features Archives – The College View

Should we all be feeling eco-anxiety?

July 28, 2019

This wave of eco-anxiety has occurred undoubtedly due to climate change itself but also due to the lack of response and action from those in power.

The risks and rewards of driving with an ‘L’ plate

July 23, 2019

“councillors in rural areas believe laws surrounding learner drivers are leaving young people struggling in areas with little to no public transport.”

Time to grieve

June 21, 2019

In May, Minister for Education and Skills, Joe McHugh announced new provisions which would be provided during the June state examinations to students who suffer a close family bereavement during their exams to allow them time to grieve.

The failure of global prison systems

April 15, 2019

‘’Imprisonment has become an almost automatic response rather than a last resort. Furthermore, the penitentiary system in most countries is no longer aimed at the reformation and social rehabilitation of convicts, but simply aims to punish by locking offenders away.”

Ireland’s mistaken disease

April 15, 2019

IBD specialist nurse, Angela Mullen who works in the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital in Dublin is one of fourteen IBD nurses in Ireland said, “we definitely need more IBD nurses, the patient’s with IBD need access to care and unfortunately in some practices they don’t have that”.

The ‘inspiration porn’ phenomenon

April 15, 2019

We are aided by everyday usage, where ‘porn’… does not refer to actual porn”

What lies behind the service with a smile

April 15, 2019

“Waiters, waitresses and bar staff are often shouted, spat at and even physically attacked by their customers throughout their shift.”

Exam season: studying, libraries and performance enhancing drugs

April 15, 2019

“The dark web has given people access to a variety of drugs that previous generations couldn’t imagine.”

Risky business: the agenda

April 3, 2019

As the sun sets on a frozen Saturday in November, the Cobblestone Pub in Smithfield is bustling.

Mistrust, lies and stigma for the addicted in Ireland’s travelling community

April 3, 2019

There is a belief that you will receive better care if a support worker thinks you are part of the settled community

Ireland’s success and struggles in the Special Olympics

April 3, 2019

I always felt that there were skills that suited different events in mainstream athletics that weren’t being offered

Dublin’s neglected cemetery

April 3, 2019

The last 10 years saw our budgets drastically cut

Shooting reality stars face a crisis on the way down

April 3, 2019

there’s always stories being generated by the public

Youtube, the architect of its own downfall

March 20, 2019

Scandals are once again threatening to swamp the world’s most popular video platform as critics circle and a backlash from advertisers and content creators grows. Will a second so-called ‘adpocalypse’ lead to a clear out

Finding love: the cunning craft of matchmaking

March 20, 2019

When you touch Ireland’s last traditional matchmaker’s 160-year-old matchmaking book with one hand and close your eyes for seven seconds, envisaging love, legend has it that you will fall in love within six months.

Young people choose to abandon their cúpla focal

March 20, 2019

Thousands of students are choosing not to sit the Leaving Cert Irish exam every year, according to The Irish Times.

Losing love: the dangerous rise of revenge porn

March 20, 2019

blaming the person for taking the photos is simply victim blaming

Business of fashion: spinning virtual threads

March 6, 2019

a lot of people in our generation want instant results and instant gratification

Inside life coaching: a possible solution to a shortage of support services

March 6, 2019

I had fallen into a sort of rut where I found it hard to motivate myself

The vaccination conversation

March 6, 2019

We want answers, and I guess when we thought there might be one, a lot of people clung to that hope

The silent killer

February 20, 2019

In Ireland it kills 1,200 people every year

Likes, comments and hatred

February 20, 2019

They put someone else down to feel better about themselves.

760 days in to the Trump presidency, a longing for Obama

February 20, 2019

“I can’t live in Trump’s America. Its soul destroying…and depressing.”

Last resort: the student sofa surfing epidemic

February 20, 2019

“It was quite a low point in my life.”

The university fees conversation

February 6, 2019

Many students will be familiar with the process of applying for a grant from Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI). It is a long process which demands attention and various details of the student and their