April 2023 – The College View

Montana is first U.S. state to ban TikTok after CEO’s congressional hearing

April 19, 2023

The U.S. state of Montana has become the first state to passing legislation to ban TikTok on personal devices. The app has already been banned by more than half of U.S. states on official government

Signing off…

April 18, 2023

I still remember my first interview that I ever conducted. It was back in the depths of Ireland’s second lockdown during Autumn 2020. I interviewed Alicia O’Sullivan, the then-Education Officer of the Irish Second Level

Amy McLoughlin, Hannah Daygo announced as new College View Editors

April 14, 2023

Second-year Journalism students Amy McLoughlin and Hannah Giron Daygo have been announced as the new Editor-in-Chief and Deputy Editor of The College View. The pair will take up their new positions in the coming days,

NATO condemns Russian nuclear ideas

April 6, 2023

Tensions have escalated as Russia announced plans to deploy tactical nuclear weapons on Belarusian soil. This move has drawn swift criticism from NATO, with concerns mounting over the potential consequences for international security and stability.

Strikes and protests over Israeli justice reform

April 6, 2023

Thousands of Israelis have taken to the streets in protest after prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed his defence minister on Sunday for raising objections to proposed judicial reforms. Heralded as “days of disruption”, highways and

Changing retirement ages in France was not a democratic move

April 5, 2023

Recently France has been rocked by nationwide large-scale protests against the proposal by President Emmanuel Macron to raise the retirement age from 62 to 65 without approval from parliament. The French, never being shy to

The potential sterile threat posed by Artificial Intelligence

April 5, 2023

While the threats of artificial intelligence (A.I.) have been illustrated and proposed primarily through fictional media and literature, the fast development of such artifices like chatbots, voice cloning or fabricated images also known as ‘deepfakes’

Kickstart Your Summer with these Sunny Flicks

April 5, 2023

What makes a good summer movie? Is it the time of year the film is set? Is it the weather and that sweet golden hour look? Or is it just the vibe? For our film lovers, we’ve got it all to kick off summer 2023.

The Many Eras of Taylor Swift

April 5, 2023

Swift knows “all too well” that, as a woman in the entertainment industry, a sustainable career requires continuously regaining audience attention through innovation.

Navy Blue’s ‘Ways of Knowing’ Review – An Exercise in Growth.

April 5, 2023

Model, skater, artist. Sage Elsesser can do it all. Yet, in ‘Ways of Knowing’, Sage ignores his achievements and focuses on his family and growth.

China is halting the march to net zero

April 5, 2023

In September 1961 President John F. Kennedy spoke to the United Nations warning of the danger posed by nuclear weaponry. “Every man, woman and child lives under a nuclear sword of Damocles, hanging by the

A final few words

April 5, 2023

A final few words by Deputy Editor Muiris O’Cearbhaill about his time in The College View

From Scrubs to Canvas: Meet the Nurse Who Explores Her Artistic Side

April 5, 2023

A piece painting the life of Jamille Cañano as a nurse in Beaumont hospital and a contemporary expressionist artist In the early hours of November 14, 2022, journalism student Hannah Daygo came across a Filipino-Irish

The “Bully” blocker: Christine O’Mahony claims DCUSU colleagues bullied her

April 3, 2023

VP O’Mahony made claims to The College View and on her social media that she was the subject of bullying during her time on the DCUSU.