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Enter the Dragon
Tuesday, 13 Apr, 2010 – 14:01 | Comments Off
Enter the Dragon

Entrepreneur and media training guru Gavin Duffy talks to Gavan Reilly about breakfast radio, the problem with the Irish economy, and life inside the Dragons’ Den

Éire na gcéad míle fáilte?
Tuesday, 13 Apr, 2010 – 14:00 | Comments Off
Éire na gcéad míle fáilte?

An bhfuil ár tír comh fáiltiúl mar a chreidtear? Chuir Maria Ní Shíthigh plé

Sporting Passion
Tuesday, 13 Apr, 2010 – 14:00 | 3 Comments
Sporting Passion

Intrigued by the notion of hardcore UCD soccer fans, Matt Gregg meets the group aiming to put the passion back into Friday nights at the Belfield Bowl

Taking it to extremes
Tuesday, 13 Apr, 2010 – 14:00 | Comments Off
Taking it to extremes

Natalie Voorheis delves into the frightening world of the football extremists, a world away from the ‘Ultras’

Looking back in anger
Tuesday, 13 Apr, 2010 – 14:00 | Comments Off
Looking back in anger

After a long year of continuing revelations about State and Church institutions in Ireland, Jack Carter assesses the complex legacy of the country’s industrial school system

Faith in troubled times
Tuesday, 30 Mar, 2010 – 14:02 | Comments Off
Faith in troubled times

In the wake of the Pope’s Pastoral Letter to the Catholics of Ireland, Leanne Waters examines the strength of her own faith in the Roman Catholic Church

Cooking up a storm
Tuesday, 30 Mar, 2010 – 14:01 | 2 Comments
Cooking up a storm

Bridget Fitzsimons rolls up her sleeves and whisks her way to a healthier homemade diet

Flash mob in the pan
Tuesday, 30 Mar, 2010 – 14:01 | Comments Off
Flash mob in the pan

Intrigued – if a little mystified – by the world of flash mobbing, Natalie Voorheis does some research to try and clear the air, and chats to Lyza O’Halloran, the founder of UCD’s very own …

The colour of money
Tuesday, 30 Mar, 2010 – 14:01 | 2 Comments
The colour of money

It beats the average student job because it pays more, carries extremely flexible hours, and you have better chances getting a raise. Colin Sweetman speaks to semi-pro student poker player John Daly to see what’s …

Couples Therapy
Tuesday, 30 Mar, 2010 – 14:00 | Comments Off
Couples Therapy

Let our resident love doctor, Doctor McSeamy sort your relationship woes…

The young men dying to stay thin
Tuesday, 2 Mar, 2010 – 14:02 | Comments Off
The young men dying to stay thin

Gavan Reilly investigates the rising number of males reporting eating disorders and finds an endemic problem that appears only to be getting worse

Because He’s Worth It
Tuesday, 2 Mar, 2010 – 14:02 | Comments Off
Because He’s Worth It

Seeing the potential in administering some adult re-education, Slightly Mollified catches up with Wor Cheryl, Toni and the rest of the gang to try to deliver the good news. At a premium rate

Crashing Out
Tuesday, 2 Mar, 2010 – 14:02 | Comments Off
Crashing Out

With young people continuing to occupy a leading position in Irish road fatality statistics, Peter Molloy talks to students to just how safe we are on the roads

Is aoibhinn beatha an pholaiteora?
Tuesday, 2 Mar, 2010 – 14:01 | Comments Off
Is aoibhinn beatha an pholaiteora?
UCD’s early-morning Poster Boys
Tuesday, 2 Mar, 2010 – 14:01 | Comments Off
UCD’s early-morning Poster Boys

Natalie Voorheis gets a rude awakening – literally – as she witnesses the carnage of the Thursday morning ‘poster race’

Head Shops and High Times
Tuesday, 2 Mar, 2010 – 14:01 | Comments Off
Head Shops and High Times

As the contentious issue of so-called ‘head shops’ selling legal highs continues to generate column inches, Leanne Waters sets out to see just how much of an impact those businesses have had in UCD

Unparliamentarily Debate
Tuesday, 2 Mar, 2010 – 14:01 | Comments Off
Unparliamentarily Debate

With criticism continuing after the choice words of a UK MEP in the European Parliament last week, Peter Molloy hopes his skin proves thick enough as he delves into the frighteningly funny world of political …

Despatch from Kurdistan
Tuesday, 2 Mar, 2010 – 14:01 | One Comment
Despatch from Kurdistan

Just what takes someone all the way from Belfield to Iraq’s ‘Kurdistan’ provence? Journalist and former UCD exchange student Matt Frazer reveals all