The Edition – Issue 10

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DIT’s Independent Student Newspaper

Tuesday, April 8th, 2014

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DIT  and  the  SU  set  for  outside  arbitration  in  Grangegorman  shop  dispute

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Laura Harmon elected national SU President

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Deadline of April 10th for agreement before non-binding external process is undertaken Basic disagreement continues over the public tendering of shop services on new campus

On-campus debates for Presidential Initiative

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Fashion  Show  scandal

The  facial  hair  fallacy

Asperger's  in  college

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Recruitment  drive

Plus sides to a bit of beard, though some abuse them

How a misunderstood disorder affects college life

5IF MBUFTU m MN NVTJD BOE TV offerings appraised

How sporting success brings on scholarships

Hundreds drop out to pursue a career in modelling

'A  good  sit  down' USI defends the tradition after criticism from Minister Quinn

Productive  Easter Students promise 'absolutely EFm OJUFMZh UP TUVEZ PWFS &BTUFS

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10 Journal.ie  comments 11 Easter  commercialism 11 In the aftermath of UL prolife Society controversy

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Alternative  hobbies Insight into rock climbing, if you're feeling hard enough

Summer  style  guide Five trends to look out for in the post-Easter season

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16 Karaoke  nights 17 Inside  the  fashion  show 17 Why Darragh Collins can't get enough of karaoke

From the toilets to the catwalk, the diary of a model

Gunning  for  glory

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%*5hT OFXMZ GPSNFE SJn F DMVC aims for intervarsity victory

Sports  Editorial Why the GAA/Sky deal will be good for non-GAA fans

NEWS In  Numbers â‚Ź7,700 Edition editor salary, â‚Ź700 per issue. Applications are now open for next year - see p14

â‚Ź23,188 DITSU Vice-President salary

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THE DIGEST

Five  minutes  before  class,  this  Edition  summed  up  in  brief

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USI launches new student discounts

DIT to host Presidents' Initiative debates

An online shop for refurbished laptops and the extension of United Kingdom student discount cards to Ireland, with a view to eventually reducing the fee SUs pay to be a member of the USI, were announced at the National Congress of the Union of Students in Ireland last ZHHN 3UHVLGHQW -RH 2¡&RQQRU VDLG ´7KHVH SODQV ZLOO Ă€ QDOO\ EULQJ the USI into the commercial market as a major player.â€?

A series of four debates will be held on DIT's Kevin Street campus as part of the President of Ireland's Ethics Initiative, which aims "to place the citizen at the centre of the debate about the future of our society’ and to examine the role of citizens in discussing and determining the economic, social and political choices which affect us." 7KH À UVW GHEDWH WDNHV SODFH WKLV 7KXUVGD\ WKH WK RI $SULO

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'Get off your asses'

2013 salary of Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook (ignore the $3.3bn gained in stock options)

Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn last week told the Union of Students in Ireland to "get off its ass" when questioned in relation to when draft legislation would be available on governance structures within third-level institutions. “Draft the legislation you want and let’s debate it...stop waiting to be spoon fed. You’ve got smart brains, you’ve got faculties of law – get off your asses and write it yourself if that’s what you want,� he told delegates at the USI Congress.

₏10 Can get you a lot of drinks at the USI Congress – see p6

2 Modelling contracts awarded at the annual DIT Fashion Show

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DIT Fashion Show

Societies Awards

Shocker scandal!

Get off your asses and write it yourself if that's what you want, and we'll see what it's like

Two students – Ally Treanor and Lucky Ogbomor, both from Dublin – were awarded modelling contracts following another successful Fashion Show at Vicar Street last Thursday.

Ahead of the Board of Irish College Societies (BICS) Awards, Drama Soc and Islamic Soc were given nominations to represent the Institute for Best Society and Most Improved, respectively.

Read all about it, The Edition brings you the news that went unnoticed over the past two weeks, with some claiming most of it never actually happened at all...

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– Minister for Education, Ruairi Quinn, discussing draft legislation with the USI at its National Congress (see p7)

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OPINION

EDITORIAL

SuirbhĂŠ

Journal.ie comments

Days at the Ard Sesh

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After the controversy of a prolife Society being rejected in UL, Eoghan McNeill trawled through TheJournal.ie comments in hope of some sharp insight and comment...good luck...

As an outsider looking in at the USI National Congress, its weaknesses are starkly evident. Any 'corners turned' will need to be followed up, with pressure building upon the Union.

CULTURE

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'The book was better'

Asperger's and college

Review: The Farm

Stuart Comerford argues the comparison between print and projector misses the point of two separate media. Noah is avoided, though since its release many have said the book was better.

Putting to rest some common misconceptions about this Autism Spectrum Disorder, SinĂŠad Farrelly outlines how it can affect college life in ways you might not expect.

Eimear O'Hehir returns to the uberhealthy Dawson Street dinery, and is pleasantly surprised. Organic and veggie-friendly, another Leeson Street Farm is also open.

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The rise of DIT Cricket Success is breeding success in the third year of a college cricket club, says co-founder Murali Rajendran.

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Engage: an exhibition by DIT Fine Art

Kevin O'Brien Interview

Eoghan Regan went along to an exhibition by students in the DIT Fine Art School, as a philistine in the world. One piece, by Maria Quigley, involved spending time picketing outside public locations, holding messages written by an assortment of individuals. "'GO HOME’ was one of the trickiest pieces I had done,� she told Regan. Standing outside an immigration centre Maria had stayed true to her word and had, against all her own held beliefs become the medium through which people could have their say.

A cult hero of Irish sport, cricketer Kevin O'Brien speaks to SinĂŠad Farrelly about the current state of the game. "Any time we beat a full member, it's certainly good for the SURĂ€ OH RI WKH JDPH KHUH $Q\ WLPH we play them we're right in with a chance of winning," he says. ĹšPage 19

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ument stating one of the SU's activities is offering "commercial services at competitive rates on behalf of its members." Catering Advisory Group A possible compromise was proposed by O'Connor that would see DITSU representation included on a Catering Advisory Group, "to monitor the quality of services being provided on campus", with services provided by the winner of a public tendering process. That idea was dismissed out of hand by the SU, as it was "anatema" to the purpose of Union shops as 'social enterprises', in that they do not wish to PDNH DQ\ SURÀ W IURP WKHLU RZQHUV LQ this case, students). Financial status of DITSU 6RPH GHJUHH RI FRQà LFW ZDV HYLGHQW in the proposals as the Union defendHG WKH À QDQFLDO VWDWXV RI ',768 /WG (the company behind the Union) and its subsidiary DITSU Trading (the company that supports the SU shops). The SU paper stated that upcoming DITSU Trading accounts will show

Left: DIT students protest the proposed closure of SU shops in the early eighties. Right: Aungier St SU shop as it now stands

',7 FRQFHUQV UHJDUGLQJ WKH À QDQFLDO status of the company are unfounded". It also mentions "various negative imputations" made by DIT earlier this year, and "totally rejects the current deliberate campaign to malign DITSU Trading". The Union has also taken the unexpected step of requesting a meeting with the Oireachtas Public Accounts &RPPLWWHH DV LW IHHOV LWV À QDQFLDO DQG managerial accountability systems regarding its public funding are matters of "civic pride". O'Connor's proposal, however, referred to the economic viability of ',768 7UDGLQJ /WG IURP D FRPPHU cial perspective, as "border line". It also mentioned the substantial

loan from DIT to DITSU – around â‚Ź500,000 in the mid-2000s – to GLVFKDUJH DFFXPXODWHG GHĂ€ FLWV DQG ',768 /WG V ZULWLQJ RII RI ½ UHPDLQLQJ RQ D ORDQ IURP ',768 /WG to DITSU Trading in 2012. While these circumstances have been defended by the Union as a transfer of 'book debt' between one parent company and its subsidiary (with the loan about to fall due), and the fact the loan from DIT was paid off early, the overall situation appears to remain a barrier to the Union's caSDELOLW\ WR GHIHQG LWV Ă€ QDQFLDO KHDOWK Feelings are tender DITSU also claims ongoing interference by "DIT management" in

its internal affairs and those of its "constitutionally established bodies", which was an apparent instigator in DITSU President Glenn Fitzpatrick's controversial 'State of the Union' address in February. DIT has said it would not like to comment further while discussions continue, but it has stated clearly that a public tender will go out for shops services on the new campus for 2014 RQ D WKUHH \HDU FRQWUDFW If that does not change, DITSU has said it will seek further legal advice in order to defend its claim that it could legally be awarded a shop licence – without breaking procurement laws – but that advice would come at a cost.

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USI  has  turned  a  corner  and  it  is  my  intention  to  assert  the  student  voice  at  the  forefront  of  social  justice  and  social  change.  Â

Al McConnell EDITOR

/DXUD +DUPRQ KDV EHHQ HOHFWHG 3UHV ident of the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) at its National Council held last week. +DUPRQ WKH FXUUHQW 9LFH 3UHVLGHQW for Equality and Citizenship, won the election on the second count after being the favourite in the run-in, and ZLOO EH WKH Ă€ UVW ZRPDQ SUHVLGHQW RI the Union since 1994. )ROORZLQJ WKH DQQRXQFHPHQW +DU mon said, through a USI statement: “It is an absolute honour to be elected as USI’s next President in a race with such high calibre opponents. I look forward to working with the incoming team." Turning corners +DUPRQ ZHQW RQ WR HPSKDVLVH WKH theme of last week's Congress by stating that the USI had "turned a corner" and that it was her intention to "assert the student voice at the forefront of social justice and social change". The Congress approved a USI/ Nevin Economic Research Institute paper which sets out proposals for funding free third-level education long term. The paper, entitled 'We Need to Talk DERXW +LJKHU (GXFDWLRQ ZLOO EH D NH\ IRFXV GXULQJ +DUPRQ V WHQXUH DV 3UHVLGHQW ,W FODULĂ€ HV WKH 8QLRQ V position in favour of free third-level, against tuition fees and 'graduate taxes', after current USI President Joe

–  Laura  Harmon,  incoming  USI  President O'Connor said during the Congress that this position had in the past been at times unclear, and often failed to get beyond an ideological stance. Key campaigns +DUPRQ ZLOO DOVR EH WDVNHG ZLWK leading several key campaigns and policies that were endorsed at last week's Council. A campaign for the abolishment of Zero-hour Contracts (which do not guarantee any working hours per week, and can leave workers without pay at short notice) and a campaign for a 'living wage' will be undertaken after motions were passed by the USI delegates. Equal rights and representation across society and the student population will also be a strong focus in

+DUPRQ V SUHVLGHQF\ DIWHU VHYHUDO motions were passed in the area. Two motions were passed which will allow for a campaign to encourage women to get involved in student politics and the creation of regular meetings around campuses, involvLQJ H[ 86, 2IĂ€ FHUV WR HQFRXUDJH women's involvement with student politics. Regional events will also be held next year in a similar vein to the national Pink Training, which provides a discussion forum and educational VHVVLRQV RQ /*%74 LVVXHV In addition, third-level institutions ZLOO EH HQFRXUDJHG WR WDNH DQ /* %74 IULHQGO\ VWDQFH DQG WKH FUHDWLRQ of a system similar to the 'Green Flag' for environmental friendliness, as an /*%74 FRXQWHUSDUW ZLOO EH SXUVXHG

+DUPRQ VDLG $V D JD\ SHUVRQ ZKR grew up in a Gaeltacht, rural area, I know what it feels like to have to hide an intrinsic part of yourself away for fear of rejection. We need to work to eradicate the oppression that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people face. Equal access to civil marriage in Ireland is a civil rights issue of our generation and students will be a leading voice in the 2015 marriage equality campaign." 1HZ 2IĂ€ FHU %RDUG +DUPRQ V SUHVLGHQF\ ZLOO EH VXS ported by a board that includes current DITSU President Glenn Fitzpatrick, who was elected Vice-President for Campaigns for 2014/2015. Others elected were: Ĺ‚$QQLH +RH\ 93 IRU (TXDOLW\ DQG Citizenship; Ĺ‚Greg O’Donoghue as Vice-President for Welfare; Ĺ‚Feidhlim Seoighe VP for Irish /DQJXDJH Ĺ‚0DUWLQ /\QFK 93 IRU 6RXWKHUQ Region; Ĺ‚Conor Stitt VP for Borders, Midlands and West (BMW Region). Nominations for VP Academic AfIDLUV DQG 4XDOLW\ $VVXUDQFH DUH WR EH re-opened after sole candidate Gavin /\QFK )UDKLOO GLG QRW UHFHLYH D VXIĂ€ cient number of votes. This followed a poster campaign DURXQG $WKORQH¡V 6KHUDWRQ +RWHO which hosted the USI event, promoting ‘Re-open Nominations’, and a degree RI QHJDWLYH UHDFWLRQ WR /\QFK )UDKLOO¡V failure to appear at Congress.

A reduced-rate loan scheme for post-graduate students has been launched by Bank of Ireland in conjunction with the Union of Students in Ireland. The loans, which will have an APR of 5.6 percent (nearly half their previous level) and the option of 12-month payment deferral, were announced at last week's USI National Congress. The USI sought an improved scheme following the last national budget, in which the post-graduate grant scheme was greatly reduced in its scope. USI President Joe O'Connor told the Congress: "We have been in full agreement since the start of the year that the current arrangement for post-graduate students is unsustainable. "While we will continue to push and À JKW IRU IUHH HGXFDWLRQ RXU VWXGHQWV cannot wait for that and these loans provide a huge forward that we have managed to bring about."

Dance Soc's solid intervarsities DIT's Dance Society continued their improvement with an intervarsities score substantially higher than last year in the recent competition. Fifteen dancers from the Institute, along with choreographer Chris Dylus, took part in the intervarsities hiphop category, held in CIT last month. The group was disappointed not to make the top three but a spokesperson told The Edition the high scoring was a major positive to take home. "In the past year Dance Soc have gone from strength to strength, doubling their membership and taking part in numerous events including the Christmas ball, DJ society Spin Off, and the DIT Vodafone fashion show," she said.

DIT hauls in 18 Smedia shouts A range of DIT students will be up for Student Media awards tomorrow night, with 18 nominations across print, radio, broadcast and online. The Edition KDV À YH QRPLQDWLRQV LQ total, while other categories in which DIT students are nominated include Radio Documentary (Shane Mulrennan's 'A Shot To Nothing: The Ken Doherty Story') and four nominees for Best Film Script ('The Tide', Ciaran Dooley; 'So It Goes', Marcus Campbell; 'The Gravediggers', Daniel J Doody; and 'Treasure', Eamonn Murphy). Other nominations include two students up for the European Commission Award and Kim Comisky's 'The Village' for TV Production of the year.

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If you’re going to see more games on telly then it’s a good idea. I think it’s JRLQJ WR UDLVH WKH SURÀOH of the game in general and that can only be a good thing for the GAA. Brian Sweeney, Business Studies

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Liam  Kennedy  asked  DIT  students  what  they  made  of  the  recent  GAA  deal  with  Sky,  which  will  see  14  matches  aired  exclusively  on  its  pay-­per-­view  channels

I’m kind of divided to be honest. It will reach a wider audience, but it’s a national sport and you have to have a Sky Sports package. It will GHÀQLWHO\ EH OHVV ZDWFKHG in Ireland. It’s a lot of money for just a few GAA matches that you could listen to on the radio.

It’s a disgrace because Irish people have to pay for a Sky Sports package. Access-wise it’s not a good idea at all. Irish people that want to watch the game won’t be able to. Ahmed El Fridah, Business Studies

It could be a good thing WR UDLVH WKH SURÀOH EXW , think it kind of alienates a lot of people. Everyone’s on a tighter budget and very passionate fans can’t see all the matches. I see why they would do it, but it’s not fair. Ella Newnham, Human Resource Management

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Strong  support  for  Irish  language  in  student  life StiofĂĄn Ă“ Connachtaigh EAGARTHĂ“IR GAEILGE

$ VLJQLÀFDQW PDMRULW\ RI ',7 VWXGHQWV think that the Irish language should be represented in student life, according to an opinion poll carried out by An t-Eagrån, the Irish Language section of The Edition. According to the survey, 81% of people think that support of the Student Union is necessary to ensure the language rights of Irish and its speakers. 15% of respondents believed that this depended on the availability of resources, while 4% said they were indifferent to the issue Of those who noted English as their ÀUVW ODQJXDJH ZHUH SRVLWLYH WRwards the promotion and protection RI ,ULVK DQG RQO\ VDLG WKH\ KDG D negative attitude. One surprising element of the results is that 46% of those who spoke Irish were not aware that every Irish citizen has he constitutional right to

choose between Irish and English as KLV RU KHU ÀUVW RIÀFLDO ODQJXDJH :KHQ ',7 VWXGHQWV ZHUH DVNHG what they considered to be the greatest obstacles in front of the Irish language, 72% blamed the education system, 64% blamed the lack of will in the government and civil service, while 45% blamed general public indifference. Capitalism was mentioned as such an obstacle (21%) as was the idea that Irish is an outdated and irrelevant language (19%). 7KLV SROO ZDV FDUULHG RXW RQOLQH by the Irish language section of this newspaper, from the 18th to 28th of March. 212 people took part in total. Irish language ability in DIT 7% of participants said that Irish ZDV WKHLU FKRLFH RI ÀUVW ODQJXDJH More than 16% said that they were either studying Irish in college, or used it on a regular basis. 64% said that they would use Irish more regularly if they had the abili-

ty, while another 27% said that they would use it more often if there were more opportunities to do so. Of those who spoke Irish, 20% said WKH\ OHDUQHG LW IURP KRPH 7KH PDMRULW\ VDLG DQ\ ,ULVK WKH\ KDG was learned at school. 9% said they picked up their Irish in their locality, LQ VXPPHU *DHOWDFKW FRXUVHV 4% attended community groups and 2% learned it from internet or night classes. A further 17% said that they learned it mainly on their own. RI WKH UHVSRQGHQWV VDLG WKH\ ZHUH UHDUHG ZLWK ,ULVK LQ WKH *DHOWDFKW DQG D IXUWKHU DWWHQGHG DQ Irish language medium primary or secondary school. 28% of students said they intend to improve their ability in Irish in the future, while 9% said that would use Irish in their everyday lives forever. Nationally 7KHVH ÀJXUHV IROORZ WUHQGV VHW RXW on the national level, with the statistics improving year after year. According the Census 2011, 1.77m people in the 26 counties are able to speak Irish, 41% of the population. $FFRUGLQJ WR WKRVH ÀJXUHV RI people have a good grasp of the language during the period where they leave school and enter college.

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Percentage of respondents who use Irish quite regularly – An t-Eagrån Statistics

81% Percentage of respondents who think representation in student life is important to guarantee language rights – An t-Eagrån Statistics

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Fashion Show

Credit: Joseph Conroy, Culture Editor

Students win Design awards and modelling contracts at huge Vodafone/DIT event Staff Writer The Vodafone DIT Fashion Show was held in Vicar Street last Thursday, in aid of the Jack and Jill Foundation that provides care for brain-damaged children, and sold out the Thomas Street venue. Two models – Ally Treanor and Lucky Ogbomor, both from Dublin – were awarded year-long contracts with 1st Option Models as a result of their participation in the show. The 1st Option agency – a partner

of the show – awards these contracts to the two standout male and female models at each year’s show. Speaking to The Edition, the show’s model coordinator, Odette Devereux said she “wasn’t surprised” that Ally and Lucky won the contracts. “From the day of castings both of them caught my eye, and I see massive potential in both of them,” she said. Devereux wished both the models well in their future careers, adding that “not only are they stunning, but they were a pleasure to work with.” All other credits: Kevin Goss Ross

Clockwise from above: Lucky Ogbomor, one of the winners of a 1st Option modelling contract; DIT Break Dance Soc perform as part of the show; 2QH RI WKH QLQH À QDOLVWV LQ WKH student design competition; The winning design; Alannah Beirne and other DIT VWXGHQWV PRGHO RXWÀ WV

DITSU invited to make submission to Oireachtas Al McConnell EDITOR

DITSU President Glenn Fitzpatrick will make a submission to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Social Protection later this month, on the Heads of the Technological Universities Bill. The submission will be made in conjunction with the students' unions of IT Tallaght and IT Blanchardstown, with the three institutions set to merge under 'DIT' later this year. The Bill sets out the path for the three ITs to become a Technological University (TU), as part of which WKH\ PXVW À UVW PHUJH DQG WKHQ ODWHU

apply for TU status. The addition of 'independence' and 'provision of commercial services at competitive rates' as part of the Bill's interpretation of what entails a 'Students' Union' will be recommended when the document is presented next Wednesday, the 16th of April. The issue of the independence of students' unions, with regard to an upcoming Bill on third-level governance, sparked Fitzpatrick's recent exchange with Minister Ruairi Quinn at the USI National Congress. During that exchange, Quinn told the Union as an organisation to "get off its ass" and draft legislation itself if it wants something from it. More on Quinn's comments – P7

Bringing some ethics into DIT Presidents' Ethics Initiative debates to be held on campus Al McConnell EDITOR

DIT will host four debates as part of the President of Ireland's Ethics Initiative, the second in a trio of in-depth projects that Michael D Higgins will launch in his term, following 'Being Young and Irish' in 2012. The initiative, which will see over 50 events take place this year, was launched "to place the citizen at the centre of the debate about the future of our society’ and to examine the

Schedule łThursday 10 April: Ethics, the Built Environment łThursday 24 April: Ethics, Journalism and the Internet łThursday 15 May: Ethics and Financial Services łThursday 22 May: Ethics and Food Quality and Safety role of citizens in discussing and determining the economic, social and political choices which affect us." President Higgins wrote in the Irish Times last week: "I believe we now have a generational opportunity to ask probing questions about the type of society we wish to build together, and the type of public world we wish

to share with one another and with future generations." At each of the DIT debates there will be a panel of speakers with exSHUWLVH LQ WKH WRSLF 7KH À UVW GHEDWH on the 10th of April will be chaired by journalist and broadcaster Karen Coleman. Speakers will include Frank McDonald, Environment Editor Irish Times; Hubert Fitzpatrick, Construction Industry Federation; Padraic Kenna, Law Lecturer, NUIG; and Brian O’Driscoll, Society of Chartered Surveyors. The debates will all take place in the Gleeson Theatre, Kevin Street, with tea/coffee from 6.30 pm and the debate starting at 7 pm. The events are open to staff, students and members of the public, and will be recorded in RUGHU WR FRQWULEXWH WR WKH À QGLQJV

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DIT  Fashion  Show  banned  as  hundreds  drop  out  to  pursue  career  in  modelling Brendan Courting-Controversy FASHION CORRESPONDENT

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Quinn  tells  USI  to  'get  off  its  ass'  during  questioning  at  Congress Minister for Education says Union should draft legislation rather than pressure for the Government to do so quicker Al McConnell EDITOR

Ruairi Quinn, Minister for Education and Skills, last week told the Union of Students in Ireland to 'get of its ass' during an address and Q&A session at the Union's National Congress. In response to a question from DITSU President Glenn Fitzpatrick – who asked for legislation on governance in Higher Education Institutions to be drafter sooner than 2015 – Quinn told the USI to “get off its ass�, “get out its legal expertise� and “confront [Government] with a reality we cannot ignore�. Draft legislation that could clarify Students’ Union autonomy and role within third-lev-

el governance is expected later this year, with many at Congress saying it is essential for the protection of a student movement that has been weakened in recent years. Quinn asked delegates: "How many law faculties do you have on the landscape of the USI? And if you’re not going to wait for us to get the legislation...then show us what you want; get out your legal expertise. “Draft the legislation you want and let’s debate that on the Ă RRU RI WKH +RXVH ² VWRS ZDLW ing to be spoon fed. You’ve got smart brains, you’ve got faculties of law – get off your asses and write it yourself if that’s what you want, and we’ll see what it’s like.â€? USI President Joe O’Connor

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Draft  the  legislation  you  want  and  let's  debate  LW RQ WKH Ă€ RRU RI WKH house  â€“  stop  waiting  to  be  spoon  fed. –  Minister  Quinn told The Edition: “We have passed a motion at this Congress already to put in place a White Paper around the role of students in the governance of Higher Education Institutions. The Minister has laid down a challenge and it’s one that we will absolutely be responding to.â€? Disunited student movement Quinn went on to strongly

What they USI LAUNCH NEW DISCOUNTS say about NUS Extra to Ireland big Socs... Staff Writer Drama Soc has been awarded the DIT nomination for 'Best Society' ahead of the national Board of Irish College Societies (BICS) Awards set to take place this Thursday. The winners were announced last week for a range of categories, with each to go on to represent the Institute at the national level. BICS Awards, which are separate to DIT's internal Societies Awards, also include Best Event, for which the DIT nomination has gone to the Vodafone/DIT Fashion Show, and Best New Society, which will be contested by the PRPA Society. The Fashion Show is also up for two further categories after being nominated for Best Promotional Video and Best Publicity Campaign. DIT ISoc (the Islamic Society) also won Most Improved for this year. A shortlist has been created for two categories, Best Fresher and Best Individual. Other nominations to be announced this week include Best Photo and Best Poster.

The popular UK's 'NUS Extra' card, which provides discounts across a wide range of highstreet shops, is to be extended to Ireland and USI members for the 2014/15 academic year. The move was announced at last week's Union of Students in Ireland National Congress, as part of a wider 'income diYHUVLĂ€ FDWLRQ VFKHPH IRU WKH Union, with a view to reducing LWV DIĂ€ OLDWLRQ IHHV USI President Joe O’Connor launched the ventures, telling the Congress: “These plans ZLOO Ă€ QDOO\ EULQJ WKH 86, LQWR the commercial market as a

major player.â€? $IĂ€ OLDWLRQ IHHV KDYH EHHQ D sticking point for the USI in recent years, with large Students’ Unions paying upwards of â‚Ź70,000 per year to be a Member Organisation of the national body. On the new link between the USI and the NUS Extra card, O’Connor told the Congress: “We don’t look at this as a SURĂ€ W PDNLQJ YHQWXUH LQ Ă€ UVW couple of years. It will take time to break even.â€? ,UHODQG VSHFLĂ€ F GLVFRXQWV DUH hoped to be added ahead of the card's launch.

Studentshop.ie An online shop for refurbished laptops will also be launched as part of the USI's wider cash-generation efforts. The site, studentshop.ie, is hoped to be launched "in the summer months' after the UnLRQ UHFHQWO\ LGHQWLĂ€ HG VXLWDEOH partners in the venture. O'Connor told the Congress, on launching the services, that the average computer on the market was much more powerful and expensive than would suit most students. 7KH FHUWLĂ€ HG UHIXUELVKHG

FRPSXWHU PDUNHW FDQ À OO WKDW gap," he said. "Machines brought into the market are professionally wiped, serviced, and reinstalled with the most appropriate software," he said. "In the process of refurbishment, real jobs are created for people with disabilities by organisations such as Rehab and Remploy, while perfectly functional, useful and affordable computers are rescued IURP JRLQJ WR ODQGÀ OO IRU SHR ple who need them."

criticise the current strength of Ireland’s student movement, in ZKLFK KH ZDV D SURPLQHQW Ă€ J ure in its heyday of the 1960s. “A disunited student movement is its own worst enemy,â€? he told the Congress, “and the days of student leaders playing ducks and drakes in students’ unions, courting short-term popularity at the cost everybody else, is damaging every student in this country. “You need a united Union of Students in Ireland that has every college in the country paid up in that system and contributing.â€? Quinn was a student in UCD in the mid-1960s, a college that ODVW \HDU YRWHG WR GLVDIĂ€ OLDWH from the USI, after previously being its largest delegation and the provider of three USI presidents in a row between 2010 and 2013. “If you don’t have it,â€? Quinn continued, “your voice is going to be weakened, and it is

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weak because some of the largest institutions are not yet back in the fold.â€? O’Connor emphasised to The Edition that he disagreed to some extent based on the fact that the USI has shown it has a strong level of access to key decision making levels over the past year, and has shown strong engagement. He said: “There’s always this volatility and vulnerability in our membership, and that’s something we’re trying to get beyond, for example in our inFRPH GLYHUVLĂ€ FDWLRQ ZRUN Âľ

The USI President also suggested the criticism could be taken as a statement that “if you want to strengthen the USI, then leaving in order to force certain changes you want to happen is not the way to do it�, and told The Edition the Minister and the Higher Education Authority do recognise the challenges facing the USI and the student movement. Fitzpatrick gave a two-word statement to The Edition following Quinn’s statements, saying simply: “Challenge accepted�.

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ĂĄ cĂĄin tagtha ar chinneadh de chuid Foras na Gaeilge Ăł thaobh maoiniĂş seirbhĂ­sĂ­ do phobal na

Gaeilge. Sin ĂŠ ceannteidil an lae inniĂş. Agus mĂŠ ĂĄ scrĂ­obh thĂĄinig an ceist orm, cĂŠ mhĂŠad uair a bhfuil macasamhail an chĂŠad abairt sin scrĂ­ofa i mhacasamhail foinsĂ­ nuachta mar seo? CĂŠ mhĂŠad uair a bhfuil macasamhail scĂŠalta tagtha amach, faoin bagairt a bhaineann leis an rud is dĂŠanaĂ­ atĂĄ ĂĄ dhĂŠanamh ag Foras na Gaeilge ar gnĂŠ eile de shaol na Gaeilge . ConspĂłid an nuachtĂĄin Gaeilge ar dtosach, ansin an atheagrĂş a thĂĄinig ar na heagraĂ­ochaĂ­, agus anois an deireadh atĂĄ ĂĄ chur ar mhaoiniĂş na hirisĂ­ Gaeilge. Sin uilig taobh istigh de bhliain go leith. Is mar an gcĂŠanna atĂĄ an scĂŠal maidir leis an chinneadh ba dĂŠanaĂ­, chun deireadh a chur le na hirisĂ­. Beidh deireadh le foilseachĂĄin Comhaltas Uladh, ‘An t-Ultach’. FoilseachĂĄin Conradh na Gaeilge, Feasta, atĂĄ beagnach 70 bliain d’aois: deireadh fosta. Beo, a eisĂ­tear ag an eagraĂ­ocht oideachais do dhaoine fĂĄsta Oideas Gael: deireadh. Gaelport. com, suĂ­omh grĂŠasĂĄin a bhaillĂ­onn scĂŠalta mĂłra an lae: deireadh. NĂłs, iris chultĂşir agus stĂ­lbheatha, a chuireann bĂŠim ar gnĂŠithe comhaimseartha den saol: deireadh. Is ĂŠ Comhar, atĂĄ chor a bheith ar an aois chĂŠanna le Feasta, an taon iris a thĂĄinig slĂĄn Ăłn prĂłisĂŠis. TĂĄ buairt Ăł chroĂ­ go bhfaighfĂ­ rĂŠidh le achan rud, gan an spĂĄs a athlĂ­onadh le rud ĂŠigin ar an chomhchaighdeĂĄn, mar a tharla nuair a thĂĄinig deireadh leis an nuachtĂĄn GaelscĂŠal. Choiste GnĂł Chonradh na Gaeilge Ag cruinniĂş den Choiste GnĂł Chonradh na Gaeilge i mBaile Ă tha Cliath ar an Satharn 29 MĂĄrta, lĂŠirigh duine i ndiaidh duine a ndĂ­omĂĄ Ăł thaobh an contĂşirt a mhaireann sa lĂĄ atĂĄ inniĂş ann don earnĂĄil scrĂ­obhneoireachta Gaeilge. Luadh go bhfuil gĂĄ le uirlis chun cothĂş na nua litrĂ­ochta Gaeilge, le caomhnĂş na sean nĂłsanna, agus le lĂŠirmheastĂłireacht ar gnĂŠithe ĂŠagsĂşla de chĂşrsaĂ­ reatha agus staire na tĂ­re. Dar leis an iar lĂŠachtĂłir Gaeilge ITBĂ C, Ă?te NĂ­ Chionnaith, atĂĄ ina hiar-uachtarĂĄn Chonradh na Gaeilge

agus ina saineolaĂ­ iriseoireachta: “TĂĄ gĂĄ le hearnĂĄil fuinniĂşil, nua-aimseartha, iriseoireachta Gaeilge a fhreastalĂłidh ar phobal na Gaeilge agus na Gaeltachta, agus a thabharfaidh ardĂĄn do dhearcaidh ĂŠagsĂşla agus do stĂ­leanna ĂŠagsĂşla scrĂ­bhneoireachta laistigh de phobal ilghnĂŠitheach na Gaeilge." DĂşirt sĂ­ gur bunaĂ­odh Foras na Gaeilge chun an Ghaeilge a chur chun cinn ar fud na hÉireann agus cabhrĂş leis na heagraĂ­ochtaĂ­ agus na forais a bhĂ­ ag saothrĂş i ngort na Gaeilge, lucht na nuachtĂĄn agus na n-irisĂ­ Gaeilge ina measc. "D'fhĂŠadfadh na cinntĂ­ seo earnĂĄil iomlĂĄn na hiriseoireachta Gaeilge a scrios," dar le NĂ­ Chionnaith. Ag caint leis An t-EagrĂĄn, dĂşirt ĂşrlabhraĂ­ Ăłn Fhoras, go mbĂŠadh chur chuige nĂ­os solĂŠir agus ĂŠifeachtaĂ­ dĂĄ mbĂŠadh an prĂłisĂŠis ĂĄ dhĂŠanamh arĂ­s acu. DĂşirt sĂŠ gur thĂĄinig an cinneadh Ăł saineolas agus go dtuigeann siad an gĂĄ le foilsiĂşchĂĄn Ăşr nua a chuireann bĂŠim ar ĂĄbhair nĂ­os leithne, le costasaĂ­ nĂ­os isle, a fhoilsiĂş gan moill. Arsa CĂłilĂ­n Ă“ Cearbhaill, UachtarĂĄn reatha ar Chonradh na Gaeilge agus Cathaoirleach Choiste GnĂł an Chonartha: "Feictear dĂşinn go bhfuil Foras na Gaeilge ag dĂŠanamh cinnidh fĂĄil rĂŠidh le solĂĄthar agus le seirbhĂ­sĂ­ luachmhara scrĂ­bhneoireachta agus iriseoireachta Gaeilge gan rud ĂŠigin nua a chur ina n-ĂĄit. DĂĄ rĂŠir, nĂ­l Foras na Gaeilge ag freastal ar riachtanais nĂĄ ar mhianta an phobail, agus iarrann Conradh na Gaeilge ar an bhForas na pleananna atĂĄ acu d’earnĂĄil litrĂ­ochta na Gaeilge a fhoilsiĂş agus gan pobal na Gaeilge agus na Gaeltachta a fhĂĄgĂĄil i bhfolĂşs." Is aisteach an caidreamh idir an pobal agus an Foras. Braitheann na grĂşpaĂ­ gnĂ­omhaĂ­gh agus na heagraĂ­ochtaĂ­ orthu chun airgead a chur ar fĂĄil ach is beag GaelgĂłir a haontaĂ­onn le na cinnnidh mĂłra dĂĄ gcuid. An ĂŠ go bhfuil go bhfuil easpa muinĂ­n againn as an phrĂ­omh eagraĂ­ocht, nĂł go bhfuil muid rĂł dhian orthu, nĂł nach bhfuil muid buĂ­ochasach agus rĂł chĂĄineach? SĂ­lim fĂŠin go bhfuil ĂĄr gcuid bhfoighne imithe, ag fanacht go deo ar an Athbheochan seo. An phobail i gcoinne luach airgid? Is dĂłcha go mbaineann cuid de le cĂşrsaĂ­ airgid. TĂĄ an Foras i gceannas ar mhaoiniĂş agus is gĂĄ luach a bhaint amach mar thoradh ar theorann buisĂŠid. De rĂŠir dealraimh, bĂ­onn ar dreamanna ĂŠagsĂşla brĂş a chur ar an

Fhoras na seirbhĂ­sĂ­ seo a chinntiĂş de bharr riachtannais an teorann seo, agus nĂ­ cheart ĂŠ sin. NĂ­l ciall le airgead a chur amĂş ach an oiread. MĂĄ chosnaĂ­onn gach cĂłip â‚Ź13 le cur i gclĂł nuair nach fĂŠidir nĂ­os mĂł nĂĄ cĂşpla cĂŠad a dhĂ­ol in aghaidh gach mĂ­, cĂŠ go bhfuil lucht labhartha laethiĂşil de 80,000 ag an Ghaeilge, caithfear rud ĂŠigin a athrĂş. AontaĂ­om leis an Chonradh fosta. TĂĄ a gcuid bhfoigne imithe. NĂ­l ciall leis an fhreastal ĂĄtĂĄ ĂĄ dhĂŠanamh ar iriseoireacht, litrĂ­ocht lĂŠitheoireacht nĂł ar fhostaĂ­ocht i saol na Gaeilge a scriosadh. NĂ­l ciall le saibhreas agus gnĂŠithe ĂĄirithe na teanga a chur chun na leabhair staire amhĂĄin ar mhaithe le sabhĂĄil airgid. Nach sin an fĂĄth go bhfuil siad uilig mar chuid den gluaiseacht cĂŠanna, ar mhaithe leis an Ghaeilge a slĂĄnĂş, seachas le costasaĂ­. Is uirlis fĂ­or tĂĄbhachtach ĂŠ macasamhail na hirise ‘An t-Ultach’, chun canĂşint na hUladh a chaomhnĂş, arsa na feachtasĂłirĂ­, ach nĂ­l ĂŠileamh go leor air chun ĂŠ a choimeĂĄd i gclĂł, arsa an an maoinitheoir. Is iomaĂ­ sampla de leitheidĂ­ teannais idir na scaiftĂ­ ĂŠagsĂşla. BhĂ­ 19 eagraĂ­ocht ag fĂĄil maoiniĂş Ăłn Fhoras,

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Is aisteach an caidreamh idir an pobal agus an Foras. Braitheann na gníomhaígh orthu‌ ach is beag Gaelgóir a haontaíonn le na cinnnidh móra då gcuid

ach gearradh síos an líon sin go dtí 6 cheann. Beidh na cúramaí Êagsúla atå leagtha amach ag an Fhoras roinnte idir na 6 eagraíocht seo, le fóram ceannasaíocht chun coimhoibriú a chinntiú. DÊanann sÊ sin ciall. Mar shampla, in ionad ceathrar a fhostú ar ₏30,000 (₏120,000 san iomlån in aghaidh na bliana) chun riarachåin a dhÊanamh i 4 eagraíocht Êagsúla, anois bÊadh siad ag íoc dhå riarathóirí taobh istigh de eagraíocht amhåin, le níos mó oibre acu, ar chostas ₏80,000 san iomlån. Dar le Foras na Gaeilge, beidh 6 eagraíocht ag obair lena chÊile ar tionscadail comhordaithe móra agus fóraim ceannasaíochta, seachas 19 ag obair ar a n-aonar ar rudaí Êagsúla anseo agus ansiúd. Cuireann an athrú níos mó airgid ar fåil do seirbhísí eile agus feidhmíonn an córas níos Êifeachtaí. DÊanann sÊ ciall, ach tå an easpa muinín fós solÊir. Caide faoina daoine a bheidh post caillte acu idir an då linn, ar mhaithe leis an fhorbairt structúrtha seo. Caide faoin barna ollmhór sa freastal poiblí mar thoradh ar an deireadh le beagnach achan foinse nuachta agus litríochta nåisiúnta, idir foilseachåin laethúil, seachtanúil agus míosúil. $Q À~ p" 1DFK EKIXLO Vp QtRV WiEhacht fostaíocht a cruthú san earnåil Gaeilge, le saibhreas litríochta agus reigiúnda år dteanga a chaomhnú nuair atå BÊarla ag dul an iomarca i bhfeidhm ar fhÊiniúlacht na nGael. Is Ê an dearcadh nå nach bhfuil cúpla duine níos tåbhachtaí nå JDFK GXLQH QDFK À~ p DLUJHDG D chaitheamh ar chanúint åirithe a chaomhnú muna bhfuil an teanga san iomlån slån. Tå siad i gceart, ach aontaíom leis an då argóint. Is rÊ athraithe ollmhór Ê seo ar an bheallach a fheidhmíonn earnåil na Gaeilge. Bheinn dóchasach go mbeidh córas níos Êifeachtaí againn sa deireadh, ach cad a chaillfear idir an då linn?

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AN T-EAGRà N SUIRBHÉ

81%  ar  son  na  Gaeilge  in  ITBĂ C StiofĂĄn Ă“ Connachtaigh EAGARTHĂ“IR GAEILGE

Síleann forhór de mhuintir ITBà C go chóir go mbÊadh ionadaíocht ag an Ghaeilge i saol na mac lÊinn, dar le pobalbhrieth de chuid An t-Eagrån le dÊanaí. Dar leis an suirbhÊ, tå 81% den tuairim go chóir go mbÊadh tacaíocht an Aontais ar fåil chun cearta teanga phobal na Gaeilge a chinntiú. Dúirt 15% go mbraitheann an ceist ar na foinsí atå ar fåil. Ní raibh ach 4% dena rannphåirWLWKH GHQ WXDLULP QDFK À~ DQ tacaíocht seo. As lion na daoine a luaigh BÊarla mar chÊad teanga acu, bhí 83% dearfach ó thaobh solåthair, spreagadh agus cosaint cearta teanga do phobal na Gaeilge i measc saol na mac lÊinn. Ní raibh ach 3% diúltach agus ba chuma leis an chuid eile. Cúis ionadh ó thaobh na stiaitisticí de b’fhÊidir, nå nach raibh a fhios ag 46% go raibh na cearta bunreachtúil ag saorånaigh na hÉireann a gcuid rogha a dhÊanamh idir Gaeilge agus BÊarla a úsaid mar chÊad WHDQJD RLÀJL~LO

Rinneadh an pobal breith seo ar lĂ­ne idir dhĂĄ sheachtain, Ăłn 18 MĂĄrta go dtĂ­ 28 MĂĄrta. Ghlac 212 daoine pĂĄirt san iomlĂĄn idir lucht an nuachtĂĄin seo, cumainn an cholĂĄiste agus gnĂĄth mac lĂŠinn na hinsititiĂşide ar gach campas.

Ghaeltacht ó dhúchais iad agus d’fhreastal 35% ar an iomlån ar an chóras Gaelscolaíochta. Dúirt 28% go bhfuil sÊ ar intinn acu a gcuid Gaeilge a fheabhsú amach anseo, agus G~LUW JR Q~ViLGÀGK VLDG VD gnåthsaol go deo í.

Cumas Gaielge in ITBĂ C DĂşirt 7% de lion na ndaoine a ghlac pĂĄirt gurb Ă­ an Ghaeilge a rogha mar chĂŠad teanga. DĂşirt nĂ­os mĂł 16% go raibh cĂşrsa Gaeilge ĂĄ dhĂŠanamh acu ar cholĂĄiste, nĂł gur ĂşsĂĄid siad go minic sa seachtain Ă­. DĂşirt 64% eile go nĂşsĂĄidfaĂ­ siad nĂ­os minice Ă­ dĂĄ mbĂŠadh an cumas acu. DĂşirt 27% go mbainfaĂ­ siad ĂşsĂĄid nĂ­os minice aistĂ­ dĂĄ mbĂŠadh an deis acu. As na daoine a bhĂ­ Gaeilge acu, dĂşirt 20% gurb as an bhaile a fhoghlaim siad Ă­ ach dĂşirt triomlach dĂłibh (91%) gurb ar scoil a bhfuair siad Ă­. Fuair 9% a gcuid Gaeilge ina gceantar dĂşchais, 32% ar chĂşrsaĂ­ samraidh Gaeltachta, 4% ag freastal ar ghrĂşpaĂ­ pobail agus 2% buĂ­ochas le ranganna oĂ­cheanta nĂł idirlĂ­ne. DĂşirt 17% gur fhoghlaim siad an teanga beag nĂł mĂłr iad fĂŠin. DĂşirt 3% de lion na freagrĂłirĂ­ an suirbhĂŠ gurb as an

Go nåisiúnta /HDQDQQ QD ÀJL~LUt VHR DQ íomhå nåisiúnta, leis an cumas Gaeilge i mbun feabhsú de rÊir na staitisticí. De rÊir daonåireamh ó dheas i 2011, tå Gaeilge ag 1.77m duine, sin Ê 41% den daonra. 'DU OHQD ÀJL~LUt VLQ IRVWD Wi cumas ag 64% de dhaoine atå ag fågåil na scoile agus ag dul isteach ar an chóras tríú leibhÊal. Nuair a chuireadh ceist faoina príomhconstaic os comhar forbairt na teanga ar mhuintir ITBà C, ba iad an córas oideachais (73%), easpa tiomantais an rialtais agus an ståtchórais (64%), agus neamhshuim an phobal (45%), rogha na coitianta. Luadh an caipitleachas (21%) agus an íomhå sean aoiseach a bhaineann leis an teanga (19%) i measc na bacanna forbartha eile. Cheap 16% go theanga ró dheacair le foghlaim í.

41.4%

An bhfuil Gaeilge agat? (Can you speak Irish?) 41.4%

Percentage of population who can speak Irish – National Census 2011

Daoine a ĂşsĂĄid Gaeilge taobh amuigh den rang gach lĂĄ agus gach seachtain (Those who use Irish outside the classroom on a regular basis) 18.7%.

16%

Daoine a cheapann go chóir go mbÊadh ionadaíocht ag an Ghaeilge agus a lucht labhartha i saol na mac lÊinn chun cearta teanga a chinntiú – Staitisticí ITBà C

STAITISTICĂ? ITBĂ C (DIT) 72%

81%

Duaiseanna  Glór  nan  Gael  Bronnta

Seoladh  an  Ghaelbhratach

StiofĂĄn Ă“ Connachtaigh

StiofĂĄn Ă“ Connachtaigh

EAGARTHĂ“IR GAEILGE

EAGARTHĂ“IR GAEILGE

ĂŠineacht leis, chomh maith le duais athmhĂşintreais na bliana (â‚Ź1,000). San ĂĄireamh lena buatĂłirĂ­ eile nĂĄ Cumann Gaelach CholĂĄiste Marino Bronnadh nĂ­os mĂł nĂĄ â‚Ź120,000 san an cumann is fear le nĂ­os lĂş nĂĄ 200 iomlĂĄn idir coistĂ­ agus grĂşpaĂ­ Gaeilge baill, agus fuair siad â‚Ź1000. Bhain Cumann Gaelach UCD an Ăł hÉirinn, Alba, MeiriceĂĄ agus Ceanada, ag na duaiseanna GlĂłr nan dara ĂĄit amach, taobh thiar de TCD, agus bronnadh â‚Ź1500 orthu dĂĄ bharr. Gael 2014 an tseachtain seo chaite. Ba ĂŠ ColĂĄise na TrionĂłide a bhain Fuair Cuallacht Cholmchille Ollsan chĂŠad ĂĄit amach sa chomĂłrtas trĂ­Ăş coil na hÉireann MĂĄ Nuad an trĂ­Ăş ĂĄit chomh maith lei seic â‚Ź1000. leibhĂŠil. Bhailigh Comharchumann Mhic Is ĂŠ seo an trĂ­Ăş bhliain as a chĂŠile DWi DQ GXDLV OH OXDFK ½ Ă€DJKWH Dara prĂ­omhduais nĂĄisiĂşnta na ag an choiste Cumann Gaelach TCD. hoĂ­che, chomh maith le seic â‚Ź20,000 Bhuaigh siad an duais do gnĂ­omh agus trĂłfaĂ­, urraithe ag an Roinn tras teorann, le luach â‚Ź1000 chomh Gaeltachta agus Foras na Gaeilge. FĂłgraĂ­odh gearr liosta de na buaitmaith. NĂ­or aimsigh an Cumann Gaelach eĂłirĂ­ i mĂ­ Feabhra ach nĂ­or ainmnĂ­odh DIT ĂĄit ar an ghearrliosta i mbliana, na buaiteoirĂ­ de rĂŠir na duaiseanna go cĂŠ go mbronnadh an duais don ion- dtĂ­ an searmanas in Ă“sĂĄn Cluain Tarbh ar an Satharn 29 MĂĄrta. trĂĄil nua is fearr orthu anuraidh. BhĂ­ an t-Aire StĂĄit Gaeltachta Dinny Bhuaigh Cumann Gaelach Ollscoil Uladh Mhig Aoidh an duais Mac Fhionnlaoich ann chun na duiesin i mbliana, agus an seic â‚Ź500 in sanna a bhronnadh ar an oĂ­che.

Seoladh an scĂŠim phĂ­olĂłtach ‘Gaelbhratach’ ar an Aoine, 7 MĂĄrta, i MeĂĄnscoil Loreto, BrĂŠ. Is scĂŠim tacaĂ­ochta ĂŠ seo chun cumarsĂĄid na Gaeilge a spreagadh i measc phobail iomlĂĄna na scoileanna atĂĄ pĂĄirteach. Mar thoradh ar a gcuid oibre ar son na teanga, agus nuair atĂĄ spriocanna ĂĄirithe bainte amach acu, beidh scoileanna i dteidil cur isteach ar bhratach le cur ar foluain i gclĂłs na scoile. Cuireadh an seoladh i lĂĄthair ag MĂĄire-Treasa NĂ­ Dhubhghaill, lĂĄithreoir le TG4 agus ambasadĂłir Sheachtain na Gaeilge 2014. Bhain pĂĄiste na scoileanna ard-thaitneamh as siamsaĂ­ocht an lae, an fhear grinn Giggles agus ceol brĂ­omhaire Ăłn ghrĂşpa ‘Mo Hat

Cumas Gaeilge i measc lucht 18 (18 year olds with Irish). 64% Daoine a ĂşsĂĄideann Gaeilge mar prĂ­omhtheanga scoile gach lĂĄ. (Use Irish as main language in education every day) 12.2%

Daoine a úsåideann an Ghaeilge go minic sa tseachtain – Staitisticí ITBà C

Cad iad na príomhconstaic os comhair forbairt na teanga? Córas Oideachais – Staitisticí ITBà C

STAITISTICĂ? NĂ ISIĂšNTA

Mo Gheansaí’ san ĂĄireamh. ThĂĄinig teachtaireacht Ăł Des Bishop, Laura Whitmore, Dara Ă“ Briain chomh maith le peileadoirĂ­ agus aisteoirĂ­ aitheanta, chun ĂĄdh mĂłr a ghuĂ­ ar an scĂŠim Deir SiĂşin NĂ­ Dhuinn, Oifigeach FeidhmiĂşchĂĄin an Ghaelbhratach, “Ba lĂĄ iontach a bhĂ­ ann don Ghaelbhratach, do scoileanna na scĂŠime agus na heagraĂ­ochtaĂ­ gaolmharaâ€?. Ba lĂĄ Ă­ontach a bhĂ­ ann don choiste Gaeilge i meĂĄnscoil Loreto, BrĂŠ freisin, mar go bhfaca siad torthaĂ­ a gcuid oibre nuair a seoladh an scĂŠim go fuinniĂşil agus go spreagĂşilâ€?. TĂĄ an scĂŠim ĂĄ maoiniĂş ag Foras na Gaeilge agus tĂĄ comhoibriĂş ar an tionscnamh ĂĄ dhĂŠanamh idir Gael Linn agus Conradh na Gaeilge. Breis eolais le fĂĄil Ăł ShĂ­omha i nGael-Linn (Siomha@gael-linn.ie) nĂł Ăł ShiĂşn i gConradh na Gaeilge (Siun@cnag.ie).

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Opinion Editor: Paul Doyle

A  new  generation's  Can  the  USI  facial  hair  obsession EDITORIAL

Congress  become  more  than  just  an  EOGHAN REGAN Ard  Sesh? AL MCCONNELL EDITOR

For 90 minutes on the second day of the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) Congress, delegates debated a motion on encouraging more women to get involved in student politics. Granted, some of the arguments were repeated, and sure, a few of the speakers didn't really grasp the notion of equality – but it was a debate, and people felt strongly about the issue. Several attempts to push on to a vote (a '9A' proposal ends debate and puts it straight to the show of hands) were shot down – with a cheer, I'd DGG ² EHIRUH Ă€ QDOO\ LW ZDV SDVVHG If only that debate summed up the Congress. When a motion came up on supporting Equal Marriage – to implement the policies laid down in the 'Students For Marriage Equality 2015' document – a 9A was accepted (by just one vote) after only one, if eloquent and impassioned, speaker had their say. Of course, the motion itself was always going to pass, but no further statements were made, no stories told, no varied opinions heard (even if only different hues of the one side). There are legitimate reasons to skip to a vote; properly managed, the 9A avoids time-wasting. Poorly managed, however, it avoids politics. It's easy but unavoidable to highlight the fact that USI Congress is currently more of an Ard Sesh than an Ard Fheis. I was an onlooker from outside, leaving the Congress as the drinking began and returning the next PRUQLQJ WR Ă€ QG WKH GHOHJDWHV PRUH delicate. What surprised me, however, was the openness many had about it. There was no hiding the hangover, several even commented on it at the podium (which others criticised, to be fair). This Congress oscillated between committed political decision-makers when the notion took them, and one massive collective headache when they lost interest. There was a middle ground missing, a skewed balance of political debate and social life throughout the week. The USI has a challenge ahead in reforming its culture as much DV LWV PDQDJHPHQW Ă€ QDQFHV DQG membership, and it can't hang about. It might now have turned a corner. It might even have turned a corner and started walking down the right path. But no-one's going to wait for it at the end – it will have to break a sweat pretty soon, and not just as a result of the hangover.

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f I had a beard I could win respect. If I had a beard I could stoke it wisely. If I had a beard I could fashion its end into a point and raise it skyward in triumphant style; a sceptre, a shield that I could weave and groom and stand before the bare faced plebs and shout “I am a man with a beard. The word ‘man’ is but a synonym for beard‌â€? Without my beard I am nothing, without me my beard is nothing! And so the thought trailed on as I shaved my teenage whiskers, waiting in pensive anticipation of the day I FRXOG Ă€ QDOO\ JURZ RQH My life had been dominated by KHURLF EHDUGHG Ă€ JXUHV P\ IDWKHU various historical intellectuals, even our postman sported a bristled coat RI ZHDU\ JUH\ Ă€ EUHV DQG DW , ZDV consumed with the notion of wearing my testosterone on my chin. Imagine my surprise when here and now, in 2014 I stand bearded amidst a brier-patch of hairy twenty-somethings.

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painted elephants to cave walls? One could explain the hairy phenomenon in context of our current masculinity crisis. Before a man’s masculinity could be measured in feats of heroism, misogyny or acts of violence. Basically how close you fell on the spectrum to being ‘James Bond’ was an accurate gauge of your masculinity, and he never wore a beard. Now in the great future of the 21st century we have slowly begun to edge out those traits as gauges of a PDQ¡V PXVLFDOLW\ ZKLOH \HW Ă€ JXULQJ out how else to display it. Before it had been so simple, shoot the ethnically exotic boss, save the blond dame, dismiss her until she was clawing at your leg and round off the evening by drinking hard liquor after having thrown the last ‘badguy’ off a train. At some stage however we began to realise that this particular version of masculinity wasn’t exactly feasible, given the harmful effect it has on women, on children, puppies and – though I’m not wholly certain – it could have something to do with widening the hole in the ozone layer. Beards have become this generation’s innocuous answer to this crisis. We are once again hunter gatherers, well actually more like bar hoppers navigating the earth with google maps, but at least we have adopted their style, without the implied violence or the sexism. That said, it would be very naĂŻve to believe we have totally escaped our long-held notions of what it means to be a man.

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stand a passing stranger’s hopes and dreams, but would it not be better to believe they are attempting to emulate the intellectual endeavours of Karl Marx, or Einstein, or even Harley Morenstein (Epic Meal Time) rather than feebly scrambling their whiskers together in the uncertain hope of becoming a ‘Blizerian’?

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Enlightening and uncovering: it's TheJournal.ie comments section In the aftermath of the pro-­life club rejection, Eoghan McNeill searched through the site for some insight into the story Credit: University of Limerick

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ay-Z and Mark Twain told us not to argue with fools because people from a distance can’t tell who is who. I’m not sure if Jay reads the Journal. ie; Mark never got a chance. If for some reason Jigga happens upon their coverage of the University of Limerick’s Clubs Council decision to reject a pro-life society, I hope he takes his own advice. The story itself is straightforward. The UL Life Society applied to the university’s Clubs Council, hoping to DFKLHYH RIÀ FLDO UHFRJQLWLRQ DQG IXQG ing from the university. The Council voted on the matter, with the result that the society would not be recognised. The comments section on the story is not straightforward. If you’re a fan of reasoned debate, I wouldn’t get involved. If however, you’re a fan of observing breath-taking stupidity from a safe distance, take a wee look. It’s an absolute treat. Here’s a taste. Reacting to the Council’s decision, Michael Caldwell tells us: “It is fair to say that globally speaking, academia is run by a quite sinister cabal of illiberal ideologues who are damaging the reputation of academia as the place for debate, progress and expression.” I love the “it is fair to say” in Michael’s comment. Typically, the phrase will precede a truism – “it is fair to say putting pineapple on pizza is the work of the devil”, for example. Michael thinks it’s fair to say he’s

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uncovered a global conspiracy, bent on destroying academic institutions the world over, including the University of Limerick. His use of “sinister cabal” is a lovely touch, too. It’s cartoonish. Sinister cabal. I can’t help but think that Michael’s telling us academia is being run by Dick Dastardly, Cruella de Vil,

and Shredder from the Ninja Turtles. Gary Banner opines: “1 day this will be known as a silent holocaust of the most violent kind … :(.” Yeah. A decision made by the University of Limerick’s Clubs Council is part of a “silent holocaust.” The sad face makes this comment. The emoticon is a fairly adequate

Why commercialism is good for Easter Liam Kennedy STAFF WRITER

Over the Easter break you’ll probably hear lots of people complaining that the holiday has lost its meaning and has become yet another victim of consumerism and commercialism, but is this aspect a positive thing for these occasions? The origins of Easter as we know it date back to the time of Christ and the story of his resurrection, but nowadays we celebrate it as a day when we enjoy eating chocolate eggs. Easter is an example of commercialism at its most prominent, but there are many reasons why this is not necessarily a bad thing.

expression of sadness when used in tweets or Facebook statuses like: “So hungover :(,” or “Lost another phone, I’m such a ditz :(.” If Gary really thinks we’re living through a “silent holocaust”, I would say a sad emoticon doesn’t really cut it.

By this stage the shop displays have been up for months and people are beginning to get into the mood for celebration. It doesn’t matter if the big companies are attempting to capitalise on another holiday and turn RXU IHVWLYH FKHHU LQWR WKHLU SURÀ WV QR body is forcing you to buy anything and it’s still completely up to you how you’re going to spend the occasion. There’s no denying that the bright colours on show would cheer up even the grumpiest soul, and the build-up (even if it is too long) creates a real sense of anticipation and excitement and gives us something to look forward to. After all aren’t celebrations meant to be about fun and enjoyment? One of the main complaints you’re

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eering slightly off-topic, which isn’t uncommon for these kind of debates, Dave Obreen responds to a poster recalling an LGBT society being refused recognition in another college: “The problem is, if LGBT get their way, they’ll turn the St Patricks Day Parade into a Gay Pride Parade”. Good man, Dave. You’ve hit the nail on the head. That bloody LGBT crowd. Sure, if they had their way, they’d turn Sunday mass into a gay pride parade. Paddy Scully gave me a lot to choose from. I’ll go with this little gem: “As for the college age, it’s unfortunate that they do so much of their moral thinking, with their brain located south of their hearts, rather than the one located north of their hearts! But that’s hormones for you." That’s it, Paddy. It’s the hormones alright. All these young pro-choicers, sure they only want a safety net for when they’re engaging in all their pre-marital sex. It’s “unfortunate” alright. There’s plenty more to enjoy. Just don’t get involved. Jay-Z and Mark Twain had the right idea.

There is also an argument that more and more people (especially youngsters) are aware of the religious aspect because of the way we celebrate Easter today and due to its commercial nature. Easter might be a bit gimmicky, but if it was a boring holiday then fewer people would be interested in it. As it is, you could go into any classroom in the country and the children would be able to tell you all about Jesus and the story behind it. They look forward to Easter because it means lots of chocolate and time off school, and as a result they become more familiar with the religious side of things. As well as that, Easter week is bound to be one of the busiest weeks of the year in terms of church attendance. Celebration days which are purely religious don’t attract the same sort of attention and excitement. Anyone who says they have ever been genuinely excited about St Brigid’s Day, for example, is lying plain and simple.

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Inside  Prelude  Arts:  a  student-­run  creative  space Hannah  Popham  chatted  to  Luke  O’Rourke,  Chairperson  of  Prelude  Arts,  about  the  inspiration  behind  the  project

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With two locations on Dawson and Leeson St, The Farm's uber-healthy menu is within reach in the city centre. Credit: The Farm

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Pastels are everywhere. For those of us not blessed with the legs of a Victoria's Secret model, a pastel pink pant suit may not be the answer, but not to worry, there is plenty to choose from, as pastel everything, from shoes to accessories dominate the high street this summer.

The 'boyfriend jean' is back. Just when we thought skinny jeans ruled the world, the ripped and baggy 'boyfriend jean' graces us with its presence. A classic, and not to mention much more comfortable than skinny jeans, 'boyfriend jeans' are perfect choice for the summer months with sandals, or even heels.

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There is nothing quite as a timeless as a crisp white shirt. In conjunction with the classic white shirt, comes the contrast collar and the stripe shirt this spring/summer. Although Alexander Wang does a great job, H & M along with the usual suspects have of course mimicked the runway and given us great knock offs for a fraction of the price.

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Nothing is more wearable than a pair of sneakers. This summer sees the introduction of ‘skaters’. From snakeskin to cheetah or basic black, these wearable slip-ons are the essential casual footwear this summer as Steve Madden and Topshop steer the trend.

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he book was betterâ€? – you’re lying if you say somebody hasn’t said that to you at some point in your life; nowadays it’s practically a crime if you express your love for the likes of Game of Thrones or The Hunger Games, if you’ve never laid hands on one of the books. This theme of source material being KHOG LQ D KLJKHU UHJDUG WKDQ WKH Ă€ OP produced from it has become somewhat of a trend that people gleefully Ă RFN WR OLNH D KHUG RI VKHHS ² EXW ZK\" Are we so narrow-minded that in all our efforts to embrace the imagination-provoking, open-mindedness of reading, that we reject another person’s vision of how the book spoke to WKHP" %RRNV DQG Ă€ OPV DUH HQWLUHO\ GLI ferent mediums, and individually they deserve more respect than to be compared to each other in what is an incredibly unfair comparison. While DOO Ă€ OPV VWDUW RXW LQ ZULWWHQ IRUP WKH screenplay), books aren’t written with

the intention of being translated into a visual medium such as cinema or television. Books are designed to let the reader experience them in whatever imagiQDU\ YLVXDO ZD\ WKH\ OLNH Ă€ OPV DUH D bit more clear-cut in that everything is already laid out for you to absorb, perhaps, more easily. :KHQ DGDSWLQJ D ERRN LQWR D Ă€ OP it can only be expressed as the diLord of the Rings DGDSWDWLRQV VKRZ Ă€ OPV FDQ EH GLIIHUHQW UDWKHU WKDQ EHWWHU RU ZRUVH rector’s interpretation of the book, so will obviously never appeal to all original fans. that while we may be accustomed to perfect example of how it can coexist liking our own form of interpretation, as an equally incredible masterpiece ut, there are many cases where sometimes other people do a far bet- in both mediums. Let’s face it; some people just don’t such a great visual storyteller is ter job at it than we do. That principle can even extend as enjoy reading, and others prefer not to DWWDFKHG WR WXUQLQJ D ERRN LQWR D Ă€ OP that it surpasses the book in all possi- far as the author; there are many ac- be spoon-fed someone else’s vision. 6WXGLRV SXUFKDVH WKH Ă€ OP ULJKWV WR FRXQWV RI Ă€ OPPDNHUV ZKR KXJHO\ DO ble ways. David Fincher’s take on Fight Club, ter the source material for the better, a book so they can take whatever libStanley Kubrick’s take on The Shin- DV LV WKH FDVH ZLWK WKH Ă€ OP DGDSWDWLRQ HUWLHV WKH\ ZDQW WR PDNH D SURĂ€ WDEOH Ă€ OP ² QRW D WUXH WR WKH ERRN DGDSWD ing and Alfonso CuarĂłn's take on of Stephen King’s novella The Mist. However, the argument doesn’t have tion. So it’s really not worth your time Children of Men are all shining lights LQ WKH YDVW ZRUOG RI VXFFHVVIXO Ă€ OP to be as black and white as that, The having both mediums in the same adaptations. This just goes to show, Lord of the Rings trilogy stands as a conversation.

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love karaoke. In my hometown of Tralee there is very little to do for those who aren't children or pensioners. Since arriving in Dublin to study my Masters, Wednesday nights in Captain America’s has been a Godsend for me. When I walk into the bar, it's as if I’m entering another world: a world where there's no law against cursing or saying shocking things. It's where I go to let off steam and have a good time with my mates, but in a different energy to simply downing naggins in a house or chancin' women on a dance à RRU Karaoke is a release. It is a platform IRU DQ\RQH WR SHUIRUP DOPRVW DQ\ song. Be it that ninety’s jam that everyone loves, a hard hitting piece of classic rock or that hidden gem of a song that everyone has forgotten – karaoke has something for everyone.

I have witnessed some classics of course but along with that I have witnessed some catastrophic failures; one being my own. I had built up something of a streak of form for the bones of three weeks DQG ZDV TXLWH VDWLVĂ€ HG ZLWK P\ VSH cialized genre of upbeat boy band classics, but on one particular week I chose to go outside my comfort zone. The song was “Boyfriendâ€? by ninety’s megastars 'N Sync. The track is 5¡Q¡% VW\OH SRS ZLWK D VLJQLĂ€ FDQW amount of talking or half-arsed rapping. I had no problem singing but in this song my thick Kerry accent didn’t sound quite as smooth as Justin Timberlake’s LA enunciation. It was a failure. Luckily, I managed to somewhat redeem myself with a reasonably slick version of Justin Timberlake’s hit, 'Seniorita'. The ending of the song in particular is a pure party piece, and though it requires a bit of talking, it was not as hard to pull off as muttering, “Would you be my girlIULHQG" <RX NQRZ , OLNH \RX ULJKW EXW ZRXOG \RX EH P\ JLUOIULHQG"Âľ , NQRZ Cringe.

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"The perfect recipe for an earth-shaking karaoke number is a song that everyone knows, but everyone has forgotten." – Anyone need reminding of JT's dark days with 'N Sync?

organizers love us or hate us, either way we’ll be there every time. I would recommend anyone to give Karaoke a try at least once. It is a wonderful opportunity to raise your self belief and FRQÀ GHQFH E\ JHWWLQJ XS RQ VWDJH DQG belting out a song in front of a crowd of people. It’s an alternative way to spend a night out, and undoubtedly an untapped resource in Dublin among students. Karaoke nights are a winner for me.

Like all great stories, it started with an encounter in the men’s toilets. I was taking a break from writing my thesis proposal, had washed my hands and was leaving the facilities when I was approached by a young man. “Eh‌ sorry if this is a bit weird,â€? he began, ominously. “Would you be up for being in the DIT Fashion 6KRZ"Âľ KH DVNHG 6XUH ZK\ QRW , WKRXJKW ,¡G EH WKH Ă€ UVW WR DGPLW I’m not averse to a bit of attention. I went with him to meet the show’s committee and signed up. I had my Ă€ UVW UHKHDUVDO D ZHHN ODWHU Around the same time, my class were given an assignment. An assignment to cover any topic across three platforms of our choice. I joined a group with Joseph Conroy – the editor of this culture section – and Stephen Mooney. We threw ideas around – covering the youth wings of political parties in Ireland, following emerging bands in Dublin – but never settled on one. On a night out we came up with the idea of a documentary on the journey to the fashion show. Joseph thought we could do a job on it – “halfway between America’s Next Top Model and Fade Street,â€? as he put it. The boys joined me at the next rehearsal. We began taking models and committee members aside and holding interviews. We soon found a few 'characters' among the crew. Boni and Lucky – two models – particularly stood out. They made a Ă€ QH GRXEOH WHDP OLNH $QW DQG 'HF only likeable. If we were having a VORZ GD\ Ă€ OPLQJ ZH FRXOG DOZD\V just put the two of them on camera and see what happened. We followed the models and organisers for six weeks, catching rehearsals, promotional work, photo shoots, the choosing of clothes, and the mandatory spray tans. Mandatory spray tans from which I was not exempt. They’re absolutely no craic. The six weeks culminated with the show itself, which took place in VicDU 6WUHHW :H QRZ Ă€ QG RXUVHOYHV ZLWK VRPHWKLQJ FORVH WR YLGHRV RI which we now have to try and fashion into a documentary. I shouldn’t have written that – I actually hate puns. Halfway between America’s Next Top Model and Fade Street – I’d be happy enough with that.

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Culture Editor: Joseph Conroy

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They've  said  the  music  industry  has  been  dying  for  as  long  as  it's  been  around.  Culture  editor  Joseph  Conroy  looks  at  music  streaming  and  asks  whether  the  sky  is  really  falling,  or  are  the  big  boys  crying  wolf  again?

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hen future music nerds look back to now, Thom Yorke’s statement that Spotify is “the last desperate fart of a dying corpseâ€? will probably come WR GHĂ€ QH WKLV HUD RI PXVLF FRQVXPS tion as the world moves away from legal and illegal downloads and embraces streaming. A disgruntled Yorke pulled his solo album The Eraser and his Atoms for Peace material from Spotify and Radiohead’s self-released In Rainbows has never been available on the service. If you take a second to look at the quote, it actually says more about the rest of the music industry than it does about Spotify. Spotify might be the dying fart – but the music industry is the corpse and killing or ignoring this service isn’t the way to bring it back to life. Former Talking Head Mr David Byrne has been writing about music for some time. His last piece in the Guardian was titled ‘The internet will suck all creative content out of the world’ and was shared over 66,000 times on Facebook. A click onto his own personal blog will bring you to his most recent entry, ‘How will the wolf survive? Can musicians make a living in the streaming era?’ We are now at the tail end of a massive cultural shift that has been taking place since Napster launched. Among his scattered musings on the future state of music, Byrne wonders whether music streaming services like Spotify are anything more than a legal version of Napster or Pirate Bay. Byrne is not wrong. The mission statement of Spotify has never been to save Universal or Sony or Warner, nor to translate a 200-word write-up in Q into bread in a young artist's toaster. What Spotify set out to do was create a music platform that was better than what their fellow Swedes had built with the Pirate Bay.

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ast year, Spotify updated the area of their website that gives information to artists about using Spotify and stated that the platform was ‘built from the ground up to combat piracy’ – but combating piracy and re-empowering artists are different things. Writing in his ‘alternative Queen’s speech’ column in the NME last Christmas, Jonny Marr said he couldn’t think of "anything more opposite to punk rock than Spotify" (on the other hand, alt Queen’s speeches in the NME are totally punk rock). Punk rock was all about anarchy (or

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something like that) right? Spotify is a product of the anarchic world that we’ve created online. Spotify isn’t the driving force here, it's the product of this time and it's not just a music problem – it's an everything problem. Young teenagers have come and are coming of age in the great era of free FRQWHQW )UHH PXVLF À OPV 79 VSRUW streams, newspapers, books, magazines and more. The music industry has spent the best part of 15 years dealing with the realities and implications of this shift. This is basically the third day of Woodstock, everyone knows that there are no barriers stopping you walking in for free, but these guys are DOO VLWWLQJ GRZQ WU\LQJ WR À JXUH RXW how they can still make some money. Economies of free Last year’s biggest selling CD in the US was Justin Timberlake’s The

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20/20 Experience shifting 2.4 million CD’s – this is the same number of physical sales that 'N Sync’s No Strings Attached VROG LV LWV À UVW ZHHN LQ WKH KLJKHVW HYHU À UVW ZHHN sales for a CD). While vinyl sales rocket, they are still a niche market that only make up 1 percent of all music sales. So physical is dead – and now downloads are on the way out too. While the growth of legal downloads have been declining for some time, ZDV WKH À UVW \HDU WKDW WKH\ DF tually fell since the iTunes store went live ten years ago. Music piracy is also reported to be falling. Some attribute this decline to the growth of services like Spotify. As smart devices continue to develop and become cheaper, and the cost of internet access falls while the quality rises, it makes sense that people will switch to streaming services. Sweden is one of the countries that

has gone the furthest down this path. There, total music revenues grew by 12 percent in 2012 and a further 5 percent in 2013. Digital (downloads and streams) makes up 75 percent of the revenue and streaming accounts for 94 percent of this number. Over 70 percent of the total revenue in music came from Spotify alone.

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hile there is money to be made in streaming, these amounts are tiny when compared to the money to be made elsewhere. This means that if you own the rights to Lady Gaga or Michael Jackson’s music them Spotify is a good thing – massive amount of streams can make you money. However, if you are a young, talented musician, then this is bad news. The money you can get from streams is tiny when compared to downloads and physical sales. But, all young

musicians are already aware of this reality before they make an EP or record. Conversely, these musicians are the RQHV ZKR FDQ EHQHĂ€ W WKH PRVW IURP the technological shifts that have brought us to where we are. They can record for a fraction of the cost of their predecessors and distribute their music online for next to nothing. This side of the technological shift is perhaps best represented in the 2011 documentary PressPausePlay. 7KH Ă€ OP¡V SULPDU\ WKHVLV LV WKDW WKH internet and new technologies offer artists new creative opportunities that outweigh all the negative coverage we are used to hearing around the future of the creative industries (you can watch the doc’ for free on You7XEH RU 9LPHR Staying on top While Spotify has clearly become the streaming service of choice in the West, it's unclear how long it can stay there. The world's biggest companies have been holding their cards close to their chests for some time now. Both Apple and Google are rumoured to be close to showing their hands, perhaps as soon as this summer (although I doubt that). They both have massive advantages over other companies. Google have XELTXLW\ DQG PRUH VSHFLĂ€ FDOO\ WKH\ have YouTube – beyond question the world's largest repository of streamable music. While Google have launched their Google Music service, it is believed that YouTube Music is on the way and that it has the potential to blow Deezer and Spotify out of the water. Apple have been sitting back. They launched a Pandora-style iTunes Radio service but not a full blown iTunes streaming platform. Word on the web is that iTunes have built their streaming service and it's ready to go, but the company are still in talks with ‘The Labels’ to iron out the details. Apart from their design team and brand loyalty, Apple’s real advantage is that they already have your credit card details if you use any Apple products or services. Imagine the scenario that after it launches you download a track or album and you get a message saying that for around the same amount it costs to buy a handful of tracks you can get access to stream the whole VWRUH ERWK RQOLQH DQG RIĂ LQH DFURVV all your internet-enabled devices. 7KDW PRYH FRXOG EH WKH Ă€ QDO GHDWK knell for the period of mass purchasLQJ RI PXVLF RQOLQH RU RIĂ LQH

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Credits: Eoghan Regan

Below: Gemma Fitzpatrick's stunning triptych of interlocking triangles, gives insight into the artist's daily life

Above: Niamh Murphy depicts the two expectations of a woman, sexual and domestic

Engage:  an  exhibition Eoghan  Regan  visited  a  DIT  exhibition  as  a  babe  in  the  universe  of  Fine  Art

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ew know about DIT’s Fine Art school in Portland Row, and neither did I until I walked like a lost child into the White Lady Art Gallery, where students of the college had taken over a small space in the back of the room. Invited by Niamh Murphy, an artist whose work was also on display, I trundled down to the Gallery along the quays to check out the evening’s proceedings. It would be important to note at this point that I am no Art expert. I very much appreciate, but only in the same way that a child appreciates the stars; I lack any ability to understand the cosmos, but I have a fantastic time looking at them. ‘Engage’ was, if you can imagine, such a thing – a large Andromeda of concepts displayed on six white walls. Some had worked in the medium of paint, others with visual media and watercolour. /HRQDUG 7UD\QRU¡V ZDV WKH Ă€ UVW piece which wrangled my gaze, most notably because it didn’t look (to me at least) to be a piece of art. A small screen with headphones attached displayed a grainy YouTube clip of four Russian teenagers playing the Beatles classic: She loves You. Halfway through listening to the clip I realised the lyrics had been changed from ‘She loves you’ to ‘Ruptured Gas Main’. Following a ponderous few minutes, wondering if there was something I had missed, I asked the artist, wandering with a glass of the free wine, to explain to me the concept, as it had surely been lost on me. Leonard explained how he was attempting to show the brevity of news stories compared with the longevity

of pop culture, all too familiar territory for a journalist to appreciate. “Popular songs live on forever, whereas news stories are forgotten about and fade away. By combining the two, we draw a conversation between the importance of news compared to pop culture,â€? he explained. I admired his attempt to open this dialogue but couldn’t help feeling the conversation had already been had. Joe Soap would rather hear the lovely Liverpool lads tell them that ‘She loves him’ than listen on repeat WR WKH VLJQLĂ€ FDQW VWUXFWXUDO SUREOHPV of our energy crisis, unless of course Gas mains happened to be the raison d’Être of his intended audience. Maybe the news story had not been VLJQLĂ€ FDQW HQRXJK" 0D\EH ,¡P D philistine, in Art it’s always hard to tell.

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quirming my way through the now packed room I slipped amongst deafening chatter, and came to a second piece which again had PH EDIĂ HG 3ODFDUGV ZHUH PRXQWHG to the wall, GO HOME, FATHERS PROVIDE NURTURE TOO, GAY MARRIAGE EQUALITY NOW’ all in black bold covering an entire wall. Gay marriage equality I could understand, being somewhat aware of student liberal politics I understood the point quite clearly, but the others, ‘GO HOME’ especially had me stroking my chin in ignorance. Again I went in search of the artist. “I am a medium through which other people express their views,â€? explained Maria Quigley. For almost a year Maria had been asking people to write down anything they felt, so long as it was true to them, and picketed outside places

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people could have their say. “I am trying to normalise the idea of picketing.� Maria had turned herself into a piece of moving, unbiased art. It was, in my opinion, one of the cleverest pieces I had ever seen. Beyond respecting the concept I respected more the sheer cojones she had displayed, not only giving people she did not agree with a voice, but she physically had ‘stood’ for whatever messages she displayed.

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emma Fitzpatrick’s piece was by far the most visually stunning, a symmetrical collage of triangular shapes interlocking with dazzling colour. Each colour had been coded with a message of normality and domesticity beside it. An avant-garde pie chart separating the differing aspects of her life, each triangle chaotically placed on top of another with paradoxically careful symmetry. I had no need to call the artist for help on this display, not because I believed I had wholly understood the piece but rather because my own interpretation had VDWLVÀ HG PH HQRXJK 7KH H\H WKLUVWV for symmetry and colour, adding another layer of complexity to the piece

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she thought the message might be relevant. “‘GO HOME’ was one of the trickiest pieces I had done.� Standing outside an immigration centre Maria had stayed true to her word and had, against all her own held beliefs become the medium through which

might have drowned me. The rest of the pieces were just as eye-catching but I didn’t believe they had been executed with the same clarity or attention to detail as the previous. Thomas Tully’s typographical display was rugged but full of aggression, an inverted message. ‘You greedy Cunt’ was striking, but the execution did not live up to the delicacy of the other pieces. Maybe that was the point, again I remind you I am but a baby in this universe. Niamh Walsh’s two paintings were pastel-like imitations of domestic life, two images displayed the double expectations of the female role at home. One, a women changing for bed, the other a cup being washed, both painted with dull greys, a commentary on the mundaneness of doPHVWLF OLIH" , DVNHG 1LDPK DERXW WKH display which stood in front of her paintings, large basins for washing KDLU ZKLFK ZHUH Ă€ OOHG ZLWK EHDXWLIXO ‘Pot Pourri’. “Does it signify the beauty of feminine domesticity, are you trying to contrast the dull occasions of normal OLIH ZLWK WKH EHDXW\ RI RWKHUV"Âľ , asked her. “No, they were always in the gallery, we couldn’t move them,â€? she replied. And in those lines I fully accepted my ignorance. I had only caught glimpses of the other artist’s work, Paul McGrane and Ronan O Reilly. Their pieces, geometrically brilliant metaphors for life and death and silk like tentacles etched onto black paper were unluckily smaller than the rest. Given the cram of bodies which had gathered around each, it was a miracle I had managed to spot them at all. The most interesting sight of the evening was the crowd, an eclectic mix of young and old, artists and posers, personalities so large that they consumed the air of the room and made it impossible to look beyond their padded shoulders and velvet suit jackets. I wrote only three notes during my hour and a half JOLPSVH LQWR WKHLU ZRUOG WKH Ă€ QDO EH ing: “These people are more stunning than paintings‌the art would be nothing without themâ€?.

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The  Recruitment  Drive DIT  Sport  gurus  Darragh  Biddlecombe  and  John  O'Carroll  talk  to  William  O'Toole  about  the  college's  rich  sporting  history  and  the  scholarship  system  that  breeds  tomorrow's  stars

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IT have a long and successful history when it comes to sport and they have a particularly strong history when it comes to GAA. Teams in the DIT colours have competed at the very highest level in the GAA and they have had plenty of success. One of the areas that the GAA club in DIT have been most successful in is encouraging the very best players to come to the Institute. Players like Kerry’s Darren O’Sullivan, Dublin’s Kevin McManamon, and Mayo’s Aidan O’Shea have all come to the college on an elite scholarship programme . The GAA club is always trying to get the best players to come to DIT, and I had a chat with Darragh Biddlecome about what it takes to get a scholarship and what the club does to Ă€ QG SOD\HUV “We would talk to minor teams in Leinster, in and around the commuter belt and the feeder counties that come to Dublin obviously, Wicklow Wexford and Meath, counties like that. “We would be looking for footballers, hurlers, camogie players and ladies footballers. We would give the clubs prospectuses and explain to them what courses are on offer at the college.â€? To get a scholarship at elite level, there are strict criteria that must EH PHW EXW Ă€ UVW RI DOO SOD\HUV PXVW secure their place in DIT on merit. “Obviously they must sit the leaving cert and get the required number of points for the course they want to do at the college. “They would then apply for a scholarship and the deadline for Ă€ UVW URXQG RIIHUV LV WKH HQG RI 0D\ We would then call them in for an interview, usually toward the end of the summer or the beginning of

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6HSWHPEHU WR Ă€ QG RXW LI WKH\ DUH VWLOO interested. We then make a shortlist and call them in for trials and we would whittle it down from there. “One thing we have found is that because we have no facilities on FDPSXV LW FDQ EH GLIĂ€ FXOW IRU SOD\HUV travelling long distances for training and stuff but we give them a lot of support.â€?

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IT offers sports programmes for all levels but to get a place at elite level, players have to be playing at a high level. “Realistically to be considered you have to be playing at minor level, borderline inter-county OHYHO EHIRUH \RX VWDUW LQ Ă€ UVW \HDU Âľ The college usually offers 33 GAA scholarships per year and they would be spread out between football, hurling and camogie. “It varies from year to year, one year you could have a talented crop of footballers, the next you could have a talented crop of hurlers so it depends really.â€? When a player gets accepted on the programme they get a maximum of â‚Ź3,500 to cover fees but they also JHW Ă€ QDQFLDO DVVLVWDQFH IRU WUDYHO costs as well as equipment and sports attire. As well as that they also get access to an Athlete Development Programme which offers them Personal Performance Management; Mental Fitness for a College Athlete; Nutrition; and Strength and Conditioning training. They also get free access to the the DIT Fit2Go Club.

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he programme had been a success for the GAA club and that point is proven by the fact that the teams in the colleges are competing at such a high level. At senior level the footballers are SOD\LQJ WRS Ă LJKW 6LJHUVRQ FXS WKH KXUOHUV DUH SOD\LQJ WRS Ă LJKW )LW]JLE bon cup. The Camogie team is also

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DIT Ultimate Frisbee Club's women's team took home the Most Spirited Team award at Women's Outdoor Inter-varsities on March 22. On the same day, the Open Developmental team maintained an eighth place seeding at Open Developmental Inter-varsities.

SOD\LQJ WRS Ă LJKW ZKLOH WKH ODGLHV footballers are in the second tier. The success starts at fresher level though and the challenge is to transform it to senior level. “The Freshers won the football, the hurlers were beaten by the eventual winners UCD and in camogie we won the freshers title. That is a high standard in itself but the big challenge is transforming it to senior level.â€?

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IT also offers scholarships for soccer but elite scholarships wouldn’t be as high as they would be in the GAA. This is because players playing at that level in soccer will probably be in England by the time they are ready to start college. John O’Carroll who oversees the soccer in DIT explained it to me: “To get an elite scholarship for GAA you need to be playing at a high level even bordering on inter-county VWDQGDUG :LWK WKH VRFFHU ZH Ă€ QG the best players have usually gone to England by the time they reach the age to go to college. “We still get a fairly high level of players into the college though, We

would have the odd league of Ireland player, lads who play underage for Ireland. Some would be playing Leinster senior league or in the AUL. Recruitment for the soccer is more or less the same as it would be for the GAA: “I’d go around to the

schools and see if anyone is interested. I would also go to FAS courses where lads would be doing access courses to get into DIT. We usually get players of a high standard there. “I’d approach people at open days and see if they are interested in playing. You might get word of a SOD\HU FRPLQJ LQWR Ă€ UVW \HDU ZKR LV of a decent standard and you would go and talk with him.â€? The soccer team also won the league last year and John feels that helps get good players interested. “Success breeds success. When we have won stuff in the past we have got lads who have come to us inquiring about playing soccer for DIT.â€? ´7KHUH GHĂ€ QLWHO\ LVQ¡W DV PDQ\ elite players playing soccer in DIT as there would be playing other sports like GAA but we have still produced good players and teams.â€? Other famous athletes who have passed through DIT on scholarships include David Gillick (2005, 2007 European Champion 400m), Darren O’Neill (Irish Olympic Boxer, London 2012), and Sara Glynn (World University Championships Gold medal winner – Equestrian).

Both teams had a very tough day as strong winds, rain and hail made for H[WUHPHO\ GLIÀ FXOW DQG PXGG\ SOD\ ing conditions. The women's team only had seven players for the seven-a-side tournaPHQW DQG ORVW À UVW \HDU SOD\HU .XEUD Souleymani, to an ankle injury early on in the day. The team played the rest of their games with just six players and deVSLWH ORVLQJ DOO WKHLU JDPHV DQG À Q

ishing in last place (eighth) the team showed a great positive attitude to help them win the Most Spirited Team award. The women's team's Most Valuable Player (MVP) award went to Aoife Bermingham while team captain Niamh Meighan was voted the Most Spirited Player (MSP) for DIT. 7KLV ZDV WKH À UVW WLPH ',7 KDV HYHU sent a team to Women's Outdoor In-

ter-varsities due to a lack of numbers in previous years. 7KH 2SHQ 'HYHORSPHQWDO WHDP À Q ished in eighth place after suffering two universe point (sudden death) losses to both third place UCD and seventh place Trinity, with a comfortable win over DCU in between those matches. Dermot O'Halloran was voted MVP while Ciarån O'Brien received the team's MSP award.

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If Stephen Cluxton walked by me on the street dawning a dark blue Dublin jersey and caressing a GAA ball under his arm, I would pass him by not knowing that he was Dublin’s star man between the sticks. Like many, my stock and trade is the premier league. I will regularly tune in to see Aston Villa play Stoke on a Sunday evening rather than watch Meath play in PĂĄirc Tailteann, a stone’s throw away from my bedroom window. Maybe this will change thanks to the new mega deal that SKY and the GAA have struck up. A lot of the discussion over TV3 being trumped by SKY has been very introspective; Does this mean the GAA will be lining their pockets? Will the game go pro? Will attendances rise? All of which are very valid but everyone is sick to death of how the inner bodies both on and off the pitch will be affected. Attendances will not be affected by the agreement. Most people already have a Sky Sports subscription pack so the fact that 14 GAA matches will now be behind a pay-wall won’t suddenly drive the masses out of their homes and into dilapidated grounds across the country. I think the deal will affect those who are not engaged in the GAA community, such as myself, the most. A new breed of fan will be spawned. ‘The armchair’ fan, which is common in soccer, will now be commonplace in the world of hurling and football as well. There are many who sit silently and nod while others converse over how Derry are the new up and coming team and how Armagh obviously have no chance of winning the All Ireland, in the meantime those nods turn into sideways glances toward the TV mounted on the pub wall as AtlĂŠtico Madrid go two up at Osasuna.

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“We’ll split into groups of three. Each group will have members from DIT, DCU and Trinity,â€? said Burke, who set up the club at the beginning of the college year. One reason why Burke decided to establish the club was “to give students in DIT an opportunity to expeULHQFH ULĂ H DQG FOD\ VKRRWLQJ Âľ Each competitor at this weekend’s intervarsity will have 30 attempts. Burke is not certain what scoring system will be used but he thinks the winning college may be determined E\ WKH FRPELQHG WDOO\ RI WKHLU Ă€ YH best shooters. Saturday’s clay pigeon intervarsity is the only one of its kind for DIT members to participate in. Burke is hoping that another competition can be organised around Christmas time for the 2014-15 season.

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Burke. The distance between the shooter and the clay is usually between 20 and 30 metres, but this depends on what station the shooter is at. Burke’s club don’t have their own ULĂ HV RU VKRWJXQV ,QVWHDG WKH Ă€ UH arms have to be rented from established gun clubs. “We have to pay a fee for the ammunition as well and targets. DIT subsidises some of that.â€?

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Bowling  à tha  Cliath Murali  Rajendran,  co-­founder  of  DIT's  Cricket  Club,  speaks  to  Piers  Moyles  about  the  sport's  rising  popularity  both  inside  the  college  and  across  the  country

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edication, teamwork and enjoymentâ€?, those are the three main attributes needed to become a cricket star, according to chairperson of the DIT Cricket Club, Murali Rajendran. Founded in 2010 by by Murali and team captain Rahul Balachandran, the setting up of the club coincides with the recent rise of the sport’s SURĂ€ OH LQ ,UHODQG DQG WKH FOXE KDV come a long way since then. ´,¡YH EHHQ WKH FKDLUPDQ WKLV \HDU and last year and before that we GLGQ¡W DFWXDOO\ KDYH D FRPPLWWHH We just got together, said these things needed to be done and just did ZKDWHYHU ZH FRXOG WR NHHS WKH FOXE up and running.â€? 0LUURULQJ WKH ULVH RI FULFNHW LQ WKH FRXQWU\ WKH ',7 &ULFNHW &OXE URVH from humble beginnings with interest continuously increasing along the way. “When we had the club set up we KDG RU VR ODGV WKDW ZHUH YHU\ NHHQ RQ WKH VSRUW DQG ZLWK WKH UHYLYDO RI ,ULVK FULFNHW DIWHU WKH :RUOG &XS WKH LQWHUHVW MXVW JUHZ bigger and bigger. With the addition of students coming into college in UHFHQW \HDUV ZKR SUHIRUP YHU\ ZHOO LQ WKH LQWHU SURYLQFLDO VHULHV LW¡V JLY HQ XV D ERRVW LQ WHUPV RI GHYHORSLQJ the club as well.â€?

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O'Brien  bullish  after  World  Cup  exit Irish  cricket  all-­rounder  Kevin  O’Brien,  PRVW IDPHG IRU KLV TXLFN Âż UH UXQV DJDLQVW (QJODQG LQ VSRNH ZLWK SinĂŠad  Farrelly IROORZLQJ ,UHODQGÂśV HDUO\ H[LW IURP WKH ,&& :RUOG 7ZHQW\

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Those positives that he speaks of include a win over full member nation Zimbabwe and also a win from earlier in the winter against The West Indies in Jamaica. It is these ZLQV WKDW KHOS WR ERRVW WKH SURĂ€ OH and stature of cricket for associate nations such as Ireland and help to build their case for test cricket. Kevin points out that Ireland no longer need their ‘minnows’ tag as they now are “in with a chanceâ€? of beating these full member sides; “Any time that we beat a full memEHU LV FHUWDLQO\ JRRG IRU WKH SURĂ€ OH RI the game here. Any time that we play them we are right in with a chance of winning every game. “Those two wins were extra special, especially the game with the West Indies, beating them in their own back garden in Jamaica so that was extra pleasing.â€?

Kevin O'Brien doing what he does best – hitting a six against England. Below: Celebrating with brother and team-mate Niall.

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owever, as seen with the recent Netherlands’ loss to Sri Lanka, when the Dutch were bowled out for 39 runs, associate cricket can also have its bad days. The Dutch captain Peter Borren publicly apologised to the other associate teams after this loss and Kevin agrees that defeats like this can damage associate cricket. “I think they do [damage associate cricket]. I suppose when you look at cricket and especially T20, every team is capable of not performing to their best, but to be bowled out for a low score such as 39 it just makes it that little bit more difficult for the associate world. Yes, test teams can get bowed out for low scores but it just looks even worse when its associate teams getting bowled out for such a low target.� It is worth noting, however, that The Netherlands did bounce back with a strong win over England later in the world cup.

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he next time Ireland play an international match are the two ODIs (one day internationals) that they have against Sri Lanka in Clontarf, Dublin, on May 6th and 8th. Kevin says that before they turn their focus to these games, the players are taking a mental and physical break from the game. “I’m taking a couple of weeks off away from cricket and just trying to

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get away from the game. It has been a long winter for me and all of the guys; we’ve been on the go since December so I think a little break will be good for all of us as players and as a squad. We’ll readdress the Sri Lanka games come mid-April when we meet up and start training again over here.� He continued on to say that for him personally, there is not too big a mental change when switching between the different formats of the game. “Individually and personally I’ll just approach the games the same way I do any other format I look to try and play the exact same way when I’m batting and when I’m bowling, so for me shifting between the different forms is a lot less stressful for me than it might be for other players.� Sri Lanka defeated India on Sunday night to win the Twenty Twenty World Cup and they have also named a formidable side to play in Clontarf next month including international stars such as Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene and Lasith Malinga and so Ireland are set to have a tough match on their hands. However, with Irish cricket continuing to develop in a positive fashion and taking wins over full members such as The West Indies, they may yet pull off another surprise victory in front of a home crowd.

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We didn’t bowl as well as we could have, but we can’t dwell on it too much, we just have to take the positives from the tournament and move on – Kevin O'Brien, Ireland Cricketer

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