College Living

The best places for a pint in Dublin.

The weekend is nearly upon us and that means one thing: Pints, pints and more pints. Finding a good place to get some of that sweet nectar can be difficult in this day and age. All lot of the time, you feel it...

How to avoid a college related breakdown

Its that time of year again. The stress is starting to build up as those essay deadlines creep up and we start planning changing our identity and moving to New Zealand. I'm here to tell you all to calm down an...

Summer Stories – Part 1

There is something universally exciting about summer. Whether you're 12 years old and its a couple of months before you start secondary school, you're a young student about to spend the next 3 months working i...
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Peoples Choice Award Nominees – Smedias 2019

The People’s Choice Award is the only Smedia to be chosen, not by judges, but by a popular vote.  It puts the power back in the hands of the people as your fellow students decide who most stood out in the med...

5 Tips For Cooking As A Student

For many people their first experience of living away from home comes when they go to university, but for most freshers the task of cooking a decent meal can be a little daunting: it's much easier to get a piz...

5 things that are worse than the mock exams

All across Ireland, students have started mock exams for the Junior and Leaving Cert. And while the exams can be stressful, they are a test run for the real exams. Studying is hard but there are worse things i...

The Irish Student’s Hangover Survival Guide

So, you've rolled over, batted your eyes awake and as you move you suddenly get that funky tummy feeling. Your head is banging like a sh*thouse door in a gale storm (bonus points for getting the reference). Yo...

Pharmacy Students Stage Dail Protest Over Fees

Pharmacy students are calling for a drop in fees, a new pharmacy programme was introduced in 2015 making placements unpaid and increasing final year fees. The Union of Students has said this has left many ...

6 Tips For The Student Living on a Budget

When in living in college it can be very hard to find the time (or the money) to get by in your busy day to day life. Whether its paying rent, buying books or going out, college tends to be very expensive. Her...