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  • The launch of ‘Project 500’, a new digital initiative by RTÉ News Online, will see a change in landscape for nominated election candidates in the run up to the general election. The platform will allow candidates to create a one-minute broadcast to appeal to their own constituency. This new project allows voters to be informed…

  • Aoife Gallagher discusses the U.S Primaries; the electing of U.S presidential candidates and the complexity surrounding this.  Have you ever tried to truly understand how the process of electing a president in the US works? Although the US is a country run by democrats, the mind boggling and complicated system that Americans use to elect…

  • Political Editor, Fergus Carroll, breaks down the Irish General Election, in a first-part guide to #GE16.  On Thursday morning Taoiseach Enda Kenny ended weeks of mounting speculation when he announced that the general election will be held on 26 February. The announcement was made in a video posted to the Taoiseach’s Facebook and Twitter accounts…

  • Gambling is a serious addiction that continues to affect people young and old, and with betting more accessible than ever before, it is a problem that is only going to get worse. Ger Cooney, a senior addiction counsellor in the Rutland Centre in Templeogue, has found that gambling is on the rise, especially with young people.…

  • Food businesses are finding that they have to respond more and more to a wide variety of food intolerance among customers. Coeliac disease is now the most commonly catered for dietary requirement. Coeliac disease is a condition that prevents food from being absorbed through the follicles in the intestines of people who are gluten intolerant. Sinead…

  • Sellers braved the harsh outdoors  for the November Flea Market in Newmarket square last Sunday. Despite the weather, those attending were in the high spirits that have come to be expected at the flea market events. The organisers thanked everyone who braved the stormy weather to make it out to sell, buy and to hang…