Category: Features
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Freemasons: An open organisation with secrets
Orla Stafford explores the world’s oldest all-male fraternity, The Freemasons. Over the years The Freemasons, or freemasonry, has been regarded as a secretive society. But that is not entirely true. While the organisation has its secrets, not everything about it is shrouded. The Freemasons…
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Damnation Review
As a huge adrenaline junkie, horror movies have always been a quick fix for me. Nothing gets me more buzzed then that familiar feeling of listening to the blood pumping in your ears while your heart tries to burst out of your chest…
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Reilly ready for second test in Hurling/Shinty International Series
Scotland shocked Ireland with a 3-14 to 2-8 win in the first test of the Senior Hurling/Shinty International Series this weekend. However, the Irish team have won the series for the past four years in a row and remain hopeful ahead of the…
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PS “Love, Rosie”: a rom com with a difference
Lily Collins’ eyebrows. This was the main reason I wanted to see “Love, Rosie”. Obviously the trailer has me interested, who doesn’t love a good rom com. The film is loose adaptation of Cecelia Ahern’s book, “Where Rainbows Ends…” and follows Rosie and Alex, childhood…
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What is Death With Dignity?
California woman Brittany Maynard’s decision to end her own life has recently been reported on from far and wide and has become the focus of many heated discussions and debates. #brittanymaynard has been trending on Twitter in recent days, with the outpouring of support for…
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Watch: What do people in Dublin know about their city?
TheCity.ie took to the streets to find out what people in Dublin knew about their capital city – watch the video to hear the results.
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Why SADS is baffling doctors and families around the country
Two months off his 21st birthday, Ciaran Carr collapsed and later died during an indoor training session with the Clondalkin Round Towers football team. The nearest defibrillator was half a kilometre away, too far to save the seemingly healthy young man. Last weekend, a…
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Forget hangover deliveries – Dublin has a new delivery service
The Dublin Hangover Service popped up on my radar around a year ago, invading my Facebook newsfeed as its page gained thousands of ‘likes’, seemingly overnight. The service was designed to bring items like McDonald’s, coke and crisps to punters who needed food…
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Whatever happened to Occupy Dame Street?
Last Saturday saw, according to whoever’s statistics one chooses to believe, 30,000, 100,000 or even 150,000 protesters marching through Dublin. But what became of the people we were all talking about three years ago: the Occupy Dame Street Movement? The short answer is that,…
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