Driven by drugs: Motley survey reveals need for speedy education
by Molly Kavanagh and Stephen Moynihan Drug driving is a problem which cuts through a large cross-section of Irish society. However, the prevalence it has amongst people of typical university-going age is worth emphasising – and it doesn’t make for pretty reading. According to the most up-to-date statistics from UCD’s Medical Bureau of […]
Freaking Out: Motley talks with Nile Rodgers
By some miracle, Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer and producer Nile Rodgers agreed to talk with Motley Current Affairs Editor Alana Daly Mulligan about music, activism, his passion for change, and his journey with addiction.
An Daonlathas agus Uganda – tír fé smacht na míleata
Le Jane Holland. Is deacair an rud é smaoineamh faoi na deacrachtaí a bhíonn le sárú ag na daoine a chónaíonn in Uganda fé láthair. Ní féidir íomhá de Uganda a chruthú gan teannas foréigneach de shaghas éigint a bheith intuigthe, toisc nár bhlais an tír seo daonlathas liobrálach ó bunaíodh an stát tar […]
Phelan agus Bennett: Damáiste Chomhthaobha Choráis Sláinte
“An raibh aimsir riamh nuair a bhí sé ‘go breá’ bheith i do bhean sa tír seo?” Sin a cheistigh Síle Ní Dhubhghaill, ionadaí gníomhach des na Daonlathaithe Sóisialta, nuair a tháinig an tuairsc is déanaí mar gheall ar na hÁrais Máithreacha agus Leanaí chun solais i dtús na bliana seo. Bhí cuma ar an […]
‘Níl Teora ins an Gaisce atá Ionat’
In omós do laoch Chorcaí agus seoid i gcoróin na hÉireann Tháinig scamall anuas ar mhuintir Chorcaí agus ar dhomhain an Chumann Lúthchleas Gael le fógairt bháis Éamonn Uí Riain (Ryan), iar-phríomhoide Scoil Náisiúnta Cnocán na Biolraí, iar-Oifeagach Forbartha an CLG anseo i gColáiste na hOllscoile, Corcaigh, agus, sa ról inar bhain sé […]
Putting Periods on the Pitch: The Influence of Periods on Elite Female Athletes
Advancements in awareness and sports science mean that performance and welfare for female athletes could be on the rise, together. Current Affairs Staff Writer Conor Daly looks into the developments levelling the playing field. The last couple of years have seen a real shift in the attitudes towards female athletes and, pre-COVID, attendance at […]