Smedias 2022

Lectures – The Mind Wanders

Lectures can be heavy going at times - and that's when you're not paying attention. Emma Wright tries to break down the average thought process during those dark hours in the hall... Spending your days attendi...

What If…Father Ted Was Released Today

*To be clear - we are not advocating a reboot, or remaking or reimagining or re-whatever of Father Ted. It stands alone as the most significant and well executed example of Irish made comedy that's ever been ma...

Robert Downey Awkward

Robert Downey was being interviewed by Channel 4’s Krishnan Guru-Murthy, that's the bloke who had his butt shut down by Quentin Tarantino, for Avengers: Age of Ultron, and things were a little...tense. R.D.J...

War of Independence – A Concise History

With the centenary of the 1916 reason almost a year to the day away, it might be worth brushing up on our history. That way the erudite and complex conversations over the feast of celebratory pints can have a b...

Get Up and Go

Get Up and Go is the new movie from Brendan Grant and starring Love/Hate's Peter Cooonan, Rian Smith went along to see if it was any use... Every time there’s a new film about unemployed twenty-somethings se...

Smedias 2015 – Roll of Honour

So, that's it for another year. The Smedias last night celebrated the brightest and finest of Irelands student population and win, lose or eh, just there for the laugh, a great time was had by all involved. ...

Nominations for Smedias 2015

It's almost time. And here are the nominations for the Smedian 2015! Congratulations to everyone who made the cut and see you at there! And just a friendly reminder - Each nominee is entitled to one ticket f...

Manchester City – Mentally Shitty?

4 years since this last happened. Ever since Rooney, off-form and guttered by the press for cheating on his wife, rose like an inverted salmon to bicycle kick a Nani cross into the top corner of the goal. Late ...

What Would You Do?

No-one ever wants to be an idiot. And no-one ever wants to admit that they're wrong.  When those two things collide, stuff gets awkward. Add a TV crew and exposure to a nationwide audience, and the threat of...