Regardless of what courses you study, or what professions you want to enter, college is a springboard to prepare and launch us into the world of full-time employment. Many of you may enter workspaces where dress codes will be in place and formal wear could be non-negotiable. However, formal wear doesn’t have to be drab…
There was a time in history when if you wanted to read a book you had to buy a hardcopy, and that was not too long ago. These days, instead of books many people are now reading their literature from eReaders and as technology has progressed eBooks have risen in popularity. Do eBooks change the…
A New Year means new opportunities to rediscover adventures within the pages of books. Literature can take you on many journeys, and there are multiple releases scheduled for 2020 within all genres. Book readers will have the pick of the literature from each of the release dates. These are some of the books that are…
By Fiona O’ Connell There are only so many times one can hear the overly cheery, Christmas-centric heartbreak tune ‘Last Christmas’ blasting through crackling speakers whilst just trying to do your grocery shop in peace. Now I’m a huge Christmas fanatic (I’m that guy), but even I know when to say enough is enough. Now…
By Fiona O’ Connell It is a point that has been made many times over and will probably continue to be made by every middle-aged person in the country in regards to where we are with our music consumption in the present day; “Sure noooobody’s buying music anymore, not with that Spotify craic or whatever…
There’s nothing that quite encapsulates community spirit like a country rallying behind their national sports teams. We witness it all the time when Ireland play rugby or football. During an Irish match, the sounds of exultation (or despair) can be heard thundering out of every pub and household. Like most sporting concepts (franchising, drafts, seeding),…
While Team Ireland ultimately exited the World Cup after just one best-of-five series, the experience was certainly valuable for the players and staff of the Celtic Wolfhounds. One such player is eighteen-year-old Liam O’Donnell from Kildare who is one of the country’s most promising talents. Before his stint with Team Ireland, Liam had played extensively…
By Katie Kelly A consumer survey carried out by the National Dairy Council in 2017 found that 35% of Irish consumers were limiting or moderating some element of dairy in their diet. The most affected age group were young Irish women, with 41% doing so. The survey found that the key drivers of avoidance among…
By: Laura Edgerton As we start holiday shopping and prepping for exams, fuel yourself up at these local businesses where you can get in and out for €6 or less. The Bookshelf has two locations in Cork, one at the Elysium and the other on the South Mall. Offering rich artisan coffee and a variety…
I’m a Celebrity… Get me out of Here returned to our screens once again on the 17th of November. The long running, reality show has been running since 2002. In that time, we have seen countless D-List celebrities, who no one ever really knows who most of them are, slump it in the Australian jungle…