Tips For Moving Away For College

Starting college can be extremely daunting, especially if, like me, you fly the nest and move away from home for the first time. Secondary school and college are so, so, so different. In school, every single mo...

Review: The Young Offenders

“Adam & Paul” meets “The Inbetweeners”; 'The Young Offenders' in a hilarious tale of two hapless Cork youths and their bid for glory. IFTA-winning director and writer Peter Foott’s debut movie is based o...

Olympics 2016 Reflections

Two weeks ago Fintan O’ Toole wrote an article detailing his memories of watching Irish marathon runner Jim Hogan race in the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo. While Hogan eventually dropped to the ground a few miles sho...
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5 Stages of Finding Accommodation for College

With every September, comes the dread. You need to find somewhere to live, and fast. Mammy will only keep you so much longer. You start the hunt for a home for you and all your crap, but it’s never as simple as...

KyShadow: Is it worth going broke to go bronze?

So unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past year, the name ‘Kylie Cosmetics’ rings a bell, right? The 'reality' star turned beauty guru Kylie Jenner launched her business at the start of 2016, follow...

Tick Tock! 5 Things To Do Before Summer Ends

Summer tends to come and go in the blink of a bleary, sleep-deprived eye. On our last day of college, we are full of hope about our four-month break from assignments, late night study sessions and lectures, but...

Review: Swallows and Amazons

Swallows and Amazons is a film adaptation of a popular children’s novel by Arthur Ransome. The film portrays the bond between siblings, childhood rivalry, and just a hint of espionage. Set in the Summer of 1935...

The 12 Types of People You Travel With

Before you step on the plane, they're your friends. Sure, they each have their own personality, but put them in a foreign country on a group holiday, they transform into the perfect(ly annoying) travel companio...

O’Donovan Brothers Clinch Silver For Ireland

Team Ireland won their first medals of the 2016 Olympic games as brothers Gary and Paul O’Donovan picked up silver in the men’s lightweight double sculls (aka the rowing, for the uneducated amongst you) on 12th...