Category: Culture
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What’s lost in Dublin’s move to a more globalised youth culture
Dublin’s contemporary nightlife has seen an invasion of techno, hip-hop, and clubbing, filling the vacuum where traditional music and drinking culture used to be. That being said, I am not against new music in Ireland in any sense. New music is part of…
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Greyhound Racing: Are we Supporting a Blood Sport?
Ellen Corrigan investigates Greyhound racing during their busy Christmas period and asks if the lucrative sport is ethical. “If you’re looking for something different for a great night out, you’ll find it at Shelbourne Park Greyhound Stadium. Nothing beats the excitement of greyhound…
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Does Instagram promote unattainable goals?
Since its creation back in 2010, Instagram has gone from strength to strength and has quickly become one of the most popular social networking sites, with over 800 million users worldwide. However, for an alarming amount of its users and mental health experts,…
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‘Juventus: First Team’. Netflix go Behind the Scenes of Italy’s Most Successful Football Team
Netflix have set the standard on behind the scenes football documentaries, writes Dylan O’Neill
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Fewer Irish speakers according to Census 2016
Recent figures released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) in November this year show that the number of people speaking Irish is declining. Information gathered during the 2016 census revealed that as of April 2016, 1,761,420 people (39.8% of the population), aged 3…
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Dude-Fest – Where have all the women gone?
We, as Irish people, love a good festival. Every year we wait patiently for the likes of Electric Picnic or Body & Soul to throw out their ever-expanding lists of who’ll be rocking the fields that summer, before spending the equivalent of a…
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Creative Christmas addition to Dublin
Frost is a seasonal shopping experience which opened in Dublin city centre this week. Keeva Tyrrell reports on the latest Christmas addition to the capital’s streets. Located on the ground floor of the Fumbally Exchange on Dame Lane, the shop will run from…
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Fingal Graduate Award Winner 2017
Visual Artist Róisín McGannon has been awarded the Fingal County Council Arts with Block T Graduate Studio Award 2017. Róisín McGannon is a visual artist based in Dublin who will be graduating with a First Class Honours Degree in Fine Art from NCAD…
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RHA Gallery to host Dublin Doc Fest
Dublin Doc Fest will take place on the 11th of November in the Royal Hibernian Academy Gallery, Dublin 2. The short documentary festival, founded by filmmaker Tess Motherway in 2013 uses alternative screening spaces like the National Library of Ireland to showcase the…
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Ireland continues to fuel ‘Heavy Drinkers’ stereotype
“The number of new cases of alcohol-related cancers in Ireland is expected to double by 2020.” This is the stark statement by the Irish Cancer Society’s Cancer Prevention Manager Kevin O’Hagan on the Central Statistics Office (CSO) report released on October 18th 2017.…
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