features Archives – The College View

Fake news can be buried when the public trusts mainstream journalism

March 15, 2023

Real news is becoming less reliable and less relevant in the digital age. Social media has become a major player in this, making it easier to get stories to become ‘trending’ within a few minutes,

Post-world Book Day: Why You Need To Read Books

March 15, 2023

Last Wednesday marked World Book Day 2023, but sadly this may have gone under the radar for many. In schools across the country book vouchers were handed out as usual, but without these reminders, college

We Should Enjoy Dublin…While We Have It

March 15, 2023

Startling projection would see much of Dublin submerged by 2100 The coastal areas of Dublin expected to be under water by 2100. Source: Climate Central Much of Dublin’s coastline will be submerged in 1.7m

Girl Talks Empower: How A Simple Conversation Helped Me Discover My Fibroadenoma

March 15, 2023

In celebration of International Women’s Month, I am sharing my Fibroadenoma story from ignoring my symptoms to breast awareness — here’s why it’s important to listen to your body… I started with the left breast,

Lucky Girl Syndrome – a misunderstood mindset

March 1, 2023

Assignment deadlines mounting, your brain feels like it’s swelling as your head pounds, reminding you of your night of drinking from the evening before. Walking solemnly to a class, you dread knowing that this is

How is Ireland housing refugees and asylum seekers?

March 1, 2023

Slogans like #IrelandIsFull and #IrishLivesMatter have been sprawled across placards and waved at anti-immigration protests in Drimnagh, East Wall and Ballymun in recent weeks. While their accusations are fuelled by racism and xenophobia, protesters have

Artificial Intelligence: is it the start of the future?

March 1, 2023

It’s 1:46 a.m. It’s not the ideal moment to look for creepy content. I’m still awake. Wondering why we still need to prove that we are not robots by checking a small box. Artificial intelligence,

iPhone 13: A smarter alternative to its successor?

February 1, 2023

Although it is now considered Apple’s budget iPhone, the 13 hosts a range of features that make it hard to ignore. On June 2007, Steve Jobs premiered the first-ever iPhone. For the tech industry, this

Home is where the waves meet me

February 1, 2023

Home has four walls and a roof, but for me, home is where the waves meet me, where the sun-rays tan my skin, and then I feel peace. People may have their own “home” in

“Like something out of the Handmaid’s Tale”– an insight into the lives of Afghan women

February 1, 2023

“The Handmaid’s Tale” is a feminist dystopian novel written by Margaret Attwood, in which a totalitarian regime called Gilead is formed where women are under constant control as a result of a fertility crisis. The

When cough syrups are out – opt for Salabat

January 18, 2023

Ireland’s Coughing Crisis: As a result of the coughing crisis, many articles reported earlier this week that coughing medicines were running out. However, people can make a homemade remedy to treat their coughs alternatively. “Calpol

Hear Me Out: Studying at home doesn’t give the same buzz anymore

November 23, 2022

Change location: Stepping out of your comfort home to study in cafes. It is halfway through the semester, which means exams and assignments are close to due dates. Students also put their best effort into

One In A Thousand

October 26, 2022

Faced with expensive college fees– students are juggling between work and college, working 40 hours a week – to pay for college fees. Over two weeks ago, thousands of students around Ireland walked out of

Food for Thought: Did the Recent Climate Protests Go Too Far?

October 26, 2022

‘What is worth more, art or life?’ – This was the question asked by climate activists at the infamous National Gallery protest two weeks ago. On 14 October two activists from Just Stop Oil splattered

“To be fair I wouldn’t trade it (the bike) for a curly wurly”

October 26, 2022

How one young person brought light from the darkness and cycled across Europe for charity. Anyone that has lost a family member knows that it teaches us a lot about ourselves. We gain strength in a

Covid Vaccine Impacted Women’s Menstrual Cycle, Study Says

October 26, 2022

The covid vaccine prolonged and delayed women’s periods, according to two peer reviewed studies. One study funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) saw over 19,000 women both vaccinated and unvaccinated download an

Mental Health: why suffer alone when there are services in place to help us?

October 26, 2022

That gut wrenching feeling of fear when your heart sinks to the pit of your stomach. That feeling of stony numbness when you can’t find the passion to care. That looming feeling of dread brewing

Hear Me Out: earphones or headphones as comfort bubbles

October 12, 2022

Headphones/earphones are more than just an accessory or for the aesthetics. It has been my routine to double-check everything before taking the bus, if not, it just grew into one. I always take a two-to-three-hour

Cottagecore: “The dream, the fashion, the word”

October 12, 2022

I was 13-years-old when I stumbled across Pinterest on the app store, of My school iPad. I swiftly downloaded the app and soon stumbled upon what would become the defining characteristic of my fashion sense

Did you manage to see the ‘fireball’?

September 28, 2022

Bright. Fast. Unusual. “I’ve never seen anything like that in my lifetime… it’s just a big ball of fire,” said Joseph Reid, a Dublin resident, when asked about the unusual sighting. Many people across Ireland

LEAP CARD: Slashed fare and new upgrades?

September 28, 2022

September is, without a doubt, an expensive month. Rent, school supplies and textbooks are racking up extravagant bills, but with new TFI upgrades, transport is no longer an added worry for the 19–24 cohort. With

Follow the world or follow your heart?

September 28, 2022

Is making a living as an artist worth the risk? I have been wondering about something for a while… Why do so many people choose to follow a different path? When there’s an overflowing artistic

How Oscars opened a conversation on alopecia

May 11, 2022

Will Smith and Chris Rock’s Oscars altercation has sparkedthe long overdue conversation on alopecia. The 94th Academy Awards was held on the 27th of March in Los Angeles. The stand out event of the night occurred after comedian and

Explainer: How did the Good Friday Agreement affect Irish football?

April 13, 2022

The signing of the Good Friday Agreement twenty-four years ago this month brought to an end the inter-ethnic violence that wreaked havoc in Northern Ireland since its inception in 1921. The accord’s wide-reaching ambitions included

Doing assignments and exams during Ramadan is ‘a bit of a struggle’

April 13, 2022

The end of semester is a trying and demanding time for students across the country. However, for Muslim students practising Ramadan this month, their exam stress is compounded by intense day-long fasting. Ramadan, considered the