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  • By Derek Price. Plans are underway for the return of the SPECIES Gothic and Industrial arts and culture festival to County Leitrim after a short absence.   SPECIES is a yearly festival that takes place in the Iron Mountains in County Leitrim. The festival is organised and run by Ilíocht O’Brien and his wife Harriet at…

  • By Sadie Murray  The highly anticipated debut of District X Festival took place last weekend in Kildare, with HSE teams making headway amongst the crowd.  The festival is the result of a collaboration between popular venues District 8 and Index and is the first of its kind in Ireland. The organisers had a strong emphasis…

  • By Mene Agbofodoh The Vigilante Maestro also known as Fortune Igiebor brought the rage against racism to the Soundhouse on the 19th of September.  Fortune Igiebor is an emerging creative talent known for his work in visual arts, particularly in music and mixed media. He focuses on themes like identity, culture, and the experiences of Black…

  • by Molly O’Reilly Credit Molly O’Reilly  In Ireland’s busiest city, full of life,   As the epidemic of clamping down on cars becomes rampant around the Capital, there are three things guaranteed in life in Dublin; death, taxes and clamping.   It is no secret that the housing crisis has seeped into student life in…

  • By Luke Hurson  “It would be the equivalent to winning an Olympic gold medal in what we do.”  Irish skipper Tom Dolan became only the third non-French sailor to win the ‘Solitaire du Figaro’, one world’s most prestigious yacht races on September 12.   Image credit: La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec Instagram  La Solitaire du Figaro…

  • by Katie Shadlow  As the number of road fatalities in 2024 goes up, the speed limit goes down, but will this be enough to keep people safe on our roads?  As of September, according to An Garda Síochána, Irelands national police and security service, the amount of road deaths recorded has been a total of…