Review: A Date For Mad Mary

Bridesmaids with More Emotional Depth and an Irish Sense of humour A Date for Mad Mary is an Irish drama starring Seána Kerslake, with supporting roles from Tara Lee and Carleigh Bailey. The film centres on young Mary, who has recently been released from pris...

Celebrity Deaths- 2016 Strikes Again

O Death, pray, cease your restless hand. Too cruel a year it's been Answering your demand. Woe, how familiar 'tis To hear you've struck again; How with one sharp, swift blow you've robbed another gem To help fill another berth, In the mantle ...

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 move you made was watched by the powers that be (the...

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 on the story of two teenage misfits, Jock and Conor...

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 short of the finish line, pleading for water, he neve...
Small Accommodation

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 it looks. Cristina Florescu takes us through the ...

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, following the popularity of her exclusive liquid lipstic...

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 more often than not we tend to spend these months...

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 in a holiday home in Northern England, Swallows a...