While hurtling down a busy dual carriageway at 100km/h in a two-tonne metal machine, it is perhaps needless to stay that one’s utmost and fullest attention should be afforded to the task at hand. Bluntly put, but true nonetheless, a car being driven at high speed along a busy road is effectively a missile amongst…

In the midst of the seemingly never-ending Brexit situation, it seems impossible to not ponder Ireland’s place in the EU. Since receiving membership in the then EEC in 1973, our humble country has developed farther than those around at the time could have imagined. We possess one of the most powerful passports in the world…

Doing a PhD is the pinnacle of academic achievement, a mammoth solo journey into research and learning through your chosen discipline. However, this voyage of discovery can quickly turn into a nightmare if it is not well-managed and balanced with other activities. Recent studies have shown that PhD students are more likely to suffer from…

By the time that this article is published, RAG week will officially be over and done with for another year. Disorientated students, shook as the proverbial hand at mass, will once again emerge from whatever narcotic hole they’ve been buried in and sprawl out across campus like squadrons of shell-shocked troops. At the time of…

Shortly before Christmas, a wide-eyed dog stared out at me from my Facebook feed. The post that followed led me to contact the organisation D.A.W.G. D.A.W.G (Dog Action Welfare Group) is a saviour to homeless dogs from all walks of life. De-stressing puppies rooms are not a secret at UCC. For the last event of…

Last Tuesday (22nd Jan) RTÉ aired a Prime Time special which examined the experiences of Transgender individuals in Ireland. The programme aimed to explore the ‘exponential growth in the number of young people seeking to change gender, and the implications of the proposed new law allowing them to do so without parental consent.’ Under the…

  ‘I feel like there’s no place to begin… The music industry comes to you if it wants ya, you don’t go to it.’- Cormac Porter. Two almost inseparable things come to mind when gigging, producing and performing enter the conversation: talent and the snakes and ladders game that is the industry. According to Cormac…

In order to ease the transition into university life, which can be a major adjustment process for many, UCC runs a Peer Support programme in which current university students act as a point of information and support for a handful of incoming first years. Incoming students can contact their Peer Support Leader (PSL) at any…