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Women’s Six Nations average viewership was only a fraction of its men’s equivalent in 2025
By Adam Jackson The women’s Six Nations had only an eighth. of the average television viewership of the men’s ix nations in 2025, according to the Central Statistics Office’s Women and Men in Ireland hub. This statistic shows a lack of engagement with women’s rugby from the Irish public. However, when compared with previous year’s…
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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 the Student Grant scheme however have been left unaffected. There has been…
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In Ireland we produce about one million tonnes of food waste annually and if we give each tonne a value of roughly €2000 that equates to over €2 billion of food not being used and going in the bin. It is also estimated that 600,000 people experience some form of food poverty in this country.…
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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 the morning after a night out, but who also felt the journey…
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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 student who knows this more than most is 22 year old, Cian.…
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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, like Monty Python’s legendary parrot, it is dead and deceased. It is…
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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 quick talking points you should run by your housemates when it comes…
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