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A global education
Tuesday, 1 Mar, 2011 – 14:02 | Comments Off
A global education

As another year’s International Week goes by, Kate Rothwell asks why so many students move country in order to study at UCD

Travel: Eastern promise
Tuesday, 15 Feb, 2011 – 18:03 | Comments Off
Travel: Eastern promise

While offering many historical attractions, Kate Rothwell discovers that there is more to Leipzig than meets the eye

Head to Head: To the polling station?
Tuesday, 15 Feb, 2011 – 18:02 | Comments Off
Head to Head: To the polling station?

As the 2011 general election looms, Marianne Madden and Kate Rothwell ask whether it will bring about a change in political activism among students

Arts for Arts’s sake?
Tuesday, 15 Feb, 2011 – 17:00 | Comments Off
Arts for Arts’s sake?

In light of recent plans to introduce a new technological university with an emphasis on workplace learning, Sinead O’Brien and Kate Rothwell debate the benefits of career and non-career focused degrees.

Drinking us dry
Tuesday, 18 Jan, 2011 – 14:03 | Comments Off
Drinking us dry

The previously ever-reliable Irish pub trade has fallen on hard times, but lowering the price of alcohol will not solve anything, writes Kate Rothwell

Head to Head: The price of art
Sunday, 5 Dec, 2010 – 3:02 | One Comment
Head to Head: The price of art

As an increasingly tough-looking Budget approaches, Aoife Brophy and Kate Rothwell debate whether or not the arts are worth investing in

Head to Head: Fees Debate
Tuesday, 16 Nov, 2010 – 14:03 | 5 Comments
Head to Head: Fees Debate

Kate Rothwell and Killian Woods argue the merit of fees being introduced to our third level education system.

A Diseased System
Wednesday, 3 Nov, 2010 – 14:14 | Comments Off
A Diseased System

Cystic fibrosis is a disease which receives neither enough public attention nor governmental support, writes Kate Rothwell

Losing Our Religion
Tuesday, 19 Oct, 2010 – 14:02 | 8 Comments
Losing Our Religion

Five years on and the revelations of the Ferns Report are still frighteningly relevant, writes Kate Rothwell

The Troubles Revisited?
Tuesday, 21 Sep, 2010 – 14:00 | Comments Off
The Troubles Revisited?

Kate Rothwell looks at the increasing threat posed by the recent outbreaks of violence in the North
Northern Ireland’s past has been coloured by troubled years and triumphant occasions, and while the latter had been the …

Students protest across Germany
Tuesday, 24 Nov, 2009 – 14:01 | Comments Off
Students protest across Germany

Almost 100,000 students took to the streets of over 40 German cities last week protesting a number of ongoing reforms of third-level education in the Federal Republic.

Children of the Revolution
Tuesday, 10 Nov, 2009 – 14:01 | Comments Off
Children of the Revolution

Yesterday’s anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall was a hugely significant date for the millions of Germans whose lives were changed by the events of 1989 – but what about those who are …

Gotwo / Dusseldorf
Tuesday, 15 Sep, 2009 – 21:00 | Comments Off
Gotwo / Dusseldorf

You never know what you’ll find on the Rhein… Kate Rothwell explains how best to spend a few days in the ‘Dorf’.

Theatre / All or nothing
Tuesday, 14 Apr, 2009 – 11:59 | Comments Off
Theatre / All or nothing

A post-war play from one of the most respected playwrights in the last century, Kate Rothwell finds out about All My Sons.

Music / Kitted out
Tuesday, 14 Apr, 2009 – 11:59 | Comments Off
Music / Kitted out

A household name who thinks that alcohol and a regular sleep pattern are overrated; Kate Rothwell hears the gospel according to David Kitt.

Food / A bite of tomatoey heaven
Tuesday, 14 Apr, 2009 – 11:59 | Comments Off
Food / A bite of tomatoey heaven

It’s tasty, it’s Italian and it’s downright messy – Kate Rothwell sings the praises of spaghetti Bolognese.

Scripted for success
Monday, 2 Mar, 2009 – 12:01 | Comments Off
Scripted for success

They’ve done the hard graft and have plenty of celebrity approval, but Mark Sheehan tells Kate Rothwell why the Script are still in awe and a little afraid of their own fame.

Spolit for choice
Tuesday, 10 Feb, 2009 – 12:01 | Comments Off
Spolit for choice

As the ceremony for annual Choice Music Prize approaches, Kate Rothwell and Paul Fennessy speak with some of the events key figures.