Elisha Carey, Features Editor The importance of building connections and networks cannot be overstated when it comes to career planning and there has never been an easier time in history to connect. Being able to use not only just LinkedIn, but Facebook and Twitter too, as tools to carve out career opportunities is a must…

Eoghan O’Donnell, Deputy Features Editor There is a certain sense of security that comes with a plan. Take any aspect of your life, plan it properly and follow through with it: you’ll see things tend to work out favourably more often than not. With a good plan, any milestone can be reached.  When it comes…

Elisha Carey, Features Editor “Every time a headline goes like this, it’s letting the perpetrator off the hook,” Mary Crilly tells me over Zoom on a grey Wednesday afternoon. We’re chatting about the headlines this past week. All the major news outlets are covering Albaraa Turkistani, a Dublin man who was caught with 272 images…

If you were asked to describe the Internet what would you say? The world of technology is something that touches all of our lives on a daily basis and yet many of us don’t stop to think about how this technology is affecting humanity. I sat down with Roisin Kiberd, journalist, essayist and author of…

‘I want to change the world’, it was a dream that everyone had at least once in their lives. From the toddler times where tying your velcro shoes was your achievement to moving through secondary school and onto college, filled with the belief that anything is possible. At SERVE the organisation believes that what you…

Elisha Carey, Features Editor A graduate programme is a fixed-term entry-level position offered by companies to university graduates. The primary difference between graduate positions and other jobs is that graduate programmes are structured to involve a training and development component so that the graduate employee progresses through the ranks in a given timeframe.  The educational…

Elisha Carey, Features Editor Last month, the Garda National Protective Services Bureau launched the Garda’s Organised Prostitution Investigation Unit, aimed at targeting men who pay for sex. The Unit will be present at major rugby, soccer and GAA games as well as horse races, concerts and festivals, where large numbers of individuals are spending nights…

Eoghan O’Donnell, Deputy Features Editor “I came from the poorest neighbourhood. I dropped out of school at 17 and felt I had little to no hope. Now? I’m living like a king. Last year was the most profitable of my life and this year I am aiming to double it. Inbox me for more information…

March 14th, 2020. A news story flashed across our screens of Italian citizens singing from their balconies while being under what was Europe’s first lockdown. The creation of community through song was a powerful sight and made headlines around the world including CNN and Al Jazeera, but since then how have we in Ireland managed…

Writes Elisha Carey Features Editor Times are truly a-changing: industries that didn’t even exist 20 years ago, now dominate the economic sphere and have redesigned our concept of the “typical worker.” Your parents’ advice of “just walk in with your CV and ask for the manager” is no longer cutting it and “proficiency in Word” is…