The European Union has made life in Europe unquestionably better for decades. Following on from the Second World War and the devastation left in its wake, Europe was in a dire situation. With structural, economic and political upheaval a frightening reality in several countries, the future seemed bleak. The Marshal Plan and the European Union…
With KBC Bank returning as title sponsor for the Smedias, now in their 16th year, the award ceremony that honours the best and brightest of student journalism has opened its nominations once again. The awards are set to take place on April 7th in the Aviva Stadium to highlight both print and online student journalism…
Jessica Jones is the second Netflix Original Series being made using Marvel properties, the first being this year’s Daredevil. In many ways this now show follows in the footsteps of Daredevil, it’s gritty tone, it’s New York setting, less fantastical protagonist and antagonists and generally it’s air of quiet detachment from the bombast and larger…
So today and tomorrow, the 23rd and 24th of November, UCC students have the chance to vote on whether or not the Student’s Union should campaign to repeal the 8th amendment to the Irish Constitution. If you’re a business and law student you can vote in the ORB, arts students can vote in the Boole…
What to Say Issue 6, 17/11/2015, Brian Conmy This week really sucked. As many of you may have seen or will see later in this issue, the Express received what amounted to a cry for help from a student experiencing mental health issues. While the person was responded to promptly thanks to the insane sleeping…
Brian Conmy interviews Mairia Cahill about her public allegations against senior members of the IRA, her life over the past year and her Seanad bid Last year Mairia Cahill was kind enough to speak to the UCC Express about the experiences that brought her to public prominence. In that interview Mairia characterised her abuse as…
There are a few constants in life. Death, taxes and comic book fans being mad at something. In recent years one of the most common sources of fan fervour has been the trend of changing certain aspects of existing comic characters in film or in the comics themselves. While this is by no means a…
To see this interview as it was originally published you can view the issue of Byline it appeared in on issuu.com/UCCExpress or by clicking this link. Gavin Dunne is a Cork native and has gigged around the country for years. More recently though Gavin has found success under a different name, Miracle of Sound. After…
(This article was initially published in the February 17th 2015 issue of the UCC Express. It can be found in its original form by following this link. It is posted here again, unedited) Mairia Cahill speaks to Conor Shearman on sexual assualt, Sinn Fein and why society needs to stop dehumanising paedophiles. Mairia Cahill is a…
Explaining the simple brilliance of Welcome to Night Vale to the uninitiated can be a difficult task at times. A podcast which presents itself as a small town radio news show, the titular town of Night Vale is located in an unknown state in the U.S. The small town news and gossip you’d usually find…