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Wednesday, 18 November, 2015

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DCU student Brian Leader lights a candle in rememberance of the Paris attacks outside the French Embassy in Ireland Credit : Chai Brady

Attack of the apathy: Officer election sees shortage of votes Aura McMenamin Deputy News Editor @aurajalapeno

NO candidate was elected in last week’s election due to a failure to meet quorum.

The elections were to fill the roles of Office of Student Life (OSL) Officer, Clubs Officer and Postgraduate Officer. Bobby Ring and Mel Kavanagh ran unopposed for the OSL and Clubs roles, respectively.

Chinmay Kadam and Allan Stevenson ran for Postgraduate officer.

The OSL and Clubs Officer roles requires a quorum of 1,266 votes as the election was open to all students. The Postgraduate Officer required 224 votes to be elected. About seven per cent of students voted for the role of OSL Officer. Ring secured 818 votes of 976 valid votes, with 158 voting to re-open nominations.

Roughly eight per cent of students voted in the Clubs Officer election. Kavanagh secured 841 votes over 183 calling for the nomination to be reopened. She fell short 425 votes to reach the quorum.

Kadam gained 98 votes to Stevenson’s 59, with 157 postgraduate students voting overall.

Article 6.14 states that: The vacancy of an Executive Officer position may be filled by means of a by-election. Or, where a vacancy of an Executive Officer position occurs with less than six months to the end of office, [CRC] may opt to fill the vacancy through a qualified majority vote.

However, Returning Officer Steve Conlon noted the difficulty of holding another election.

“Given that the next CRC event is week 10, it would mean that an-

other election would be held in week 12.”This would prove very difficult as previous attempts to hold referendums or elections in week 12 have always failed to reach quorum and we would be back to square one.”

The referendum to merge the constitutions of DCU and St. Pat’s students unions passed, however. This means that the number of sabbatical roles will increase from three to five across both campuses. This passed by 1,267 votes to 231, meeting the quorum of 1,234.

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WHEN an old actor, Warren Mitchell, died during the weekend, a fan tweeted “Part of me thinks it’s not a bad time to exit this place old mate”.

Last Friday, the world lost thousands of people in terrorist attacks and natural disasters from Paris, to Japan to Beirut.

Only two weeks ago, the Islamic State bombed a Russian plane killing all 224 innocent people on board.

While there is always a war to be fought and peopled murdered, the Paris attacks stood out for us.

Not because we have “love-bias” or are selective with our empathy, but because it has been the largest terrorist attack in Europe in the last ten years. Quite simply, it affected us more than previous terrorist attack because it was close to our door steps, and it frightened the shit out of us.

Last weekend, The City of Light was sombre as a darkened Eiffel Tower stood over the city of Paris, a city torn apart by terrorists.

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innocent people were murdered by the Islamic State.

People were having dinner, watching a football match and dancing at a concert when they were murdered and brought into a fight that they had no part in.

Many of us were doing the exact same thing last Friday night.

We all have a connection with Paris, be it through films, music, fashion or food, and the terrorist attack was felt across Europe.

They say that there is always some goodness in the bad, and people united across the world to help. Lines formed on the streets of Paris to donate blood, people took strangers into their homes and while Paris remained dark, cities across the world lit up in blue, white and red.

But now that a few days have passed and people’s profile pictures are being stripped of their blue, white and red, what should be done?

We should all be thankful that we are still alive and safe, that our country’s neutrality offer us some sort of protection. While social media is buzzing with ‘Pray for Paris’, photos are shared and tweeted, we should actually take a moment to pray for Paris and the frightful world that we are all living in.

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‘Tampon prices are a DCU lecturers bloody disgrace’ - CRC stage Israeli

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Katie OʼNeill Deputy Editor @Katie__ONeill

EDUCATION Officer, James Donoghue has been mandated to present a formal report on the feasibility of establishing a Postgraduates’ Students’ Union (SU).

There is a history of poor postgraduate engagement with the SU and with the university in DCU with Postgraduates not currently being represented on the SU exec.

The election for a postgraduate Officer last week did not reach quorum, the position was not filled in the elections in March.

“This issue has been an absolute indictment based on the fact that previous Students’ Union execs were asked to look into this and didn’t do their job so this is resurrecting that,” said Returning Officer, Steven Conlon who brought the mo-

tion to Class Rep Council (CRC).

“Postgraduate representation is incredibly weak. James and his predecessor have done a significant amount of work to improve that and that has to be acknowledged,” added Conlon.

The CRC voted in favour of the motion. “It’s not for a Graduates’ Union, it’s to investigate the possibility of having a graduates SU,” CRC chair, Katie Dawson reiterated.

The council voted to defer a motion to look into the possibly of establishing a SU-run Student-Assistance Fund after Economics, Politics and Law student, Sean Cassidy raised concerns about the affect the fund would have on the constitution. “What we are doing affects our funding. Our constitution says that we cannot give out money to charity. I propose we defer this and the exec come back with data,” he said.

Cassidy brought his own motion to the council which was voted upon and as a result the SU will now be obligated to stock sanitary towels for students. The recent outrage in the UK over the luxury tax applied to tampons and sanitary towels inspired Cassidy’s motion.

“We apply a zero rate they’re still highly expensive,” Cassidy told the CRC last Tuesday.

“IADT stock these for students.

It’s a simple idea, it makes sense it helps out our students who are in need,” he continued.

The motion got support from SU President, Kim Sweeney. “It’s better to have them there on display, easier to access. We’re not talking about handing them out or throwing them at people constantly, they’re there. I think it’s a great motion and it should definitely be passed,” she advised the Council.

SEVERAL lecturers in DCU have joined more than 100 academics across Ireland in boycotting Israel’s academic institutions, according to a letter published in the Irish Times.

The letter states the academics will “maintain this position until the state of Israel complies with international law and respects universal principles of human rights.”

Executive Dean of the DCU Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor John Doyle, signed the pledge out of a desire to help bring an end to the conflict in Israel.

“On a personal, individual level, one of the reasons I signed the pledge was a sense of frustration as a human being in terms of what you can do to nudge things towards an acceptable long-term solution,” Doyle said.

“This is a statement we can make if Israel continues to ignore international laws, continues to build settlements in violation of

international laws, and refuses to engage meaningfully in any kind of peace process,” he said.

An article by Ian O’Doherty of the Irish Independent published during the summer described the pledge as “factually inaccurate”, and “blanket boycotting”. Doyle said that while O’Doherty is of course entitled to his opinion, this is not what the pledge is trying to accomplish.

“This is clearly not anti-Semitic, it is clearly not anti-Jewish, it is not even anti-individual Israelis, it is about the Israeli academic institutions. If you are going to have an international boycott, it does not make much sense to target individual departments or research programs, it has got to be to the system itself,” he said.

The letter also makes reference to the military research Israeli higher education institutions take part in that benefit the country’s defence industries.

“Almost without exception, Israeli universities are involved in that sort of research,” he said.

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Receipts no longer required for Student Assistance Fund

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RECEIPTS of expenditure history are not needed for the new Student Assistance Fund application system, Ciara O’Regan of the Student Support & Development Office said.

Confusion arose following an email sent out by the Finance Office on the 5th of November saying, “Due to the large volume of applications

we expect to start contacting students in the coming weeks looking for additional data if required”.

The Student Assistance Fund receive EU contribution, and EU auditors decided that this year’s funding will no longer need receipts as a requirement for the application process.

O’Regan said, “Students are now giving me their bank statements that are accurate, correct to their documentation and their SUSI letter or their P60 or whatever it is. From that

information I am able to tell if whether this student is using it (the funding) correctly or not.”

Despite the redundancy of the need for receipts, O’Regan is still looking for roughly around 10 per cent of applicants to provide receipts due to the large volumes and for their own insurance policy.

She explained, “I will just email a random 10 per cent of people and ask for receipts, just to make sure, God forbid, if an auditor did come in, we have a random

selection of receipts to provide to them because I am a little nervous of the non-receipt thing too.”

The Student Assistance Fund helps students in financial difficulty through college and ease the financial pressure.

Last year, O’Regan believes the average funding per student was roughly around the €500 mark, and this year they hope to bump that up to €600, despite the large number of applicants which she estimates to be 1,150 people.

The volume of students is high due to the DCU amalgamation, but the new digital process has helped because the online application format is “more efficient and actually safer,” O’Regan said.

People who missed out on the application deadline, or failed to receive the grant following this month’s evaluation process can apply again in January, on a date to be confirmed.

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Referendum passed but sabbats split on changes Andrew Ralph & Katie OʼNeill News Reporters @thecollegeview

THE new DCU Students’ Union (SU) will comprise of 5 sabbatical officers across the Glasnevin and St.Patrick’s College campuses.

Some 85 per cent of DCU students voted to amend the DCUSU constitution to facilitate the change in the current SU structure to allow for the amalgamation of the DCU, St. Pat’s, Mater Dei and the Church of Ireland College of Education Students’ Unions.

Class Representative Council (CRC) voted to approve changes to the composition of the sabbatical team for the newly incorporated DCUSU following a period of lengthy consultation.

Welfare Officer, Domhnall Harkin chose to raise his concerns regarding the change to the welfare role during said CRC. “I was concerned that having only one welfare officer between the two campuses would not be very practical, there is always a demand for the service.

Also, this will mean there will be times that both campuses don’t have an officer on site and I am worried that students will be at a loss due to this,” said Harkin.

Harkin added that “DCU is

a democracy and the CRC have made their decision, as an Officer of the Union – I totally respect this decision and I will always accept the majority will of the Class Reps.”

According to the referendum information document circulated to students prior to the referendum: “This proposed new structure will enhance the representation structures for DCU students with a sabbatical - student ratio of 1- 3,200 compared to 1-4,000 currently.”

According to the minutes of the CRC, President of the SU, Kim Sweeney disagreed with Harkin’s suggestion. Sweeney has since said “The overwhelming majority of Class Reps decided that the proposed executive makeup is best for DCU students, this was also supported by the councils of Mater Dei and St Patrick’s College.”

Sweeney added that “our council and the other councils made the best informed decision for the benefit of the student body of the new DCUSU.” “If the role was duplicated, it would impact on the policy role, causing conflict between the two due to issues of seniority” said SU member, Sean Cassidy.

Dublin pray for Paris

Aura McMenamin Deputy News Editor @aurajalapeno

SIX thousand people gathered in Dublin on Saturday to mourn the 129 Parisians killed in terrorist attacks.

Attendees expressed shock and were lost for words after Friday’s events.

ISIS claim their militants are responsible for the attack in which suicide bombers targeted a French Stadium and shooters opened fire during a concert, killing at leasr 129 people and injuring 350 more.

The French, known for their protest culture, maintained a sombre display as they marched quietly with Irish people from the Spire to Leinster House.

Some French nationals expressed the need to go home to Paris: “I was in a bar when it happened. I was with two French people and we saw the television,” a french woman said.

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my family and friends.”

Three teams of ISIS militants carried out coordinated attacks.

Two suicide bombers detonated their vests outside of Stade de France in Paris’ 2nd district. Another detonated his vest at a McDonald’s near by. Three men later fired into the crowd of concert goers at the Bataclan theatre in the 11th district, while another targeted cafes and bars outside.

All seven men are dead, and several arrests have been made in Brussels, according to a statement made by French prosecutor François Molins.

“We’re all feeling what happened back home”, said one man.

“I used to live close to where this happened. I’ve been out a lot at Bataclan. If it can happen here, it can happen anywhere.”

Only when they reached the gates of Leinster House, did they begin to sing their national anthem ‘La Marseillaise’.

Minister Alex White met marchers outside to express his solidarity.

“A great, democratic city being attacked in that way...it’s just beyond belief,” he told The College View.

“We understand from previous times in our country what terrorism means, and what the impact of terrorism can be.”

Asked if he thought that Ireland could see turmoil within the Muslim community like France has historically, he said: “I don’t believe so, but the French President has said how much the government intends to stand firmly during attacks like this. His statement is one we can all stand by.”

The chief advisor to the French Ambassador, Philippe Ray, spoke to The College View about the action the embassy was taking.

“It could be the protection, for example, the schools. We have two French schools in south of Dublin...We have to reassure parents.

After that of course, the embassy.

“We have to help the Irish who are in France. We are coordinating very strongly with the Irish embassy in Paris.”

Nearby, the French embassy on Fitzwilliam Ln. was adorned with candles and flowers as people clad in the tricolour flag stopped to remember those killed.

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100 minds aims to raise €1 million for ISPCC Alison Ring News Reporter @alisonringrang

100 minds, Ireland’s largest student fundraising initiative, was launched last Tuesday in the Convention Centre Dublin, bringing together close to 1000 students from all over the country.

The project was founded

by Declan Egan in 2013, and this year will pair 1000 students with a business professional, and together they will come up with an idea to raise one thousand euros for charity.

The initiative lasts from November until April and at the end of the six months Egan hopes to have raised €1 million for this year’s chosen charity, ISPCC Childline, the organisation’s biggest fundraising target to date.

“100 minds gives college students the opportunity to be part of real social impact whilst developing their project management skills and providing them with a platform to showcase their abilities and stand out from the crowd in future job interviews. It’s a winwin for everyone involved and signing up is now backed and endorsed by some of the world’s top graduate employers”, said Egan.

The business professionals who will be mentoring the students come from world leading companies such as Twitter, LinkedIn, Jameson and Audi amongst many others.

CEO of ISPCC Childine, Grainia Long, addressed the students on the night, praising them for signing up to the programme and explaining how big of an impact the money could potentially have on the charity.

“We are currently the only 24 hour phone service for children in Ireland, and this year due to a lack of funding, we nearly lost our overnight services, we must not let this happen”, she explained.

The ISPCC Childline is completely reliant on donations and fundraising efforts and currently receives no government funding.

Every year the funds raised are donated to a children’s charity. In 2013, €138,000 was raised for Temple Street Children’s hospital and last year €247,000 was raised for Barnardos and Blossom Hill.

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SVP sleep rough in DCU to raise €2000 Paul Dwyer News Reporter @thecollegeview

THE DCU St.Vincent De Paul society (SVP) held their annual 24 hour sleep out on campus last Tuesday to raise awareness about the homelessness epidemic in Ireland.

The members of the SVP society staged their sleep out just outside the Henry Grattan building at noon on Tuesday and stayed until noon the following day.

The members who participated had only a sleeping bag and sleeping mat with them and could not bring or eat any of their own food during the sleep out. They had to rely solely on the kindness of others to donate food as well as donations for the charity.

The event, which raised €1,500 last year, is hoping to raise over €2,000 which will go directly into the society’s efforts to work with the homeless community in Dublin city centre.

The chairperson of the DCU SVP, Aoife Ní Shiadháil, who

participated in the sleep out explained that the aim of the event is to raise awareness about homelessness while also giving the members the opportunity to experience the arduous task that many people living on the streets have to face every day.

“Our volunteers are bravely stepping into the shoes of a homeless person to experience the gruelling reality of their world for 24 hours. We hope to bring this grave issue to the attention of the DCU community as the problem is definitely not going away.”

Head supervisor of the bi-weekly soup runs organised by the SVP, Aisling Bourke described how she joined in first year and found it both a very rewarding experience and a great way to meet new likeminded people.

The SVP conduct soup runs every Sunday and Friday at 7pm.

Anyone who wants to get involved or is interested in further information can contact their Facebook page or use the Twitter hashtag #DCUSVP.

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The DCU society of Saint Vincent De Paul prepare for the long night ahead Credit: Chai Brady

Paula-Avril Jatariu awarded Chancellor Medal for excellence in University life

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A former DCU politics lecturer will run for the Dublin Central constituency in the next general election, with the Anti-Austerity Alliance.

Dr Diana O’Dwyer will be the only candidate running with a pro-choice stance being a main feature of her campaign, along with rent control policies. She told The College View about her involvement in importing abortion pills into Ireland and dispersing them from an ‘Abortion Pill Bus’, which went around Ireland a few weeks ago.

“We told the media we were bringing the pills on the train from Northern Ireland. There was no police intervention, mainly because they know that the majority of people don’t think this should be a crime.”

Women were brought onto the bus and were given information and told how to access the pill.

“Politicians have been really gutless about this issue, I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone put

Abortions rights on their campaign posters,” said O’Dwyer, adding she firmly believed there will be a referendum on the issue in the next few years.

Another prominent part of her campaign is the high rents in central Dublin, which she says have risen by almost €200 a month in Dublin 1 while for the most part, people’s incomes haven’t generally risen.

O’Dwyer was involved with NGOs such as World Vision and Amnesty International but became disillusioned with their effectiveness. “What I’ve realised over time is that the NGOs’ response to problems are really just a band aid on the problems of the world.”

“It’s often billionaires who’ve made these huge fortunes and give a bit back and are called philanthropists. Really it’s just perpetuating a class system, and perpetuating inequality rather than empowering people to fight for their rights.”

O’Dwyer is currently a researcher for the Socialist party in the Dáil. She received an MA in International Relation, and her PHD in DCU for her study in NGO’s campaigns to ban landmines and cluster munitions in the 1990s and 2000s.

Paula-Avril Jatariu recieves Chancellorʼs Medal Credit: dcu.ie

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A BA in International Relations graduate has been awarded the DCU Chancellor’s Medal for achieving excellence in both academic and extra-curricular aspects of University life.

Paula-Avril Jatariu achieved a first class honours degree in International Relations at the graduation ceremony where she was awarded the DCU Chancellor’s Medal. The medal is a special accolade of recognition to a student that has achieved a standard of excellence in contribution to the University both by academic and extra-curricular means.

She was presented the medal from Professor John Doyle, Dean

of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. In his speech Professor Doyle praised Paula-Avril for her success and her contribution to the University. “Her passion for the University and for the betterment of society and her outgoing nature has endeared her to staff and students alike”he said.

In 2011 Paula-Avril came to DCU to study International Relations from Bacau in Romania and has since become an active member of society life. Paula-Avril devoted her college years to volunteer work, social issues engagement, and organising society projects.

She was a volunteer with SUAS Literacy Support Programme, Secretary and Webmaster of DCU Amnesty Society, a member of the DCU Model UN society, and

she was Chairperson and PRO of DCU’s Karate Club.

Paula-Avril was also selected as a Student Ambassador, an EU Careers Ambassador, and she was also a volunteer with the DCU Mentorship Programme and international World Peace Day Festival.

Professor Doyle said that her ability to combine her academic success with extra-curricular activities is the hallmark to making a “lasting contribution to the well-being of the University.”

Professor Doyle also said that Paula-Avril has been an “extraordinary ambassador” for the University, and that her “academic abilities, her intellectual rigour and curiosity combined with her commitment to the University make her a worthy recipient of the Chancellor’s medal”.

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Ugandan LGBT activist Sandra Nametubi, asks for acceptance Hannah Kelly News Reporter @thecollegeview

“OUR aim is for people to understand us, not accept us”, said Sandra Nametubi in a speech given to International Relations students in DCU on Thursday.

Nametubi is a human rights activist for the Ugandan LGBT+ community. She works alongside Frontline Defenders, an international foundation set up for the protection of human rights defenders.

In February 2014, the Ugandan President, Museveni, signed a law which outlawed homosexuality. Although the law was dissolved, Nametubi urged that “we are still being killed, we are still being silenced”.

Nametubi spoke about the be-

lief in Uganda that homosexuality is “a new trend brought by a Western culture to kill African culture”.

In her speech, Nametubi expressed how in Uganda it is believed that an LGBT+ person is being paid by Western countries to spread homosexuality. “We are seen as selling our own country”, she said.

It is impossible for LGBT+ activists to rebut these beliefs being spread in Uganda as what activist say is not valid to the government and the society. “We know what to say, we lack a platform”, Nametubi said.

Nametubi stressed that there is no law that opposes homosexuality directly, the problem lies within the Ugandan society.

She said, LGBT+ people are being “forced out of the country, not physically, but psychologically”.

She believes religion and the

church in Uganda are a big part of the problem. “Christianity has done a lot of harm,” she said. “It used to be religion versus culture, but now they are combined”.

She said the root of the problem lies with Scott Lively, an anti-homosexuality American pastor.

“He had his agenda, he had his strategies”, she insisted. “After today we are crying because of one person, who fronted the approach”. Before his message arrived in Uganda, “people were never bothered about it”. She noted that people kept to themselves and didn’t think it was a big issue.

Despite the fear and silencing that Nametubi described she mentioned that “Uganda is not the worst country to be gay” in. She said she remains optimistic about the future of LGBT+ Ugandans’ lives, “With Uganda, everything is possible”.

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Sandra Nametubi talks to DCU International Relations society Credit: Sonja Sjögren

USI may run against ‘frustrating’ Mullen

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LAST Wednesday saw DCU Dance host its biggest intercollegiate event of the year, the seventh annual All Ireland Dance Experiment in The Helix.

The showcase featured colleges from all over Ireland including University of Limerick, UCD and Trinity College Dublin.All DCU Dance squads also performed on the night to a full audience.DCU students Claire Prenty and Emmet Jones hosted the evening.

Events officer for DCU dance society, Clodagh Finnegan said that event management is not her full time job and that at times it was tough.

“By using The Helix instead of The Venue it brings the show one step closer to being a professional production.The Helix was very helpful and understands that I’m not a full time events manager. I also have a brilliant committee behind me, without them the show wouldn’t have been possible”, she said.

The event was sponsored by Bank of Ireland with all proceeds from ticket and raffle sales going towards the Ronal McDon-

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Dance Socʼs Experimental Dance event in the Helix Credit: Chai Brady

ald House, whom had representatives present on the night.

Chair of dance soc Sinéad McCool was apprehensive about selling out a big venue like The Helix but thinks The Experiment is a great way for dance societies from different colleges to mix and get to know each other in a showcase setting rather than the tense intervarisity competition which is held annually in the second semester.

“I was initially nervous about ticket sales but I was delighted when we had a full house. Having colleges from all around the county was a great way to mix and share ideas with likeminded people and I was delighted to dance with other colleges as opposed to them. Overall it was an amazing success and all for a great cause, The Ronald McDonald House”, she said.

land (USI) has said that it will consider running a candidate against Senator Ronan Mullen if he “continues to represent a particular type of views”.

Mullen, who represents the National University of Ireland Seanad constituency, attempted to interrupt the recent passing of the same-sex marriage bill, and has been heavily criticised by the USI for his stance on marriage equality.

Speaking to The College View, president of the USI, Kevin Donoghue, cited Mullen’s continued opposition to marriage equality as one of the main reasons they may run someone against him.

“If you look at the constituent colleges that he is elected from, all of them would have held referendums on marriage equality in the last number of years, and I don’t think there was a result of less than 90 per cent in favour of that,” Donoghue said.

However, Donoghue recognises the “significant possibility” of Mullen being re-elected due to his strong following.

The USI has also criticised Mullen in the past for his views on abortion, previously calling his comments on the issue inaccurate and unfounded.

When contacted by The College View, Mullen said that while he wishes all candidates well, he has no comment to make on the issue.

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THE Union of Students in Ireland (USI) slammed Ógra Fianna Fáil for their proposal of a new student loan scheme.

“Central to the policy is a proposal to introduce an ‘Income Contingent Loan System’ which will allow every student to have access to the financial support they need while also injecting much needed funding into the third level system,” the proposal from the

youth branch of Fianna Fáil reads.

President of the USI, Kevin Donoghue, said “The federal third level loan system did not work in the UK or the USA. It would be impractical and illogical to introduce an already broken loan scheme to Ireland.”USI said that they believe the scheme would be overwhelming and will intimidate and discourage third level students from applying to college. Ógra Fianna Fáil, aims to create a free access system education. “A new pragmatic approach to the declining third level system

Irish schools must teach tech says Google boss Cathal Mc Cahey News Reporter @thecollegeview

THERE should be more focus on the tech and IT sectors in Irish education as there is a continued growth in this industry, according to the head of Google in Ireland.

Speaking ahead of National Digital Week, Ronan Harris has called for a focus on people learning tech related skills through Irish education, as there would be “huge opportunities” in this field.

“We need to have responsive education systems that move towards that” said Harris.

“All the research shows that when companies, large or small, embrace digital, they are creating

twice as many jobs and growing exports” said Harris continuing on the topic of a need for tech related education in Ireland. He also said that he would make sure his own children would learn skills like coding.

The Irish Times report that the tech and IT industry could be “worth more than $250bn (€220bn) globally by 2017”. With Ireland becoming a hub for technology, this will be good news for those working in the IT sector.

Harris believes the growth of the tech industry will benefit Rural Ireland, “I think the opportunities for businesses in a place like West Cork is the recognition that traditional boundaries are now eliminated.

They can build a customer base beyond the traditional boundaries.”

is needed,” their proposal claims.

The USI heavily criticised the new proposal by describing it as an unwelcome addition to an already broken loan system that will dissuade and turn students off from entering third level education.

“The student loan system crippled the government so much in the UK that they had to sell off the student loan books at the end of 2013,” said Donoghue.

Donoghue, while reiterating the damage this system caused in the UK said, “It would desecrate Ireland.”

DCU paid tribute to Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, a British astrophysicist who is famous for her discovery of the first radio pulsars with her thesis supervisor Antony Hewish.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell was commended for her lifelong commitment to science, her contribution to astronomy and astrophysics as well as her her advocacy for women to pursue roles in the male dominated world of science.

President of DCU, Professor Brian MacCraith commended Burnell in her work promoting woman in the field of science, and acting as a role model for students, graduates and all woman. He highlighted the low percentage of female students talking part in many science related degree programmes, “One of the biggest issues in this area is the relatively poor

take up of STEM degrees and STEM careers by young women.

Lower than 15 per cent in many degree programmes – lower than 25 per cent across all STEM careers in Ireland,” said MacCraith.

Traditionally women have been poorly represented in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths Burnell has stood out as a woman who has broken through the barrier, leading the way for others. “Apart from equity issues, this is a horrendous waste of talent.” Professor MacCraith said. “Dame Jocelyn has been to the fore publicly and internationally in highlighting, in acting willingly as a role model and, most of all, pursuing relentlessly the advancement of Women in Science.”

While accepting an honorary doctorate from the university she encourages students to reach their potential reminding them that regardless of gender they can succeed. “You have a right to be here, you will have a right to be here wherever you go next and I hope it goes well for you.”

Beg, Borrow, Berlin Megan Roantree Features Editor @MeganRoantree

ENTERPRISE society’s (Esoc) annual event Beg, Borrow. Steal will take place on November 18th and this year they are going further than ever.

The fundraising event will see over 100 teams of two race to Berlin with no money and little in the way of a plan, relying solely on good luck and donations during their travels to get there.

Last year Beg, Borrow, Steal saw 25 teams race to Edinburgh with the winning team ‘Endin-broz’ making it there in just over 14 hours. The team consisted of Mark Farelly and Stephen Gorman, who recall the event as chaotic saying, “trying to find flights, get companies to sponsor us, convincing people to give us

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lifts to here, there and everywhere with absolutely no money was crazy. I loved it though, when we won the whole committee were waiting for us and jumping around absolutely going crazy singing ‘ole ole ole’ for a solid half an hour.”

Last year €25,000 was raised for The Donal Walsh Live Life Foundation, and this year the society is hoping to raise over €30, 000

in aid of the Irish Cancer Society.

Money is raised by donating to individual teams before and during the race. The three teams with the most raised will get 15, 10 and five minute head starts respectively.

The team currently in the lead by over €400 is ‘The Apfelstruedelers’ with students Tom Cleary and David Phelan raising €1,805 raised so far.

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News

USI gets mental health down to a tea

At risk student denied help

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Aisling McCabe News Reporter @thecollegeview Aíne Conaty News Reporter @thecollegeview

ST. Patrick’s College Drumcondra, with the Union of Students of Ireland (USI), launched a new campaign called ‘chats for change’ which deals with mental health issues for students.

This campaign aims to encourage young people to talk about their mental health issues. The USI is providing students with tea while

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they talk through their situation.

A recent survey conducted by USI revealed that 36 per cent of students said that they felt down every day. Only 21 per cent of students said that they would talk about their mental health issues with their family whereas 60 per cent said that they would talk to their friends.

Of those surveyed, 42 per cent of people said that, “Feeling isolated and hopeless with

low self-esteem,” is the worst thing about feeling sad. This new organisation wants to promote talking about one’s problem and overcoming the difficulty that young people face talking about their mental problems.

In the last year 393 people under the age of 30 committed suicide, President of USI, Kevin Donoghue said. The aim of campaign is to lessen that figure and encourage better mental health awareness.

The college health centre in University College Cork (UCC) allegedly turned away a student that said he had attempted suicide.

The student sent an email to the design team at the UCC Express - the UCC student newspaper, reporting his experience with the health centre. The UCC Express editor, Brian Conmy, published the letter and said that numbers for counselling services were passed on to the student. The

student who penned the letter has remained anonymous.

“I told the receptionist I had tried to kill myself and nothing had changed with the failed attempt. Shortly thereafter, I walked out the door and on to College Road not with an appointment, not with having seen a counsellor but with nothing,” the student said.

This news comes just after University of Limerick were applauded for introducing new measures to clear waiting lists for counselling services. UL have allocated extra funds to the service in a bid to slash the wait time on the list.

67 per cent of Donegal students receive third level assistance

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Andrew Byrne News Reporter @thecollegeview

The Higher Education Authority said in a recent study that 67 per cent of Donegal students receive some level of state funded assistance in comparison to only 35 per cent of students from Dublin.

Tom Boland, CEO of the HEA, said that families from rural communities place a greater value on higher education and, even though incomes are low, there is an emphasis on continued participation in education.

He said, “It remains a concern that in some urban areas, partic-

ularly in Dublin, levels of participation in education are too low.”

Means testing for the grant is based on income only and doesn’t take into account assets. This favours students from groups such as farmers and the self-employed.

The study also finds that Institutes of Technology have the highest proportion of students receiving grants compared to Universities. 71 percent of first years at Letterkenny IT receive grants while just 24 per cent of Trinity College entrants do.

DCU has a higher number of recipients than UCD, TCD and UCC with 36 per cent. However, they fall behind NUI Maynooth, NUI Galway and University of Limerick.

#DCUarePerfect promotes body image Sonja Sjorgen News Reporter @thecollegeview

A social media campaign called #DCUarePerfect, run by DCU students, is promoting different body types as the norm.

The campaign, which runs until the end of the week, promotes physical diversity in DCU on multiple social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

We wanted to run a campaign that was very specific to DCU students,” a student behind the project, Gemma Tuffy said.

“We felt that there was a

need for a broad campaign that really got the message out; that difference is actually normal.”

“We felt that there was a need for a broad campaign that really got the message out; that difference is actually normal.”

“The majority of the population is actually affected by negative body image at some point and when you look at the age profile, you find that young people are disproportionately affected so they are the ones that most experience issues relating to negative body image,” Tuffy said.

With the campaign, #DCUArePerfect hopes to challenge the images that we see in mass media and social media.

“Because social media is one

of the areas where you’re bombarded with archetypical images of unrepresentative body types, we’re trying to make it so that social media can actually empower you,” Tuffy said, “you can actually challenge any of the negatives of social media and one of those negatives is the amount of images you’re getting that are telling you that your body is not okay.”

The campaign calls all DCU students to action to take part in the conversation and to challenge the dominant opinions of what a perfect body is like. During the campaign students will be encouraged to share their pictures and stories on social media to show that physical difference is the norm and should be celebrated.

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Opinion 9

Irish society finally comes to grips with the reality of drug addiction

Following the announcement that the country’s first injection centre will soon open its doors, Shauna Bowers discusses how it will benefit both drug users and Irish society.

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MINISTER of State, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, recently released a proposal for the establishment of injection centres in Dublin City Centre. This move has spiked massive divergence in public opinion.

Many people believe that establishing these buildings will legalise drug abuse, but in truth, its aim is to decriminalise drug use so that it can be monitored and controlled by medical personnel.

The medical staff who would be employed by these centres would not be there to administer nor supply illegal drugs. In fact, this could not be further from the true purpose of these establishments. The only intent is to decrease the number of overdoses caused by substance abuse.

“We’re trying to address a situation in Dublin’s city centre where people are injecting heroin in street alleyways, in parks, supermarkets, playgrounds. It’s unsightly, and it’s unsafe, particularly for the users themselves,” Ó Ríordáin said.

From a moral perspective, most people view drugs as the scourge of our society, as a completely illegal habit. But perhaps we need

to dig deeper. A lot of people tend to forget that those with a drug addiction are, in fact, suffering.

Yes, it is often self-inflicted, but that does not make the addiction any easier to cope with. The installation of these facilities would show addicts that we understand and acknowledge their struggles.

I think most people acknowledge that addicts are going to use drugs whether they are illegal or not, and whether there is a premises to do so or not. By enabling these centres, we are allowing those people to satisfy their addictions under supervised, safe and hygienic conditions.

Many countries across the world, such as Amsterdam, Spain, and Australia have already introduced these injection centres. Although the information on their efficiency is limited, the opening of the centres has led to ‘improved public and client health’, and ‘reductions in public nuisance’, according to reports from Amsterdam.

If the injection centres are helping those who suffer from serious addiction, then where

“ A lot of people tend to forget that those with a drug addiction are, in fact, suffering

does the fault lie? Their creation would not condone nor encourage the use of illegal substances, but it would teach drug users the proper procedure that should be followed when administering their own drugs, as well as providing resuscitation equipment in case of an emergency.

The presence of these injection centres would also improve the appearance of towns and streets. They would conceal the inherent drug use within our society, so that we, as ordinary civilians, are not forced to see the abhorrent sights of addiction, and would not have to live with the consequences of used syringes lying haphazardly along the streets.

Recently, a three-year-old girl, Alysha Zambra, who was jabbed by a heroin-filled needle while on Dublin Bus. She was habitually using public transport with her mother when the incident occurred and she had to be taken to Crumlin hospital to be tested for HIV as a result.

This young girl and her family were understandably traumatised, and their lives could have

been destroyed by something that is easily avoidable. Action needs to be taken to prevent a similar occurence again and to protect the youth of our society.

Furthermore, witnessing the use of drugs has become an almost habitual routine for many city dwellers. Seeing this distasteful habit in action is an innate part of many people’s daily lives.

Drug abuse is a mammoth problem, especially in Dublin City, and we could handle this problem with much greater ease if we consider implementing these facilities. This is a case where taxpayer’s money would go directly towards helping our own which is what so many Irish citizens claim to want.

I believe that there is no harm in a trial run, and if it is the case that we decide that such a facility is not suited to the needs of our country, then we can simply abolish it again. As Críona Ní Dhalaigh, Lord Mayor for Dublin, said: “What is the harm in actually trying it out on a pilot basis, and if it doesn’t work, we have learned that this isn’t the model we can use here.”

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Is Instagram anything other than a sham?

Conor Martin explains why we need to separate real life expectations from the often superficial app.

AUSTRALIAN teen blogger, Essena O’Neill, recently abandoned her 612,000 followers on Instagram to expose the reality of the app.

She declared Instagram to be “contrived perfection to get attention” and deleted over 2,000 posts - which she confessed were solely for “self-promotion”.

O’Neill edited the captions of her remaining 96 posts to expose her true motivation for taking them. She wanted to get praised for her appearance, to sell products that she didn’t believe in, and to express this glamorised version of her life, which she now admits was fabricated.

“I would just spend hours looking at everyone else’s perfect lives and I strived to make mine look just as good. I guess I succeeded”, she wrote on her website.

“It’s totally stupid but everyone is doing it. And I know you didn’t come into this world just wanting to fit in and get by.”

Since deleting her account, she has started her own website, letsbegamechangers.com, to promote veganism, plantbased nutrition, environmental awareness, social issues, gender equality and controversial art.

The truth is, Instagram can be

used to misrepresent reality and to show a more affluent and materialistic lifestyle than the one you’re actually living. The app itself can be superficial, depending on how you’re using it. However, I do think that there are two sides to the app, and Instagram can be used with integrity to create an honest timeline of your life.

Instagram is for all the pictures that you wouldn’t post on Facebook, because realistically, nobody really cares what Starbucks drink you’ve ordered. But users can take the craze too far and do anything for a few likes.

Some people heavily rely on how many likes they’re receiving for a confidence boost.

They seek validation in their “selfies”, and the amount of likes they get on their posts will fluctuate their self-esteem.

“Everyone is doing it. We just keep putting up staged photos in desperate hope that others will approve. I have a lot to learn, but I am enough. I am already everything I want to be and it lives inside of me, not on a screen,” O’Neill concluded.

Instagram users show what they want to glorify and what they want people to see. Instagram has a superficial reputation that does

“ Instagram can be used with integrity to create an honest timeline of your life affect young people. When we follow these models, photographers, musicians and make-up artists, we see “their world”. But what people need to realise is that in reality, we don’t see them when

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they’re not looking “on point” and under the cover of digital filters.

This depiction that Instagram has created leads to far too many expectations and comparisons about the life you’re not living,

rather than the one you are. We all need to remember that not everything that appears to be real is authentic on social media.

We need to put an end to body shaming

Kayla Gaffney talks about the impact body shaming is having on the mental health of young people.

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SOCIETY is always changing and as it does, so do our perceptions of each and every aspect, including the way we view others. You cannot deny that you have, either internally or vocally, noted a ‘negative’ aspect of another’s appearance be it that of a stranger, a friend, or even a loved one.

Shaming someone because of the size of their bodies is just completely wrong.

Whether someone is underweight, skinny, curvy, over weight or of average size is none of your business. Nobody has the right to comment on someone else’s body image, but yet there are many people who still do this. Phrases such as “She shouldn’t be eating all that, she’s so fat”, or “She needs a good dinner, I can see her bones” are often casually thrown into conversation.

What people tend to forget is that the person you and your friends are constantly talking about and judging may have their own body confidence issues. Perhaps medical problems are the reason for them having such a slim frame or gaining some weight. Whatever the reason is, there is no reason to make them feel worse about themselves.

We’re in 2015, we shouldn’t still have a world or a generation of young people so obsessed with body image. Young people should

“ Nobody has the right to comment on someone else’s body image be able to enjoy their lives without having to worry about what someone else thinks about them.

But unfortunately, they are often fixated on other people’s opinions of them, and it is clear that this is having a majorly negative effect on their mental health. I recently searched the ‘thinspi-

ration’ hashtag ‘proana’ on Instagram, and I was truly shocked by the results I found. So many girls and boys put up posts about wanting to skip meals, try out unhealthy diets which include starving themselves, or purging after meals so they wouldn’t gain weight. With anorexia and bulimia diagnoses on the rise, I am astounded that nothing has been done to stop these posts or to help these people. If their minds are already set like this, when they’re saying they’re depressed and desperately trying to be thin, imagine what effect comments about their bodies could have on them? One comment could push them further, making them purge once more or skip another meal.

Even celebrities have felt the effects of body shaming, with singer Cheryl Fernandez-Versini recently being forced to defend her dramatic weight loss after receiving body shaming abuse online.

Why can’t we live in a society where everybody is accepted, not just race, gender, sexuality, but by the way we look too? We’re forgetting to celebrate the fact that everybody has something that makes them different, something that makes us us, something that sets us aside from everyone else. It needs to be loved, and embraced, not shamed.

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I mí Mheithimh na bliana 2014 chuir siad glaoch orainn ag cur ceist an mbeadh suim againn dá gcuirfeadh siad síos muid mar roghanna do láithreoirí seó úr ar TG4.

Ar ndóigh, d’aontaigh muid

Creidmeasha: Caoimhe Ní Chathail

Caoimhe Ní Chathail Scríbhneoir @CaoimheChats

DÁ gcuirfeá ceist orm agus mé ocht mbliana d’aois cén post a bhí uaim amach anseo ‘láithreoir teilifíse agus raidió’ an freagra a bheadh agam duit. Dá gcuirfeá an cheist sin orm inniu agus mé aon bhliain is fiche d’aois, bheadh an freagra iomlán céann agam duit.

An samhradh seo, d’éirigh liom an bhrionglóid sin a fhíorú leis an phost a bhí agam mar láithreoir ar an seó teilifíse do phaistí WAC (World Animal Championships) ar TG4.

Déanaim féin staidéar ar Ghaeilge agus Iriseoireacht anseo in DCU agus déanann mo chara Éadaoin staidéar ar Chumarsáid.

Bhuail muid le chéile ar an ollscoil agus an bheirt againn an-ghníomhach i gcumann MPS, an Cumann Drámaíochta agus an Cumann Gaelach.

I dtreo deireadh na céad bliana, rinne muid an cinneadh tús a chur le cainéal YouTube trí mheán na Gaeilge darb ainm Tusa Tube. Bhí ansuim againn beirt in láithreacht teilifíse agus chonaic muid cainéal YouTube mar dheis cleachtadh a fháil agus scileanna a fhorbairt. njjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj Bhí borradh

tagtha faoi YouTube ag an am agus cuid mhór ratha á bhaint amach ag vlagálaithe ach níor shamhlaigh muid a leithéid dúinne chomh gasta sin.

An chéad fhíseán a bhí againn ná vlag den lá ar chaith muid ag freastal ar léirsiú An Lá Dearg i mBéal Feirste in Aibreán 2014. Ghnóthaigh an físeán neart cainte agus pobal na Gaeilge ag baint sult as radharc den lá a fháil ón bheirt againn.

Lean muid ar aghaidh ag cur físeáin ar an chainéal. Ba ghnáth-fhíseáin agus dúshláin ba mhó a bhí á thaifead againn agus muid ag iarraidh an meon a chur chun cinn gur fusa an rud é físeáin a mbeadh á thaifead ag na vlagálaithe móra a dhéanamh ach iad a bheith trí mheán na Gaeilge.

Cheap muid gur

bealach nua-aimseartha é an Ghaeilge a chur chun cinn.

Mar a tharla sé, is tar éis ár gcéad fhíseán den Lá Dearg a tháinig an chuideachta léiriúcháin Macalla orainn. I mí Mheithimh na bliana 2014 chuir siad glaoch orainn ag cur ceist an mbeadh suim againn dá gcuirfeadh siad síos muid mar roghanna do láithreoirí seó úr ar TG4. Ar ndóigh, d’aontaigh muid láithreach!

Bliain tar éis an chéad ghlaoch sin, thosaigh muid ar thaifead an seó do Cúla4. Is seó é WAC bunaithe ar ainmhithe agus in achan clár bíonn muid sa tóir ar ainmhí ar leith, b’fhéidir ‘An tAinmhí Is Greannmhara’ nó ‘An tAinmhí Is Tapúla’.

In achan clár bíonn na hainmhithe scrúdaithe againn agus ag an Ollamh Tomaí Tóinchliste, cruthaíonn muid géarliosta agus cuireann muid trialacha le chéile chun cumas achan ceann a thástáil.

Mar a bheadh intuigthe le teilifís do pháistí tá an seó go huile is go hiomlán craiceáilte agus muid ag spochadh as a chéile, ag ligean orainn gur ainmhithe de gach saghas muid agus ag iarraidh an lucht féachána a chur ag gáire.

Bhí taithí den chéad scoth agam agus mé ag obair ar an seó.

Bhí sé go cinnte mar an post samhraidh is fear riamh agus mé ag dul chun na hoibre gach lá ag súil le cláir a thaifead, spraoi a bheith agam leis an fhoireann iontach agus a bheith i mo láithreoir teilifíse faoi deireadh!

Ní jab iomlán éasca é áfach.

Bhí orainn muscailt ag a 6:30 achan maidin agus bus a fháil chuig an Staidiam Náisiúnta, áit a bhí muid ag déanamh taifid mar gur cró dornalaíochta é seit an seó. Bheadh muid ag obair go dtí thart faoi an 6 achan oíche ansin agus trí chlár le taifead in aghaidh an lae againn.

Bhí 52 clár sa sraith iomlán agus nuair a smaoiním siar anois, is deacair an rud é cuimhniú ar achan rud a rinne muid ann!

Beidh an seó ar siúl ar feadh 6 mhí, achan Máirt agus Déardaoin ag 5:20. Tá 15 clár amuigh go dtí seo agus is féidir féachaint siar orthu ar sheinnteoir TG4.

Mar chéad seó agus chéad bhlas den saol mar láithreoir teilifíse, bhí WAC go hiontach.

Bhí mé in éineacht le ceann de mo chairde is fearr, bhí foireann spreagtha againn agus bhí mé ag déanamh jab go bhfuil mo chroí is-

tigh ann i dteanga na Gaeilge, lena bhfuil mé an-phaiseanta go deo.

Deacair creidbheáil gur eascair sé uilig ó chainéal beag YouTube.

Mar gheall ar an taithí le TG4, aithníonn daoine muid, bíonn deiseanna raidió agus teilifíse eile tugtha dúinn agus bíonn scoileanna ag cur Tusa Tube chun cinn mar uirlis fhoghlamtha na Gaeilge. Le cuidiú Dé, leanfaidh sé leis go deo agus beidh muid le feiceáil sna meáin Gaeilge ar feadh a bhfad.

Amach anseo, ba bhreá liom tuilleadh teilifíse do dhaoine óga a dhéanamh. Baineann an-chuid spraoi leis agus cinnte neart aisteoireachta nuair a bhíonn ort a bheith chomh beo bríomhar sin i gcónaí os comhair an ceamara! Tá mé ag súil le taithí a fháil i réimsí eile fosta agus m’eispéireas a leathnú go saghsanna éagsúla seónna Tá seans ann go bhfuil muid ag ullmhú seó eile do TG4 cheana féin ach beidh le feiceáil!.

GLUAIS intuigthe: understandable eascair sé: it sprang a fhiorú: to realise

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Teanga agus cultúr á ceiliúradh ag Oireachtas na Samhna Ciara Ní Chába

Scríbhneoir @thecollegeview

AR an 30 Deireadh Fómhair, chuamar ar an mbus go dtí Cluain Dolcáin le haghaidh Oireachtas na Samhna 2015. Bhí an tOireachtas féin ar siúl in Óstán Citywest agus bhíomar ag fanacht i halla na ngasóg ar Lána an Uisce, Cluain Dolcáin. Bhí grúpa mór ó Ollscoil Chaithair Bhaile Átha Cliath ann, le fiche seacht ag fanacht sa halla ach d’fhreastal thar tríocha mac léinn ón ollscoil ar an imeacht bliantiúil.

Bhí Oíche na Mac Léinn ar siúl ar an gcéad oíche agus bhí gach duine gléasta suas. Ba é an téama a bhí againne i mbliana ná ‘fir grinn.’ Rinne Éadaoin agus Caoimhe an phéint aghaidhe orainn agus fuaireamar bus chuig Citywest. Bhíomar go léir i seomra amháin san óstán agus bhí an áit plódaithe le daoine ó ollscoileanna difriúla na tíre.

Bhí ceolchoirm bheag ar siúl le bannaí ar nós An Crannóg ag seinm agus ag canadh don oíche ar fad. Ach ag thart ar a dó dhéag, tháinig Seo Linn amach ar an stáitse, agus b’iad an banna a bhí gach duine san áit ag súil leis don oíche ar fad. Chan siad na hamhráin cháiliúla atá ar eolas ag gach duine ar nós ‘Bí i d’thost ‘s damhsa liom.’ agus bhí oíche den scoth ag gach duine le chéile. Go pearsanta, bhí an oíche amuigh is fearr agam riamh toisc go bhfaca mé na cairde go léir a bhí déanta agam thar na blianta sa Ghaeltacht agus bhí sé go hiontach ar fad iad a fheiceáil arís.

Ar an Satharn, chaitheamar an lá ar fad san óstán ag dul timpeall na háite chuig na rudaí difriúla a bhí ar siúl. Bhí seastáin ann sa halla le go leor comhlachtaí ar nós Fiontar, Nos.ie, An Fíbín agus níos mó. Níos déanaí sa lá, bhí na

comórtais le haghaidh damhsa sean-nós do chuile aois ar siúl.

Bhí daoine ó ocht mbliana d’aois go dtí daoine fásta ar an stáitse agus seó iontach a bhí curtha os ár gcomhair. B’fhir iad na buaiteoirí go léir ag deireadh an lae ach bhain gach duine taitneamh as an sárthaispeántas a bhí in san chomórtas. Bhí stáisiúin raidió cosúil le Raidió Na Life in éineacht le TG4 ag craoladh beo ó thaobh istigh den óstán don chuid is mó den lá, agus bhí craoltóir taistil le haghaidh Raidió na Gaeltachta ag craoladh taobh amuigh den óstán chomh maith.

San oíche, chuamar ar ais go dtí an óstán le haghaidh an oíche dheireanach. Bhí Gaelgáirí ar siúl le fuirseoirí cosúil le Eoin Ó Murchú agus Andy Ó Faoláin ag insint scéalta grinn agus chuir siad seó iontach greannmhar ar siúl dúinn. Tar éis sin bhí níos mó ceol ar siúl le banna traidisiúnta ag seinm sa halla mór agus bhí oíche thar barr ag gach duine ag damhsa.

Is taithí iontach é an t-Oireachtas toisc gur féidir linn

bualadh le daoine nua leis na suimeanna céanna atá againn agus ár dteanga dúchais a labhairt.

Bhí an-chraic againn ag fanacht i málaí codlata don oíche mar ní dhéanann tú é sin an-mhinic i rith na bliana, go háirithe le cairde.

Fiú sa halla sula ndeachaigh gach duine go dtí an óstán, bhíomar ag meascadh le daoine ó choláistí eile nuair a bhíomar ag fáil réidh agus is iontach an rud é gur féidir linn go léir fanacht i halla cosúil le sin agus an chraic a bheith againn.

Mar fhocail scoir, tá mé chun buíochas mór a ghabháil le Caoimhe Ní Chathail agus Éadaoin Nic Mhuiris ár gcathaoirleach agus ár leas-chathaoirleach, ó thaobh a gcuid scileanna eagraíochta de.

Bhí deireadh seachtaine iontach ag chuile duine toisc go raibh gach rud eagraithe go foirfe acu agus tá an t-ádh orainn go bhfuil na cailíní seo i gceannas ar an gCumann Gaelach i mbliana. Molaim an t-Oireachtas go hard na spéire d’éinne le Gaeilge. Tá mé ag tnúth go mór leis an mbliain seo chugainn cheanna féin!

GLUAIS Cathaoirleach: chairperson Dúchas: native Oireachtas: legislature

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Creidmeasha: Aine Marie Monk

Lá lán-Ghaeilge den scoth ar son Gaeilge24 Áine Marie Monk Eagarthóir Gaeilge @ainemonk

AR an 10 Deireadh Fómhair chuir Cumann Gaelach DCU imeachtaí ar son Gaeilge24 ar siúl.

Ba lá ar son na Gaeilge é agus daoine ag déanamh sár-iarracht Gaeilge a labhairt ar feadh 24 uair ar fad.

Bhí roinnt imeachtaí eagraithe chun aidhm an lae a chur chun cinn, deir cathaoirleach Cumann Gaelach DCU, Caoimhe Ní Chathail:”Seo an chéad bhliain dúinn páirt a ghlacadh i nGaeilge 24 agus tá muid ag baint an-sult as.

Deis í an Ghaeilge a scaipeadh ar an champas agus muid ag bogadh i dtreo campas dá-theangach.”

Spreagaíodh Gaeilge a labhairt i rith an lae, go háirithe ag na imeachtaí eagraithe ag coistean chumainn. Tugadh deis do mhic léinn freastal ar bhricfeásta trí-Ghaeilge I rith na maidine, triail a bhaint as graifití na Gaeilge agus rince ag an gcéilí tar éis léachtaí in éineacht le Music Soc. Chuir Conradh na Gaeilge an imeacht náisúnta ar siúl don cheathrú bhliain i mbliana agus iad ag bailiú airgid ar son na cúise. Creidtear gur ghlac thar 400,000 daltaí scoile páirt sa dhúshlán i mbliana i meáinscoileanna agus bunscoileanna chomh maith leis na hollscoileanna!

Tá líon na ndaoine a ghlacann páirt sa dúshlán ag fás le blianta beaga anuas agus líon na ndaoine atá ag labhairt an Ghaeilge mar an gcéanna.

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The Great Debate

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“Unpaid internships are worth the experience” FOR Megan Roantree Features Editor @MeganRoantree

THE words ‘internship’ and ‘unpaid’ seem to go hand in hand more often than not these days and while not getting paid might be a disadvantage, there are plenty of benefits to outweigh that.

The experience you gain from doing an internship is undeniable. You are given the opportunity to work in what is possibly your dream job, maybe even more so because it is unpaid. That way the company has nothing to lose and you have everything to gain.

It is a known fact that internships are a great addition to any CV or LinkedIn profile. Regardless of pay having an impressive internship can put you ahead of your competitors, as it shows determination, dedication and a good work ethic.

In a world where being a freelancer or entrepreneur is increasingly common, connections gained from unpaid work experience can make all the difference.

Networking within your internship, getting to know interesting and important people on a personal level and connecting with those people on social media can be a huge benefit in your career long after you leave your placement.

Claire Prenty, a final year Journalism student in DCU recently began an unpaid internship at IrelandAM. She feels unpaid internships can be hugely beneficial. “My internship has given me so much invaluable experience. I have made amazing connections and am getting to work with truly talented people, who all started out in the same boat I’m in and had to work their way to the top.”

Prenty also explains that as an undergraduate it is important to realise that unpaid internships are a good starting point.

“I know that all the professionals I work with were students at some point too.

They are proof that hard work does pay off, and that internships can get you to where you want. I am so passionate about my future career that I am willing to start at

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Regardless of pay, having an impressive internship can put you ahead of your competitors, as it shows determination, dedication and a good work ethic the bottom and work my way up.”

Working for free has many benefits, however, it can be a struggle financially which is why I believe that those taking part in work placements should only work for, perhaps, three months for free and should then be considered for a permanent placement. If not, it is important to move on and seek other opportunities while carrying the experience and connections gained along with you.

AGAINST Alison Ring Contributor @thecollegeview

WE are a realistic generation, we’ve lived through the boom, we’ve survived the brunt of the recession, we’re not asking for much – simply a living wage in return for a job completed.

Going to university is a huge investment and takes at least three or four years, but we diligently attend our lectures and submit our assignments so at the end of the day we have a degree.

This is supposed to increase our chances of becoming employed.

Unpaid internships are like a slap in the face to graduates.

Employers might tell you they like your CV, but the phrase “you’re lacking experience” tends to be used a lot when unpaid positions are being offered.

It is virtually impossible to live without being paid, whilst working 9-5 in a real world, working environment.

The cost of living in Ireland is huge, from daily travel expenses to rent, food and clothing. You have no other way to earn money when you’re part of an internship programme meaning you’re forced to take a step backward and become re-dependent on your family, that is, if they are still able to support you.

Internships are supposed to mimic real life situations; real work in exchange for real money.

And there are huge advantages to paying interns, they will respect the company they work for and will be more likely to work harder because they feel they are valuable to the business, they are just as important as everyone else. It eliminates the question in a person’s mind, “Are they just taking advantage of me? Will anything actually come of this?”

Katie Mannion, a third year Business student spoke to The College View on the advantages of being paid for her internship.

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Paid interns will respect the company they work for and will be more likely to work harder because they feel they are valuable to the business Intra programme I am very lucky to have the opportunity in a paid internship. Being paid for the work I do gives me a sense of achievement and feeling of self-actualisation. Being paid for hard work is the most rewarding and independent feeling I have ever experienced. It also enables me to support myself and pay for my college fees and accommodation.”

To not pay our students and our graduates is to undervalue them.

There has never been a higher quality of university graduates, skilled in many more areas than just their field of study, we need to appreciate them wholly and find the balance between remuneration and learning new skills and gaining experience.

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Inspirations: Paddy Hawkins An elderly person’s determination can help inspire change.

Emily Hawkins Contributor @thecollegeview

FOR as long as I can remember

my Grandad was always a big part of my life. He was a Down man, never lost his accent; I’m convinced they’re made from stronger stuff up there.

He worked in the hospital for decades and was one of those people who knew almost everyone in the town. I vividly remember watching him walk to work every morning from the window, cap on and hands behind his back as he strolled away. I can also remember the day they told him he was too sick to work anymore.

Being forced to leave a workplace he loved so much broke his heart but it never stopped him.

Even though I was only eight or nine at the time, I realised even then it wasn’t normal for someone’s health to deteriorate so fast and towards the end there wasn’t anything he didn’t have wrong with him. When it comes to illness I fully believe your mental strength can have a huge impact

on recovery, regardless of what it is. Knock after knock came as the years went by and still he never lost sight of himself. We all have our bad days, but it’s the ability to bounce back from those days that can make us or break us.

Over 12 years I saw my grandad go in and out of hospitals, operation after operation and enough medication to supply a small hospital but he never stopped fighting.

There was never a day he didn’t have money for “sweets” sitting on the table for me, even when I got past the stage of wanting to spend my money on just sweets. I’ll never forget one of the last times I saw him, bedbound, exhausted and he still managed to reach over and hand me a fiver.

During my two years of college I struggled with depression, I felt lost and didn’t really appreciate a lot in my life at the time. As my grandad got sicker I began to realise how much a healthy mind can make all the difference. He inspired me to start looking after my mental wellbeing and to put

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Knock after knock came as the years went by and still he never lost sight of himself

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myself first. Here was a man who was given six months to live 12 years beforehand and still never lost who he was, or lost the will to keep going even during the lowest points.

He passed away in June, peacefully, surrounded by those he loved most. After over a decade of fighting something that would’ve broken so many others he was finally ready to go. It was the first grandparent I’d lost and it will always be hard but I think about him with a smile because he wouldn’t have wanted it any other way.

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PETA calls for veganism for November With veganism becoming increasingly popular, one of our writers shares her experience.

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Sarah Magliocco Contributor @thecollegeview

NOVEMBER is world vegan month, and to celebrate this, PETA has created a Facebook campaign dedicated to encouraging people to try the vegan lifestyle for the month.

The ‘Take the Pledge’ Facebook campaign, or the Vegan Challenge, is being undertaken by over 900 people in one Facebook group alone, and pages like it are springing up all over the web.

Veganism is about living a sustainable, healthy and cruelty free life. On a vegan diet - meat, fish, eggs, dairy and all of their by-products are off limits.

Items made from the skin of animals like leather and fur are also against the vegan way of life, as are beauty products that have been animal tested.

The general stereotype of a vegan is someone who wears socks and sandals and possibly carries a yoga mat with them everywhere they go in their hand-crafted Aboriginal hemp bag. While I’m sure there are

Many turn to veganism to show that they promote a humane way of living that doesn’t damage the lives of the animals we share our planet with

natural fats, has no cholesterol and encourages people to consume a vibrant variety of plant their veganism proudly on social based foods. media.

Many turn to veganism to Along with celebrity endorse- show that they promote a hument, people are also choosing mane way of living that doesn’t the vegan way of life more and damage the lives of the animals more for health reasons, as a we share our planet with. Huvegan diet generally only contains mans use animals for food, clothCredit: Sarah Magliocco

people who rock the socks and sandals combination in every dietary lifestyle, veganism is increasingly gaining popularity with the masses, with celebrities like Ariana Grande, Jared Leto and Miley Cyrus all declaring

ing, scientific experimentation and entertainment, as outlined in the eye-opening documentary ‘Earthlings’, which may sound like a sci-fi but in actuality is a horrific reflection of the conditions and cruelty these animals are forced to endure.

Some claim that vegan diets are low in nutrients and cause malnutrition. If a vegan diet is executed properly there is no reason malnutrition should occur. Protein, iron and vitamin B12, which are found in animal products, can all be found naturally occurring in vegetables and pulses.

There are also vegan alternatives to our favourite foods such as cheese and chocolate which can be found in health food stores such as Holland & Barrett and Nourish.

Unfortunately, vegan food is not very well represented in general cuisine culture. In our own DCU canteen, the only vegan options are either chips or a small selection of salads, even the soup contains milk.

This is easily a reflection of the Irish food landscape, but with the increased interest in veganism and the revelation about cancer causing meats, hopefully this will soon change.

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Young star shines on stock market Rachel G. Fox, known for her role as Kayla Scavo on Desperate Housewives, is now advising teens on the stock market.

Catherine Devine Editor-in-Chief @CatherineDevin1

RACHEL G. Fox, who is known for her role as Kayla Scavo on Desperate Housewives, also describes herself as a stock trader and finance blogger.

Fox, who is 19-years-old, made a 64 per cent annual return last year on her blog Fox on Stock which teaches young people about the stock market and how to look after their finances.

“I don’t specifically say ‘buy this’ or ‘invest in that’. I think people should always think for themselves, but I throw out different finance ideas, different investment ideas,” Fox said at the Web Summit, during her talk ‘Young, brilliant and under 23: meet the leaders of today’.

Rachel who has appeared in shows such as Hannah Montana, That’s So Raven and Melissa and Joey, didn’t go to college, but picked up her love for the stock market from her parents who are both in the finance industry.

“My mom always read me investing books when I was really young and when I was fifteen she mentioned A- Trading and I thought it was the coolest thing, I said I’m going to try it, I’m going to open up a virtual account and I’m going to read everything

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I don’t specifically say ‘buy this’ or ‘invest in that’. I think that people should always think for themselves, but I throw out different finance ideas, different investment ideas

about it,” she said.

Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter are her favourite sites to trade on as they generate hype within her generation.

Fox who has been acting since she was nine told the audience at the Web Summit that it’s very important to her to maintain her public image.

“Your brand is you. It’s best to be super personal and don’t be afraid to be authentic and real,” she said.

Fox, who was listed in Time’s Most Influential Teens of 2014, thinks that her age is an advantage, but she has received some criticisms.

“I’m not trying to claim that

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I’m a stock wizard. I just want to connect with teens and I think it’s something we should all know about,” she said. “It’s always a bit of a struggle but if you’re doing the right things and doing them for a reason, it kind of holds no water.”

The 19-year-old still finds time to socialise, and her boyfriend William Le Gate, Founder and CEO of Ponder, a social media

app that allows feedback on content, also spoke at the Web Summit alongside her.

“Will and I are boyfriend and girlfriend, it’s nice having cool friends who do awesome things like coming to events such as this,” she said.

Fox enjoys the balance between acting and trading, while it can be busy and stressful at times.

“Everything is really different, I

get to travel all around the world.”

Fox admits that she doesn’t always make the right call on the stocks but doesn’t dwell on it for long. “I think I blocked it out, I was probably depressed,” she said.

Looking to the future Fox said she “hopes to continue helping to affect change in any way that she can”.

A new period for menstrual taboos Women in the UK are protesting their outrage at the tax on sanitary products in 2015. Figures have been reduced over time but the male attitude proves we still have far to come.

Rebecca Lumley Deputy Features Editor @RebeccaLumley1

for the past few years.

The possibility of reducing the tax was debated in the British parliament this year and was voted on by late October. The motion lost by a tight margin of 287 to 305 votes. This has not BRITISH women have united in however stopped women all over recent weeks to protest against a Britain from protesting against particularly sexist piece of legisla- the decision, with many tweeting tion; the high rate of tax imposed their support through the hashtag on tampons because they are #tamponsarenotaluxury. Last deemed a “luxury” item. Yes, week, three women took the most British politicians believe sanitary dramatic stand seen yet and stood products are a luxury. While this outside the House of Commons, elevated tax rate is a disappointforgoing sanitary products and ing reflection on society’s attitude showing visible blood on their to women, it was as high as 17.5 deliberately white trousers. Their per cent in Britain from the 1970’s aim was to highlight that these up until the year 2000. It was products are an essential. then reduced by Gordon Brown, The move sparked both but remains an issue that has positive and negative reaction on been lobbied by female activists social media, with some people

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The visual nature of the protest was effective in demonstrating that sanitary products are a necessary purchase

claiming it was “gross.” Charlie Edge, one of the protesters, said that was exactly the point.

“Periods are gross,” she said.

“They make you feel consistently uncomfortable for a week. And if you aren’t lucky enough to be 100% regular, they can surprise you at the worst of times and you end up looking like me, but not as part of a protest, in the middle of a restaurant or class or supermarket”.

The visual nature of the protest was effective in demonstrating that sanitary products are a necessary purchase and nothing akin to “a state of great comfort or elegance, especially when involving great expense,” which is what Oxford dictionary defines as a luxury. For British women, the only part that rings true is that of

the “great expense.”

While Ireland has a zero per cent rate of tax on these products, we are not free of objectionable legislation. Disappointed at the Government’s approach to repealing the 8th amendment, one woman recently chose to tweet the progress of her period to Enda Kenny, saying the Government “gets to decide what happens when I’m pregnant, so why shouldn’t it be involved during all the other stages too”?

The move sparked nationwide support, with hoards of others following suit and tweeting the Taoiseach. Though Enda Kenny hasn’t responded to the campaign as yet, it’s clear that once taboo topics are making their way onto the agenda, both here and across the pond.

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Media harm male body image, too

Amy Lawlor looks at the pressure of appearance men face in today’s society.

Amy Lawlor Contributor @thecollegeview

THERE’S no denying that social

media has a negative impact on female body image by portraying ‘the ideal woman’, but what about the male body image? Does social media negatively affect how men perceive their body image, just like women?

“I’ll never look like Zac Efron or any of them male heartthrobs in the movies, it’s just not realistic,” says Shane Clayton, a Dublin under 21s footballer.

From an early age boys are encouraged to think that being a man and being physically strong go hand in hand. As they grow older the pressure to ‘man up’ can sometimes lead to crash diets, over exercising, or even taking dangerous supplements.

Even toys contribute to boys wanting to achieve the ideal body, as muscular action figures set the benchmark body image that boys grow up wanting to achieve.

A recent study published in JAMA Paediatrics amongst a

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The reality of this is not all healthy men have mountains for muscles or washboard abs, creating the illusion that healthy men should have similar bodies to these photoshopped, steroid infused men sample of adolescent boys, reveals that nearly 18 per cent of boys are highly concerned about their weight and physique. Unlike girls, most boys aren’t as concerned with losing weight. They strive to achieve a higher muscle mass and muscular tone.

“You want people to be concerned enough about their weight

to make healthy decisions, but not so concerned that they’re willing to take whatever it takes, healthy or unhealthy to achieve their desired physique,” says Dr Alison Field professor of paediatrics and the lead authority of the study.

Magazines and websites increasingly display bare-chested men with impossibly chiselled physiques and six pack abs as a way of promoting healthy living or clothing. The reality of this is not all healthy men have mountains for muscles or washboard abs, creating the illusion that healthy men should have similar bodies to these photoshopped, steroid infused men. This negatively affects men’s psychology leading them to believe they should look like what ‘social media’ says they should look like.

“It depends on the kind of person you are, but some men want big muscular physiques and push themselves way too hard in the gym along with taking unnecessary performance enhancement drugs to achieve these terminator bodies,” says Shane.

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“Today there is a lot more pressure on younger lads to look and dress a certain way. You might not think it, but men do actually consider what we are going to wear to a party, probably not to the extent of women, but I can’t speak for all men,” he says.

In the Irish culture it’s often unheard of for men to express

their emotions, some may hate their physical appearance and never say two words about it, it’s important that this issue is highlighted as it is not just women whose body image is negatively affected by social media in today’s society.

See through bad working environments with GlassDoor Sean Looney discusses the new English website that promises to be TripAdvsior for the workplace by providing essential information to prospective employees.

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Sean Looney Contributor @thecollegeview

of young workers. Many are on either €6.92 or €7.79 per hour.

This is due to legislation that states that in your first year of working after turning 18 the minTOO often students arrive fresh imum wage, for you, is €6.92. In on the job market completely your second year, it increases to oblivious of their rights as work€7.79. Only in your third year of ers. After their experiences in a work do you qualify for the adult competitive job market they are minimum wage. grateful to simply have a job at all.

With no legal course of action This gratefulness can manifest it- to exercise their woes students self as an inability to know when may feel helpless and commit they are being mistreated, or, if themselves to 2 years with a they know of their mistreatment penny-saving employer. There is, a lack of will to ‘rock the boat.’ however, another option which One of the main issues facing gives young labourers a powerful, young people in work is the mini- and anonymous, voice. mum wage. Many 18-20 year olds Glassdoor, an online platform are paid less than €8.65 per hour. which aspires to be the “TripAdThis is perfectly legal but does visor for the workplace”, has leave a sour taste in the mouths launched a dedicated Irish site.

The site allows employees to post anonymous reviews of their companies. These reviews can cover a wealth of topics; from wage details to managerial competency.

Through Glassdoor there is a means for the young labour force to set a standard of treatment. By posting anonymous reviews of their workplaces they can warn other young workers away from their unjust work environment.

Through this increased job transparency workers will know not to simply walk into a job because it’s a job. They will know the equal level of treatment they should experience in the workplace.

The main weapon Glassdoor provides is public opinion. It’s known that details published on Glassdoor can lead to some very

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Employee reviews can cover a wealth of topics; from wage details to managerial competency

negative press; something which many companies will want to avoid.

The transparency brought by Glassdoor to the UK job market has already highlighted pay discrepancies between male and female workers. In an article written for the telegraph Louisa Symington-Mills revealed how she found out her male colleagues were being paid more than her for the same role. This debacle led to huge promotion of the campaign for equal pay and also to damning negative press and threatened legal action for the company. One can only hope that such discrepancies are brought to light and rectified in the Irish job market too.

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Aaron Gallagher Deputy Sports Editor @AaronGallagher8 One hundred and twenty five years ago a group of civil servants and British soldiers came together to establish a football club. Their wanderings led them in search of a suitable playing field for their team. They would come to be recognised as the Gypsies on account of their expeditions, and were known to be as equally valiant as they were Bohemian in spirit.

This past year marked the 125th anniversary since that origin story of blended folklore and Irish romanticism founded Bohemian Football Club in 1890.

Today Dalymount Park renders a renewed vigour and freedom, having cast off the shackles of financial burden following its purchase from Dublin City Council in July for €3.8 million.

The club lay on the brink of extinction with its debt to Zurich Bank reaching breaking point in recent years whereby the club came within 7 days of bankruptcy. The sale of its iconic ground, used by the Irish national team up until the 1990s, wrote off the majority of the club’s debt, offering it the hope of a more certain tomorrow.

It was never the sole attraction of football that drew masses of fellow Gypsies to the ‘home of Irish football’, as it was known for decades. Off the field, 2015 was a year of signifi-

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cant social progress for the club.

Bohemians was one of the first football clubs to speak out in far of the Marriage Equality Referendum in Ireland, while more recently unveiling in August a ‘migrant mural’ on the walls of Dalymount Park.

The mural portrays a touching and beautifully gritty depiction of Dublin city, with the words “Refugees Welcome” spelled out in pretty colours to echo a perhaps unheard but significantly present message of openness and acceptance.

“It was the right thing to do and it was something the club should have done given that it represents the will of its members,” said Commercial Director at Bohemians Daniel Lambert of the mural. “ W e just felt that on major issues that we’d stand on the right side. Some clubs will say that we should stay away from (politics) and that type of thing altogether and concentrate on just

“Some clubs

will say that we should stay away from politics and that type of thing altogether and concentrate on football - we don’t think that

football - we don’t think that.

“We’ve always been more than a club here in terms of what we do in the community. Bohemians has always been more. There’s always something more going on than just a football game.”

Bohemians is member-owned and follows a simple democratic principle of one member, one vote, while it wears numerous other examples of political graffiti like proud tattoos upon its walls.

One offers a logo of the 2014 World Cup held in Brazil, also on the walls of Tolka Park, with the inscription: “170, 000 evicted, hundreds murdered by their own government, enjoy the World Cup.” Another, a more simple toxic skull emblazoned, “Love Football, Hate Racism.”

Bohemians, as Daniel alludes to, is more than a football club in a very obvious way.

“At the moment we’re doing a 5 year strategic plan for the club and as far as I know no club in the League of Ireland has a strategic plan as such”, he continues.

“And out of that one of the first things that cropped up was the question “what does Bohemians mean to its members and its supporters?” So we tried to put down on paper what the club stands for and going back to the ownership

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structure was the fact that it’s fully inclusive and progressive.”

Progressive on the field of play as well, it seems. Manager Keith Long brought his side, which finished in seventh place in 2014, within 90 minutes of European football for next season, finishing in an unprovoked fifth place in the Premier Division – a massive thirteen points better than last year - something the board has recognised.

“Keith has done an unbelievable job. The great thing about games like last Fridays (against Cork City) is that it’s the first time we’ve probably had an atmosphere like that without the background sentiment that the club could be gone next week.”

An idealistic blend of moral focus on society’s ills, and football. Real football, Daniel asserts.

“One of the interesting things we found is that in comparison to the UK, and I’ve tried to stress this to the FAI, is that a lot of Irish football fans unfortunately have become TV football fans, or tourist football fans.

“We’ve played Aston Villa and Bradford here, and various UK football clubs have come over to Ireland and they love the atmosphere here. I think we knock ourselves too much here, and rather than trying to be like the Premier League we should celebrate what we have that’s different.”

Celebrating what’s different.

Embracing other people’s way of life and flying open the floodgates to those who need help.

These may not have been the founding values of what was a club of the professional classes, but they are at the cornerstone of the football club today.

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DCU Mercy defeat rivals Glanmire in impressive victory

DCU Mercy72 Glanmire 55 Women’s premier league Róisín Nestor Sports Reporter @CVsport

DCU’S continued winning streak means they now stand top of the table, three points clear of Meteors.

For the first time in over two years, Glanmire have suffered back to back losses, having being previously beaten 82-73 by Killester.

Glanmire got an early foothold by scoring the first three baskets, but DCU quickly caught up and the first quarter finished with DCU leading 19 points to 18.

There was an air of panic on both teams as the second quarter began, DCU leading by a solitary point. The score line was tight until Glanmire pushed ahead, draining the last four baskets of the first half, leaving DCU trailing at 25-32.

However the third quarter was a turning point for DCU as they concentrated more on their defence and performed better than the previous quarters. Captain Sarah Woods, Fionnuala Turner and Chelissa Painter were key factors in the turnaround. Mercy succeeded in finishing the third quarter with a 47-39 advantage.

The Corkonian team kept battling and sisters Niamh and Gráinne Dwyer, third and sixth top scorers in the league respectively, had a very strong third quarter.

But despite Glanmire’s perseverance, they couldn’t recapture their momentum from the first half.

Mercy Captain Sarah Woods scored two three pointers

back to back in the final minutes. DCU’s Aoife McDermott scored the final basket, bringing the final score to 72-55.

“Glanmire are a team that never give up, we pushed ourselves for the full forty minutes and stepped up the defence in the second half,” said Aoife McDermott post-match.

Sarah Woods scored an impressive 24 points, making this her second highest scoring match of the season. Team mates Chelissa Painter, Aoife McDermott and Maleeka Kynard also gave powerful performances. It was clear throughout how much the game meant to both teams.

“I think we were a little too excited for that game because it’s a big rivalry between DCU Mercy and Glanmire. But I’m delighted today because we are top of the league now. It’s a good boost for the girls and good for DCU as well,” said DCU Coach, Mark Ingle.

“It’s always been feisty for the last few years. They probably had the upper hand the last two years, and two years before that we had the upper hand,” said Ingle, after the game.

However, it looks as if DCU have regained the upper hand having beaten Glanmire by 17 points - the greatest score difference in past fixtures against each other.

After defeating old rivals, DCU Mercy now turn to face Killester on November 21st in the Irish Wheelchair Association in Clontarf at 6pm. Killester currently rank third in the league, after crushing the University of Limerick Huskies in a 91-51 home win.

“Every game is different but we have a good squad and we are getting better every game so hopefully we’ll get in a good position to have a good run at the cup and good run at getting the team into the playoffs” said Ingle.

Two DCU students named in International Rules squad Conor Hawkins Sports Reporter @ConorHawkins 4

IRELAND manager, Joe Kernan, has announced his squad for the upcoming International Rules test against Australia.

The 23-man squad includes nine all stars and ‘Footballer of the Year’, Jack McCaffrey.

As expected, All-Ireland champions Dublin have the most representatives with five players in the squad, while beat-

en finalists Kerry only have one.

Overall, twelve counties will be represented with the other counties being Tyrone (3), Laois, Kildare, Cork, Monaghan, Mayo (2 each), Clare, Tipperary, Longford and Donegal (1 each).

Among the 23 players selected are DCU students Colm Begley from Laois and Michael Quinn from Longford.

Both students have had experience down under as Australian Football League players. Begley played with the Brisbane Lions and had a brief spell at St. Kilda while Quinn played for Essendon.

Anna Brennan on the attack for DCU Credit: Sportsfile

“Unfortunately injuries and club commitments have ruled some players out, but I am happy that we have still managed to assemble a very strong squad and it was a difficult job to reduce numbers down to the squad After eight weeks of trial matches and training sessions, Kernan has assembled as strong a squad as he possibly could.

“Unfortunately injuries and club commitments have ruled some players out, but I am happy that we have still managed to assemble a very strong squad and it was a difficult job to reduce numbers down to the squad and the standby list.”

DCU student, Enda Smith (Roscommon), is on the standby list should any player need to be replaced in the squad.

The test will take place at Croke Park on November 21st.

(Tipperary) 22 Philip McMahon (Dublin) 1 Niall Morgan (Tyrone) 23 Conor McManus 2 Colm Begley (Laois) (Monaghan) 3 Gary Brennan (Clare) 25 Rory O’Carroll (Dublin) 4 Bernard Brogan (Dublin) (C) 26 John O’Loughlin (Laois) 5 Eoin Cadogan (Cork) 28 Aidan O’Shea (Mayo) 9 Mattie Donnelly (Tyrone) 29 Michael Quinn (Longford) 10 Eoin Doyle (Kildare) 31 Donnchadh Walsh (Kerry) 11 Peter Harte (Tyrone) 33 Diarmuid Connolly (Dub13 Darren Hughes (Monaghan) lin) 15 Lee Keegan (Mayo) 34 Paul Cribbin (Kildare) 17 Paul Kerrigan (Cork) 35 Paddy Mc Brearty (Donegal) 19 Jack McCaffrey (Dublin) 20 Ciarán McDonald

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burst before the end of the half.

DCU 7-11 It was quickly followed up by another goal. This time, full-forConor McGraynor won Maynooth 3-5 ward the ball and found wing-back

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DCU sealed their place in the Ryan Cup semi-final after eventually asserting their dominance against Maynooth University last Thursday, November 12th.

DCU were without some of their key players, most notably Colm Begley, Michael Quinn and Enda Smith, all of whom are involved in the Irish International Rules setup.

The game involved 10 goals and stayed true to the cliché that it is a game of two halves.

DCU were first to get on the scoreboard thanks to the work of midfielder Steven O’Brien. He gathered the ball in midfield, powered through the Maynooth defence and kicked a beautiful score.

DCU continued to apply early pressure on Maynooth and after seven minutes of play had added two more scores courtesy of Evin Keane and Shane Carthy.

Maynooth got their first score from a Neil Flynn free eight minutes in which was followed by a fantastic goal.

Midfielder Evan O’Carroll went on a dizzying run around several DCU defenders, found himself in front of the goal and blasted it into the net.

But Maynooth’s lead didn’t last long. A minute later DCU were awarded a penalty which centre-back Conor Moynagh placed perfectly into the corner.

From the next play DCU got their second goal. Midfielder Kevin Feely made a wonderful catch in the centre of the field and played it in to Tom Lahiff who finished well.

Arguably the score of the night came from DCU corner-back Stephen Attride. He passed his way from DCU’s fullback line all the way up to Maynooth’s and fired it over the bar.

DCU looked to be cruising at this stage, and after Neil Flynn blazed a 21-yard free wide, one couldn’t help but feel it was going to be one of those nights for Maynooth.

Then, they had a huge two minutes. In the 22nd minute full-forward Rory McManus took advantage of some sloppy DCU defending to find the net.

This was followed up by another Maynooth goal, another powering run and finish from midfielder Evan O’Carroll.

Just when the game looked to be swinging back in favour of Maynooth, the momentum swung back in favour of DCU. In the 27th minute substitute Davy Byrne, who replaced the injured Kevin Feely, sliced over a fine score with the outside of his boot which saw the beginning of a DCU scoring

Dessie Reynolds on one of his attacking surges, who made no mistake with the finish.

Eight seconds later, DCU had another goal. Corner-forward Ryan Lyons found himself in possession after a poor Maynooth kick out and added himself to the list of goalscorers.

The final score of the half was a point from Shane Carthy, leaving the half-time score DCU 4-8, Maynooth 3-3.

The second-half was a complete rout.

Before Maynooth had registered a score, DCU had managed to bag themselves 2-1.

DCU’s half-time substitutions paid off as Ultan Harney got on the scoresheet with a point, and

“DCU were guilty of some poor shooting in the second half

Simon McCoy’s run set up fellow substitute Mark Plunkett for a goal.

DCU continued to pile on the second half misery for Maynooth as Rory Connor rounded the keeper and rolled the ball into the net for his side’s sixth goal.

The game’s 10th and final goal came from Simon McCoy as he was there to palm in Ultan Harney’s pass across the goalkeeper.

McGraynor and Reynolds added two more points for DCU. Their team was guilty of some poor shooting in the second half, but it made no difference as Maynooth had no answer and only managed to score two points in the second-half.

DCU: Phillip O’Donnell; Stephen Attride(0-1), Aiden O’Halloran, Eddie Doran; Dessie Reynolds(1-2), Conor Moynagh(1-0, pen); Dessie Ward; Steven O’Brien, Kevin Feely; Tom Lahiff(1-0), Shane Carthy(0-3), Rory Connor(1-0); Ryan Lyons(1-0), Conor McGraynor(0-2), Evin Keane(0-1).

Substitutes used: Mark Plunkett(1-0), Davy Byrne(0-1), Ultan Harney(0-1), Simon McCoy(1-0), Jonathan Bealin.

Maynooth University: Eoin McDonagh; Niall Lenihan, John McCarron, Jack Setright; John Costello, Emile Mullen, Conor Slevin(0-2); Evan O’Carroll(2-0), Fergal Conway(0-1); Willie Bright, Ben Duggan, Dáire Kennedy; Niall Flynn(0-1), Rory McManus(1-1), Mick Keogh.

Substitutes used: Killian Gallagher, Sennan Farrell, Henry Walshe, Tony Gibbons.

DCU captain Conor McGraynor terrorised the Maynooth defence Credit: Sportsfile

Missing players are cause for concern as hurlers fall to Maynooth Aidan Delaney Sports reporter @CVSport

DCU senior hurling manager Nick Weir was left cursing the “club and inter-county” scene as his side were overcome by a strong Maynooth University side.

An ever-changing lineup for DCU has led to an unsettled squad who have now lost each of their opening four games.

They made a massive ten changes to the side that was beaten by University College Dublin two weeks ago and it showed.

They played like a team that were uncomfortable with each other in the first half.

Poor passing and aimless high balls were a feature of DCU’s attacking play while Maynooth took their scores with ease.

Disaster struck for the home side after eight minutes

when a dropping ball was mishandled by the DCU backline allowing Maynooth’s Paul Kinsella to stroke the ball into the net.

Kinsella played a starring role as Maynooth racked up 1-6 to a solitary point after twenty minutes.

DCU pulled themselves back into the game with four scores in a row but knew they were lucky to be only six points down at half-time.

With their manager’s words still ringing in their ears, it was DCU who struck first with full-forward Conor Shirren getting his first score as his shot rattled the back of the Maynooth net.

Once the Northsiders found their scoring touch, they were hard to stop. Goalkeeper Bob Fitzgerald was caught out by a ball dropping short and fumbled the ball over his own goal line to put DCU ahead for the first time in the game.

DCU ‘keeper Darren Renehan came in for Barry Cushen and kept himself busy with two fine saves

before saving a penalty after a foul on Maynooth’s Conor Fenton.

As the game wound down, DCU’s lack of available replacements became apparent as Maynooth’s freshers began to breeze past half tackles.

Even a third DCU goal couldn’t inspire a late comeback as Maynooth took their chances and kept their opponents at arm’s length.

Afterwards, Weir spoke of the problem of keeping the squad together. “Every game we’ve played so far this year in the league, we were down ten or twelve lads, compared to last year (when we lost) maybe six.”

He hinted that action would be taken to ensure the team is focused on the task ahead. “I laid it on the line with the boys who were missing there tonight - get back at it next Monday night and start with a clean slate.”

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A 1-1 draw at home to Athlone Institute of Technology keeps DCU’s hopes of reaching the Colleges and Universities Football League Premier Division quarter finals alive until at least the next game.

DCU now sit fifth in the Premier Division North with a game to go, one point behind Athlone IT who have now played all of their matches. The top four teams qualify for the quarter finals and coach Declan Roche is confident his side can progress.

“I genuinely believe (they can qualify). We have top players here, we have players who are playing at international level and players who are playing in the Airtricity League.

“We have to mind them and try to take care of them. Their demands are very high with their club stuff and their academic commitments so we are just trying to get the balance right,” Roche said.

A great run from Seán Pender, who pulled the ball back to Alan O’Sullivan to finish, secured the draw for DCU who upped their game in the second-half after being outclassed for the first 45 minutes.

Athlone started stronger than the home side with a swirling wind having a big impact on the game, especially in the first half.

It took just twelve minutes for the visitors to make their dominance count when Idris Oyeniyi beat his man down the right-wing before surging into the box and squaring the ball to Jason Lyons, who tapped it home with relative ease.

DCU were completely overrun

in the first twenty minutes until the star of the show, Jimmy Fallon, was forced off with an injury to be replaced by Darragh Daly.

That didn’t change the flow of the game however as goalscorer Jason Lyons once again went close for the away side coming on to the end of a Ciarán O’Reilly cross only to hit the side-netting.

Six first-half corners compared to DCU’s three told the tale of a first-half dominated by Athlone.

DCU’s lack of composure on the ball and persistence with hitting aimless balls over the top meant Athlone went in at the break the happier of the two teams and with a one-goal lead.

While the first half was defined by Athlone’s pace on the wings, the second half was similar only this time it was DCU’s wide-men Sean Pender and Michael Isichei who imposed their influence on the game.

Isichei, who had been extremely wasteful in the first-half, broke down the right-wing twice within the first five minutes of the second-half, delivering dangerous crosses only for there to be no yellow shirt on the end of it.

Five minutes later Isichei was causing the Athlone IT defenders problems again. A great ball

by Chris McManaman put Isichei in on goal and with a defender in close company, the wide man decided to back himself only for his shot to be easily saved when a pass across to Alan O’Sullivan may have been a better option.

After somewhat abandoning their long-ball game for the majority of the second half, Luke Kelly spotted Seán Pender’s run and with a perfectly executed through ball the DCU man was in.

Pender drove into the box and drew two defenders before finding Alan O’Sullivan. The Shel-

Seán Pender in action for DCU Credit: David Clarke

bourne striker lifted the ball over Dylan Owen in the Athlone goal for a much deserved equaliser.

Both teams pushed for a winner in the final ten minutes but neither were able to finish, a trend in the game with DCU(six) and Athlone IT(seven) having 13 wides between them.

Afterwards, Declan Roche was happy with his side’s performance and the result to go with it.

“I was delighted with the players today. We had to use a lot of players from our sec-

ond team. It’s difficult with a lot of senior players not available.

“We probably could have won it. We had a lot of possession but they were quick on the counter attack, they had very quick players and we had to be careful of that.

“Look, we’re still in it and that’s the main thing,” Roche added.

Up next for DCU is Dublin Institute of Technology – a game from which they need to get at least a draw if they are to make the quarter-finals for the third consecutive year.

DCU: Jack Brady; Craig Dowling, Gavan Kearney , Kevin Molloy, Dylan O’Rourke; Chris McManaman, Michael Isichei, Luke Kelly, Seán Pender; Alan O’Sullivan Mark Walsh.

Subs: Cian O’Reilly.

Athlone IT: Dylan Owen; Ciarán O’Connell, Ciarán O’Reilly, Joe Moloney, David Brookes; Kevin Dunne, Idris Oyeniyi, Jimmy Fallon, Segun Junaid; Jason Lyons, Patrick Mullins. Subs: Darragh Daly.