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Trivago: Dublin top spot for midterm break
Dublin is the most popular destination for domestic holidaymakers during the midterm break, according to data from hotel search site trivago.ie. The capital is also the most expensive domestic location, with a standard double room averaging €107 from October 24 to November…
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Pro Choice Has a New Voice
A controversial ad campaign offering “a safe abortion with pills” has been stickered all over Dublin City. The campaign is for the online website, Women on Web, which sends abortion pills worldwide to countries where terminations are inaccessible. Before ordering the pills an…
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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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Social housing receives welcome boost in Budget 2015
Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Brendan Howlin announced that the Government plans to build 10,000 social housing units over the next four years. The €2.2 billion sum will be the first major investment in housing by the Government since 2009. “The Government…
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Budget 2015: A student’s guide
The rise in the contribution charge announced in the budget leaves a bad taste in the mouth for many students. Fees are up €250 making it an even €3,000 to pay most college registration fees next year. The Back To Education Allowance and…
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Hotels and Digs: The new student life
Soaring rent prices and a lack of accommodation in Dublin is forcing third level students to choose to study outside of the capital or in many cases, commute. Finding accommodation, and the money to finance it, is a huge struggle for students and one…
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Wat-er you on about? Talking charges with your housemates
The first water charges will gush in early next January, so its a good idea to consider how much responsibility lies with the landlord and how much trickles down to you? If you are a student living in rented accommodation, here are a few…
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Rally for Suicide Prevention for World Mental Health Day
A small group of protesters stood outside the Dáil on the afternoon of Friday October 10th for World Mental Health Day to rally for a better mental health system in Ireland. Among the group were the co-founders of Action for Suicide Prevention Dublin,…
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One4All Launch Gift Card Competition
One4All, the multi outlet gift card company, has launched its annual Design a Card Competition for the third year in a row. The competition is open to all budding artists and designers, in which they are required to design a cover for the new One4All…
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Thousands protest water charges
The sheer scale of yesterday’s water protest march in Dublin yesterday appeared to take both the organisers and the Gardaí by surprise. The march was originally planned to start at Parnell Square at 2 pm and proceed down O’Connell Street, but by 1.30…
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