Daniel Durand Archives – The College View

War, Distress and the News: Try to keep a level head

March 7, 2022

In what has been one of the most shocking and disruptive recent geopolitical events, The Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine has dominated headlines and timelines for the past week. As news outlets maintain consistent coverage

50 Years in The EU: A Changed Ireland

January 31, 2022

2023 will mark Ireland’s fiftieth year in the European Union. A significant milestone for an island country once so reserved and destitute. As the union’s future is being subjected to continued scrutiny from rising rates

Why we’ve been desensitised to Covid-19, and why that’s not a bad thing

January 24, 2022

During the nine o’clock news, on Thursday March 5th 2020, my mam sent me a text: “7 more cases.” At the time, this was the most cases the country had seen. Community transmissions had started

The Importance of Movember

November 24, 2021

Each November, awareness toward men’s health is raised with the Movember campaign, a campaign in which people grow out their facial hair to raise money for various charities

Trump’s ‘Truth’: What it could mean for the spread of misinformation

November 6, 2021

Truth is being presented by its developers, the Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG) as a retaliation against “big-tech”, in service of facilitating conservative thought, due to their belief that the existing social media platforms favour liberal-leaning expression.

Nightclubs Reopening: What Will be Different and How are Students Feeling?

October 27, 2021

October 22nd lies circled in the calendars of many. It is the grand return to relative normalcy that we’ve been fathoming for a year and a half now, as the majority of the remaining restrictions

Brexit’s Latest Crisis: What is in Store For the UK Going Forward?

October 13, 2021

The UK is experiencing widespread depletions of fuel and supermarket stock as a shortage of HGV drivers transpires as one of their first major post-Brexit problems- perhaps the first of many.

Ireland’s Worsening Student Accommodation Crisis

September 29, 2021

Leaving home for the first time to study in college is simultaneously one of the most exciting and nerve-wracking things a young person can do, but with a housing market and academia still woozy from

The rise of student podcasts and how they are made

April 14, 2021

“If you just keep going, eventually you’ll get somewhere.”