by Kim Neiland Your life can be thought of in stages. You enter the education system at four or five years old, gradually progressing through towards secondary school. You’re impressionable and bright eyed. You’ve two hands in and one foot out. In essence, you’re young. It’s that very word that causes so much anxiety. Endless…
by Kim Neiland Growing up is tough. Losing some semblance of self is unnerving. You can feel traces of who you were yet it will fade. Posed with a plethora of new information, faces, and surroundings, It’s an uncomfortable and awkward time in anyone’s life. When you’re young, moments are magic. I remember reading ‘The…
By Claudia M. Zedda While the US issues its first gender neutral passport, Italy’s Senate blocks a proposed anti-homophobia law. On Wednesday last week, the Italian Senate voted down a proposed law against homophobia, sexism and hate against disabled members of society. I never felt so embarrassed of being Italian before this happened. The…
by Phillip Brennan Third-level students across Ireland are experiencing a violation of human rights. Students are being locked out of education due to spiralling fees and rent costs. Furthermore, students are starving and living in poverty as they have barely enough to get by. Ireland is driving its young people away from the endless possibility…
Claudia M. Zedda According to a new survey, four in 10 college students say they struggle to afford living expenses, while 88% of them worry about money. SpunOut and the Irish League of Credit Unions found that higher education students stress about finding a job, travel expenses, rent, books and affording college fees. In order…
By Claudia M. Zedda UCC has a student body of more than 20,000 people, of which 3,000 are international students. Our campus welcomes students from over 100 countries, each with its different history, culture, and language. Yet, many Irish people are not able to speak a foreign language. Ireland itself is home to two main…
By Claudia M. Zedda Afghanistan is facing one of the gravest humanitarian catastrophes of our times. If you watched the news at least once in the past month, you must have heard about this crisis. According to the United Nations, Afghanistan has the third-largest displaced population in the world. This is the result of a…
By Claudia M. Zedda If two years ago someone told you the entire world was going to shut down completely for months, nobody would have believed it. Despite this, today we are just after coming out of three lockdowns and a brand new lifestyle that did not really belong to us. Masks, sanitisers and social…
Writes Siobhán McCallum If I were to tell myself from only a few years ago that the most affecting piece of drama I would see in 2021 would be the BBC’s ‘A Perfect Planet’, I would be entirely confused. How could a nature documentary be the best piece of television I had seen in years?…
Siobhán McCallum So, it’s that time of year again. A time to commemorate the godly work of the world’s greatest reptile hunter. A time for excessive drinking and the violent use of leprechaun paraphernalia. And of course a time for people across the globe, although mostly Americans, to make dubious claims about their Irish ‘ancestry’:…