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Keegan rejects UCDSU president’s call for a referendum on rejoining USI

Pressure is mounting on the Students’ Union to stage a referendum on whether to rejoin the Union of Students of Ireland after UCDSU president Gary Redmond stated the decision should be put to a student vote.

Speculation grows over who will follow Ferdinand and take the top job at DCU

Speculation is growing as to who will become the next DCU president with academics from both within and outside the university being linked to the position.

Campus Res lifts study week overnight guest ban

DCU Campus Residences have agreed to remove the ban on overnight guests during study weeks on a trial basis.

Despite withdrawals Keegan says DCU will remain in university discussion forum

Students’ Union president Alan Keegan has insisted that DCU’s place in the Forum for University Students’ Unions of Ireland (FUSU) remains “secure” despite the two largest Dublin-based members of the forum opting to withdraw.

Weather fails to dampen as open day numbers increase

Despite bad weather, DCU’s student recruitment officer Stephen Spierin has said that attendance at the recent Open Day event held on campus was up on last year’s figures.



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One year on and lucky to be alive: the abduction of Jestina Mukoko

Dragged from her home and imprisoned, Jestina Mukoko celebrated the one year anniversary of her release in Dublin last week, the College View was there to hear her story.

The naughty and nice sides of Christmas

During the traditional season of excess, Audrey Donohue and Trudi McDonald look at the financial side of Christmas, and examines both the darker and brighter side that the Yuletide season brings.

‘It’s not a holiday, you need to be mentally and physically prepared for it but it’s so worthwhile’

Founded in 2002, Suas Educational Development is a movement dedicated to supporting high quality education in targeted under-resourced communities, with programmes in India, Ireland and Kenya.

Cold and hungry, but how much do we care?
Remembering the fall of the great wall of communism
Food or fees: for some students the choice is really that simple


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Winning MHC ‘indescribable feeling’ says DCU hurler

In his second year playing in the championship decider, Galway’s Brian Flaherty lifted his first Minor Hurling Championship last month in Croke Park against the team that last year denied him the honour.

DCU GAA get ready for Sigerson Cup campaign

DCU’s Sigerson Cup preparations can begin in earnest after the management team for this year’s squad was announced at a meeting last Thursday.

Inspired fightback earns DCU hurlers a draw
Over The Lateral: A good contest, but not necessarily good hurling
Boy from Brazil playing handball for Ireland
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Is €600,000 the cost of a free press?

“All media organisations need to at least break even and the cost of investigative journalism is prohibitively expensive.”

Irish university chiefs need to begin reform and accept pay cuts like everyone else

In recent months, as the extent of our economic woes became apparent for all, the magnificent seven have refused to share the pain – point blankly refusing a pay cut requested by Batt O’Keeffe, Minister for Education.

A carbon levy is in everyone’s long term economic and environmental interest
Parking at DCU: Why are so many students driving in the first place?
Homophobia is not a fear of sexuality, but the unknown
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If the human body is obscene, complain to the manufacturer…

Sean McTiernan chats to Digital Playground star Jessie Jane about the industry, getting into porn yourself, and the weirdest thing she’s ever done.

Freeing up the stage
The film before Christmas
Rockin’ around the Xmas tree
Mulling your own wine
Isolated & Destroyed: Andrew WK’s Xmas message

‘My job is to ask questions’

A drivetime star on the radio Chris Murphy meets one of Ireland’s most well known media personalities, Matt Cooper.

Playing the major (and minor) keys of Snow Patrol

Behind all bands lies a member that isn’t in the spotlight all the time. Trudi McDonald speaks to Snow Patrol’s keyboarder Tom Simpson.

Don’t call it a comeback… girl

Mick Pyro of Republic of Loose wakes up and talks to Paula Lyne about alcoholism, indie music and keeping the musical boat afloat.

Thinking nice and très stylish

As Christmas comes near and there’s a need to buy fashionable presents Trudi McDonald offers up Flux’s A-Z of fashion.

A flawless change?

In the run up to the release of their new album Niamh Mongey speaks to The Flaws’ lead singer.



An bhfuilimid ag cur amú airgid ar son na Gaeilge?

“Nach mbeadh sé níos fearr na doiciméid sin a chur ar fáil ar an idirlíon agus bheadh muintir na Gaeilge in ann iad a íoslódáil saor in aisce más mian leo?”

Forbairtí teicneolaíochta sa Ghaeilge ach an bhfuil aon duine á úsáid?

“Níl aon dabht go bhfuil an-chuid oibre curtha isteach… ach cé mhéid duine a bhíonn ag úsáid an leagan Gaeilge ó lá go lá?”

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Don’t sweat the small stuff

With assignment deadlines looming and Christmas just weeks away, Michelle Stedman gives some advice on how to avoid getting stressed out this season.

‘Remember Christmas socialising is a marathon, not a sprint’

Christmas is coming. There’s no stopping it. But what you can stop is the inevitable onslaught that the party season wages on your body.

Sex and the season: don’t have any regrets before the New Year
Beyond the myth: The facts on rape and sexual assualt
‘After that I plummeted, I went into a spiral… full-on depressed’