3 Highlights From Longitude

By Laura Molloy Longitude returned to Marlay Park on the 5th and 6th of July. Here are three highlights from this year's festival. The Headliners David Guetta headlined the Saturday night with his first Irish performance in 13 years. Guetta is a musi...

Eight Books to Read This Summer

By Laura Honan Summer is truly here and with it comes beach reading. So, for those heading abroad, staycationing or enjoying this weekend's sunshine, here's a list of what I have dubbed as the must-read books of summer. Happy Place- Emily Henry Harri...

Can Independent Women Find Love? A Book Lovers Review

By Laura Molloy Book Lovers tells the story of Nora Stephens, a cut-throat literary agent, and Charlie Lastra, an editor with a gift for creating bestsellers. Nora's character is rooted in independence. All of her previous relationships have ended with ...

Nintendo Switch Sports vs Nintendo Wii Sports

By Laura Molloy In 2022, Nintendo launched Switch Sports, a sports focused game for their game console, the Nintendo Switch. The game was inspired by their previous game, Wii Sports, which was one of the company's most popular games. The release saw th...

5 Essential Beauty Products for Travelling

By Laura Molloy With the closure of Boots in terminal 1 at Dublin Airport, it has never been so important to be prepared when packing your beauty products. Long gone are the days of being able to pick up a last minute concealer or lipstick. To help make su...

Roadside Picnic: Aliens, Criminality, and Hope

By Aidan O'Sullivan Deep in North Eastern Ukraine, in the aftermath of the Chernobyl nuclear fallout, those who venture into the 1,000 square km exclusion zone are called stalkers (pronounced stullker in Russian). What exactly drives these lone explorer...

Tibet and China: The Battle Over the Next Dalai Lama

By Aidan O'Sullivan ‘I can see now, in calm retrospect, that from that moment it was inevitable that I should leave my country. There was nothing more I could do for my people if I stayed and the Chinese would certainly capture me in the end.’ This mome...

Have you Seen a Female Homunculus? Misogyny in Education

By Sarah Donoghue A few weeks ago, in the throes of exam season, I was studying with third year neuroscience student in UCD, Kriti. After a long silent stretch, Kriti turned to me and asked “have you ever seen a homunculus?” She then went on to show me thi...