Smedias 2022

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...

Smedia Awards 2015 – The Shortlists Are Here!

It's almost time! Find the shortlist for each category in the Smedias below. Please be aware - this is NOT the nominations list! That comes later. But finding your name here brings you one step closer to win...

Summer Jobs to Avoid

With the summer fast approaching and the flourish of desperate college students seeking out jobs like a swarm of ant’s on an ice cream cone, it is only fitting that I go through the worst summer jobs you can fi...

Did You Get Your Free McShit?

McDonalds catapulted the McMasses from their late McMorning snooze today to pawn off some of their disgusting shit for free. An ingenius McMarketing strategy saw them able to hand off their spare dirt that w...

REJOICE!! Five Guys is coming to Ireland

Five Guys is coming to Ireland. If you don't understand the magnitude of that sentence then you just don't know what a burger is. Despite being a relatively young franchise in the US, beginning in 1986, it's...