Guess what I’ve been doing recently? Gaming! I know: after all this time, I’m finally a hip youth, playing ‘vidya’ games and all. I was never a gamer, you see. I enjoyed a bit of Crash Bandicoot when I was small – didn’t we all – and since then I only dipped in and out…
It’s hard to write an editorial for a features section; the whole thing is basically an editorial anyway. Consequently, this will be as much a love letter as an editorial, enjoy. Writing this feels as close as I will ever become to being one of the string quartet who played on the deck of James…
As I write this I can only assume that this will be the last editorial I will ever write for you, the dear readers of the UCC Express (or at the very least, the last one I write to keep your arse dry outside the back of Coffee Dock…). For those of you who’ve read…
First of all, it would be remiss of me if I didn’t thank Michelle, who did an excellent job by the way, in stepping in and taking over news for the last edition while I was off with the elections. In all of my editorials thus far, I’ve given my thoughts and ideas on some…
In light of RTÉ’s perceived neglect in sufficiently covering the Strike 4 Repeal, and the subsequent call-to-arms for Repeal protestors to picket outside RTÉ studios to call attention to this silence on what is arguably the biggest protest in recent years, I’ve decided to use my one and only editorial to ensure The Express offices…
It may sound like a contradiction but actually it is an important distinction that maybe we need to be more aware of in today’s world. When you form an opinion, or change an existing one you held, it is because you will have been exposed to new information which alters your view as it reasonable,…
As of writing this, I’ve been playing at being a vegetarian for four days. Yes, I decided to give it a go, partly because I like animals and partly because I wanted to see if I could do it. It’s actually quite easy, as it goes. There’s a bean for everything now, and garlic bread…
While you’d probably expect me to say that time really has flown, and that it ‘just seems like yesterday when we put out our Freshers Issue’, and most of the time you’d be right to presume that I’d be throwing out clichés left & right…but not today. No, my friends, this year has seemed long….
Editorial – Published on February 28th, 2017 Democracy in action! It’s that time of year for students to get out, go to the polls in the Boole Basement, ORB, Kane and Brookfield and, for the most part, not vote. For a college of approximately 22,000 students, turnout at SU elections rarely rises above the 3,500…
It’s the Valentine’s Issue! I know, I know: Valentine’s Day is a divisive celebration. You either love the love, or are fully convinced that the whole thing is a Hallmark holiday. Both are valid points of view. Personally, I quite like Valentine’s Season, if that’s what you want to call it: all the shops get…