Category: Featured Stories
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Immaterial Girl: How SOPHIE expanded the horizons of pop music
Speaking with Irish artists and SOPHIE devotees Dark Mavis and Fomorian Vein, Jake Hurley reflects on the producer’s legacy as both a sonic innovator and a queer icon
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Vale Tudo exhibition by Nelson Jamal
Abderrahmen Ben Chouchane presents the artist Nelson Jamal, an ex-MMA champion who decided to retire to pursue his artistic career. From a young age he was involved with art and sports. In his latest exhibition called “Vale Tudo”, which means everything counts, he…
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Increase in people feeling downhearted or depressed between April and November this year
The Central Statistics Office has released findings of a survey in relation to ‘well being and lifestyle under level 5 restrictions’– a survey relative to the social impact of Covid-19 for the month of November 2020. Gavin Dalton examines the results of this…
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All things Influence – An inside look at the ‘Instagram Influencer’
Influencers are beginning to pop up on everyone’s social media, especially in 2020. Amber Baxter talked to Teresa Walsh about her phone experience online as one such influencer.
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The endless quarantine in Argentina
On March 7, Argentina became the first Latin American country to announce a coronavirus-related death, four days after confirming the country’s first case. The president reacted quickly announcing, on March 12, a state of national health emergency. Eight days later, with the backing of…
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Animal testing statistics in Ireland unreleased for 2019
Animal testing statistics for 2019 have yet to be released by the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA). Amber Baxter explores what this means. The Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) is the state agency responsible for regulating human and veterinary medicines, medical devices and…
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Ronnie FC Playing their part in Movember
Movember has become a tradition in recent times, where men across the world grow sometimes questionable facial hair to raise funds for worthy causes such as testicular cancer, prostate cancer and men’s mental health. In the current world and circumstances we find ourselves…
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HSE changes its Covid-19 policy to allow partners to attend 20-week scan
The HSE has announced updates to their Covid-19 guidelines to allow for partners of pregnant people to be allowed to attend the 20-week scan. The measure that prevented partners from attending the scans were originally introduced as precaution in hospitals. Amber Baxter reports…
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The importance of social media to content creators
Over the past number of years, social media has slowly become a large part of most people’s everyday lives. The popularity of Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram and Twitter has grown exponentially over the past decade. Erin Killoran explores how content creators now rely on…
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Do they Really Know? – An analysis of horse racing’s biggest gambles
Horse Racing is a sport synonymous with betting. A lot of people who go to the day at the races like to have a small bet on a race. However, every day, big gambles of a lot of money are put on horses…
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