A project led by UCC, the first ever project of this kind in Ireland, has seen a team of international archaeologists reveal evidence about the diet of Iron age man in the south east of the country. The evidence came from a variety of sources, including things like animal bones & seeds found in numerous…
Aries (Mar. 21st – April 19th): The collective term for people of your sign is ‘Arian’. Say that out loud. Yeah… don’t organise a brotherhood for people of your sign and you should be fine. Taurus (April 20th – May 20th): You enter the ORB looking for ORB 1.89. You cannot find it. You take a left,…
UCC opened their FAI Intermediate Cup campaign this weekend in dramatic style in Fermoy with a five goal comeback to knock out Fermoy FC 5-2 at Carrig Park. UCC started well and their early possession was rewarded when Darragh Lucy’s pass was found by Timmy Murphy inside the Fermoy penalty area, only for the Glanmire…
Carrigaline native Niamh McCarthy has claimed a discus double for Team Ireland last night when the Corkonian captured silver in the F41 Discus Final in Rio de Janeiro last night. Following on from the successes of fellow Cork woman Orla Barry, who won silver in the F57 discus event, Ms. McCarthy made it a double for…
I have always had issues with the Old Bar: from the fact that every event last year seemed to be double booked, to the promise of food being provided at an event there that was guaranteed to fall through. After these minor shortcomings, I won’t lie, it was a grand place. The music was never too loud (though later…
It was revealed today in a press release from UCC Students’ Union that University College Cork has decided to close its Old Bar. The Old College Bar, located between the Boole Basement & the Kane Building, which has been in operation for over thirty years, has been closed by the University Management Team Operations (UMTO). The decision…
Recently our newsfeeds have been dominated by the Stanford rape case; Brock Allen Turner, a young white male attending Stanford University, sexually assaulted & attempted to rape an unconscious girl behind a dumpster after a party. Turner’s defence used the girl’s alcohol intake as their reasoning for this heinous crime rather than admitting that Turner refused to…
Once planning permission is granted, work is due to to commence on the site of the old Windle Building. Architects O’Donnell + Twomey are designing a brand new student building, as laid out in the University Strategic Plan, which aims to deliver “research-inspired teaching and learning with a world-class student experience”. The state-of-the-art “Hub Building”…
Mental health is the big elephant in the room in Irish society. We don’t talk about it, even though 1 in 4 of us will suffer mental health difficulties within our lifetime. Our mental health services are woefully underfunded (even in UCC) and the topic of improving those services was barely a blip on the…
In football, no matter what we say about it; we all want to win. Dubbed as the “curtain raiser” tomorrow afternoon, Cork City FC will lock horns again with rivals Dundalk in the Presidents Cup at Turners Cross. Yet, unlike most preseason friendlies, City and Dundalk carriers a different weight. In 2014 and 2015, whenever…