Sean Ring lists and details the winners and their accomplishments. The Nobel Prizes were established by the will of Alfred Nobel of Sweden. This came as a shock to most people not least his family who, as you can imagine, were not too pleased to learn they would not be getting their hands on his fortune. Alfred had written the will without any lawyers (due … Continue reading Nobel Prizes: This Year’s winners
Female US Chess Champ Protests Being Forced to Wear a Hijab in the Iran World Championship documented by John A. O’Dowd. The 2016 US Women’s Chess Champion, Nazí Paikidze, has stated that she will not take part in the 2017 Women’s World Chess Championship, due to Iranian Penal Law dictating she must wear a hijab if she is to take part in the world tournament. … Continue reading Crowns and Hijabs: The Iran Chess Championship Boycott
Editor-in-Chief, Eoin McSweeney explains the recent EU Commission decision on Apple’s tax arrangements with Ireland and explores the Government’s options “It’s an odd one, because the Irish Government has paid almost €300,000 in legal fees to stop the EU Commission ordering Apple to pay the Irish Government billions.” A ruling on Apple’s tax arrangements in Ireland was made public by The European Commission this … Continue reading Orchard Thieves? A Bite into the Apple Tax Case
HASSAN BAKER SPEAKS TO PROF. JOHN SODEAU, AN ATMOSPHERIC CHEMIST FROM THE CENTRE FOR RESEARCH INTO ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY (CRAC) IN UCC. “As well as the predictable signs of climate change, there seem to be more unpredictable effects; “Some of these sound like scare mongering crazy science fiction…” Climate change has stopped being that boring thing Al Gore likes to rant about and has become the … Continue reading Climate Change: Science, Horrors and Policy
The Sam Allardyce scandal; detailed by Luke Holmes. After an embarrassing Euro 2016 campaign that saw England score only four goals and get knocked out by minnows Iceland in the Round of 16. Alan Shearer said that it was the worst performance by an English team at a major tournament. Roy Hodgson was replaced by Sam Allardyce after the tournament. Everyone thought that England would … Continue reading Watergate in the FA
Mary Sutton gives a briefing on the first of three presidential debates between Clinton and Trump. What a surprise, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump tend to disagree. The first debate reaffirmed what we already know: Clinton and Trump both have their issues and the United States reeks of anxiety. The first presidential debate took place at Hofstra University and was mediated by NBC’s Lester Holt. Holt … Continue reading The Presidential Debate Coverage
Dean Strang, lawyer of Steven Avery, sat down with Hugh O’Sullivan to discuss the American justice system and his work on proving innocence I was greeted by an affable Dean Strang in the sunny alcove of a Cork restaurant just a few minutes before he was due to go on stage at UCC. Later that evening the lawyer was also going to be speaking with his friend … Continue reading Dean Strang on US Social Justice
