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  • The Ireland of the 2010s is a country that has developed an infatuation with fitness and gym culture, and everything associated with the social media universe filled with the latest body trainers and influencers. For some, however, the word bodybuilding still conjures up images of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mr Universe competitions. The City spoke to…

  • After graduating from Trinity, Seán Binder, travelled to Greece to be a humanitarian worker. He worked as a diver, helping refugees fleeing their country for safety. Seán, from Castlegregory in West Kerry, was arrested in August along with three other volunteers. Police in Greece claimed they had partaken in human trafficking, by bringing emigrants to…

  • The video game ecosystem rarely gets a look in when it comes to the Irish media apart maybe from the odd trailer around Christmas to entice the little ones or a write up about how Red Dead Redemption 2 is the best thing since sliced bread. But in reality, fans are lucky to get a consistent…

  • Remakes tend to be emblematic of Hollywood’s general creative malaise. Some hot shot, studio hack director is brought in to regurgitate an old franchise you never much liked in the first place. That’s the pessimist’s view. But if you have a capacity for hope, you could view remakes as an opportunity for reinvention. Especially if…

  • Aleix Font-Rodriguez is on the cusp of becoming one of Spain’s next basketball stars, just a decade after he plied his trade in Ireland. The Barcelonan has begun a new chapter in his young career by cementing his place in Barcelona’s first team in the Spanish ACB league. At just twenty years of age, Font…

  • Taking back the web, a media and academic conference aimed at tackling the lack of trust the public has for the media took place for the second time on the 19th and 20th of October in DIT’s Aungier Street campus. The event was hosted by The Centre for Critical Media Literacy within DIT and kicked…