That’s amoré; most of us have fallen head over heels in love at some point or another. That heady feeling, that rush of emotion and sensation when you think of them, it’s overwhelming. At its height, it’s like an addiction. Your entire world revolves around this person, whether it’s a conscious decision or not. But…
Every year, the European Commission, the EC, publishes reports, studies and scores for how Europe is progressing as part of their Digital Agenda, which was first outlined in 2010. Even though 250 million Europeans use the Internet daily there are still millions of them that have never used the Internet at all! As more daily…
When you think of poetry, it is likely that you recall the work of the poets that were on the Leaving Cert syllabus the year you did it; you remember resentfully the hours you spent reciting the lines from the poems you were told by your teacher to have learned by heart, the planning of…
Following the resignation of Martin McGuinness as Deputy First Minister on January 9th over the ongoing Renewable Heating Initiative (RHI) and the fallout from it, elections for the Northern Ireland Assembly have been set for March 2nd by Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Theresa Villers. This followed the refusal of Arlene Foster (the leader…
A lot of my college friends have disgusting attitudes towards alcohol. None of them will admit to that. Let me begin by saying that I am no pioneer – I am not a saint, nor have I been exempt from having vomit-inducing, blackout-causing doses of alcohol. I like drinking; it’s fun, it reduces inhibitions, and…
People want to know what’s going on in Syria, either because it’s interesting, because they feel a duty to others to recognise their suffering, or maybe they just don’t want to seem uninformed in front of their friends. The problem is that you can actually read 10 news articles about Syria without understanding what’s going…
Raise and Give Week (R&G, or RAG Week) is always mentioned as a charitable endeavour. Every year, at every event on campus, there are white buckets jangling with change for the less fortunate, But after you drop in a few coins, have you ever wondered what happens to the money afterwards? The charities for R&G…
By basic definition, communication is a two-way process of reaching mutual understanding, in which we use words, sounds, signs and behaviours to express or exchange information. More than just that, communication is a fundamental life skill, just as important and vital to human experience as is learning to read and write; if we do not…
R&G Week 2017 is well and truly on the horizon. It is an event-packed week, and one of the most anticipated weeks on social calendar for the college year. Let us not forget however – it is also about charity. The idea of Raise and Give week started as something that is about giving, a…
“I propose to consider the question, ‘Can machines think?’” – Alan Turing [1] As we move ever-closer to the inevitable heat-death of the universe, our modern society is plagued with a question of its own making – can machines think like we do? The growing trend in popular culture is fixated on how the computers…