What We Can Learn From the Belfast Trial
I am not going to discuss the verdict of the Belfast rugby rape trial. A legal decision has been reached in favour of the…
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The Advent of Virtual Reality Psychological Assessment
Virtual Reality (VR) is something everyone has at least heard about, if not actually used. It’s an advanced form of human-computer interaction in which…
Where Have All The Activists Gone?
The students, united, will never be defeated. The rallying cry of the Take Back Trinity campaign protesters bellows around the hallowed front square of…
Flavour of the Month: Jimmy Fallon
When the name ‘Jimmy Fallon’ comes to mind, people usually think of comedy, celebrities, skits and just pure fun – which is exactly what…
Study finds Socialism Can Only Benefit The 99%
Checkmate Liberals! A new study conducted by Fox News and Margaret Thatcher’s ghost has found that when a socialist economic system is established in…
The Frustratingly Nuanced United Nations
The United Nations is notorious the world over for talking an awful lot while achieving very little. If there is one thing I can…
How To Capture the 8th Amendment
Abortion is not a photogenic subject. By photogenic, I mean ‘easy to picture’, ‘aesthetic’ or, at least, ‘eye-catching’. Actually, the first image that may…
How ‘Tour The City’ Is Changing Lives One Tour At A Time
The most well-known media for breaking down cultural barriers are food, football and sex, but apparently scepticism towards modern art and religion work too….
Discovering Japan With The MIRAI Program
Back in October 2017, I was fortunate enough to be selected as University College Dublin’s representative on the “MIRAI Programme”. This is a Japanese…
Flavour of the Month – Hailee Steinfeld
At only 21 years young, Hailee Steinfeld has accomplished a lot for someone her age. Her first major appearance in the acting world…
Mindfulness & Me
I recently discovered mindfulness, specifically mindfulness meditation, through a book called Wherever You Go, There You Are, by Jon Kabat-Zinn. Mindfulness isn’t a new…
Sick Parents & The Illness Paradox
How do you cope when a parent is ill? You look after them by bringing them soup and doing more chores and running errands…