Portfolio Report
Ian Brennan
Podcast Editor and Sub-Editor
Ireland
Ireland
Portfolio Report
The College View
Elizabeth Morland and Matthew Behan were presented with their awards for winning the IUAA Women's and Men's University Athlete of the Year. The presentation took place at the Bank of Ireland in The Street in the Henry Grattan building on Tuesday with Branch Manager Jaqueline Ewing making the presentations to the two athletes.
DCU Soccer play in the Collingwood Cup Quarter-Finals tomorrow in UL against University College Cork. Head coach Declan Roche spoke to The College View about his side's chances in the competition, coming up against 13-time winners of the competition in the form of UCC.
Greta Streimikyte spoke of her joy at winning gold for Ireland over the summer and what her future has in store for her. The Business Management masters student was victorious for Ireland in the European Para Athletics Championships in Berlin during the summer.
Irish universities contributed nearly €9 billion to the Irish economy in 2017/2018, according to a new report this month from International Economics Consultants Indecon. The report was published as part of the Irish Universities Association's (IUA) Save Our Spark campaign, which aims to tackle third-level education's funding in Ireland.
The chances of Irish citizens living in Northern Ireland being able to vote in European elections after Brexit have been given a setback. Northern Ireland will lose their three current European Parliament seats after Brexit, with the Republic of Ireland gaining two extra seats in the process.
There has been a sharp rise in the number of planning applications for large housing and student accommodation schemes, a conference has heard. An Bord Pleanala (ABP) chairman Dave Walsh was speaking at the annual Irish Planning Institute conference, held in Carrick-on-Shannon.
DCU Men's Volleyball lost out in the final of the League Championships to Athlone IT after an impressive showing. DCU reached the final after producing an astounding comeback against favourites UCD in the semi-final after knocking out Royal College of Surgeons in the quarter finals.
We have all been there, that uncomfortable, gassy feeling in your stomach after eating just a bit too much, that bloated feeling. Being bloated isn't an exact science as each person's metabolism and digestive systems is different to the next, but there are some foods that are certainly more likely to cause bloating, or as it's also known, a 'food baby'.
Two athletes currently studying in DCU represented Ireland in the European Indoor Athletics Championships held in Glasgow on the 1st to the 3rd of March. Cillín Greene made his senior debut on the international stage whilst Sophie Becker added to her 400m relay appearance in Berlin last summer, racing individually on this occasion with both athletes competing in the 400m.