get a job.

Another problem with the passing of the bill was that it was not clear how models were to be vetted. The use of just BMI’s would not be sufficient as there are a range of things such as it’s inability to distinguish between fat and muscle, which make it inaccurate in determining how healthy a person is.

However, after deaths of models such as Isabelle Caro in 2010, who weighed only 55 pounds, governments need to start somewhere in tackling the problem of underweight models, and addressing the growing problem of eating disorders in the fashion in-

them will die from it.

While it cannot be confirmed that there is a direct link between an increase in people suffering from anorexia nervosa and the portrayal of underweight models on catwalks. France, if the amended bill is passed, will be taking a step in the right direction by addressing the issue, as well as helping to protect models from pressures within the industry to be thin.

The new bill could also result in penalties for the promotion of eating disorders publicly through websites or blogs which glorify eating disorders. Sites such as proanorexia sites would be shut down, and publicly glorifying unhealthy lifestyles in order to get skinny would be a criminal offence.

Michelle Bourke

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In France, 40,000 people are suffering from anorexia.

Ninety percent of these are adolescents. Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness, with the mortality rate for anorexia nervosa being 4%. That means, according to statistics, of the 40,000 people suffering from Anorexia France has opposed a law banning nervosa in underweight models such as this France 1,600 of

why booking a j1 is such a painful experience Firstly you will have to choose which company you will book your j1 through.

There aren’t a huge amount of choices here really – it’s going to be USIT, Sayit or TravelBug. More than likely (and unfortunately) you’re probably going to pick USIT (which I did this year), and that was mistake number one. USIT know that they are the number one choice for students hoping to spend the summer in America, and so they make no effort to have any sort

of a competitive rate and it will turn out more expensive than the other companies.

But it’s fine – they are reliable and they will get you there.

Second of all, be prepared to be bombarded from all angles. Your email will never be so popular again for the rest of your life. You will receive two or three copies of the same email alerting you of new deadlines and guidelines. As well as this, you will be bombarded via text, which is always nice. And it does

not stop there. USIT requires an alternative email address, I (stupidly) volunteered my Dad’s, so he too gets bombarded with emails and as result I also get verbally bombarded at home. However it is worth having a glance at these emails as every once in a while, one is actually important.

Another thing to be prepared for is that you will feel like you’re being robbed. You cannot book your own flights, so my advice is to not even

look at the fares – you’re only taunting yourself.

Be on the lookout for “the form”. This form is formally known as a DS-160 and it will be the temporary bain of your life. It is 2 million pages long and must be filled out in full in order to go to your embassy meeting – which brings to the topic of the embassy meeting.

It is in Ballsbridge; that is a trek. You can get the dart to Landsdowne and walk, that is also a trek. You can take your car and pay half your months wages on parking,

that is also a bit of a trek.

You will be there for hours, no matter what time your meeting is scheduled for – so bring something to keep you occupied.

I do have one more thing to say. After all the i’s are dotted and t’s are crossed, you will have the best summer of your life – no doubt about it.

So turn off your email alerts, get familiar with the train times, get saving and suck it up, because it is so worth it.

Emma Dungan

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the final why you need to hit cancun this summer showdown: Last year my mac vs best friend and I inglot decided to finish off an amazing summer in San Francisco by spending all our money on a 5-star getaway to Cancun. I know it sounds expensive but it is 100% worth it and you could actually end up saving money.

The first reason why I would recommend Cancun is of course the all-inclusive resorts. The beauty of these resorts is there is NO catch. You get everything for free once you arrive. Yes, the flights and accommodation can be expensive but it is worth it.

When you are lying by the beach with a cocktail and a handsome Mexican waiter

bringing you an unlimited supply of food and drinks all day without having to pay an extra cent, you really do see value and not to mention experience paradise. (Of course it is nice to carry a few dollars with you to give your waiter a small tip, but that’s completely up to yourself.)

Secondly, the incredible weather – it is amazing. It obviously depends on the time of year but all summer long you will get a beautiful sunny Cancun. There is the odd thunder storm but sure they’re a bit of craic.

Thirdly has to be the nightlife. Now I know I said you won’t need to spend an extra cent once you arrive and I wasn’t lying (if you don’t leave the resort) but if you want to experience the wonderful nightlife of Cancun you will have to bring some money with you (something that is a must in my opinion).

The nightclubs like the resorts are generally all-inclusive as in you pay $50-$60 which includes your transport to the venue, entry and of course an unlimited supply of alcohol for the night. Every night out

in Cancun you are accompanied by your hotel reps, who make sure you get to experience all the best venues on

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Lying by the beach with a cocktail and a handsome Mexican waiter bringing you an unlimited supply of food and drinks all day without having to pay an extra cent

the best nights and also that you are totally safe. From pool

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If you got this date on your last visit to Coppers, Marco Pierre White’s for a steak dinner is too much of a leap forward

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This is a comparison based on years of make-up wearing and experimenting and I will be judging the two fierce rivals on their eye-shadows.

I am as they say “a Mac gal”; I’m all for Mac skin products and lipsticks and in my opinion they have no competition on that front.

While I own many Mac eyeshadows, I think Inglot beat them to the punch in this particular instance. One of the main reasons I have so much love for Inglot eye-shadows is their disturbingly low price in comparison to Mac. They are twice the size and less than than half the price.

As well as this, they last almost triple the amount of time as their Mac counterparts. I have had a go-to, matte brown Inglot shade

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mantalk: dates are like raisins

ere’s the foolproof way (i.e. not at all foolproof) to not be taken for a ride while trying to get the ride on a date: You aren’t rich.

You might be one of the few college students that this doesn’t apply to, so my advice is to throw this newspaper in the nearest bin. Or if you’re reading online, throw you’re

parties, to UV paint parties to beach parties you are spoiled for choice.

If there is one nightclub that is an absolute must in Cancun it is the famous Coco Bongos. This club has a little of everything. I felt like I was watching a Vegas live show, a Cirque Du Soleil show and dancing to the top 40 hits all in one. It is out of this world and I would go a million times over.

From the weather, to the all-inclusive resort, the friendly staff, to a spring break style night life, why wouldn’t you choose Cancun as this year’s summer holiday destination?

you asked them out on a date but they said yes and isn’t that a fifty per cent stake in laptop in the bin. Just contin- the endeavor? You can buy as ue living life the way you have much as you want but don’t been. You’re already a winner, be afraid to play up the poor champ. student act. Maybe every second drink is a bit much to If you aren’t rich and still expect on a first date but it want to go on a nice romantic shows a lot about the person rendezvous, start by asking when they even offer to put your date where they would their hand in their pocket. It shows that they are think you like to go and when they too are worth the investment. say “oh I don’t really mind” ask them again. If that fails, choose one of the many nice, A relationship should cost time, not money. You cheap restaurants in town. shouldn’t be broke just Let’s face it, if you got this date on your last visit to Cop- because you have a girl/boypers, Marco Pierre White’s for friend. a steak dinner is too much of a leap forward on the cost/ Finally, if you find yourself in commitment scale. a situation where you think It doesn’t have to be for the only option you have to food and it doesn’t even have entertain or impress your to be in the evening. Day date is with displays of riches, dates and coffee dates are then ask yourself is that truly cost-effective. The cinema is a relationship that you want not a good option for a first to sustain? date though.

Don’t feel pressured into Chris Kennedy paying for everything. Sure,

From using eyeshadows from both brands it has come to my attention that you need to use a lot less Inglot product to pack on the pigment and their eye-shadows blend a lot easier

for almost two years and that is no word of a lie. I recently received a similar every day brown from Mac and I have hit pan in just six months.

From using eye-shadows from both brands it has come to my attention that you need to use a lot less Inglot product to pack on the pigment and their eye-shadows blend a lot easier.

They do however have a downfall. When using a darkcoloured Inglot eye-shadow expect a large amount of pigment to fall onto your cheeks. I recommend either not applying your foundation until your eyes are complete or covering your cheeks with a tissue or make-up wipe during application.

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Gaeilge

Stailc Teanga Liadh Ní Riada Hayley Ní Ailpín Scríbhneoir @HayleyHalpin1

CHUAIGH Feisire Éireannach de

chuid Parlaimint na hEorpa, Liadh Ní Riada, ar stailc teanga ar feadh seachtaine mar agóid in aghaidh, ina cuid focal féin, an t-idirdhealú i gcoinne a teanga dúchais laistigh d’institiúidí an Aontais Eorpaigh agus an “díchóimeáil” ar chuid seirbhísí Gaeilge ón rialtas i mBaile Átha Cliath.

Toghadh Liadh Ní Riada, ó Sinn Féin, do Pharlaimint na hEorpa i mí Bealtaine an bhliain seo chaite. Ainmníodh í mar Phearsa na Bliana de Pharlaimint na hEorpa cheanna féin.

Tá feachtasóirí do theangacha mionlacha agus réigiúnacha agus lucht tacaíochta trasna na hEorpa tar éis tacaíocht a thaispeáint do Ní Riada. Freisin, tá siad tar éis ceist a ardú leis an AE agus na ballstáit de bharr gur theip orthu a chuid tiomantais féin maidir le éagsúlacht teanga a chosaint.

Tugadh stádas oifigiúil don Ghaeilge mar theanga de chuid an AE i 2007. Ach ó shin is léir gur fhán sé ar an imeall mar gheall ar mhaolú, rud a chiallaíonn nach bhfuil dualgas ag institiúidí seirbhísí aistriúchán iomlána a chur ar fáil i nGaeilge, cé go bhfuil siad i ngach ceanna de na 23 teanga oifigiúil eile ag an AE.

feisire= MP “Nuair a d’fhógair siad ag na cóistí go raibh gach teanga ar fáil, bhí mé ag iarradh léim suas agus síos ag rá, ‘Ach amháin an Ghaeilge, ar ndóigh. Tá an stádas céanna aici agus atá ag na teangacha eile, ach tá idirdhealú ollmhór ann. Tá an Ghaeilge eisiata agus déantar neamhaird uirthi,” a dúirt Ní Riada.

Cuirtear an maolú i bhfeidhm ar dtús báire de bharr imní nach bhféadfaí Éire an líon aistritheoirí

chun bearta níos teannta a chur i bhfeidhm chun an Ghaeilge a athchóiriú mar phríomhtheanga na tíre. Dúirt Ní Riada, má cuirtear deireadh leis an maolú go d’féadfadh 188 post aistriúchán do Ghaeilgeoirí ar chostas íseal a chruthrú.

“Táimid cheanna féin ag íoc don aistriúchán de theangacha eile, cén fáth nach íoctar dár dteanga féin? Is é an éifeacht ná go

Scríbhneoir @SineadMcCool_

TÁIMID anois leath bealaigh

tríd an dara sheimeastar agus tá an samhradh ag druidim níos cóngarach gach lá. Tá scrúdaithe an samhraidh ar fhíor na spéire agus tá sé in am dúinn a bheith ag smaoineamh faoin sos a mbeidh tuillte againn.

An samhradh seo chaite, chuaigh thart ar 150,000 mac léinn Éireannacha chuig na Stáit Aontaite le víosa gearrchuairte J1 agus níl aon dabht ach go bhfásfaidh an figiúir seo i mbliana. Tá sé in am duit do phlean gníomhaíochta a chur le chéile ach seo seicliosta beag chun tús a chuir leis an bpleanáil.

1. Lóistín Déan do chuid taighde roimh ré maidir le lóistín; bíodh fios agat cá háit a fhanann na mic léinn go léir agus bí i dteagmháil le tiarnaí talún ionas go bhfuil buntáiste agat thar grúpaí eile. Tá gach éinne ag lorg an rud céanna, mar sin ná bí buartha ort muna bhfuil tórthaí láithreach agaibh.

Bíonn tús lag leis i gcónaí ach coimeád leis agus oibríodh gach rud amach ag an deireadh.

díchóimeáil= dismantling foirceannadh = termination

Tugadh stádas oifigiúil don Ghaeilge mar theanga de chuid an AE i 2007. Ach ó shin is léir gur fhán sí ar an imeall mar gheall ar mhaolú. cuí a fháil chun freastal ar riachtanaisí na n-institiúidí Eorpacha. Déantar athbreithniú ar an maolú gach cúig bhliain, agus tá athnuaigh le bheith déanta air i 2017. Ní mór do rialtas na hÉireann cur isteach ar Chomhairle na nÁirí i mbliana más mian leo é an foirceannadh a sheachaint.

Le fada anuas, rinne an páirtí náisiúnta Sinn Féin feachtais

ndéantar níos insroichte é do dhaoine sa bhaile go mian leo an obair a dhéanann an pharlaimint a fheiceáil na dteanga dúchais féin,” arsa Ní Riada.

Dúirt urlabhraí don Roinn Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltacha go raibh rialtas na hÉire ann “ag obair go gníomhach le hinstitiúidí an AE chun moltaí sonracha a chur le chéile

Seicliosta J1 Sinéad Nic Chumhaill

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2. Post Tosaigh ag lorg post páirt aimseartha chomh luath ‘s a shroiceann tú do cheann scríbe.

Beidh ort a bheith chomh glic le sionnach, agus buail an t-iarann te. Bí ag faire amach do chomhlachtaí atá ag lorg oibrithe séasúracha; siopaí, bialanna, óstáin, caifé nó beár cois farraige nó in áit a mbeadh dubh le daoine i lár an tséasúir.

3. Imeachtaí Cé go mbeidh tú ag obair, is seans iontach é seo airgead

Tá feachtasóirí do theangacha mionlacha agus réigiúnacha agus lucht tacaíochta trasna na hEorpa tar éis tacaíocht a thaispeáint do Ní Riada.

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ar an gcur chuige is fearr is féidir maidir leis an maolú. Cuirfidh toradh na rannpháirtíochta in iúl sna tograí in am trátha.”

Ach le deis eile again deireadh a chur leis an maolú nach bhfuil le himeacht go dtí 2020,

dúirt Ní Riada nach bhféadfadh Gaeilgeoirí na tíre fanacht níos faide.

FOCLÓIR a shábháil i gcomhair do chuid taisteal ag deireadh an tsamhraidh más mian leat. Déan cinnte taighde a dhéanamh ar na himeachtaí saor in aisce a mbíonn ar siúl sa chathair i rith an tsamhraidh.

Idir phictiúrlanna amuigh faoin aer, féilte agus ceolchoirmeacha beidh tú i gcónaí gnóthach!

4. Clann thar lear Am iontach é seo fáil i dteagmháil le d’aintín ó Chicago nó cara d’athair i mBostún nár labhair tú leis ar feadh blianta fada. Seans ann go mbeidh siad

Víosa gearrchuairte= short-stay visa lóistín = accommodation eispéireas = experience

An samhradh seo chaite, chuaigh thart ar 150,000 mac léinn Éireannacha chuig na Stáit Aontaithe le víosa gearrchuirte J1 agus níl aon dabht ach go bhfásfaidh an figiúir seo i mbliana

Tá sé in am duit do phlean gníomhaíochta a chur le chéile ach seo seicliosta beag chun tús a chuir leis an bpleanáil don samhradh.

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lán sásta aire a thabhairt duit ar feadh cúpla lá! Beidh tú lán sásta freisin dinnéar úr agus sos ó do chairde a fháil. Is maith an t-anlann an t-ocras agus beidh sé deas béile a ithe nach raibh ort féin cócaireacht a dhéanamh air!

5. Cairde Dhá rud faoin bpointe seo; ar dtús báire taisteal le doine a mbeidh tú compordach leo. Trí mhí fada a mbeidh ann má tá tú ag troid nó ag argóint le do chairde. Gan dabht ní aontóidh

sibh ar chuile rud ach bígí foighneach le chéile! Freisin, bí cinnte cairde nua a dhéanamh ó do ghrúpa féin. Is seans iontach é seo taithí a fháil ar thír iomlán nua.. ná bí greamaithe i ngrúpa Éireannach thar lear!

An rud is tábhachtach ag deireadh an lae ná a bheith slán sábháilte agus samhradh den scoth a bheith agat. Bí réidh d’eispéireas úr. Bíonn an siúlach scéalach mar sin déan cinnte go bhfuil cúpla scéal agat féin!

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Wednesday 25 March 2015│THE COLLEGE VIEW

Gaeilge

Cuairt Uachtaránachta Lá Fhéile Pádraig—Ag léiriú an nasc idir Éireann agus Meiriceá Fiona Nic Aogáin Scríbhneoir @fionakeegs

TÁ an bhliain ag imeacht go sci-

optha agus tá Lá Fhéile Pádraig eile thart cheanna féin. Is é an 17ú Márta ceann de na laethanta is tábhachtaí i rith na bliana, ní amháin do mhuintir na hÉireann ach don diaspóra ar fud an domhain. Casann an domhain glas ar feadh lá amháin agus tagann na céadta daoine amuigh ar na sráideanna chun an tír bheag seo a cheiliúradh.

Ceann de na gnéithe is tábhachtaí de chuid Lá Fhéile Pádraig le blianta beaga anuas ná cuairt Taoiseach na hÉireann chuig Uachtarán Meiriceá sa White House i Washington DC. Bíonn cuid mhór clúdach déanta ar an gcuairt seo sna meáin anseo in Éirinn agus i Meiriceá chomh maith. Léiríonn an traidisiún seo cé chomh láidir is atá an cairdeas idir Éireann agus Meiriceá agus an tábhacht a chuireann na mílte Meiriceánach, Obama san áireamh, ar a gcuid fréamhacha Éireannacha.

I mbliana thug an Taoiseach Enda Kenny cuairt ar Barack Obama. Thug Kenny babhla seamróga do Obama mar

is gnáth. Fuair an tUachtarán leabhar filíochta W.B. Yeats chomh maith in onóir comóradh 150 bliain breithe an fhile.

Creidtear gur phlé an bheirt acu na mílte inimirceach Éireannacha mídhleathacha i Meirceá.

Is sean-traidisiún é cuairt

FOCLÓIR fréamhacha= roots inimirceach = immigrant taidhleoireacht = diplomacy

seamróga a fháil sa bhliain 1937.

Sa bhliain 1961 cuireadh an tábhacht is mó riamh ar an gcuairt Uachtaránachta. Ba é seo an chéad bhliain ina raibh John F. Kennedy mar Uachtarán Mheiriceá. Ba Ghael-Mheiriceánach agus Caitliceach é Kennedy féin,

Ceann de na gnéithe is tábhachtaí de chuid Lá Fhéile Pádraig le blianta beaga anuas ná cuairt Taoiseach na hÉireann chuig Uachtarán Meiriceá sa White House i Washington DC. an Taoiseach go Meiriceá ar Lá Fhéile Pádraig anois. Ón tréimhse ina raibh Thomas Jefferson mar Uachtarán Mheiriceá (1801 - 1809) rinneadh iarrachtaí sa White House Lá Fhéile Pádraig a cheiliúradh. Sa naoú haois déag agus blianta luath an fichiú haois cuireadh béim ar an ócáid chun cumhacht polaitiúla na hÉireann a aithint i Meiriceá seachas ceiliúradh a dhéanamh ar na Gael-Mheiriceánaigh.

Ba é Franklin D. Roosevelt an chéad Uachtarán babhla

dhá rud a chur tóir mór millteanach air in Éirinn. Is sa bhliain seo a rinneadh mar thraidisiún é babhla seamróga a thabhairt don Uachtarán ar Lá Fhéile Pádraig.

Le caidreamh taidhleoireachta idir Éireann agus na Stát Aontaithe bunaithe go maith ag deireadh an fichiú haois, déantar ócáid mhór den Lá Fhéile Pádraig gach bliain sa White House. Uachtarán eile le fréamhacha Éireannacha ná Bill Clinton. Bhí an ceiliúradh Lá Fhéile Pádraig is mó riamh sa bhli-

Amuigh sa chathair mhór

Le caidreamh taidhleoireachta idir Éireann agus na Stát Aontaithe, déantar ócáid mhór den Lá Fhéile Pádraig gach bliain sa White House.

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ain 1996 i rith a thréimhse mar Uachtarán. Baineadh úsáid as an lá chun feabhas a chur ar na Trioblóidí sa tuaisceart an bhliain sin.

Anois sa bhliain 2015 tá traidisiún Lá Fhéile Pádraig ag dul ó neart go neart. Dar le Obama féin, ní leor la amháin chun an ócáid a ceiliúradh agus bíonn imeachtaí ar súil sa White House ar feadh seachtaine i rith mí Mhárta anois.

Is tábhachtach an rud é an

nasc idir Éireann agus Meiriceá a aithint agus níl bealach ar bith níos fearr chun é seo a dhéanamh ná Lá Fhéile Pádraig a cheiliúradh i Meiriceá.

Gaeilge a labhraíodh le linn na seachtaine seo, idir toghcháin agus ócáidí Sheachtain na Gaeilge, tá normálú á dhéanamh de reir a chéíle maidir leis an Ghaeilge agus ní thig leis sin ach forbairt amach anseo.

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íoslódáil= download Cáit Ní Cheallacháin Scríbhneoir @CaitsMyName

Tá sé scanrúil ag dul ó bhaile beag i gCorcaigh go dtí an ardchathair. Tagann tú ann gan fios céard é aon sráid i mBail Átha Cliath seachas Sráid Uí Chonaill, agus Sráid Grafton. Mar sin, nuair atá tú ag iarradh dul amach, agus nach tuigeann tú cad is brí le Sráid Fhearchair, cinnte go mbeidh muintir dúchásach Bhaile Átha Cliath ag magadh faoi do shaontacht.

Mar sin, bí cinnte go bhfuil na rudaí seo a leanas ar eolas agat!

Ar dtús báire, dean íoslódáil ar an aip ‘In For Free’. Ó ‘Cheaplist’ go ‘Guestlist’, beidh tú ar mhuin na muice leis an aip seo! Fiú muna bhfuil tú ag iarradh dul amach, nuair a bhuaileann a hocht a chlog agus casann do chara timpeall ag iarraidh dul amach, ar a laghad ní gá duit an praghas iomlán a íoc.

Déan seic ar na leathanaigh Facebook. Bíonn oícheanta do mhic léinn difriúla ag gach uile club. Bíonn Dtwo ar siúl oíche Dhéardaoin mar shampla. Ní bhíonn ach €5 le híoc. Bíonn na ceol na gcairteacha ar siúl agus bíonn an áit plódaithe le daoine.

Ná déan dearmad dul síos chuig an úrlár is ísle - tá sé beag go leor ach tá an beár iontach ar fad.

Sráid Fhearchair = Neamh!

An áit is fearr le dul aon oíche!

Ach muna bhfuil aon suim agat sna gnátháiteanna, tá cúpla áit agam duit. Hangar agus Workmans? Cinnte! Na oícheanta is fearr ná an Chéadaoin i gcóir an Hangar agus an deireadh seachtaine do Workmans.

HAILO! Chuir sé ionadh orm nuair a tháinig mé ar an miorúilt seo! Fuascailt na faidhbe é gan dabht. Aip tacsaí é seo agus is féidir leis an aip fáil amach cá bhfuil tú. Ach bí in am don

Bíonn oícheanta do mhic léinn difriúla ag gach uile club.

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plódaithe = packed Táille = fee Tá sé scanrúil ag dul ó bhaile beag i gCorcaigh go dtí an ardchathair. tacsaí, nó beidh tiománaí cantalach agat don turas.

Caithfidh tú cuairt a thabhairt ar ‘Babylon’. Tuigimid go léir go mbíonn ocras an domhain orainn tar éis an oíche a chaitheamh ag damhsa, agus mar sin níl mórán áiteanna níos fearr ná Babylon. Is féidir slisne píotsa nó sceallóga le garlóg agus cáis a fháil! Pé rud míshláintiúil a bhfuil ag taisteáil uait, seo d’áit!

Cinnte, tá oíche amach i mBaile Átha Cliath an-chosta-

sach, agus tar éis tamall níl aon dabht ach go rithfidh tú amach as airgead, mar sin bí cinnte go bhfuil ‘reochanna’ (réamh deochanna) agat agus dean iarracht líon beag airgid a chaitheamh ar dheochanna nuair a schroicheann tú an club. Chomh maith le sin, dean iarracht tacsaí a roinnt le daoine eile.

Agus mar fhocail scoir, ná úsáid an ATM sna clubanna, ar nós Coppers. Ní bhíonn ach 50 le fáil as na meaisín sin, agus uaireanta bíonn táille euro nó dhó chomh maith.

Tá súil agam go bhfuil mo thaithí sa chathair mhór mar chabhair duitse! Ach, cinnte go ndéanfaidh tú do bhotúin féin!

Ach ná bí buartha faoi, rinne do thuistí/dheartháireacha/dheirfiúracha na rudaí céanna!

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Features

The Great Debate “These are the best days of our lives” We’re tired of hearing our parents and grandparents saying that these are the best days of our lives. Are they really?

Catherine Devine Features Editor @Catherinedevin1

FOR

THE teenage years and early

twenties are definitely the best days of our lives. Having the craic and being a legend are on the top of our priorities and we have all the potential in the world to do what we want.

There are an unlimited supply of opportunities at this time in our lives. This summer, I’m going on a J1 to New York for three months. At no other point in my life would it be this easy to drop everything at home and leave for a different continent. Students can take up summer internships in a different country, volunteer abroad or spend all summer at music festivals. There’s an endless list of opportunities waiting for us.

Few things are better than rolling out of bed in the middle of the day. It is a luxury that only students and toddlers have on any given day. Sure we have lectures to attend but our lives don’t depend on us going to them all.

Only at this time of our lives is it acceptable to drink as much as we want and laugh off the consequences. We can spend the night in a Garda station for not being able to pay for a taxi or we can eat more than our weight in Mc Donald’s after a night out.

At this time in our lives we have so much free time to do what we want. Being involved in societies can add so much to your college experience and to your

Kevin Kelly Contributor @AlsoKevinKelly

CV. There are always events happening on campus and so many ways to get involved in what you love to do.

It’s so easy to meet new people and to make new friends every day. With all the different activities happening you’re constantly running into new people.

Friendships are instantly formed on nights out and college is a time where you make best friends for life. It’s an extra bonus if you get to live with your best friends as they always guarantee a good night’s craic.

We’re at a stage where we’re constantly exposed to new ideas and experiences. We’re still learning something new every day and we’re learning about things that interest us. From courses to societies there’s so much for us to learn from.

Sure we have some stresses like trying to get assignments done and budgeting what little money we do have. But it’s nothing compared to the stress of working a full-time job, raising a family and paying off mortgages.

At this stage in our lives, it’s ok to be selfish, a luxury that will soon disappear with age.

These years are our first taste of freedom, and though we don’t always handle it well, we have endless amounts of fun.

We might wear shorts to college because we’ve no clean clothes or spend all of our money on alcohol.

At the end of the day, YOLO.

“At this stage in our lives, it’s ok to be selfish, a luxury that will soon disappear with age.”

— “College lets you decide who you want to be, but the times ahead let you go and be that person.”

AGAINST

THE Leaving Cert is behind

us! Joyous day! Even though I never again have to know what to do with a trinomial or try to explain what was going through the murderous lady’s head in Cáca Milis, I often get the chills at the thought of the Leaving.

For now, I live in the lap of luxury known as studenthood.

That is, until, I look forward again, past this part of my life.

College is very much a good time of your life. You’re young, possibly away from home for the first time, up in the Big Smoke, the world’s your oyster.

You’ve probably decided on what you’re doing with your life too, so you start to plan accordingly.

You work and you learn, but you’ll be doing that all of your life. If you ever stop learning, you become complacent, no matter the comfort of the position you’re in. There’s lots to learn, so you whittle down the amount that you let in, deciding what’s actually useful to you in the years ahead.

But what you’re doing now won’t last. Times will change again, and become even better.

Maturity and youth are not parallel tracks, they meet at tangent points in your life. College is that first point, and it lasts for approximately five years. Perhaps only three of which are in college, the rest, you’re on your

own. And that, to me, is more exciting than college.

While college is an incredible place to be, where you get your first taste of footloose and fancy freedom, but you still are restricted. You are given assignments and told to read x amount of chapters from a book that contains the opposite of interesting information.

When you move on from college, into The Real World, then you get your pure freedom.

It’s really a terrifying prospect.

You have to pay bills, commute, and learn what a tracker mortgage is. But you will spend a lot more of your life out of college than in it. That’s what’s exciting, the rest of your life.

I understand how it might be daunting to some, but we all face it. It’s intriguing times in Ireland, pulling ourselves out of the doldrums we were in into the early silver sunlight of fair to middling times.

Ahead of us is a family, our own house, a nice car, and the possibility of disposable income. Student life doesn’t account for a lot of disposable income, and the little we have goes towards travel costs and warm Jack Slatts.

College lets you decide who you want to be, but the times ahead let you go and be that person. Those will be the best days of your life.

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Wednesday 25 March 2015│THE COLLEGE VIEW

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With technology, just because we can doesn’t mean we should Kevin Kelly Contributor @ AlsoKevinKelly

Apple’s new €11,000 gold watch shows how fast technology is evolving.

WE wait so long for nice, new

inside will date, and because it’s an Apple product, it’ll be near obsolete in two years. What can be done with it then, when it won’t be compatible with the iPhone 11?

The price of the Watch lead me into thinking about the state of technology today, and a few thoughts came from it.

One is that technology moves faster than any other factors in society and our lives. It outpaces laws, governments, and possibly even needs.

Every year, we’re guaranteed new phones from HTC, Apple, Samsung, Nokia, all of them.

And every year, technology journalists write the same things, the new phone has a spec boost, more capacity, a lovely screen, so on. And that’s about it.

They still pump out these new phones and tablets because their competitors do. It’s a vicious circle. If you skip a year

things. These things that would help us out, do little jobs that save us small amounts of time.

Why waste energy inserting your hand into your pocket, grabbing a cuboid hone from a single slab of aluminium, then retracting your hand to deliver said cuboid to within the parameters of your vision?

You’re now able to just look at your wrist. But just because you could, does it really mean you should?

Apple has released more information on its new precious, the Apple Watch. While the base model will start at 399, it will be available in 18-carat gold for a starting price of around 11,000.

That price is not for a piece of jewellery. If it was, it’d be ok.

Gold watches can cost multiples of that. But this is not jewellery, it’s a computer, and people must realise that. The technology

and a new model, you’ll be dead in the water. People want the new thing, no matter the difference. That’s how it goes.

The other thought was even though we can, doesn’t mean we should.

I recently got a new phone myself because my old one was in the week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve of its years.

I had to get it, but it bothered me that I convinced myself to get a new one.

We want the newest thing, it’s a mix of our animalistic and materialistic natures. Tech companies will strive to present us with the newest things, thinner laptops, lighter tablets, larger phones.

There’s a law in technology called Moore’s Law. It says every two years, transistors on a circuit will double and get smaller.

Right now, they’re measured in nanometers, which is a billionth

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of a meter. The latest Intel processors are 14 namometers.

They can’t get much smaller than that.

Soon, we’ll reach a stage where things will have to just stop for fear of breaking the

laws of physics.

Technology is at a stage it hasn’t been before. It’s advancing too quickly. Hopefully, the conscious decision will soon be made, “Let’s slow down and let the humans catch up”.

Mental health has many faces Aoife Geary Contributor

THE focus on removing the

stigma around mental health in Ireland has never been stronger.

The last few years have seen the development of youth mental health organisations such as Headstrong and ReachOut.com, there are more campaigns such as the HSE initiative #LittleThings which promote ways to look after our mental health and that of others. Even celebrities and athletes are coming forward and sharing their own mental health struggles to encourage people to speak up and seek the help they need.

But is the increased media exposure of mental challenges translating into increased support services? Is real change of attitude occurring and is it enough?

John Paul Lyne of the North Dublin Mental Health services said in a recent report in the Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine that “We are facing an

The media have been called to stop using stigmatising stock images of a person in isolation, head in hands, to accompany articles about mental health.

epidemic of mental disorder in the coming decades, unless we rapidly refocus our attention on young people”.

Research by the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland revealed that 75 per cent of all mental disorders begin before the age of 25. There are many causes of stress to teenagers and young adults which can lead to anxiety or depression.

The transition from school to college, pressure to achieve a certain body image and feelings of loneliness and isolation are but a few possible contributory factors. It’s important to recognise these. It’s also important to recognise that often mental health problems can’t be explained by any particular cause.

Part of mental health awareness is learning to understand that you don’t have to go through a traumatic event to suffer from depression and whatever the cause or non-cause, the suffering is just as real.

In a speech at a Lovin’ Dublin event, musician Niall Breslin (Bressie) spoke out about his own struggles with chronic depression. He said that even though he was excelling in many areas of his life, he was

overcome with anxiety and feelings of despair. Regardless of how successful he became he still couldn’t overcome his mental illnesses.

There is often an image conjured when we think of

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someone dealing with depression. It is rarely an image of an outwardly happy and successful person but rather a person who is visibly struggling. Perspectives need to be changed to allow a more varied representation of mental health challenges.

A recent campaign in the UK called for the media to stop using stigmatising stock images of a person in isolation, head in hands, to accompany articles about mental health. The initiative encouraged people to post alternative pictures on Twitter to more accurately depict the face of mental illness. The #goodbyeheadclutcher campaign has seen thousands of people post pictures of themselves smiling with friends and loved ones as well as photos mocking the stereotype- “why are our heads so heavy?”

The message is that mental illness has many faces and not all of them are sad.

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Features

Should we stay or should we go?

Aoibheann Driver Contributor

WHERE do you see yourself

in five years? These days the answer to that question is likely to be: living in Australia, Canada or America.

A recent study by researchers in NUI Galway showed that nine out of ten medical students in Ireland are considering emigrating once they finish college and get their degree.

Are these young, educated people leaving because there are no jobs or because they are being told there are no jobs?

Our economy is supposedly improving again, so why is emigration still an issue?

According to the Central Statistics Office, 81,900 people emigrated from Ireland in the year from April 2013 to April 2014.

The majority of these emigrants were students or were working in the country before they left.

Only one in five of the emigrants that left in that year were unemployed. This brings up an important question: are people leaving before they even attempt to look for a job?

The current batch of college students are told day after day that there are no jobs in this country and that emigration must be considered. This idea that we have to leave is instilled in us before we even finish our college education.

The children of the Celtic Tiger grew up oblivious to the

The economy seems to be improving but why are our educated youth still emmigrating? idea of emigration. After all, nobody wanted to leave the country when it was in such great health.

Now emigration is a word on everyone’s lips and this has been the case for the past eight years. Enda Kenny recently said

their siblings were told that America was the place to be. So the Irish-American species increased in numbers once more.

The Irish diaspora is growing yet again. In the next twenty or thirty years there will be an abundance of Irish-Australians

Only one in five of the emigrants that left in that year were unemployed. This brings up an important question: are people leaving before they even attempt to look for a job? that by 2018 he wants emigrants to come home because if Fine Gael are still in government there will be full employment.

Jobs for everyone. Doesn’t that sound nice?

This current brain drain has affected families all around Ireland. Everyone seems to have a sister, brother or cousin living abroad, many of whom have no intention of returning home any time soon.

Our parents endured the same thing in the eighties, when

and Irish-Canadians on the planet.

This time around however, more of our migrants are leaving with third level degrees.

So whatever jobs Ireland is providing must not be suited to the qualifications of our graduates.

It isn’t as if jobs aren’t being created in Ireland at the present time. A government minister announces 100 new jobs somewhere in the country almost every month.

It might be the case that

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people aren’t emigrating because of a lack of jobs, perhaps they’re leaving the Emerald Isle because they actually want to leave. And honestly, who can blame them?

After all, travelling is a great

form of education, whether you’re making a fortune or not.

That is reason enough to consider emigrating.

Australia, Canada, America, Ireland. Where will you end up living after college?

On your bike for sudden adult death syndrom Sian Conway Contributor

WITH the buzz of elections

heating up across campus, the spirit of campaigning was in the air. Although outside the Henry Grattan, campaigning of a different kind was taking place.

There were two lads on stationary bikes and a throng of students clad in red t-shirts brandishing donation buckets. “MIND YOUR HEART, LOVE YOUR MIND” was written across the ground, and speakers were pumping out tunes containing the word ‘heart’. All in name of raising money and awareness for Sudden Adult Death Syndrome and mental health.

The mental health service ‘Aware’ teamed up with DCU SU’s designated charity of the year Cycle4Life. The initiative is the brainchild of Cormac Ryan, a hurler, campaigner and occasional DCU student, who was being swamped by impressed onlookers. The

After being diagnosed with a heart condition, Cormac Ryan set up Cycle4Life to raise awareness about Sudden Adult Death Syndrome back of his t-shirt read:’SO YOUNG, SO FIT, SO SUDDEN’.

In 2012, Ryan was diagnosed with a previously undetected heart condition (Atrioventricular block), which is a

major indication of Sudden Adult Death Syndrome. “If it hadn’t been detected, I could have lost my life,” Ryan said.

It mustn’t be easy coming to terms with something as life-changing as Ryan’s diag-

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nosis – but he took a positive perspective on it, after being fitted with a pacemaker. Ryan said he “wanted to make the best out of the situation”, which led to the birth of Cycle4Life.

The initiative has already seen massive success, having raised €35,000 euro in 2013 after an 11,000 km cycle around the coast of the country (making Tour de Picnic seem like a quick trip to the shops for the few bits). As well as that, Cycle4Life has raised over 350,000 for Temple Street Children’s Hospital.

Ryan commended the generosity of DCU students and his group of friends and volunteers for the charity’s ongoing success in fundraising.

“I think he’s afraid to get off that bike,” Ryan said mid-interview, looking over to one of the cyclists who was pedalling away despite the unexpected pick-up in the

weather. Volunteers committed to hour-long shifts on the bike – much less than is expected for Cycle4Life’s bigger events, where volunteers could be cycling for “up to four or five hours”.

When asked about Cycle4Life’s 2015 fundraising event Ryan said they had considered a cycling trip abroad.

But there had already been so much campaigning in Ireland he decided to postpone the idea - while not ruling it out for 2016.

“I’ve had notions of cycling across America. You never know what might happen in the future!”

To get involved with Cycle4Life, to register as a sponsor, volunteer or simply to donate, you can visit their website or find them on Facebook or Twitter (@Cycle4Life_ ie)when someone with an idea are allowed go with it and work on it, whether scientific, medical, or social.

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Living away from home, FOREVER Jade O’Leary Deputy Features Editor @ JadeOdette_

I’M almost finished my final year of college, and something is beginning to dawn on me… Soon I will be thinking about moving out of the family home, for reals.

Leaving the proverbial nest indefinitely – not just the during-the-week-whilein-college or job that I’ve become accustomed to – is a bit sad and scary, as well as v. exciting. Most of us have gotten to the stage where we are literally (well, maybe not literally…) itching to get away from our hometowns and explore the world a lil’ bit.

Buuuuut as we all undoubtedly know by now, there are cons as well as pros when it comes to living away from your mammy.

Lack of free shelter, electricity, heating and food are obvious disadvantages of flying solo. Sponging off your parents has become a way of life for the past twenty-ish years, and why the hell would you want to change such a cushy set up?

The house is always magically warm, the fridge is always miraculously full, the bathroom is always mysteriously gleaming and you never wake up to find random people sleeping on your couch, in your bathtub, in your back garden etc etc – a la college living.

You’re lying if you’ve never returned to Arctic-temperature student accommodation after a blissful weekend at home, searched the fridge and cupboards high and low, and after finding nothing but half a lemon and a tin of spaghetti hoops, pretty much cried yourself to sleep while thinking of days of dinners past and all of the overdue UPC/electricity/ heating bills you have piling up…

On the other end of the spectrum, however, is the absolute beauty of having the freedom to do whatever the hell you like, whenever the hell you feel like it.

Want to stay in bed all day, watch Netflix, and eat peanut butter straight out

For many students, their time at DCU is coming to an end. Jade O’Leary looks at life after University of the jar with a spoon? No bods, go ahead.

Want to go to the pub at 12 noon and return three days later with no phone, no shoes, no memory of what happened, and a new lodger called Xavier who likes to play the harmonica? Go for it.

There’ll be nobody to tell you to empty the dishwasher or hang out the clothes or power hose the dog. (Side note: plz do not power hose

As we all undoubtedly know by now, there are cons as well as pros when it comes to living away from your mammy

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your dog.) There’ll be nobody to tell you that 3pm isn’t an acceptable hour to get up at, or that drinking during the day will only lead to bad things… …SHUT UP MOM. You know my name not my story.

We have all been in what seems like a never ending bubble of education for the past 17-ish years of our lives, and the thoughts of bursting that bubble is both fear inducing and cause for great relief. Never again will we have to worry about handing in an essay on time, or cram for an exam that we have no hope in passing anyway.

We will no longer have to define ourselves by how good our grades are or how many clubs and societies we are a part of. (In my case: zero.)

Instead we get to work full time, pay our own way through life (RIP SUSI grant system, gone but never forgotten) and maybe even grow up a little bit. Oh, the horror.

You’ll meet new people, create a new life for yourself, experience new things, make your own mistakes (and hopefully, learn from them!) and eventually learn to be a ‘proper adult’.

It’s going to be upsetting to go long periods without seeing your family, (and even more upsetting to go long periods surviving on ready meals rather than dinners).

It’ll be weird not being able to just bring laundry home on the weekends and have it magically wash and dry itself. It’ll be strange not to be woken up at 10am on a Sunday morning by your twelve-year-old brother squirting water in your face and yelling “JOHN THE BAPTIST STRIKES AGAIN!” Good luck to all of my fellow final year DCU students in the next few weeks.

We will be brave in the face of the unknown, wearing our degrees like a shield into battle. It will be different and terrifying and you’ll miss your mom, but it’s also inevitable – and will be super fun along the way.

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Forget Stoke, this is a cold Friday night in Blackrock Ruaidhrí Croke travelled to Blackrock on Friday to check out the League of Ireland’s newest club Ruaidhrí Croke Sports Editor @Ruaidhri_Croke

A new beginning in a league that is

no stranger to such things. That’s what awaited Cabinteely FC when they took to the pitch just over a fortnight ago for their first ever League of Ireland match.

A match, incidentally, that they would go on to win, beating Wexford Youths 1-0, and therefore writing the names of the squad’s 16 players into League of Ireland history.

Since the FAI assumed control of the League of Ireland in 2007 seven clubs have dropped out of the league, while Salthill Devon and Mervue United merged with Galway last season to form Galway United.

Despite the fact that it is the country’s national league and the highest standard at which you can play football on this island, it is not an attractive prospect for junior clubs to make the leap into.

There was much grumbling to be heard from all corners of the league’s fans and hierarchy when Cabinteely were granted a licence to compete -- given the fact that they are now the sixth Dublin team out of the 20 that make up the Premier and First Divisions.

But the decision taken by the South Dublin club is a brave one and one that they should be applauded for.

On making the trip to Strad-

A view of Stradbrook, the home of Blackrock Rugby Club, where Cabinteely will play their home games this season Credit Sportsfile

brook last Friday to see Shelbourne take on the new kids on the block, no one in the 300 to 400-strong band of Shels supporters quite knew what to expect.

What materialised was a friendly, welcoming ground, albeit with no seats and simply a railing around the sides of the pitch. A bar and a small chip van brightened

Wexford Youths player Danny Furlong tweeted his side’s displeasure at the state of the Stradbrook pitch after the opening game of the season Credit Sportsfile

the surroundings up somewhat but we might as well have been standing at any of the hundreds of Sunday league games that take place around the country each week.

Instead we were watching the second most successful club in the history of Irish football, one that has reached heights on a European scale never seen before by any team from this country. I’m sure you can appreciate the surrealism of the situation.

Not for a second am I taking anything away from the club officials or the army of volunteers that have done Trojan work to get Cabinteely to the level they’re at and, as the largest junior football club in the country with 55 teams and 950 players, probably deserve to be. What cannot be ignored however is the glaringly amateur nature of our domestic league.

How can the outstanding talent, that this country undoubtedly produces, be nurtured when a team in the second highest division in the country play their home matches on a rugby pitch that is completely unsuitable for football and, quite frankly, dangerous?

Throughout the match fans could be heard remarking that it is only a matter of time before a play-

er breaks an ankle over the many humps and hollows that adorn the Stradbrook playing surface.

Indeed after the game Shels striker Philly Hughes remarked to me that “we couldn’t play football out there. We want to get the ball down and pass it but out there we were reduced to just lumping it forward because you couldn’t pass a ball on that ground.”

Shels came away with a deserved 1-0 victory thanks to a penalty that was dispatched by Hughes and, although Cabinteely showed a lot of spirit and fought hard, it was the pitch that prevented a wider gap in the scoreline.

The old adage that the pitch is the same for both sides is undoubtedly true and the pitch itself should never be the main talking point in any football match but, when it gets to a stage where it is unsafe for players to play on it, you have to question how the FAI granted a licence for football to be played in Stradbrook.

Just last season a match between Bohemians and Shamrock Rovers was postponed minutes before kick-off because of a relatively minor pitch defect beside the penalty spot. Months later the league’s governing body feels

that it is okay for football to be played on a pitch that has just gone through a hard winter and numerous rugby matches. It is this FAI inconsistency that causes so much grief among fans of the league.

To reiterate, Cabinteely Football Club should be commended for the work done in making the step up to the League of Ireland and, indeed, for having the bravery to do so. However, it is unfortunate that they must play in Stradbrook as it not only restricts away teams from playing decent football but it also limits Cabinteely themselves in what they can do -- something that is no good for any player.

As a parting word, and to put the whole thing into context somewhat; in ten days time Shamrock Rovers go to Stradbrook to take on Cabinteely in the EA Sports Cup. That being the Shamrock Rovers containing Keith Fahey, a player with 58 Premier League appearances to his name, and Stephen McPhail, the man who led Cardiff City out for the FA Cup Final at Wembley just seven years ago.

Can they do it on a cold Tuesday night in Stoke? Yes. And they have. The only question that now remains is: can they do it on a cold Friday night in Stradbrook?

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Semi-final heartbreak for DCU in home Crowley Cup Ruaidhrí Croke and Aaron Gallagher Sports Team @CVSport

IT was yet another disappoint-

ing finish to an intervarsity soccer tournament for DCU as they crashed out at the semi-final stage of the Crowley Cup after a 3-1 loss to UCC Academicals.

With the competition on DCU’s home turf in St Clare’s the Glasnevin side went into the tournament confident of achieving success and that confidence was certainly given a boost after a 4-0 rout of University of Ulster Coleraine in the opening quarter final.

Goals from Kevin Hughes, William Dunne, Sean Ryan and Festus Ejike were enough to see off the Ulster university who were looking to make it a hat-trick of Crowley Cup titles.

DCU were 1-0 up after only eight minutes of play as a William Dunne effort from fifteen yards could only be palmed away by UUC goalkeeper Jamie McAtarsney into the path of midfielder Kevin Hughes who rebounded the ball into the back of the net to establish an early lead.

After withstanding a spell of pressure from the visitors DCU pounced just before the break to kill of UUC’s hopes.

Despite the compact nature of the game and the lack of space the tight pitch afforded, DCU midfielder Tolu Asemota was able to carve chances for forwards William Dunne and Abdulgzes Mahamoud Giumaa.

The two striker’s combined effectively throughout the game with Giumaa acting as a fulcrum to Dunne’s runs, with the two exchanging passes excellently.

Dunne finally got his break before the interval as a Killian Ward corner was knocked on in the

The Crowley Cup marks the end of the year for DCU Soccer, they will certainly hope to improve next year Credit Gianluca Avagnina

direction of the UUC goalkeeper before being flicked into the goal neatly by Dunne – the game now effectively over as a contest.

In the second half a Sean Ryan strike from outside the UUC penalty area rifled into the back of the net to put the game to bed.

A fourth and final goal was added in the final min-

utes for DCU as left-back Festus Ejike latched onto a Ciaran Faherty pass before dribbling past two UUC defenders and dispatching the ball accurately past the visiting goalkeeper.

Saturday’s semi-final was a more disappointing affair for the hosts as crashed out of the competition at the hands

Two more All-Ireland titles for DCU boxers Garrett Lavin Sports Reporter @CVSport

A mixture of blood and sweat re-

sulted in a depleted DCU Amateur Boxing Club claiming two All-Ireland titles at the recent Intervarsity National Championships.

After almost two months of gruelling training, relentless sparring and strict dieting, DCU’s Faolan Rahill and Stephen Mooney claimed Irish titles.

DCU amateur boxing club entered the competition with a

smaller squad to previous years with only eight fighters entered compared to thirteen last year.

It was a long path to glory for the DCU boxers to get to the national stadium, having begun in the preliminary qualifiers which were held in St. Michael’s boxing club in Athy.

The first winner for DCU was Faolan Rahill in the 75kg intermediate grade. After last year’s disappointing final loss in the same grade Rahill went in to his final with a point to prove. He showed tremendous concentration and long range boxing skills, repeatedly picking off his opponent.

Rahill showed the expe-

rience of last year’s defeat to overcome his opponent and claim the elusive title.

DCU’s boxing coach Terry Keegan was very pleased with Rahill’s performance and stated that the 75kg intermediate division “was one of the most competitive in the competition”.

DCU’s other winner was Stephen Mooney, in the 57kg division.

Mooney showed pace and prowess to advance to the finals. In the final he displayed his fitness and proficiency in short range boxing to win. Danny McGowan also had the opportunity to claim a title but it was not to be for the 60kg fighter.

DCU had another finalist in

of Queen’s University Belfast.

Patrick Stuart gave the Belfast side a 1-0 interval lead when he scored direct from a corner on 27 minutes.

DCU had plenty of the play in the early part of the second half but then paid the price for sloppy defending when Jason McDermott grabbed a

second Queens goal after a mix up in the home defence.

A Kevin Hughes cross-cumshot, that Queens ‘keeper Sam Jones misjudged, pulled a goal back for DCU on 79 minutes but shortly after QUB defender Eoghan Maguire sealed the win and a place in the final with a third goal.

Senan Kelly. In the final Keegan felt Kelly was “on top” but due to a hand injury sustained during the fight he had to be pulled out.

Keegan was unhappy having to make the decision as it is “annoying when you have to withdraw fighters during fights” especially when they are on top.

Keegan, though not upset about the decision, felt that one of the fights “should have went our way”, but in boxing it is often a fine line between victory and defeat.

Injuries, fighters pulling out, lack of fighters and other commitments meant that it was a small DCU squad that entered the competition.

Keegan, in his interview with The College View, highlighted that DCU were missing three of their better fighters going into the competition through injury and that if things had been different more silverware could have been claimed.

DCU also had no female fighters entered in the competition.

Céire Smith and Clare Grace were named as part of the five-strong Irish squad for the European championships in the summer.

Due to these commitments they were unable to take part in the intervarsity competition. With both fighters being stand outs and having both won titles last year in the competition one can’t help but feel they would have contributed to the DCU medal haul.

After claiming the All Ireland championship last year DCU sadly relinquished their crown with the lack of boxers and bad luck contributing to this.

Overall, the event was a fantastic opportunity to showcase the talented boxers of DCU Boxing Club. Even though DCU may be disappointed overall it is a case of what might have been as injuries depleted the squad. One must remember also that DCU boxing club has come from the brink of extinction to be challenging regularly for Irish titles.

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DCU put to the sword in O’Connor cup final Cian Roche Deputy Sports Editor @cian_roche

UL claimed a second consecu-

tive O’Connor Cup as they ran out 16 point winners over DCU in the final at Cork IT last Saturday.

Two second half goals from Aine Tighe were enough to put daylight between the sides and after amassing a sizable lead early after the restart, DCU always looked in trouble.

After a hard fought victory against UCC the previous day, DCU looked visibly drained during a very physical encounter with the Limerick college.

UL rushed to an early 0-4 to 0-1 lead, Roisín Leonard opening her account with two points early on. DCU drew level with scores from Lorraine O’Shea, Carol Hegarty and Sarah Rowe.

However, DCU suffered the first major blow of the afternoon when UL were awarded a penalty following some slack defending.

A fine save from Aisling Tarpey denied Caroline McCarthy, but after the ball was handled on the ground, Leonard made no mistake from the penalty spot.

McCarthy and Leonard were a continuous threat throughout the first half and added to their tallies bringing the game to 1-9 to 0-6 at the break.

Anna Galvin slotted over at the games resumption to extend the Limerick side’s lead and after DCU’s Bríd O’Sullivan forced a good save from Edel Murphy, UL put the game beyond doubt.

Tighe again popped up in the UL forward line and rifled her shot into the top corner, leaving Tarpey no chance.

Whatever flicker of hope DCU had of a comeback was extinguished just five minutes later when Tighe side stepped the keeper and found the net yet again.

The full forward benefited when Niamh O’Dea’s shot fell kindly into her path and kept a cool head to put the defending champions out of sight.

A gulf of class and an insurmountable lead effectively killed off the game with 15 minutes of the game remaining.

Rowe rounded off the scoring for the day, but the damage had already been done and UL celebrated another well-deserved O’Connor Cup victory.

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DCU’s Siobhán Woods dejected as the final whistle goes in CIT Credit Sportsfile

DCU

UL Edel Murphy (Kerry); S Condon (Tipperary), L Ryan (Clare), B McManus (Cork); C Cooney (Galway), N Richardson (Limerick), J White (Cork); L Scanlon (Kerry), J Grant (Tipperary); A Wall (Waterford), A Galvin (Kerry), A Tighe (Leitrim); C McCarthy (Kerry), N O’Dea (Clare), R Leonard (Galway).

Subs: C O’Sullivan (Kerry)

for McCarthy (40), E Buckley (Tipperary) for Cooney (45), A Considine (Clare) for Condon (49), S Everard (Tipperary) for Leonard (52), Elaine Murphy (Mayo) for Edel Murphy (53).

Scorers: Á Tighe 2-1, R Leonard 1-4 (0-2f), N O’Dea 0-3f, A Wall, C O’Sullivan 0-2 each, A Galvin, C McCarthy, L Scanlon, J White 0-1 each.

A Tarpey (Mayo); A Bell (Mayo), L Caffrey (Dublin), S Greene (Cavan); L Collins (Dublin), D Murphy (Dublin), K Murray (Dublin); C McManamon (Mayo), L O’Shea (Tipperary); B O’Sullivan (Cork), L McEnaney (Monaghan), S Woods (Dublin); C Hegarty (Mayo), L Peat (Dublin), S Rowe (Mayo).

Subs: E Rutledge (Dublin) for Hegarty (37), A O’Reilly (Dublin) for McManamon (47), L Fleming (Roscommon) for O’Sullivan (52), G O’Loughlin (Sligo) for Collins (56).

Scorers: S Rowe 0-4 (01f), C Hegarty, L O’Shea 0-2 each, B O’Sullivan 0-1.

Long wait finally over as DCU claim Lynch Cup Continued from back page Cian Roche Deputy Sports Editor @cian_roche sire to win. It’s about the team.

O’Sullivan echoed these sentiments and talked about some of their less than conventional methods of relationship building.

“There was a lot of team bonding as well. We went to ‘Jumpzone’ in Santry and believe it or not that actually helped us grow as a team.

“It was important that we got to know each other well

and that we all became really good friends, it was probably the cornerstone to our success.”

Having the right team on the pitch is important, but the behind the scenes is where the sacrifice was made. Tracy Harrington, the team’s nutritionist, was a key figure throughout the year, she says.

The match itself was a hard fought victory, six points the winning margin in an enthralling encounter.

“There was huge intensity in the match against DIT. Any game we go into facing them, it’s always physical and it’s more than just winning the game, it’s the bragging rights for all the Dublin teams.

“Even as the final whistle went we were still under savage pressure, they gave us a serious battle. But the girls put up a massive fight and showed real heart and determination.”

For the team though, it will go down as one of the most rewarding achievements, down to the fact that it was three years in the waiting.

The remaining panel will next year compete in the Giles Cup and for the parting members of the team, it will be a legacy left in DCU sporting history.

Despite the loss of the O’Connor Cup side this year, it appears DCU GAA is in the ascendancy with Sigerson and now Lynch Cup success.

DCU’s Lynch Cup team will now go on to compete in the Giles Cup next year Credit Sportsfile

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Long wait finally over as DCU claim Lynch Cup Captain Fiona O’Sullivan and Niamh Lister lift the Lynch Cup in CIT on Saturday Credit Sportsfile Cian Roche Deputy Sports Editor @cian_roche

IT was a case of third time’s the

charm for captain Fiona O’Sullivan and her DCU Lynch Cup winning team last weekend.

Speaking exclusively to The

College View, O’Sullivan told us just what it takes to lead a team of champions.

“We sat down at the start of the year with the entire panel and decided that this year we were going to win the Lynch Cup. “From my perspective, I’m in final year and I’ve been trying to

win a Lynch Cup since first year.

There are about four other girls on the team who are in their final year, but there’s also a good mixture of first and second years too.”

Preparation, it seems, was key to their victory of the team as well as the visualisation of their success.

“We had a lot of intense trainIn the new world of sports ing sessions down in St Clare’s, psychology and training, sucevery Monday and Wednesday. cess and motivation are no lon“There were a lot of chal- ger rooted in the individual delenge matches in the run up to the tournament as well, so we were well prepared. We were Continued on page 27 used to playing with each other and we started developing a lot of set plays.”