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  • On October 4th we as a nation passed the 33rd Amendment of the Constitution in the Court of Appeal referendum. The yes vote consented to the establishment of a new fifth layer to Ireland’s judicial system, a new Court of Appeal which will operate as Ireland’s second highest level of judiciary in between the already existing High…

  • A class of Hungarian undergraduate art students and their professor have stripped down to their underwear in protest against new university dress code rules. The president of Kaposvar University, Ferenc Szavai, issued a letter to students featuring strict new uniform rules to be enforced on every student of the university. Female students have been forbidden…

  • St. Patrick’s Athletic manager Liam Buckley cemented his second spell in charge with another league title. Buckley was the last supremo to have taken the Inchicore side to glory fourteen years ago, giving the supporters every reason to ‘Party Like it’s 1999’. A draw would have sufficed for the home team against the holders Sligo…

  • In all walks of life there are divides, tensions, battles, opposition, and rivalries.  Sport is no exception, all of the world’s biggest sports have intense derbies and rivalries. In Gymnastics, it’s the USA and China, in baseball, it’s the Yankees and the Red Sox, in Rugby Union, it’s Australia and New Zealand, but in football…

  • Founded in 1884, the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) has grown into the biggest sporting organisation in Ireland, and has also spread to various nations around the world. The All-Ireland senior football championship is the most eagerly awaited contest of the summer. In total, 34 teams compete to be crowned champions of All-Ireland on the last…

  • There is no doubt that Budget 2014 will have implications for every person living in Ireland. However, students and jobseekers are bearing the brunt of these cuts. Dole payments for under-25s, hiked student fees, prescription charges and a 10 cent hike on cigarettes and alcohol are just some of the cutbacks facing young people.