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The theme for this year’s Fashion Show is “House of Chaos: A Twisted Tale” Photo courtesy of Vodafone DIT Fashion Show Photo courtsey Photo of Society Office College President, Brian Norton with Hélèné Duffy, Imogen Ní Riain, Daniel Sterling Uzice and Brian Gormley, Manager of Campus Life at the awards ceremony last month Society awards Rachael O’Brien Language.” Deputy Culture Editor There were many more awards on the night, including Best New Society, which On the 26 March 2013, the DIT Society went to Japanimation Society; Best Char- Awards were held in Gleeson Hall, DIT ity Event, going to Movember held by Kevin Street. the Banter Soc; Best Civic Contribution, Organised by the Societies Office, the which went to the DIT Wells for Zoe So- awards were a celebration of the many ciety and Best Event, going to the Circus students who participated in the activi- and Juggling society for the Dublin Circus ties of the societies throughout the year, Festival 2013. contributing in a very significant way to One of the main awards on the night, campus life in DIT. Best Soc overall went to the Circus and Many winners on the night went on to Juggling Society. Rebecca Brannigan, a represent DIT in the National Society member of the society and also one of the of the Year Awards, organised by BICS winners of Fresher of the Year went on the (Board of Irish Colleges Societies) represent DIT at the BICS awards 2013. Fashion Show Tonight on April 11 in the Hodson Bay Hotel, Another prestigious award on the night Athlone. was Best Individual. There were three Dáirne Black A Twisted Tale”. 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. In 2005 it was The winner of the Most Improved winners; Helene Duffy from Circus and Culture Editor Judges on the night, will include Ireland’s voted Best Event by a college nationwide Society Southside went to DIT Cumann Juggling Soc, Daniel Uzice from Banter top stylist Maria Fusco; Off the Rails Pre- at the annual BICS (Board of Irish College Gaelach while the Most Improved Society Soc and Imogen Ryan from Eng Soc. The annual Vodafone DIT Fashion senter Brendan Courteny; fashion editor Society) awards. Northside went to the Photo Soc. Another Uzice was delighted with the win, say- Show will take place tonight, April 17 in of the weekend magazine Bairbre Power; Proceeds from the show will go to Rea- divide in the category between North and ing “I have been involved in societies for Vicar Street. The show, celebrating it’s and the designer and previous winner of chout.com, a service committed to taking Southside was in the Best Soc category. one academic year now and because of 10th year, is also sponsored by Spin103.8 the student element of the Vodaphone DIT away the mystery of mental health. The The winners were Engineering Soc and my hard work & constant involvement with the ART Team helping out. Tickets Fashion Show, Umit Kutluk. aim of the site is to help young people who Nutrition Soc respectively. in The Banter Society as well as helping are €20 but €15 for students, which in- The Fashion Show dates back to 2003 may be going through a tough time. This is Seosaimhín Ní Ghallachóir of Cumann other societies with their events, I was cludes an after party. The show is esti- and was organised by four enthusiastic done by using inspiring stories from fellow Gaelach said “the fact that Cumann awarded Best Individual. It was quite an mated to attract over 1,000 people, from second year students as a way to get out young people. Gaelach won ‘Most Improved Society honour to receive such an award and it both DIT and outside alike. The theme of lectures. The show has received acclaim Southside award’ this year, it’s just great goes to show that hard work does not go of this year’s show is “House of Chaos: when it was voted Best Event in DIT in See next Edition for full coverage. to see DIT more involved with the Irish unnoticed.”

NEWS FOREIGN CULTURE DIT & Edition in Education cuts Gaeilge Erasmus in Norway Mystery Plane tour Disable and mature students to be hit Gradaim Chumarsáide Oireachtas na Rundown of the college’s first mystery trip Smedias P3 Gaeilge, ar siúl ar 17 Bealtaine St. Patrick’s in Holland abroad Students and paper up for awards at the P4 P10 P12 ceremony tonight in Ballsbridge Hotel Rainbow Week P2 Review of the annual LGBT week Grangegorman Spring Breakers P3 Developments for the new campus LEAN MACHINE Review of the Disney princess crime caper P5 P13 College shares data First Irish symphony Challenger drops a UCC, UCD and DIT begin to share re- Orchestra to play first symphony com- View from Gaza stone in one week? What’s On In DIT sources for data analytics posed in Ireland for first time in 200 years Lecturer Jim Roche writes on living Japanamation, DIT Bra Walk and P2 P4 conditions he witnessed in Gaza Summer fitness tips Anchorman screening P6, 7 P9 P15 2 www.edition.ie THE EDITION Wednesday April 17 2013 NEWS Editorial Team

Editor [email protected] Jarlath Moloney DIT joins data with Unis Deputy Editor [email protected] Al McConnell Al McConnell search (CeADAR), which has been tasked land has distinct advantages compared to help them make better decisions and cre- Deputy Editor with the goal of making Ireland a world other countries, and taking steps necessary ate competitive edge. The focus of the re- News Editor [email protected] leader in the area. to ensure that we realise our potential for searchers in UCD, UCC and DIT will be Ciarán Clark DIT will be part of a €1 million project The main focus of the research agenda, employment in those areas. Data Analytics to create new technologies, usage models in data analytics, along with UCD and which will be guided by multi-national is one such sector, and the Government be- and commercial applications to address the Irish Editor [email protected] UCC, as part of a government effort to companies and Irish ICT companies in- lieves that between our climate, skills base short to medium term technology needs of Josephine Gallagher boost jobs in emerging sectors. The data cluding eBay, Dell, and Qumas, will be and existing strengths in ICT, we have the the Irish based industry.” analytics sector is currently growing at developing ways of generating business, potential to reap substantial benefits in Professor Peter Clinch, UCD VP for In- Culture Team [email protected] 40 per cent per year worldwide, and has profit, and ultimately jobs, from the high- terms of jobs and growth from the global novation said: “CeADAR brings together Dáirne Black Rachael O’Brien been targeted in the Government’s ‘dis- growth area of data analytics. expansion of this sector.” innovative companies and world-class ruptive reforms’ in the Action Plan for Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and In- Gearoid Mooney, Director of ICT Com- Irish researchers from UCD, UCC and DIT Sports Team [email protected] Jobs 2013. novation, Richard Bruton, announced the mercialisation at Enterprise Ireland “Data into a powerful innovation partnership to Danielle Stephens Darragh Mowlds The project will be led by UCD, along initial €1 million investment last month, is only as valuable as the information and perform leading-edge research in the area with a research consortium including DIT said of the project: “A key part of this insights we can extract from it. Industries of big data. We are confident that CeAD- Foreign Team and UCC. Research will be carried out in Government’s plan for growth and jobs across the world are looking for ways to AR will help to position Ireland as a ‘go- Barry Lennon Andrew Donovan the Centre for Applied Data Analytics Re- is identifying areas where we believe Ire- extract information and insights that will to’ country for future big data solutions.”

Start cycling, but stay safe David Keenan since 2009. This plan was established in Graham O Toole, Kate January 2009 to encourage more employ- Power, Rebecca The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has ees to cycle to work by allowing bikes of Shekleton and Nathan made cyclists one of their main priori- up to €1000 be tax free under the scheme. O’Reilly and are all up for ties in reducing road accidents this year. The employer pays for the bike and the an award in the Radio DJ The growing popularity of cycling means employee refunds them through a salary category that people are getting more exercise, re- arrangement. ducing traffic, and being friendlier to the In 2010, D.I.T won The Golden Pedal environment. However, a recent report by Award from dublincycling.ie for the enthu- the RSA encourages people to have fun but siasm from both staff and students towards be wary of the dangers involved in riding getting on their bikes. This year, D.IT will DIT and The Edition well on the road. be celebrating Bike to College Day for “Cycling has become increasing popu- Green Week on Wednesday 24 April. lar over the last decade,” said the report. Here are some tips from the RSA on how “However, it should be remembered that you can cycle to class safely. collisions involving cyclists account for 1 represented in Smedias in 25 road deaths annually, and many col- lisions involving cyclists result in serious Rachael O’Brien Roisin Linnie is also up for Best Short Barry Lennon is up for Travel Writer of the head injuries.” Safe Cycling Deputy Culture Editor Film for her work on Off The Board. Lin- Year while second year student, Seosaim- The report stated that Gardaí will target Wear a helmet nie, the producer of the film said “The off hín Ní Ghallachóir was shortlisted in the improper behaviour by cyclists such as cy- Many accidents involve severe head The National Student Media Awards the board team are delighted to be nomi- Irish category, Íriseoireacht Scriofa. cling on footpaths, cycling the wrong way, injuries that could be prevented by sim- (Smedias) will take place in the Balls- nated. We put so much hard work into this After finding out, Ní Ghallachóir com- and breaking red lights. They have also ply wearing a helmet. bridge Hotel on the 17 April. documentary that it is amazing to get the mented that “It’s great recognition for the given consideration in extending the pen- Awards season may be over for the ac- recognition. Student film making is tough Edition overall, especially the fact that it’s alty points system where cycling offences Keep to the left tors but for the students it’s just beginning. when you don’t have huge budgets or re- the first time the paper has had a full page are relevant to safety. Always look behind you and give The Smedias are awards which give me- sources but our hard work paid off and we dedicated to Irish, which I’m really happy A survey of cyclists in Dublin by TCD proper signals before changing lanes or dia students across the country a chance are very proud of the results.” about. Also the fact that Cumann Gaelach last year showed that 87.5% of participants making a turn to showcase their talent. Categories range Radio DJ is a popular category in the won ‘most improved society Southside admitted to breaking the rules of the road from Editor of the year, Newspaper of the Smedias and DIT seem to have taken over award’ this year, it’s just great to see DIT with regular, confident and experienced Follow the rules Year and Best Short Film. the category with four out of five nomina- more involved with the Irish Language.” cyclists being less compliant. Never run traffic lights or weave- un For the last five years Trinity College tions. Graham O Toole, Kate Power, Na- The Edition is up for Newspaper of the The RSA are also concerned about the predictably in and out of traffic. What have won Newspaper of the Year but they than O’Reilly and Rebecca Shekleton are Year and Society Publication of the Year lack of cyclists wearing safety helmets and may save a few seconds could result in may have some stiff competition this time all up for an award in this category. Upon while the paper’s editor, Jarlath Moloney safety gear. An observational study by the a fatal injury. around. UCD and DIT’s papers are both up receiving the nomination, O’ Toole said is up for Editor of the Year. He is also nom- RSA showed that less than 50% of road for nomination in this category. that “the feeling is right up there with the inated for his work on layout and design users wear a helmet, and only 42% wear Take care of your bike DIT and its students have done amazing first time I kissed a girl down by the bottle on the paper with Alistair McConnell and protective clothing. Your brakes should work properly and this year with 14 nominations in total. On banks one lunch many years ago.” Barry Lennon. DIT also has a nomination The report also mentions the continued your tyres should be inflated to the the film side of things, Ricardo Deakin Turning to journalism categories, and in the Small Publication of the Year for success of their Cycle to Work scheme, a right pressure and be in good condition. is up for Best Short Film and Best Film The Edition’s team of writers and editors Tonic, a magazine produced by last year’s scheme which D.I.T has participated in Script for his film The Red Bear. have done quite well. Third year student, masters students.

EDITION.IE EDITION_IE WWW.EDITION.IE THE EDITION Wednesday April 17 2013 www.edition.ie 3 NEWS USI President USI come out for LGBT Elected Ciarán Clark News Editor USI challenge constitutional convention on equal access to civil marriage Joe O’Connor has been elected Presi- dent of the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) for 2013/2014. O’Connor had served as the President of GMIT Stu- Ciarán Clark dents’ Union for two years and before News Editor that the Vice President for Welfare. From Kilmore Roscommon, O’Connor The USI has made a submission, outlin- has an honours degree in Accounting and ing its position on marriage equality in a Masters in Strategy and Innovation Man- Ireland, to the Constitutional Conven- agement. O’Connor has personal experi- tion on equal access to civil marriage ence of coping with the increasing cost of in Ireland. The submission is a compre- college. He feels that his direct experience hensive document which contains per- of student support services make him ide- sonal testimonies from students about ally suited to the role. what it was like to ‘come out’ and why O’Connor said: marriage equality matters to them. “I am honoured to have received over- Amanda Piesse, Dean of Students at whelming support and a comprehensive Trinity College Dublin lauded the proposal mandate from USI Congress today. saying: With more and more families being “This proposal from the USI is extremely priced out of higher education due to ever- welcome, both in terms of its content and increasing fees and dwindling student sup- its timing. Our higher education institu- ports, the need for effective national repre- tions, vitally, foster engagement with so- sentation is more acute than ever. cial understandings of justice and equality, At this time, 10,000 vulnerable students both in terms of what we pursue through courtesyPhoto of USI are still waiting on their first maintenance our research and in the learning process grant payment from SUSI and countless that students and staff engage in together. Protestors arrived at Dáil Éireann dressed in wedding attire to highlight the issue of equal rights secondary school students wonder if they We work together for a society defined and can afford to attain what should be their determined by a fully-informed desire for and your peers under the law.” institutional discrimination she felt as land, how can we, the Irish nation, still not right; an education that best equips them equality and justice.” Ben, Equality Officer of IT Tralee Stu- a child at both primary and secondary see equality as a priority within our soci- to play their part in our country’s recovery. She added, “As Dean of Students at Trin- dents’ Union, talked about the effect of in- level. “Throughout primary and second- ety?” I have spent the last three years dealing ity College Dublin, part of my role is to equality, “I did my very best to be ignored. ary school, I never heard the word gay or Laura Harmon, USI Vice-President for with students facing these enormous dif- encourage and facilitate all of our students I missed out on so many things a second- lesbian being mentioned in a positive way Equality and Citizenship added: ficulties first-hand. in developing their full potential in every ary school student shouldn’t. The one that by any of my teachers or peers. The only “I’m heartened by the enthusiasm and While the challenges ahead will test the aspect of their lives. For this reason, both stands out in my mind was that I missed times I heard it was in a derogatory man- leadership that Students’ Union officers student movement like seldom before, I professionally and personally, I whole- my Debs. My classmates didn’t even real- ner, and always unchallenged.” from all four regions have shown for this am ready to lead the charge and urge the heartedly endorse this proposal.” ise I didn’t go. I cannot blame anyone. I Lastly Aimee, recently elected President issue over the past year. This is a civil students of Ireland to join me in the pur- Recently graduated Louise added her exiled myself.” He then talked about how of her Students’ Union, simply appealed to rights issue that students feel very strongly suit of a quality and affordable education testimony, talking about the immediate equal marriage rights can benefit young the state for equal treatment, “I am not ask- about. We hope that members of the Con- system.” inequality young people face when they people, helping them feel more secure ing for anything special, I am asking for vention will take our submission on board identify as LGBT: “I truly believe that the about their identity from an earlier age, “ equality. How can the government of our and listen to the personal stories told by depression, isolation and loneliness expe- I can only speculate, but I believe strongly country deny one of their citizens the right students in the document about why mar- rienced by many young LGBT people like that if marriage equality had been achieved to marry the love of their life? I want to be riage equality is a crucial step in realising Rainbow week myself stems from the fact that the minute before I started secondary school my anxi- given the exact same rights as my straight the rights of LGBT persons in Ireland.” you say the words aloud – ‘I am gay’ – you ety would have been lessened.” brother. I want to be given the exact same *Names changed at request of testifiers. Ciarán Clark suddenly become unequal to your siblings Laura, another student, discussed the rights as my parents. In 21st century Ire- **which students union Aimee News Editor This year DIT Rainbow Week took place between April 8 – 11. The primary focus according to DIT’s LGBT society was on Biphobia. Among the week’s events was Education cuts for mature and disabled a talk on Biphobia which raised society’s perspective on the Bi Community.There were events on the History of LGBT, Charlie Heasman once on Jobseeker’s Benefit he must be Mental Health and Coming Out Work- ‘available for work’, in other words he shops. The week was filled with events; on Government spending cutbacks could will have to give up college to avail of it. Monday 8 there was a ‘History of LGBT spell trouble for many unemployed “The ridiculous thing is,” he says, “that seminar held in Aungier St and a talk on adults hoping to return to education after nine months on Jobseeker’s I would Bisexuality, with guest speakers Aoife as a means of improving their career be eligible for Back to Education Allow- FitzGibbon and Laura Finlay. Rounded off prospects. ance (BTEA). So if I was to go away and was the Launch night in Solas. A Coming With competition in the workplace sit on the dole doing nothing for twelve Out workshop was held on Tuesday 9, also becoming ever more intense an increasing months I could then come back and carry in Aungier St, along with a movie night number have opted for third level educa- on. But where’s the sense in that? ‘Milk’ again held in Aungier St. Tackling tion, and this has been both facilitated by “From my point of view life’s too short; the high levels of mental distress exhib- the colleges and encouraged by the Gov- I want to improve my prospects now, not ited by the community which is reflected ernment. A significant number of these in a year’s time. From the State’s point of by statistics - a 2009 study of over 1,100 new entrants rely on Back to Education view, does it really make sense for them LGBT people in Ireland titled Supporting Allowance (BTEA). to pay me to sit on the dole for another LGBT Lives: A Study of the Mental Health Now the Government is aiming to twelve months and then let me pick up and Well-Being of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, achieve net savings of €390 million in the where I was forced to leave off?” and Transgender People showed a stagger- 2013 social welfare budget and one area The irony is that on the 8th March this ing 90 per cent of LGBT people have expe- in which it intends to realise these savings year Ron was provisionally approved by rienced feelings of depression – there was is that of social welfare payments. While the Department of Social Protection for a mental health workshop held on Wednes- the qualifying criteria for BTEA have not BTEA cost of education only allowance. day in Aungier St. This was followed by changed it is feared that many applicants They are agreeing to pay his college fees an ‘Alter Ego Night’ hosted by The George may be turned down on technicalities as a but not to actually facilitate his attendance which Chairperson of the LGBT society, cost-cutting measure. on the course. Aine McLoughlin said, “ was a big suc- One such person is Ron Leech, a 45 DIT’s Mature Student Support Officer, cess” and saw “some of the best costumes year old former construction worker on Mature student, Ron Leech may have to drop out if the MSAC is cut Photo by Charlie Heasman Bob O’ Murcu, is sympathetic. being some members in drag”. On Thurs- the Mature Student’s Access Course in “There are a lot of mature students out day night there was a ‘Trans 101’ seminar. DIT Mountjoy Square. He is afraid that tions for cataracts and a detached retina. the access course. Since September 2012 there with difficulties,” he says. “While And to end the week was a ‘Masqueerave’, his third-level education will soon be over He will never be able to return to this type Welfare has enabled him to go to college there is no class of student that is immune in The Dragon, a night dedicated to fun before it has even properly begun. of work again. by providing both him and his family with from money problems, by the very nature and shifting identities. During the boom years Ron worked as Because of his health problems he was a weekly income. of their situations mature students can Aine McLoughlin, Chairperson of LGBT a tower crane driver, but lost his job when put on Supplementary Welfare Allowance Now, however, he has been turned down have all sorts of marital, family and fi- said the week was a great success, “Many the industry ground to a halt in 2009. and he anticipated eventually being ap- for both Disability and Supplementary nancial difficulties. Government cutbacks of our students came away feeling incredi- At the same time he developed eyesight proved for full Disability Allowance. On Welfare and has been told he must go on are not helping. I’ve been in this job since bly informed. The ‘Trans 101’ and ‘Bi talk’ problems and has since undergone opera- the strength of this he took up his place on Jobseeker’s Benefit. The problem is that 2008 and see things getting worse year events went particularly well.” 4 www.edition.ie THE EDITION Wednesday April 17 2013 NEWS First performance in 200 ‘Think before you type’ Al McConnell carried out the survey, estimate that around Deputy Editor half of the three million estimated Internet users in Ireland has had a distressing expe- The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) rience, not only including cyber-bullying, years of first Irish symphony has launched a cyber-bullying awareness but also identity fraud, theft, e-mail hack- campaign in response to increased reports ing and social media hacking. of cyber-bullying from students across the Denise McCarthy, Vice President for Amy Fitzgibbon will attempt to find out more about those climate. He rarely performed in public. country. The campaign was announced at Welfare, said on launching the campaign: writing symphonies and the circumstances “He was an active member of the Ana- the USI annual Congress in Ballinasloe, in “Social media is designed to bring people The Camerata orchestra from DIT is to surrounding the composition. creontic Society of Dublin, a private music March. together, but when it’s used to exclude and perform the first-known symphony ever “It’s the first time that Ireland’s sympho- society established to provide aristocratic ‘Think Before You Type’ will be run in target people the effects can be devastat- to be composed in Ireland after the miss- nies will be discussed in this way so I’m amateurs with the opportunity of perform- partnership with NUS-USI, the National ing. Welfare officers around the country ing pieces of the symphony were discov- excited to hear the story of Ireland and the ing with professional musicians.” Council of Ireland, Headstrong, SpunOut. report an increasing number of students ered in the National Library of Ireland. symphony unfold throughout the course of The composer also opened a small music ie, Headsup.ie, and Reachout.com. The co- citing incidents of harassment and online The orchestra will perform the sympho- the day.” shop in the city and soon became known as alition has stated that it feels cyber-bulling abuse. ny under the direction of Keith Pascoe on As very little is known about Paul Alday, one of the city’s leading music publishers. must be addressed at a national level, as it USI at the same time also launched the 20 April 2013 in the DIT Conservatory of Dr Ferris carried out her own research on The symphony, in the C minor key, lasts has become an issue of grave concern for USI Guide to Cyberbullying. This includes Music and Drama in Rathmines. the composer and discovered he was resi- approximately twenty minutes and was many young people. tips on Internet etiquette, advice on how to Dr Catherine Ferris, music cataloguer at dent in Dublin from 1805 until his death dedicated to the Anacreontic Society of The new campaign coincides with publi- deal with cyber-bullying, and information the Conservatory, discovered the missing in 1835. Dublin by Alday upon its completion in cation of a survey showing 13 per cent of on support services that are available to pieces of the symphony during a scoping “This was a period of extreme social and the nineteenth century. Irish people aged 15 to 24 admitted to be- young people who become victim to it. study of the uncatalogued collections car- cultural change immediately after the Act A contemporary review of the symphony, ing cyber-bullied. Amárach research, who ried out by DIT and the French Academy of Union in 1801”, she said. written in Dublin Magazine in February of Music in the National Library of Ireland “When the Irish Parliament was re- 1820, said, “On the whole this symphony last year. moved, many Protestant aristocrats left contains so many beauties that it must al- The symphony was composed by French Dublin and composers and performers ways be a desideratum to the selection of USI Call for investment in composer and violinist Paul Alday around stopped including the city in their tours every lover of instrumental music.” 1816 and was one of two pieces he wrote of Europe. This provided an environment Anyone wishing to attend the full day during this period. Before the discovery of for the fostering of private concerts and conference should email Catherine.Fer- youth unemployment scheme the missing pieces in the National Library, Alday’s involvement in Dublin’s musical [email protected] before the 12 April to confirm the library of the Royal Irish Academy life mirrored the wider social and cultural registration. Ciarán Clark adding: of Music held only incomplete parts, but News Editor “There will be those who say we can’t newly discovered parts provide a complete afford to implement the Youth Guarantee set for the performance. The USI has released a statement calling given the additional investment it will in- Students of the DIT Conservatory of Mu- for more investment in the Youth Guar- evitably require. I say we can’t afford not sic and Drama have digitally transcribed antee scheme after Eurostat figures to implement it.” the sections in preparation for the first per- showed 30.8 per cent of Ireland’s under USI have announced they want the Min- formance of this symphony since the early 25s are unemployed. It is a 0.4 per cent ister to act “on her word and ensure that nineteenth century. increase since January, despite the Gov- the scheme receives adequate investment The full-day event brings together lead- ernment’s assurance, it would put youth in order to alleviate this growing crisis.” ing international academics and contem- employment on the agenda during its President of the USI, John Logue, com- porary Irish symphonic composers to dis- EU presidency. mented: cuss issues relating to this classical music The Youth Guarantee scheme sets out to “The Eurostat figures show that Ireland’s genre. Organiser Dr Catherine Ferris said, provide employment, education or train- unemployment rate for under 25s is almost “Alday’s first symphony has not been per- ing to people under 25, who have been 7% worse than the European average. formed in two hundred years, so there’s unemployed for four months. The scheme To combat the growing dangers associ- a great deal of anticipation toward finally is to receive some funding from the EU but ated with long term unemployment among hearing what it sounds like. would also depend largely on Government young people, meaningful Government in- “The entire event will take a fresh look at investment. Minister for Social Protection, vestment is required in a Youth Guarantee the symphony in Ireland, often overlooked Joan Burton, has said youth unemploy- scheme that restores a sense of pride and

in our discussions of musical history, and Brugh Quartet CourtesyPhoto of Van ment in the EU is an “existential crisis”, hope in our young people. Keaith Pascoe, second from right with the RTÉ Van Brugh Quartet, will be directing the symphony GAEILGE Gradaim Chumarsáide Oireachtas Stáisiúin nua RTÉ

Deir Aodhán Ó Dea, a bhíonn i mbun oibre leis an t-aos óg go minic mar gheall na Gaeilge, ar siúl ar 17 Bealtaine ar a shaothar le Conradh na Gaeilge, go dtugann na seirbhísí nua seo a thuilleadh aird ar na meáin Ghaelach. “Cinnte gur mhaith an rud iad agus táim Seosaimhín Ní Ghallachóir €1,000 ar an tríú háit. choinne an Craoltóir Raidió na Bliaina. íontach sásta a leithéidse a fheiceáil. Is í Eagarthóir Gaeilge “Is mór an caighdeán inár gcoinne Is léir gur aimsir suntasach, corraithea- ceann dena deachrachtaí is mó maidir le sa comórtas, mar shampla na Cumainn cha dona meáin chumarsáide Ghaeilge, páistí a spreagadh go dtí an Ghaeilge ná D’fhogair gearrliosta Chomórtas na Ghaeligh TCD agus UCD, chomh maith le ach ar ndóigh cuireadh brú millteanach easpa láithreacht ag an dteanga sna meáin n-Institiúidí Tríú Leibhéal, Glór na cumainn ó ngach ard-Institiúid oideachas ar an tionscal mar gheall ar na ciorruithe agus sa gnáth saol. Ní réitíonn seo na nGael an tseachtain seo caite, ina bhfuil eile. Ach táim iontach buíoch den cumann móra agus cailleadh maoiniú. Deirtear go fhadhbanna sin ach is chun chinn é gan Cumann Gaelach DIT ainmnithe ar. Tu- uilig, d’obrigh siad go h-an dian le linn an bhfuil gach réimse sna meáin Gaeilge ag amhras” gadh an comórtas aitheantas mór ar an bhliain,” dúirt an tUachtarán an cumann. fulaingt, cuir i gcás nuair tháinig deireadh Stiofán Ó Connachtaigh Beidh sraith míreanna ar siúil, le daoine oiread obair a rinneadh na Chumainn An mí seo chugainn, beidh mór-ócáid le Gaelscéal i Feabhra 2013 de bharr gur óga ón Iarthar na tíre, beo ar maidin ag leis an bhliain anuas. cheiliúrtha eile dona Meáin Cumarsáide ghearr Foras na Gaeilge a mhaoiniú. Tá Raidío Teilifís Éireann i mbun cai- 9.08 am, ar clár darb ainm Iris Aniar ar “Bhíomar iontach gnothach le linn an Ghaeilge ar siúl chun omós a thabhairt do Dúirt Cian MacCárghaigh, an Bainiste- néal nua teilifse agus raidió le haghaidh Raidió na Gaeltachta. An rún a bheidh bhliain ag cuir imeachtaí ar siúl agus go gach réimse sna meain Gaeilge. 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San áireamh lena cláracha céiliúrtha seo tha a chruthaítear do mhic léinn agus bhliain seo. na Gaeilge), tá BBC Blas ó BBC Radio Tá baint ollmhór ag an Ghaeilge lena chomh maith ná craoladh an Craobh- d’fhoireann na hinstitiúide. Is Raidió na Life, Raidió Rí Ra agus Uladh ann, tá news talk le splanc agus staisiúin agus an seoladh seo agus beidh chomórtas Siansa Gael Linn 2013 a bhí Tabharfar duais de €2000 don cumainn RnaG i measc na Staisiúin Raidió luaite Radio na Gaeltachta chomh maith,” arsa roinnt imeachtaí á chraoladh beo ag RTÉ ar an aer ar an Domhnach ceo chaite, 14 sa chéad áit, €1,500 ar an dara háit agus sa ghearrliosta agus iad ainmhithe faoi Cian MacCárghaigh. Raidió na Gaeltachta le linn an tseachtain. Aibreáin. THE EDITION Wednesday April 17 2013 www.edition.ie 5 Grangegorman NEWS Grangegorman campus to give fourth quarter to Dublin City Plans for new campus to be future Facilities to be provided for students and community proofed says DIT President and planners

Al McConnell and Jarlath Moloney Urban “It’s happening, it’s progressing, it’s real.” Professor Norton, President of DIT, gave reassuring words to the on- lookers last month as he launched the Renewal business briefing for DIT’s new Grange- gorman campus, and the project took a Planners behind the new major step forwards in front of media and stakeholders. On March 19, Presi- campus have said it will dent Norton launched the plans along be a ‘fourth quarter’ for with Peter Heaslip of the Campus Plan- ning Office in DIT, while speakers at the city with a range of the events included former DIT student facilities for both Bobby Kerr, and guest of honour Liam students and locals to Kavanagh, Managing Director of the Irish Times. include: By 2014, the first 1,000 students will be • Laughter therapy on the 73-acre Grangegorman campus, with 10,000 to be on site by 2017 – a centre transfer on the scale of a small town, says • Student creativity President Norton. After the students of Cathal Brugha St and Kevin St are moved centre to the campus in 2017, these premises will • Integration with public be sold to provide the funds for the second tranche of work. “Money, as everyone transport; bus stops knows is scarce, so we’re working with a and new Luas stops €25million budget for the first tranche of • Sports facilities work,” said Peter Heaslip of the campus planning team. available for use by the Features of the site will include a state community of the art primary care centre, sports fields containing a full-size GAA, rugby, all • College quadrangle weather and soccer pitches and three ten- • Clock tower nis courts, overlooked by student accom- modation and a serpentine main walkway. • Full opera house/ The library, student restaurant and student concert hall centre will also have views of the central sports pitches. The current pitches on the • Accommodation for up site were closed recently, to allow for by Jim Roche Photos by Jarlath Moloney to 2,000 students construction on nearby buildings and will • Sports pitches be reopened with the college in 2014. (Clockwise from above) Scale model of the proposed new DIT Grangegorman campus showing the serpentine walk and onsite student Although the Grangegorman site is accomodation overlooking the playing fields; Professor Brian Norton speaking at the business briefing on March 19; Laughter is the best • Dublin City Council currently something of an island in terms medicine: The old Church of Ireland building will be preserved and used for laughter therapy, the first of its kind in the world public library of public transport, new constructions on the Luas line, to be delivered in 2017, along with additional bus services to the new main library. Grangegorman will also be looking at how to create a campus in all existing DIT libraries. on the site, there are some trees that are site gates, will provide public transport to include significant mental health facilities a world where you can find everything sub-standard, and there are always some the site. The college is understood to be in the new Phoenix Care Centre that was online,” Prof Norton said at the business Community College in the wrong place.” in negotiations with a private landowner officially opened in February 2013. Retail briefing in March. Plans for the campus City planners and locals have been DIT graduate Bobby Kerr closed the at present, with regards to securing a spaces will be central to the new campus. go beyond just reliable wifi and online anxious that moving the 20,000+ DIT launch event and spoke of his time study- convenient access point to the site. As President Norton says: “students have library resources. The future campus is students to one area will have a negative ing at the college: “What I really liked A characteristic of the new site will be to eat, and they have to buy hoodies.” expected to be “future proofed” with effect on the surrounding population, about DIT is that there was always a great the large number of protected structures environmental sustainability including a but many plans are being put in place to connection between DIT and industry.” on the site that will be revamped into edu- College for the Future wide availability of sustainable transports. integrate the college with the surrounding He also went on to commend the work cational buildings for the DIT campus, in- “It’s one of the first campuses to be built There are plans for more secure bicycle area. The first new building on the site ethic of DIT graduates despite the attitude cluding the building to be converted into a entirely in the information age, and we’ll parking areas, close proximity (about ten is to be a business incubator to facilitate some students have about the college. minutes) on foot from the north side of the entrepreneurial development and research “How many DIT students does it take city centre and new Luas and bus routes. and will be located “smack in the middle to fix a lightbulb? Two. One to fix the However other speakers commented that of the campus.” Prof Norton then went on lightbulb and one to complain that if it “How many DIT the college will need to be future proofed to say that “DIT produces more spin-off was a real college, the lightbulb wouldn’t students does it for broadband, water and electricity companies, relative to research income blow,” he joked. demand. invested, in the state.” take to fix a light- Prof Norton also went on to say that The campus will also play host to a with the new campus, DIT plans to “move Dublin City Council library, for use be bulb? Two. One to away from didactic learning, the lecture students and staff in addition to a Laugh- fix the lightbulb theatre, etc. We want to accommodate ter Therapy Clinic (see picture above) and learning in the park.” a new opera venue (for full list, see Urban and one to com- The new campus won’t ignore the his- Regeneration box on right). torical significance of the site either. The Three more major entrances to the site plain that if it was Lower House building is over 200 years will also be built over time. “This time a real college, the old and there are plans to renovate it. last year the project was put on hold by However, these will have to wait until the the Government, so it’s credit to a lot of lightbulb wouldn’t funds become available further down the people here that it was got back on track,” line. The old mental care facility is also to said Heaslip. “Already we’ve started blow.” -Bobby Kerr be turned into the new DIT library, which doing some preparation on the site. Even Details like this gargoyle on the wall of the will be bigger than the combined space of though we are retaining most of the trees Gragegorman Chapel are to be maintained 6 www.edition.ie THE EDITION Wednesday April 17 2013 NEWS Gaza The view from Gaza Despite the common ruins of war, DIT Lecturer Jim Roche found that the people’s resiliant nature was the most memorable detail after a recent trip to Palestine

recent trip to the besieged Gaza strip as part of an Irish working Agroup, some other academics and trade union members among us, includ- ing journalism lecturer Harry Browne of DIT / TUI, to examine the difficult conditions faced by people in the Palestinian territory, revealed a strange contradictory reality; the suffocating conditions under which the people live and yet their fierce steadfastness and resilience. The frustration of our 12-hour trail by cramped mini-bus up the Suez Canal from Cairo, across the North Sinai Desert, complete with Egyptian Military escort for part of our journey, and several hours Soviet-style bureaucracy at the utterly dull Rafah crossing, evaporated as we finally saw the bright large-lettered welcom- ing sign WELCOME TO PALESTINE on the new terminal building in Gaza. Our journey to our hotel in North Gaza brought relief from the highly militarised North Sinai that we left across the border. Farmers tilled flat fields edged sparsely by date palms while horses and don- keys transported goods and people. Two male teenage Palestinians waved as they whizzed by us on their scooter. Around Khan Yunis, Gaza’s second largest city, hordes of kids played football on ochre ground against a backdrop of unfinished by Salem Al Qudwa buildings with barefaced blockwork and By Claudia Saba rusted reinforcement protruding. Flat farmland gave way to an ordinary urbanism as 4-5 storey unfinished housing blocks, almost all with ground floor shops, frame streets in a classic grid pattern. A lone policeman directed traffic – the only sign of officialdom we witnessed during our one-hour journey from Rafah. Then signs of destruction emerged as we turned corners; a damaged structure here, a completely flattened multi-storey block there. Tarred roads sometimes gave way to sandy stretches.We drove along the sea flanked by the third largest of the Gaza Strip’s eight refugee camps and one of the most crowded and poorest, named Beach, known locally as Shati, home to more than 87,000 refugees, who all reside by Jim Roche by Palestinian Centre for Human Rights in an area of only 0.52 square kilometres. Shoddily erected fishermen’s huts straddle (Clockwise from top left) Walking through the historic Old Town of Gaza; Jim Roche describes some of the work of the Dublin School of Architecture to staff and students at IUG; The recently the beach against the deceptively inviting, bombed Shijaia police station in the devastated centre of the old town in Gaza City; Claudia Saba, UCD (left front row), Trevor Hogan, UCD (centre back row), Zoë Lawlor, UL, Harry Browne but seriously sewage polluted, Mediter- and Jim Roche, DIT / TUI (right) among the working group from Ireland pictured here on a visit to the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights in Gaza City; Recently restored historic Al Omari ranean Sea. Mosque in Gaza Old Town. Our far too short stay was spent franti- cally visiting varied civil society groups; sometimes all nine of us together, other around Gaza old city. People were so students and members of the architectural Refugees times breaking into smaller groups or incredibly friendly at the open market and engineering profession, reviewing even doing solo runs. Ex rugby star, and eager to be photographed as if they students’ work with the Head of Depart- he statistics that Raji and his Trevor Hogan, linked up with the Al-Helal wish their existence to be confirmed to The biggest ment, and discussing possibilities for colleagues impart to us are truly Football club where he oversaw a kids’ the world outside. The many restored old “ sustainable reconstruction in Gaza and Tshocking: eight refugee camps in football match and discussed possibili- houses and mosques are truly impressive possible future academic connections with Gaza, the largest of which, Jabaliha, has ties for exchanges with Irish teams. The as is the Pasha’s Palace Museum or Napo- man-made DIT. Unfortunately Dr. Zeyad Elshakra a population of 100,000 people within an club’s president, Amer Abu-Ramadan, leon’s Citadel that houses an impressive from UN Habitat, an organisation that area of 3 sq. miles and is the densest place told journalist Harry Browne that he array of artefacts of Gaza’s history. This disaster in promotes sustainable methods of urban on earth; along the buffer zone with Israel, has aspirations to start a girls’ team and walk through Gaza old town reveals the renewal and undertakes an extensive farmers are constantly harassed includ- claimed he has had no resistance from the century’s old crucial location of Gaza for history made programme of building repair in Gaza, is ing having their lettuce crops shaved by Government. colonising powers. out of the country during the trip but we special bulldozers; the municipal sewage Trevor and Zoe Lawlor, who teaches at Nearby downtown is a mess, not least by a communicate by email. system was destroyed by Israel in the University of Limerick, also joined the because of the sight of the Shijaia police The groups visited by all nine of us 2008-2009 war and was not allowed to Gaza Olympic Committee for a meeting. station completely destroyed by Israel in belligerent include the highly respected Palestinian be repaired until the sewage in the sea Artist Felim Egan linked up with a collec- the recent war. Groups of men sit outside Centre for Human Rights whose solicitor began to reach the Israeli port of Ashdod tive of young artists and undertook an art slightly dishevelled shops in between director, and one time prisoner of both after which Israel finally allowed a Ger- workshop with them and local children. arrays of essential, but noisy and smelly, damming Israel and the Palestinian Authority, Raji man company in to Gaza to carry out The local artists paint what they experi- diesel-fuelled generators. The main Sourani has lectured in the past alongside reconstruction; Gazans are not allowed ence and some of us purchase paintings electricity can be down for as much as occupation Michael D. Higgins. He speaks highly to work, 90% are under the poverty line from them. eight hours daily due to the destruction also of Michael Martin, the only EU while 85% need aid from UNWRA; Israel Local architect and post-graduate of the main electricity station by Israel in Foreign Minister to visit Gaza after the essentially counts the calories that Gazans student Salem Al Qudwa who works January 2009. war of 2008-2009. He is not, however, can survive on... and many more. with Islamic Relief guided Claudia Saba, My first afternoon is spent lecturing at - Raji Sourani impressed with the current incumbent, This is all disheartening stuff, but essen- our sole Palestinian tripper, and myself the Islamic University of Gaza to staff, ” Eamon Gilmore! tial to know. Raji calls Gaza “the biggest THE EDITION Wednesday April 17 2013 www.edition.ie 7 Gaza NEWS Education in Gaza

ducation is vitally important to its schools were killed during the Is- Palestinians throughout the OPT. raeli military offensive. A further 454 EA 2007 UNESCO/Save the Chil- students and 5 teachers were injured. dren UK report titled “Fragmented - A total of 86 children and 3 teachers foundations: education and chronic who attend UNRWA schools were crisis in the Occupied Palestinian Ter- killed, and a further 402 students and ritory” showed that the people of Pal- 14 teachers were injured. Schoolchil- estine are eager for education. The re- dren, thousands of whom lost family port found that among 15-24 year olds members and/or their homes, are literacy is 98.2% and overall adult lit- still suffering from trauma and anxiety eracy is 91.1%. Both figures are much and are in need of psychosocial sup- higher than for America and represent port and recreational play activities. one of the highest in the Arab world. - In one case, the Israeli Defence Forc- The report goes on to note that dur- es (IDF) attacked a UN run school with ing the 2008-2009 war the following white phosphorus shells where 1600 happened which seriously impacted civilians were sheltering, killing two on education (From the Association of brothers in a classroom and severely International Development Agencies injuring their mother and cousin and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs http://imeu. The report concluded by noting net/news/article0017067.shtml): that since this war ended hardly any destroyed schools have been re-built. - 18 schools and kinder gardens were According to the Ministry of Educa- A view of Gaza harbour By Huey Lewis completely destroyed with hundreds tion and Higher Education in Gaza, it more damaged needs to build 105 new schools to ca- man-made disaster in history made by during operations. Gaza on the Irish ship the MV Saoirse. He - 6 university buildings were complete- ter for the yearly increase in student a belligerent damming occupation” and Two doctors accompanied us as a UN smiles and takes her hand in both of his ly destroyed and 16 damaged population. It also noted that, each notes “the siege serves extremism.” He mini-bus ferried us around to various and bids us a fond farewell. - Almost 1400 Palestinians were killed year, over 1000 Gazan students apply seems to move between despair and hope, healthcare sites. We visited the Al Remal Mags and I then visit the PRCS in an including 352 children. abroad to study yet no official body the former a result perhaps of the recent outpatients’ medical centre under the office replete with Fatah paraphenalia, - According to the Ministry of Educa- or channel handles their requests or war that killed 180 Gazans and fearing guidance of Dr Ghada Al Jadba. She ex- whose director relates similar stories of tion and Higher Education (MEHE), ability to exit so most of them cannot worse that may yet come as he ponders plained, among other things, the campaign struggling to offer an emergency service 164 students and 12 teachers from go even if accepted. that Israel will never forgive them for to introduce family planning in Gaza, in times of war and how ambulances are “sending a rocket towards Jerusalem”, which has the tacit support of religious often targeted. PRCS lost one and suffered the latter from the inspiration of the Arab leaders, where most forms of contracep- fifteen injured staff during the 2008-2009 out a living from the sea in order to feed ditions under a crippling siege where Revolutions as he notes that Egypt will tion are available to 8000 women on the war and seven were injured during the themselves and their families and supply basic foodstuffs, vital medicines and not allow “business as usual” with Israel. programme. In response to a question Dr. war. He explains how a second bomb of- Gazans with fish. building materials are prohibited or Mixed analysis and emotions all round. Ghada says termination is available but ten occurs in the same area so they cannot Our last afternoon is devoted to more restricted from entering by the controlling Meetings on two evenings are highly only when the life of the mother is at risk, rush in. They cannot go to the border area uplifting stuff. Some of us visited the Qat- authority, Israel. Farmers and informative and Raji, deputy director when it is then recommended but never at all without permission from Israel even tan Centre for the Child, where we saw fishermen are threatened daily.- Dur Jebar (who spent a total of ten years in enforced against the mother’s will. Very when they see the victim in the distance. a new play about Gaza by the inspiring ing our visit a 19-year old man was Israeli jails) and his colleagues listen Canadian based Palestinian Sarah Sabawi. shot dead near the border. In a two- intently and offer assistance and encour- A love story between an American based week period since the latest cessation of agement to members of our group in their Jim Roche teaches member of the Palestinian Diaspora who violence Israel has broken the cease- varied interests. Perversely they make us arrives on the 2008 Flotilla and a local fire on several occasions by killing six uncomfortably feel like heroes referring at the Dublin School woman, the play totally lifts our hearts, Palestinians across the West Bank and to Ireland as “the crème de la crème of of Architecture, D.I.T. not least because of the performances by Gaza. Palestinian solidarity” as they present us a mainly female cast. The Q & A session As our group departs Gaza we are with medals for our solidarity work! At and is a member of afterwards is also completely dominated brought by our guide to see a residential the end of both evenings we are treated by women speakers. I query is this really building that was completely destroyed to tasty Palestinian food sourced from the Dublin Colleges the Gaza portrayed in the western media? in a street packed tightly with apartment several local restaurants. Branch of TUI. He is I unfortunately miss the visit to the buildings during the last war. We are told Another day we visit the Health Depart- Center for Political and Development that the Israeli authority telephoned the ment of the United Nations Relief and also PRO of the Irish Studies where Israeli-American writer owner with a warning that his building Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees Mike Peled, author of The General’s Son, was about to be bombed - a clear contra- in the Near East (UNWRA, which looks anti-War Movement by all accounts gave an extraordinary vention of the Geneva Convention. The after the needs of the majority of Gaza’s lecture. My colleague, journalism lecturer man grabbed his children and ran from the population, who are refugees), several Harry Browne, writes this about him: building shouting warnings to his neigh- hospitals and the Palestinian Red Crescent “Miko, who had gone to live in the US, bours. The building was hit immediately Society (PRCS). UNWRA, established progressive indeed! Emototional used his teenage niece’s terrible death in a afterwards killing five of his neighbours. after the Naqba in 1948, to deliver aid We visit the 730 bed Sheefa Hospital, Jerusalem suicide bomb in 1997 as a spur A truly sombre note as we head quietly specifically to Palestinian refugees, is which is the one always shown on news- Encounter to learn more about Israel’s history, and he and quickly for the Rafah crossing. a somewhat contradictory body. On the reels during wars. Its director cardiologist, erhaps the most informative and now completely rejects Zionism as “about Among all the sad terrible statistics we positive side it delivers much needed aid, Dr. Nasser, who lost his own son during emotional meeting of the entire as far away from Judaism as you can get.” got from the Palestinians that we met we mainly vital foodstuffs, healthcare and the 2008-2009 war, meets us without Pgroup was with the Gaza Fisher- In a robust Q&A, he expresses his support also felt a steely determination and stead- education, and employs many Palestinians any fuss. The statistics he imparts of the men’s Union at Gaza Seaport on the day for the boycott campaign against Israel, fastness. Many told us “we are here, we within the Occupied Territories - 11,300 fatalities during the 2008-2009 war are before we left Gaza. Greeted by a recent insisting that Palestinians have no respon- are not going anywhere and we are pre- alone in Gaza. On the negative side, it shocking: 250 people killed within the monument to the nine activists killed on sibility to include and educate Israelis in pared to die here” or as Raji Sourani noted relieves the occupying power, Israel, from first 30 minutes, approximately 50% of board the Mavi Marmara whose names discussions of their plight.” “we are the stones of the valley”. But de- fulfilling its responsibilities under the Ge- the total killed were women and children, are all clearly displayed, including 19- spite this optimism it must be recognised neva Convention. All donor states, includ- 13 members of one family killed within year old US/Turkish citizen Forkan Dogan that the people in Gaza are surviving on ing Ireland, buy in to this strange limbo two minutes, many children were killed who was shot five times in the face, Gaza Insights aid in a contrived state of locked down de- situation of de-development, a perfect trying to attend school etc. Paramedics Seaport is a classic example of chronic de- aza is a Bantustan in an area development. Something radical will need term to describe the Palestinian condition were also targeted and many staff died. development. Roads of sand, unfinished half the size of County Carlow to happen soon to ensure the education of that I first hear coined by my colleague The war caused awful pollution because kerbs, donkeys and carts and the huge where 1.7 million people, half the young and the overall human develop- hulk of an overturned fishing boat set the G Claudia Saba. This fact is reinforced by of the use of depleted uranium and white of them children, live in appalling con- ment of the people of Gaza. Dr. Mohammed Maqadma, the director of phosphorous leading to an increase in scene. We gather around Zakaria Bakr the Health Department of UNWRA, who congenital malformations and cancers. who outlines the plight of the fishermen by Jim Roche notes that it is forced to buy all its materi- There is a big epidemic of Post Traumatic under the siege. More horrible statistics: als through Israel, thus concretising this Stress Disorder in Gaza with many men huge fall in catch since siege began; controlled state of de-development. suffering. Though I have read all about restrictions on distance they can fish out this it’s still so hard to take in when heard from shore (it was 3km but increased to from someone working at the coalface. 5km as part of recent ceasefire deal) and Medicine But he ends on a hopeful note saying, attacks on them by Israeli gun boats using he Health Department of UN- “We are fed up being victims and heroes. anything from shit-water to live rounds. WRA provides healthcare for two We just want to live in peace.” Greetings One fisherman lifts up his jacket to Tthirds of Gaza’s population. More of hope in the future are exchanged as show us his wound where a bullet entered than half of children under three – and 40 we depart. Dr. Nasser is clearly a devout his back and came out through his lower Two women per cent of pregnant women – suffer from Muslim as he does not offer a handshake chest. He was forced to swim back to walk past anaemia. There are huge shortages of to my colleague, Mags O Brien of SIPTU. shore injured as the Israeli navy sunk his the recently medicines (though recently improved) and I encourage him jokingly saying that boat. This is all too much for us. These bombed Shijaia specialist parts for vital medical equip- Mags has spent a whole week in an Israeli men are the poorest of the poor and are police station in ment. Electrical cut outs are hugely risky prison having being prevented getting to harassed, injured and killed trying to eek Central Gaza. 8 www.edition.ie THE EDITION Wednesday April 17 2013 LEAN MACHINE CHALLENGE LEAN The support MACHINE of family... and CHALLENGE crutches As the final stages approach, Danielle Stephens asks the Challengers what support systems have helped them through

he women are nearing the end slight changes in her family’s diet. “Piz- who has been the most helpful during of the Lean Machine Challenge. zas don’t exist anymore, nor does white their campaign, both Dáirne and Erin The Challengers TNow, they’re reflecting on how bread, there’s always fruit and veg there mentioned each other as a big motiva- friends and family have supported them and some kind of brown carb.” She also tion for the last 10 weeks. “Not to sound and how they have needed their help explains that her mother is enjoying tak- cheesy, but it’s been awesome having Name: Name: along the way. ing the opportunity to experiment with Dairne around. Especially on days when Dáirne Black Niamh Foley In general, friends and family reacted new dishes and recipes. I’d probably rather not make the trek to Age: positively to the challenger’s decision to Niamh’s roommates have taken a more the gym, knowing we made plans to go Age: participate in the competition. Erin notes practical approach. The reduction in the helps me stick to it,” explains Erin. Dáirne 23 25 that even though her family are back in amount of carbs that they are buying equally stated that herself and Erin have Course: Course: Canada, her mother hasn’t found a link to comes hand-in-hand with a reduction in bonded since day one and that it’s been MSc the paper online so they are able to keep money that they are spending on their great for the two of them. MA tabs on how she’s doing (www.edition.ie weekly shopping bill. However, Erin has hit a major roadblock Journalism Software if anyone was wondering, Ed). Sarah ex- For the most part the women have been for the Challenge. While at a conert on From: Engineering plained that although her peers were used supported throughout the competition. Friday night her foot was trampled on and From: to her taking on this kind of challenge, However, in reality some of their friends she’s been put on crutches for the next Blackrock they were surprised that she chose to take don’t understand why they’re taking the two weeks. “I queued at the the hospital Dublin it on during her exchange programme. for six hours and they told me I dam- Starting Niamh’s family were just supportive of aged the ligaments,” she said at the group Starting the fact that she was doing something for training session with Kane on Monday Weight: herself, while Dáirne found it funny that night in RAW. “It sucks to be out of the 171.1 lbs Weight: no one was polite enough to tell her that Lean Machine, but I’m going to try and c175 lbs she didn’t need to do it. “I think everyone Pizzas don’t“ get a session tomorrow and work they knew I had a weight problem. It’s good upper body.” Despite the setback she that they were honest; I respect that.” exist said her diet won’t change and she’ll be Despite being relatively unacquainted running the day she’s allowed to. Though with hard gym work, Andy was mostly anymore, nor not a woman to be held back, she put her happy with the Challengers’ progress on crutches to one side to get down on a matt Monday night: “Dairne and Niamh are and do some core exercises beside the doing exceptionally well. Erin is doing does white other Challengers. Name: Name: ok; she was very light to start with so her As much as the women welcome any Sarah Tandy Erin Bingham weight is always going to fluctuate. Sarah bread, there’s support from family and friends, they Age: Age: on the other hand has been very slack and don’t believe that it has had a huge effect had missed some training sessions.” always fruit on their challenge. They’ve come to the 22 25 In spite of these positive results, for conclusion that they are doing this for Course: Course: most of the girls taking part, their friends and veg there themselves and that it’s up to them to 2nd year Final year, have been little devils on their shoulders. support themselves. “I’m doing this for A lot of Niamh’s friends had birthdays competition so seriously. All of them have myself no one else, so family and friends Accounting- Marketing during the challenge, so she has found it argued with friends about the lengths to support has been there, but it’s not im- From: From: hard to abstain from drinking at parties. which they are going for the challenge, perative to my gains,” commented Niamh. Australia Toronto, However, on a positive note, she doesn’t including what they are giving up. Both Sarah has missed her family throughout miss the hangovers in the morning. Erin Sarah and Erin noted that friends are the challenge and has found that some- Canada and Sarah have also felt the pressure from annoyed that they are giving up the op- times she has strayed from her routine Starting their friends to try and get the girls out for portunity to go out more in exchange for because she has missed their motivation. Weight: Starting a couple of drinks. “The majority of them training. Dáirne has been told on a regular Yet, the girls mentioned another force that are exchange students themselves so this basis that it wouldn’t hurt to cheat every has continued to support them all the way 187.6 lbs Weight: is one big holiday for them and each week now and then, but all of the girls are too through. “Support from Andy and Kane 130.6 lbs are pressuring me to drink with them or stubborn to give in. tops friends and family; I probably rely on eat fatty takeaway food,” explained Sarah. Friends and members of the girls’ them for it above friends and family. That In conjunction with taking part in the families have been of great help during sounds insane I know, but they’re the ones challenge, some of the girls have had a the challenge. Sarah’s best friend and that have changed me so they’re the ones knock on effect on the people that they’re Niamh’s mother have each made it easier I look to,” explains Dáirne. living with. Dáirne believes that, while for the women to keep going. However, The girls will now enter their final two her family were never “unhealthy” to it’s worth noting that the girls have been weeks of the Challenge so we’ll soon begin with, there have definitely been each other’s support system. When asked have a winner.

Weigh-In Dáirne Niamh Sarah Erin tallies with Last weigh-in Last weigh-in Last weigh-in Last weigh-in 157.6 lbs 168.8 lbs 182.2 lbs 131 lbs two weeks Monday’s Weigh-In Monday’s Weigh-In Monday’s Weigh-In Monday’s Weigh-In to go 153.4 lbs 167 lbs 185 lbs 136.4 lbs Total Weight Loss Total Weight Loss Total Weight Loss Total Weight Loss 17.7 lbs c15 lbs 2.6 lbs +5.8 lbs THE EDITION Wednesday April 17 2013 www.edition.ie 9 LEAN MACHINE CHALLENGE Challenger loses over a stone since last weigh-in? Niamh Foley reveals Last issue on 20 March, we reported tion gym. It seems that the initial weight the Lean Machine and is now neck-and- true weight loss has been discovered it has that Niamh Foley had actually gained four recorded for Niamh was actually an esti- neck with Dáirne for the competition’s fi- changed her whole perspective on training her rapid weightloss pounds since the start of the Lean Machine mate she gave as she missed the weigh-in nal weigh-in in two weeks time. However, and the Lean Machine. Challenge. This issue, we can reveal that for the first of the Lean Machine coverage it also means that her weight was in a much “My jeans are falling off me now. My secrets to she has lost nearly one stone. Does this in January. worse state than she originally imagined. belt gets through the loop at the back now. mean that Kane and Andy have taken out Unbeknownst to herself she actually When asked how she felt at the time about I said to Andy, It’s his fault I have to buy Jarlath Moloney the cat-o-nine-tails and forced Niamh on a weighed nearly half a stone heavier when losing so little weight she said “It demoti- new jeans now. It was great to know that diet water and celery? Unfortunately, The she was weighed in the day after the first vated me, not getting anywhere, so what I am nearly a stone down at this stage. I Edition doesn’t get to break the story of paper went to print. This means two things: is the point? I’ve eaten nothing the last try harder now. LMC has given me the ap- crimes against humanity in RAW Condi- that she has been progressing very well in while with no results.” And now that her proach to plan ahead where I can and try and get into a routine. It’s still difficult at the weekend with the cinema and popcorn or say when friends get burgers and chips.” She said it took time, but the competi- Body Weight basics tion has helped her not only lose weight in Body Weight Basics the short, but to change her lifestyle, to the point where she is planning her food ahead for a two week trip away as a cub scout leader. “I have a whole new approach on

“I now get the chicken roll without the bread roll and with extra lettuce.”

lifestyle and have achieved something that wasn’t academic,” she said. She said the change has come about by having to send pictures of her food to the two trainers. At first, she “took the piss” Photos: Jarlath Moloney out of it, sending pictures of “one grape” then a second one followed by a picture of (L-R Above) Niamh, Dáirne and Sarah do some kettle bell the third grape and so on. But over time, swings; Kane putting the girls through some planks with the practise helped her reflect on what she Erin joining in for the core work was eating over the course of a day. “They were commenting on what I was eating (L-R Below) The injured foot; Erin looks on, sidelined due and it was great to get feedback straight to a concerting injury, away, but they’ve stopped replying to me as Kane puts the oth- which must be a good thing.” er three Challengers So what will come after the competition through leg exercises; ends for the woman who once cried after a the three Challengers weigh-in? “I’ll be sad to see it end. I have to kettle bell squats enjoyed it but all things come to an end. If with a despondent Erin the funding is available I will try and stay on the sidelines on with one of the lads,” said Niamh Foley, who has lost nearly a stone to date. Ten tips to keep healthy away from the gym Worried about keeping fit after exams? Then pay attention to these pointers Andy Hickey gives Jarlath Moloney

e’re nearly at the finish line How important is mental image? One dieting tip for people trying to Free weights or machines? through a session then take a rest day. If for both the Lean Machine For some, mental image is every- lose weight? Free weights!! Machines restrict you feel better the next day then give it a Wand the college year, so what 2thing. Everyone’s main goal should 4 Be consistent and don’t let a lack 6 you to a certain movement pattern, go. I’d recommend, if you’re doing a split better way to get your ideal beach body be to be fit, strong and healthy. Once you of results let you drift away from your end that not be suitable. Free weights enable program then take 72 hours between your then a few pointers from personal train- have those three then mental image is go- goal. Be persistent and results will come. you to have more mobility and helps in heavy days. er, Andy Hickey ing to be the result. stabilizing muscles and joints. Which is more important in core How often do you change up your training: Static holds like planks or training to stop your body adapt- 9movement exercises like sit-ups? 3ing? Statics like holding a plank are excellent I personally change my program on a for core strength but if you want some de- weekly basis just to keep my body guess- velopment then a few sit-ups are no harm. ing and not let it adapt to any specific rou- tine. Reps and sets don’t change too much What’s your advise on buying but exercise selection changes constantly. Advise for staying fit while away footwear for summer running? from the gym on holidays? 10 Get a runner that’s confortable 7 Staying fit while away from the and that you think will get you through the gym isn’t the end of the world but while race blister free! you’re away for the summer will be tough. One dieting tip for people trying to It really depends of the individual – if they gain weight? want it badly enough they’ll keep fit by Best way to motivate for early 5 A lot of people trying to gain weight running, swimming, cycling or just stay- morning training? think that eating everything is the way to ing active. 1 When you make goals and plan go. They’re wrong! They have takeaways, ahead you’ll want to achieve those goals, chocolate, crisps, fizzy drinks and they say Howmany rest days would you rec- so motivation comes naturally. If you find “it’s okay, I’m bulking,” but it’s not the ommend each week? excuses then you just don’t want it badly right way. You still have to eat clean but 8 The key is to listen to your body. enough. have rice and other carbs with meals. If you’re physically incapable of getting 10 www.edition.ie THE EDITION Wednesday April 17 2013 FOREIGN NEWS Independent

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overwhelming-ness and you learn to cope. courtesyPhotos of Alison Haworth and I had not met any Norwegians before my Erasmus placement as the place I am staying in is so international. I was slightly anxious in diary how well I would get on with Norwegians as they are described as reserved people. However I can say without doubt they are the most genuine and lovely people I have Trondheim ever met, once I made the effort to be friendly and open towards them. The staff in both of my placements went out of their NORWAY way to make me feel welcome. There is a lot to do in Norway. Norwegians are very proud of their outdoors life. I’ve also found night life Alison Haworth’s is quite good, although as a country it is diary account of extremely expensive to buy a drink or Above: the town of Trondheim in good even to get admission to a club. weather. Left: Alison (far left) with some her placement new Erasmus friends. Week two, 21 March alone in Norway I am now here in Norway for a little over two weeks. The excitement of being in a new place has started to wane a little. Norwegian we’ve learned I am beginning to miss the familiarity of home, especially friends and family and went on an Erasmus to Norway other things like, being able to speak at ‘Full Fart’ ‘Hjertet mitt snakker ‘Kul beans’ for many reasons; for a challenge, a normal pace and say “Irish sayings” Full speed - Derives from the ancient kjærlighetens språk’ Cool beans - A specific brand I to meet new people, experience a without people asking you to repeat norse phrase ‘Farthalla’ which means of tinned beans which became different culture and (as I am social yourself several times as well as people to run from breaking wind in a fijord. My heart speaks of the language of a resistence symbol and byword care student) to see how the health care not getting your sense of humour. These First heard in Ireland as vikings fled love - A phrase Olaf is prepared to for cool, following their use as system works in Norway compared to are all minor issues and not ones that do Brian Boru’s fierce flatulence at the whip out at any moment to impress a dangerous weapon against the Ireland’s. This is a daunting task when not prevent me enjoying my stay. battle of Clontarf in 1014. Helga with the depths of his oil shafts’. German soldiers during the war. doing an Erasmus on your own. Now I’m beginning to make new friends and meet up with the “regulars.” However Week one, 6 March as I am in an accommodation block with Trondheim is a student town so there international students some have left and is no shortage of activities organised or are leaving soon to go home, which is a good talking point but a great socialiser Trondheim in a place called “Lade.” It people to meet. It is also very safe and difficult saying good bye to new friends. and an excuse to get new friends. is an after care unit publically run by the the transport system in Norway is not Trondheim is a student town so there I have a different experience than other welfare services in Norway. only cheap compared to Ireland (once you is no shortage of making new friends. I Erasmus students doing my internship I had not worked previously with young buy a monthly ticket) but also extremely have now sussed out the places to go to put yourself“ here which is an easy way to make friends people so I was a bit apprehensive. The efficient. I will not underestimate my meet new people. Two minutes from my than in classes. The advice I’d give is to staff were put me at ease. The language feelings of “overwhelming-ness” when apartment is an “activity house” which out there be energetic and make sure to put yourself barrier was and still is to some degree I first arrived, especially as I was by hosts well, activities from Indian food and out there in the first few weeks before a challenge when working with the myself. It is a challenge to find everyday dance to ping pong and woman’s make- before routine kicks in. youth. Most of them have very good at things such as the bus to the town, where up. I also have joined a buddy programme English, however as the standard is so the best places to shop are, getting a cable run by Erasmus Student Network and was Week three, 2 April high they are not as comfortable talking to connect you to the internet, language, matched to a Norwegian “buddy” who I rountine I am working in two placements. in a group setting, though on one on one cutlery and currency among other hassles. have met and shown some of Trondheim The first placement is called, “22b” will chat away to me in English. I will However I was lucky as I was in an by. This is an ideal way to meet people kicks in and is a private service run to help not underestimate it is difficult and there apartment with students my own age, as your network expands. Food is also a young people from ages 18 to 21 get have been moments when I feel out of my and they were really helpful and gave me great catalyst. I have had so many meals back into employment. The centre runs comfort zone, but these are the growing good tips. However the excitement of a out at international friend’s places this activities and training courses. My pains. I wish the time would slow down as Week two, 21 March new place soon overrides the feelings of stage my fridge is bare. Food is not only ” second placement is a bit further out of it has been such a positive experience! Spend Saint Patrick’s day in Holland A bomb scare in Utrecht did not ruin the craic for Aimée McCarthy on the patron saint’s day Aimée McCarthy by Photo

Spending Paddy’s day in the Netherlands night, as Utrecht is only a twenty-minute in their right mind would want to bomb wasn’t something I ever thought I would train from us. Why not we thought? What Utrecht? A small student city with only be doing. could possibly go wrong? We gathered 300,000 inhabitants, it was hardly a Paddy’s day is usually a big deal for my all the Irish people and anyone else who threatening place. However, upon further friends and I, so spending it with all of was willing to celebrate the occasion with investigation it was true. There was a Aimée my new Utrecht-ian friends was going to us. Luckily, my mom had sent me over a bomb scare and our big plans to celebrate McCarthy be different to say the least. Firstly, the massive package including face paint, a Paddy’s day in Amsterdam were slowly (cenrtre) majority of them (especially the ones from feather boa, hats, socks, pins and literally dwindling. prepared to across the Atlantic) thought it was called anything else Irish you can think of, so we We decided not to let this ruin our night celebrate St St.Patty’s day. I don’t know who spread were well prepared! so off to the Irish bar we went. Mick Patrick’s day this incredibly annoying spelling of our Decked out and ready to go, we decided O’Connell’s is situated in the heart of national saint’s day across America and in the true Irish spirit, to have a few Utrecht and is a place we have visited Canada but somehow, it has stuck. For drinks before we left for Amsterdam. once or twice. The bartenders know our were treating us like royalty all night. Irish pub we went. I found it great that anyone who thinks Paddy’s day is spelt Everything was going well until all of a group at this stage so after explaining “You’re actually from Ireland?”, they said people abroad are actually interested in with two ‘t’s, I will clarify now, it is not. sudden we get a call from one of our other our situation we were greeted with free and when we confirmed most of them celebrating Paddy’s day as it made me This should clear up any future annoyance friends. “Aimée, there’s a bomb scare in shots and great craic. We spent the entire would offer us a drink purey because of feel at home. If anything, I probably had a for Irish people abroad. Utrecht Central Station. Three won’t be night in the Irish pub and we were like our heritage. I’ll take that I thought. better Paddy’s day in Utrecht than I ever The night before the big day we decided any trains going to Amsterdam tonight”. celebrities. People thought we, who were For the actual day, we were all feeling had in Dublin. Being treated like a queen we would head to Amsterdam for the Now to us, this seemed like a joke. Who actually Irish, were such a novelty and a bit worse for wear so back to the is something I could get used to! CM

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The stage was set on Wednesday 10 April at The Pint, Eden Quay hosted this years final of the D.I.T Battle of the bands. The night was hotly contested by five of D.I.T’s finest; The Mariannes, SUPER7AIYAN, Oak Hollow and RudyTrixX and Corner Boy after battling through their respective heats in the weeks leading up. The judging panel consisting of music industry profes- sionals; Darren Lalor, Randy Roxx and our very own Will Meara were tasked with making the decision on the night.In the end their decision was unanimous and ‘Cor- ner Boy’ emerged victorious as this years champions. The young Wexford based folk act fronted by 4th Year Business student Michael D’Arcy are hotly tipped by many in the industry to go onto bigger stages as they prepare themselves for an upcoming summer of touring. According to the judg- ‘Is this just a fantasy’ for fans? es on the night ‘Corner Boy’ were consid- ered ‘The complete package and destined for big things’. Michael D’Arcy Dublin’s mecca of live entertainment, the structured by a mass corporate machine performances. The chorography does lack You can check out this years winners at: o2 arena. I didn’t know what to expect. (‘Globalsoft’) which controls their every the wild untamed originality of Mercury’s www.cornerboy.org We Will Rock You But sure, anything to distract from the move. This is suitably manifested and hu- manner but for the most part it suitable O2 Dublin impending exams. manized by the presence of the domineer- captures the energy, passion and vibrancy The crowd consisted of the die-hards. ing dictator, ‘Killer Queen’. of his music. Mystery Plane Tour I’m going to be honest. I’m tradition- Disciples and followers of the spandex As the tale progresses we learn that Overall, I found the story lacking of ally not a fan of musical theatre. It’s clad preacher himself, carriers of his rock and roll as an art form has been any real originality. From the outset and Sam Kirwan too staged (I’ll get my coat). Nor, am flame. This was evidently reflected by terminated (albeit is a far and distant throughout, the scripts predictability I a huge advocate of the stadium rock the sea of authentic ‘Queen, Tour 1975’ memory) with the youth of this new world blatantly punches you in the face so as During the first weekend of April 2013, genre. But ‘Queen’ sound tracked the t-shirts and diamond studded leather para- (our central characters encompassing to constantly remind you where your an extraordinary event took place. A group birthday parties, sports medal presen- phernalia that engulfed the auditorium. It the exception) idolising only force fed evening is going SPOILER ALERT: (i.e of 26 Banter Citizens embarked on the first tations and almost every other social was at this point the real purpose of the ‘computerised’ machine music lacking of Disney/John Waynesque climatic ending). mystery plane tour in DIT history. On foot, event of my youth. They were on the car evening dawned on me. This was more any real quality or substance. Sound fa- For many this isn’t necessarily a bad thing by plane, by train, and even by scooter, the radio when I was learning to drive and than a traveling show making its arbitrary miliar anyone? Subsequently, kids of this as the night suitable enthrals Queen’s fol- four days were spent exploring two coun- more recently the unique musings of Mr stop-over through Dublin. I had stumbled generation have lost the ability to dance lowing congress, but for those in search of tries’ major cities in search of the craic, Mercury and co. have provided ample into a communal gathering and with this independently of their own accord, eerily a captivating and original stage produc- culture, and courtship on offer in such glo- resonance to the dancehalls, seedy she- realisation the lights dimmed and the mirroring the recent idiosyncrasies of the tion a lot I feel was left to be desired. riously hedonistic locations. beens and late night sessions of my early sermon began. ‘Gangnam/Harlem’ persuasion. In essence this production, with respect On Friday 5 April, at ridiculous-o’clock, twenties. Exploding into life through a sea of The story overall plays out in a to Queen’s fan base does however while you were all on the way home from Yes, some of it is overtly glam. Some meticulously timed lighting sequences highly generic/predictable fashion with serve its purpose. It fills its niche with a Palace and The Village, the Banter team of it is in your face. But when your drunk and choreography, 1984 classic ‘Radio its progression feeling a little timid and universal story to latch onto for two and was assembling at Dublin Airport. Drawn on crap wine at four in the morning at Gaga’ served as the necessary spark to redundant at times. However, it does a half hours while showing the necessary by promises of untold adventures in an some gaff and ‘Queens Greatest Hits’ gets ignite proceedings. Slowly but surely we move at a lively pace and is nicely broken level of respect to arguably the greatest undisclosed destination, the mood was the nod, you and your mates are indeed, are introduced to our central characters; by the musical interludes of classic fa- performer of all time. With regards to my electric. Finally, the first destination was ‘The champions’. With this in mind, the aptly named ‘Galileo Figaro’ and his vourites like; ‘Somebody to love’, ‘Under reservations of originality maybe that’s revealed: Eindhoven in The Netherlands. when the offer of a free ticket came my comedic but enigmatic female coun- pressure’ and ‘I want to break free’. The the problem. The mercurial Mercury. A At 10:30am, the gang descended upon way to witness the musical interpreta- terpart ‘Scaramouch’. Set in an almost singing overall is impressive with a highly tough act to follow. the city, hungry for breakfast with a side tion of Freddie’s back catalogue I found Orwellian dystopia our lead characters competent cast and chorus diligently of Banter – and damn did it taste good. myself strolling towards the docklands to find themselves growing up in a society serving out fine individual and group By noon, everyone had gathered in a toy shop – total anarchy. After a refresher in O’Shea’s Irish Bar, the group checked into a hostel located near the Van Abbemuseum and Stratumseind; the most pubs on one street in the entire country. In the evening Rock ‘Machines’ Biffy there was an ice-hockey match between The Netherlands and Belgium, which The Netherlands triumphed, much to our ecsta- Clyro dazzle at the O2 sy. This was followed by an extreme pub crawl – purely for research, of course. At 11am on Saturday, the second destina- Matthew Colfer by all members during the interlude. tion was announced: Brussels. The major- Crowd interaction was frequent as ity of the group spent the three-hour bus Biffy Clyro Neil, who at that stage was draped in a journey sleeping. The hostel was called O2 Dublin tri-colour - thrown onstage by a fan - re- Génération Europe, a great spot close to quested the crowd sing along with him for the city centre and steeped in culture. In Simon Neil made his way onto the stage ‘God & Satan’, ‘Machines’ and hit single the evening, the group explored the streets in front of an expectant crowd, guitar in ‘Many Of Horror’. Prior to the trumpet on the way to Grand Place, had some food hand. The opening chords of ‘Differ- introduction of ‘Spanish Radio’ the tat- and some casual mojitos from a street-bar. ent People’ played gently as the white tooed frontman turned sideways to the Next was Delirium Café, a bar boasting a curtain behind him was illuminated ex- crowd mimicking the act of playing the menu of 2,500 beers. After sampling an posing his fellow band mates, Ben and brass instrument while afterwards shout- ample proportion of them over the course James Johnston, touring guitarist, Mike ing to the crowd “there’s no such thing…” of several hours, it was back to the hos- Vennart, pianist, Richard ‘Gambler’ In- only to be greeted by a loud cheer as the tel for a bit of R&R and some night-time gram, and a backdrop which resembled band burst into ‘There’s No Such Thing banter, the details of which will stay in a human throat and veins. As A Jaggy Snake’. Brussels. It was an impressive sight to behold, ‘Glitter and Trauma’ was probably the Day three saw most of the gang spending dazzling throughout and with close ups most energetic and visually stunning song an hour in a restaurant waiting for Belgian of the Biffy boys. There was an outline of of the night. Strobe lights and lasers atop waffles which never arrived. After visiting a human body around it and snow falling the stage were complimented by Simon the Manneken Pis fountain, The Atomium from the sky at different times throughout and James holding more strobe lights for (a 102m tall Atom-shaped museum) and the show. the techno intro before the riff kicked in. Model Europe, the group then comman- The set was a career spanning explosive Neil thanked the crowd before launching deered a carrousel designed for children – one with the opener quickly followed by into 2009 single ‘The Captain’ which was no shame. As it was the last night, some of fast paced 2009 single ‘That Golden Rule’ welcomed with a deafening roar before the group went out for a classy €10 meal which saw the night’s moshing, jumping the band left the stage. then joined the rest of the group in Delir- and sweating begin. This frantic pace Moments later the Scotsmen were back Biffy Clyro played the O2 Thursday 27 March ium. The night was rounded off by a 2am continued until ‘Justboy’ and ‘Opposite’ on stage for a three song encore which game of ‘Never have I ever’ which carried gave the crowd a momentary breather began with a beautiful rendition of ‘Sky- anthem ‘Mountains’ but not before waves and crowd appreciation, which on into the wee hours of the morning. The before launching into Puzzle’s lead track light’ before sending the crowd into frenzy Neil said to the crowd “We have been involved the aforementioned tri-colour, Banter Brigade wearily made their way ‘Living Is A Problem, Because Everything during ‘Stingin Belle’. Biffy f***ing Clyro, you have been Dub drumsticks and plectrums all being back to cloudy old Dublin the following Dies’ - which included a prolonged pause The night ended with the rousing f***ing lin”. This was followed by bows, thrown to the applauding crowd. day. Serious banter. THE EDITION Wednesday April 17 2013 www.edition.ie 13 CULTURE

(Left) Former Boyband (now a manband?) 5ive (now 4our?) minus original member Jay will be playing the concert in Dublin alongside Louis Walsh creation B*Witched (below) Big Reunion is big deal for pop groupies The cast of Tallafornia The recent announcement of a pop reunion in Dublin has sent fan Dáirne Black into fits of pop-gasm as she gets her denim ready in anticpation of Five, The Honeyz, Atomic Kitten and all the rest

s a child of the 90s my Saturday formation of bands, yet was unaware to the backstage scandal and gossip and narrow. It was interesting seeing their is that all those years ago (it must be at mornings were spent watching what extent. my favourite bands began the process of downfall and demise, and what had really least ten), I never saw any of those bands ALive and Kicking and keeping The next day, after reading the line-up, reuniting. For boyband Five, they were happened. As a ten year old, I’m not sure in concert. I never got to dance to C’est tabs on the latest bands coming out my heart was set alight. It appeared that without their original member Jay, and I noticed too much whether they were La Vie or break it down to Five and their of the pop making machine. I drooled the show was bringing back the bands would do the show as a four piece. there or not, I guess I probably grew up. rapping, and I feel this is a rite of passage over Boyzone and yearned to have plat- of the 90s in force. Welcoming 911, Atomic Kitten also had the return of Denim and cheesy dancing was replaced that cannot be missed. It’s funny, but with forms and big hair like the Spice Girls. Liberty X, B*Witched, Atomic Kitten, controversial member Kerry Katona by guys with guitars (thank you Busted all the music that’s about now, sometimes Alas, I never did marry Keith or Ronan The Honeyz and Five, with a late addition who previously left the band to be with and McFly). it’s nice to return to a simpler time, when (probably a good job with the latter to of boyband Blue. Be still my beating ten husband Bryan McFadden, formerly of The aim of the show was to reunite the cheesiness was adored and energy was in be fair) and while my hair is big and I year old heart, it was like a pop-gasm. The Westlife. There were fights in B*Witched bands for a one-off concert but they have abundance. I’m not sure if we’ll see the do have big shoes, I’m probably more 90s were my hay-day, I donned my denim as members attempted to reconcile, and since announced a tour and will play likes again. nerdy spice these days than anything. and danced to B*Witched, I swooned over tears were shed as The Honeyz were in Dublin’s 02 on 16 May. Tickets are I’ve enlisted my best friend as my Flicking through the channels one day, Five, 911 and Blue and wanted to wear forced to meet after two of the members priced at around €50 and I went out and companion for the evening, it’s what best I came upon The Big Reunion. leather catsuits like the Liberty X girls. It had abandoned the lead singer. Boyband bought two. With all the time being spent friends are for, watching you decked out Having seen some adds on ITV I had a was like Christmas, only better. 911 had battled sex, drugs and alcohol between Lean Machine and College, I felt in denim dancing shamelessly. Make no vague idea it would involve some sort of Each week I began tuning to find out but appeared to be on the straight and a treat was needed. The novelty of this, mistake, I will be wearing denim. No Break from tradition

Matthew Colfer order to fund a trip to Florida for Spring of the four and, like Gomez and Korine, Break. While on their trip they are are comfortable in their role and easily Spring Breakers arrested and instead of letting them be believable. 92 mins locked up in a county jail for two days, James Franco is great in his role, he local gangster and rapper Alien, played turns on the cold hearted, sleazy gangster Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens in by James Franco (127 Hours, Pineapple style just as quick as he does the softer, a film about robbery, alcohol, drugs, sex Express), pays their fine and takes the emotional, friend role. and general debauchery is something girls under his wing. The cinematography throughout is flaw- that was not expected to be seen in the It is a straight-forward plot and Harmo- less and lush, it helps to capture many key cinema, but, it happened. ny Korine doesn’t try to make it anything moments using slow motion. Harmony Spring Breakers’ opening scene features more than that. Although sometimes it Korine uses repeated sound-bites at pin- scantily clad college students on the sunny does tend to go askew it is easy to follow. nacle times in the film and it too helps to beaches of Florida partying their worries Though lacking in any real sub-text, the keep the audience caught in the moment. away to Skrillex’s ‘Scary Monsters And film as a whole appears to be Harmony Skrillex provides most of the soundtrack Nice Sprites’. It sets the mood for the Korine’s way of showing us his interpreta- to Spring Breakers and again, this wseems majority of the next ninety odd minutes, tion of ‘Generation Y’; over indulgent, appropriate with rapper Gucci Mane also Vanessa Hudgens an all-out party. promiscuous, drug using, party animals. contributing. breaks from her The plot for ‘Kids’ writer Harmony As regards the acting, Gomez plays the Overall it is a good film but a deeper Disney princess Korine’s film sees four best friends, Faith role of the ‘innocent’ member of the group plot as well as more twists and turns image alongside (Gomez), Candy (Hudgens), Brit (Ashley of friends and she could not fit a role would have improved this effort greatly Rachel Korine in Benson, Pretty Little Liars) and Cotty any better than this one. Hudgens, and and could have made it what it was hyped Spring Breakers (Rachel Korine) hold up a restaurant in Benson are the most prominent characters up to be: a classic. Editor wanted to fill this space

If you want to be editor of The Edition next year, (nominated for six Smedias) e-mail your CV and cover letter to [email protected] THE EDITION Wednesday April 17 2013 www.edition.ie 15 CULTURE What’s on Jacket and jeans can turn into a beard in DIT? trimmer and comic when men are left to shop Dáirne Black Darragh Mowlds Culture Editor Sports Editor So,it may be coming up to exam season e live in an increasingly PC but DIT is still as busy ever. There’s world. The phrase political lots pf exciting events coming up soon Wcorrectness fills me with dread so keep your eyes peeled. Here’s a brief every day and I’m not the only one. taster of what’s in store. These increasingly sensitive times make this statement even more daring- men, as a gender cannot shop. I know, daring Japanamation and anti-establishment stuff right? I’m serious though, despite the claims The Japanaimation Society recently won that we men are modern, understand- Best New Society at the Society Awards. ing, chino wearing charmers, the action Their event, PokeHunt is the closing event of shopping still eludes us. This idea of the DIT cultural festival, which is taking struck me the other day when I went to a place on the Friday 26 April in Stephens shopping centre to buy a coat and a pair Green.It is planned as a small scale orien- of jeans. Exciting stuff I can assure you. teering/treasure hunt event, which entails This seems like a relatively simple task; participants first finding our volunteers shops sell both jeans and coats in abun- who will be dressed as Pokemon and sta- dance. It should have taken a mere hour tioned throughout the park. Once a volun- or so. Three hours later I emerged from Abercrombie & Fitch on Dame St isn’t Darragh’s idea of a fun afternoon teer is found, the participants must per- the hell that is a shopping centre with a form a small task or mission e.g. volunteer beard trimmer (for a beard, I neither have, shopping centres have become. You bought a hoodie; it only took 20 minutes The problem stems back to our cavemen bulbasaur is a jump rope challenge. Upon nor have the ability to grow) and a comic know what I mean. These 2D men with and I was immensely proud of myself roots, men work on instinct. Before you completion of the task the participant will book. How did I do this? I’m yet to work inhuman physiques tell you to have a for my accomplishment. Unfortunately say it, this in no way makes men superior. be awarded with a stamp, and at the end of it out. I stood in front of a shelf of jeans, nice day, in an accent that sounds like an when I left the shop and saw what colour Men generally can’t plan more than two the event a completed stamp card can be I saw a pair that both seemed reasonably American who got lost in Donnybrook for said hoodie was I was shocked that it was weeks into the future. The idea of buying exchanged for a prize. The event starts at priced and the correct size yet somehow a year. “Hey man, have an awesome day” absolutely nothing like what it looked warm clothes only strikes us when we 3pm and will end at 5pm. The cost is yet to I was distracted by something, possibly they say. I reply with “don’t tell me what like in the shop. In this scenario a woman are cold, hence why a common sight in be confirmed but it should be between €5 the ear splittingly loud music or the scary to do” and for this I get accused of being would simply walk back into the shop and shopping centres is men walking around and €9 per team of two people. bright lights. grumpy. How else would one reply when exchange it - this is impossible for a man. holding nothing but a smoothie or a pack Shopping centres know this phenom- you’ve just left a shop that’s so dark the Asking to exchange the item would mean of Smarties, because that’s what they enon; they install what have come to be Chilean minors aren’t allowed in for fear accepting that they were wrong, a concept want now, and now is all that matters. DIT annual Bra Walk known as “boyfriend seats” outside shops. they’ll get flashbacks. that is nigh on impossible for men. My Next time you walk around your local You see droves of men sitting there, doing A place that’s so loud that if you walk inability to swallow my pride has left me shopping centre, spare a thought for us There is no better feeling than that of a all they can to avoid curling up in the in, 10 seconds later your ears are bleed- considerably poorer and with a hoodie a simple souls, wandering aimlessly in new bra. Don’t deny it ladies, we all love foetal position and crying. ing. You know the shop I’m talking colour so bright, it wouldn’t appear on search of a new shirt or shoes, something that support.The Annual DIT Bra Walk I don’t like how Americanised our about. Once I went into this shop and Joseph’s Technicolor Dream-coat. we may never attain, but we can dream. will take place on Thursday 25 April 2013. The walk will begin in the Aungier Street Campus walking down towards O’Connell Street. There will be a further bucket col- lection on Grafton Street, O’Connell Street and around the Temple Bar area. The DIT Bra Walk was set up three years ago by Maeve Breslin, in aid of Action Breast You talkin’ to me? Cancer (A division of the Irish Cancer So- ciety) and those taking part will be walking Victoria Tiernan in their bra’s in Dublin’s busiest streets to raise money for this more than worthwhile Movie genres are often very clearly de- cause. The walk is open to all students and fined. There is the horror, the comedy, staff. In the last two years they Annual DIT the thriller or the action film. The “cult” Bra Walk has raised over 4000 but more movie is frequently skipped over. support and help is still needed. These are films which have been shunned by mainstream audiences. Their success is a cultural phenomenon as the cult movie can go viral, escalating in popularity until they achieve a legendary status. More than likely you are familiar with the phrase, “You talkin’ to me?” It’s prob- ably unknown to you why these four little words are recognisable but the answer simply is that they have slithered into our pop culture due to the popularity of a film called Taxi Driver (1976). Martin Scorsese’s 110 minute picture is not a film which you should openly Do you love lamp? welcome into your living room without being fully aware of what’s expected. This If you love Lamp then continue to read thriller plots the path of a young Robert on, and even if you don’t, read on. The De Niro who plays a normal driver who violence. are devastated when a family of yuppies DIT Drama Soc are taking on the classic develops into a blood-frenzied psychopath Also famed for Lolita (1962) and Dr move in. After failing to scare them away comedy Anchorman: The ledgend of Ron with a twisted morality. The casting of a Strangelove (1964), Kubrick’s talent was with their ghoulish powers, they turn to a Burgundy. With a much anticipated sequel 13-year-old Jodie Foster as a prostitute to take the grotesque and make a point devious “bio-exorcist” named Betelgeuse. in the works, there’s no better time to reac- was scandalous as she was present during of it. There are no fictional monsters in If you have not seen it, Beetlejuice is quaint yourself with the movie in this stage the climatic shoot-out. A Clockwork Orange, just the potential undisputedly worth two hours of your adaption. The play runs from the Monday Unlike the traditional categories, to monsters that reside within humanity. time and is also a darn sight more uplift- 22 through till Wednesday 24 April and which any layman may be familiar with, Watching these films in succession may ing than the previously mentioned movies. will take place in the Black Box Theatre in the cult movie is fluid; it can be anything demand an appointment with some form The point is that unlike other genres, this Aungier St. The show commences at 9pm it damn well pleases. of counsellor, so may I prescribe some- niche is so expansive. Within this genre, and is directed by Joanne Whelan and Pro- One director who fully grasped this thing a little more pleasant? is a vast range of cinematic wonders from duced by Emma Carroll, tickets are €5 but concept was Stanley Kubrick. During Beetlejuice (1988) is one of those comedies like Ferris Bueller’s Day Off it strongly advised to book early. To book, his prime, Kubrick was renowned for cringy classics that can be watched over (1986), to soft horrors like The Lost Boys email [email protected] creating large scale, outrageous films and over. Directed by Time Burton, the (1987), or fantasies such as Donnie Darko with your: name-phone number -number such as A Clockwork Orange (1971). No balance between the macabre and comedy (2001), and musicals like the Rocky Hor- of seats -dates required for. If you can’t simple means exist to label this film; it is is perfectly struck. Newlyweds Adam and ror Picture Show (1975). get to see the drama, fear not, our Darragh grotesque, perturbing, and monstrous. Yet, Barbara Maitland are the ideal couple, “Cult” movies are not to be feared, here at the Edition will be reviewing it for Beetlejuice, starring Michael Keaton (Left); it reveals so much about society through except for being dead. Having invested except maybe those directed by Stanley our final issue! 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Irish Journalist Paul Kimmage talks to Aidan Dundass on Lance Armstrong’s doping legacy

hen Paul Kimmage 2009 and when people like Floyd Landis interviewed ex rugby player saw how unfair it was that Armstrong WMatt Hampson he noticed who had cheated for his entire career Lance Armstrong’s autobiography had gotten away with it and had been “It’s not about the bike”, which details protected by the governing body. I think Armstrong’s comeback from cancer that was the straw that broke the camels to win the Tour de France in 1999, back for him and that changed everything. Kimmage asked “Is this guy a hero of I think that he’d have gotten away with it yours? You don’t have any of those had he not come back.” Livestrong bands? Cause if you do then I’m not doing this interview.” Kimmage was one of the brave journalists who challenged Armstrong having followed him from his early career. “I’d watched him as an amateur in his last amateur race in the Olympic games people who“ in 1992. I knew he was very good and he had a very good career after that. In 1993 enabled him he was a world champion, he had done some great rides and was a very good get away are cyclist but he was never a Tour winner.” Paul Kimmage was one of the first people to accuse Armstrong of cheating, still in place. as early as 1999, the year that Armstrong won his first Tour de France. He surprised many people by his certainty that Armstrong was a cheat. “People are always surprised that I was so certain about it as far back as 1999 and the notion Although Armstrong has been stripped” that he could come back from cancer and of his titles, Kimmage isn’t fully satisfied be twice the rider he was before he had yet with the state of the sport. “I think cancer was just ridiculous.” it would be naive to believe that just Other indicators that Lance Armstorng because we’ve gotten rid of Armstrong that led Paul Kimmage and other to that the sport is cured now of all its ills. believe that he was doping was the way he He wasn’t by any means the only problem would talk about doping and the company (Above Right) Paul Kimmage in the 1987 tour. (Above Left) that the sport had. He was just a factor he kept, most notably Dr. Michele Ferrari. The Irish man became outspoken on the use of drugs in in that, so he’s gone from the picture but “If you take into account the way he professional cycling as a journalist (Right) Lance Armstrong the people who enabled him to get away spoke about doping and also the company with this are still in place. You look at the he kept, as well as the way his attitude governing body, there is nobody being held to account, if you look at some of the key managers he worked with and team officials he worked with and they’re still active in the sport so there is a lot more that needs to be done before I can be fully I believe confident that the sport has moved on. It is “ probably in a better place now but for how long I don’t know. It could very easily slip that he was back to the way it was before. So I still Photos by Inky via Flickr have some very serious reservations about the greatest and wikicommons it. We’ll have to see what this year’s Tour de France looks like before we can make a cheat in sport better judgement on it.” David Walsh, who he described as “Little in terms of his position in the sport at the the consequences of his actions. Paul As for Lance Armstrong his career is history Trolls”. Kimmage said that the main time it was more important to focus the Kimmage agrees with this saying that he finished and Kimmage hopes that life will reason for going after Lance Armstrong attention on him.” had given up hope that Armstrong would be very difficult for Armstrong from here was because he was the number one at Cycling is a sport plagued with “what ever be caught for his doping. “Yeah I on out. “His career is finished now. His the time and he was the guy that all of the if’s” and one of the major what if’s that thought he’d get away with it when in reputation is in tatters and everything he kids admired. “He was the number one has come out in the midst of this scandal February of 2012 the Federal Investigators has achieved has been rubbished and he and he was the guy that all of the media is what if there was a level playing field in the US dropped their case against him. has been exposed as a liar, a bully and towards people who spoke out about” attention was focused on, he was the guy without drugs, would Lance Armstrong I thought that was it I thought it was game a cheat and I do hope that life would be doping then it was just as obvious as the that young kids were looking up to for still have been the best? Paul Kimmage over at that stage that they were never difficult for him now because if there’s nose on my face that he was cheating.” an example. So for sure you could have doesn’t think so as he believes that a drug going to catch him.” a crime there should be a punishment Throughout his career Armstrong addressed some other guys and what they free Armstrong wouldn’t have been able Paul Kimmage believes that and he needs to serve that punishment as claimed that the media’s claims that he were doing but he was the most important to compete. “He would never have won a Armstrong’s downfall was his decision to much if not more than other sportsmen was a drugs cheat was nothing more guy to focus on because he was setting the Tour de France without doping.” return in 2009. That had he not decides who have cheated because I believe that than a witch-hunt born out of jealousy example for the generation to come and it For many years it looked as though to make a comeback that he would never he was the greatest cheat in the history of and a need to fill pages and lead by Paul would have been a lot easier to focus the Armstrong would get off the hook have been caught. “That was his big sport, most vicious and nastiest cheat in Kimmage and fellow Irish journalist attention on some of the other guys but and that he would not have to suffer mistake when he made his comeback in the history of sport.” 18 www.edition.ie THE EDITION Wednesday April 17 2013 SPORT Sporting History DIT’s sports awards Liam Kennedy Darragh Mowlds 17 April Sports Editor 2013 – French tennis player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga turns 28-years-old. The glitz and glamour of award season is coming to an end, but the season 18 April would not be complete without the DIT 1995 – Former American football sports awards. Quarterback Joe Montana announces his The event was held on Thursday the 11th retirement from the sport. of April in the Kevin Street Hall. All of DIT’s best sports stars were 2013 – Arsenal goalkeeper Łukasz dressed up in their finest diamonds and Fabiański celebrates his 28th birthday. gowns and that was just the lads. The guest speaker on the night was Fiona 19 April Coghlan, captain of the Irish Women’s 1967 – Evander “The Real Deal” Grand Slam winning rugby team. She Holyfield beats George Foreman in 12 spoke for a couple of minutes about the rounds for the heavyweight boxing title. importance of starting a strong sports network at third level. She also explained 2013 – Manchester City and England the hardships and the triumphs that come no.1 Joe Hart turns 26. with being an Irish captain. Both Cíarán Boyle and Brian McClean 20 April were awarded for their contribution to 2011 – Real Madrid beat rivals Barcelona sport in DIT for their work for the Karate 1-0 to win the Copa del Rey. Shotokan and Snooker and Pool Clubs 2013 – Ireland’s most capped player respectively. Shay Given turns 37. The Snooker and Pool Club were also (Above) DIT Ultimate the winners of the DIT minority club of Frisbee Club enjoy the 21 April the year. This award celebrates sports that evening at their table. 2010 – Former President of the may be less main-stream than the usual (Left) some of DIT’s International Olympic Committee Juan headliners, such as GAA and soccer. Caving club members. Antonio Samaranch dies at the age of 89. Considering that the club won a string (Right) DIT President . of accolades during the year, such as Brian Norton presents having students play in the Home Nations Irish rugby captain 22 April Fiona Coghlan with an 2006 – Newcastle legend and the tournaments, they have made a huge leap award Premier League’s all-time top scorer Alan forward compared to this time last year. Shearer announces his retirement from Among the winners of the All Star Awards soccer. He had been due to end his career was Martin Wall, who is a member of the at the end of the campaign but picked up DIT Boxing Club. Earlier this year, Martin an injury which forced him to miss the few Wall shocked on-lookers as he defeated The clubs waited to see who won the the Outstanding Participant on Athlete There was a special thanks given by remaining games. European champion, Ray Moylette, in the big awards of the night, but no one could Support Programme, for her part in getting Sinéad McNulty, head of sports to the Irish Elite seniors. He then went on to take contest the eventual winners. Myles to the final of the Lynch Cup. The DIT members of the DIT sports team, for their 23 April the IATBA welterweight crown and will Redmond was presented with the award Ladies Football team narrowly missed out work over the past year. 1904 – Manchester City win their first be training to be a participant in the 2016 for DIT Club Executive of the Year, for his on the trophy, losing to Trinity College in A presentation was made to the father silverware, beating Bolton Wanderers by a Olympics in Rio. work in the DIT Karting Club. the final. of Mikey Clancy, the DIT student and goal to nil in the FA Cup final. The other All Star Awards, were given DIT Club of the Year went to the DIT Awards were also presented to those professional wind surfer, who died to players who excelled in the sporting Men’s Gaelic Football Club, after their who were deemed to have made a special tragically earlier this year. His short speech 24 April achievements this year. These went to performances this year won them the contribution to sport in DIT. This took into focused on the importance of keeping an 2013 – Tottenham and Belgium defender Roberto Lopez of the DIT Soccer Club and Sigerson Cup as well as the DIT Junior account students, such as Ciaran Boyle eye out for each other across the board, Jan Vertonghen celebrates his 26th Thomas Byrne of the DIT Rugby Club. football squad, who won the All Ireland of the DIT Karate Shotokan and Brian not just in sport. It was a sombre end to birthday. Mayo star Aidan O’Shea, who was part Junior Football Championship for the McLean of the DIT Snooker & Pool Club, proceedings, but it reminded all of us the of the squad who took home the Sigerson second year in a row. as well as Tony O’Connor, who is Manager some things are much more important than 25 April Cup, also won and All-Star award. Amy Ring was awarded the prize for of DIT Premier Soccer Team. sport. 2013 – Chuck Cooper becomes the first black man to play in the NBA.

2004 – Arsenal capture the Premier League title at White Hart Lane after a 2-2 draw with rivals Tottenham. This was part DIT’s Mclean and Dawnay in Ireland team of their unbeaten season.

26 April Danielle Stephens Ireland’s only loss came at the hands of 1991 – World Cup-winning soccer star Sports Editor the England A team, who went on to win Diego Maradona is arrested by police in the Championship. According to Brian, Buenos Aires for possession of cocaine.. Two students from DIT represented the Irish team improved on recent years. Ireland in the annual Home Nations The computing student said that last year, 27 April Snooker Championship. The they weren’t even able to send a team due 1908 – The fourth modern Olympic tournament, which was played in to a last minute pulling out of one of their Games opens in London. Dublin, saw Ireland, Scotland and players. Northern Ireland send a team to the The Home Nations Championship is an 28 April games. England were able to send two independent tournament that has no impact 1967 – Muhammad Ali is stripped of his teams this year, as Wales were unable to on individual standing for participants. Heavyweight boxing title due to his refusal send a team. Mclean explained that the competition to join the U.S. Army. Ireland enjoyed a successful campaign, doesn’t have great numbers attending it as they were named runners up at the end because of its various locations, but that it 29 April of the weekend. Brian Mclean and Mark is the one of the biggest student snooker 1901 – Liverpool FC won 1-0 away from Dawnay were selected to play for Ireland tournament in the world. home against West Bromwich Albion to in the Championship. Brian made it to the Brian was selected to represent Ireland win their first league title. last eight of the singles, which he said was after making it to the last 16 of the Irish better than he expected to do. Intervarsities. There were only four 30 April The tournament was structured students from the south that made it to 2006 – Reading finished off their differently in comparison to other years. the last 16 and so the second year was 2005/06 Championship campaign with Previously, the top two teams from automatically selected. Mark on the a 2-1 victory over QPR. As a result, they the weekend played in a final match to other hand was chosen by the captain, finished on 106 points, a new Football determine a winner. However, this year, after performing well at the student League record. the competition was set up as a round-robin intervarsities. Brian Mclean (centre) with his DIT team mates situation. This meant that each participant The Home Nations brought the Snooker 2013 – Republic of Ireland defender got the opportunity to play every other year to a close on an international front. John O’Shea turns 32-years-old. country once and the team that managed However, DIT are continuing to hold an its similar resemblance to the well-known weeks’ time, just before the exams begin. to win the most games would be crowned in-house tournament in Aungier Street. football tournament. Brian expects that Overall, the DIT Snooker club have had a winners. It’s called the Champions League due to the competition will finish in about three hugely successful 2012-2013 campaign. THE EDITION Wednesday April 17 2013 www.edition.ie 19 SPORT 7 DIT siegerson champions Di Canio’s selected for all-stars Barry Lennon silver Foreign Editor Seven of DIT’s Siegerson cup winning team were included in the Irish Daily

Photo courtesyPhoto of East Ham Bull via Flickr Mail Future Champions Teams recently announced by the Comhairle lining in Ardoideachais. The team comprises of the top college players from the 2013 Higher Education Championships. After two gripping weekends of Gaelic Football and Hurling hosted by Athlone Blackcats IT and GMIT respectively, DIT claimed a historic first Irish Daily Mail Sigerson Cup success while UCC added to their DIT captain Colin Walsh holds the Siegerson record title haul by putting back-back titles cup aloft together for the first time) in the Fitzgibbon cloud Cup since WIT (2003 & 2004) . IT Blanchardstown, SRC & NCI also claimed function in Croke Park on the evening of New Irish Daily Mail Football Championships Monday April 15th. Sunderland while LIT-Tipperary, St.Patrick’s College Irish Daily Mail Gaelic Football Future manager Thurles & IT Blanchardstown were Champions 2013: Robert Lambert The Italian manager brings Paolo Di successful in the Irish Daily Mail Senior DIT/Wicklow); Kevin O’Brien (DIT/ Canio, Hurling competitions. Dublin), Bryan Menton (DIT/Meath), new confidence to Sunderland looking the Both of the premier competition Peter Crowley (UCC/Kerry); Colin picture of champions are well represented on their Walshe (DIT/Monaghan), Jonny Cooper writes James Hooper confidence respective teams (DIT (7), UCC(7)), (DCU/Dublin), Peter Acheson (UCC/ while losing finalists UCC (4) and Mary Tipperary); David Givney (DIT/Cavan), aolo Di Canio, a leader of men. club’s Premier League future. With his and the public. An emphatic 3-0 win Immaculate (3) also make a significant Aidan O’Shea (DIT/Mayo); Conor At least that’s what Sunderland acrimonious departure from League One at the home of fierce rivals Newcastle contribution. There is an even spread on Sweeney (UCC/Tipperary), Kieran Powner Ellis Short will hope to side Swindon, Di Canio is not the man United – their first in thirteen years – was the football side with Mayo, Kerry, Meath, Martin (Athlone IT/Westmeath), Donal be the case. Although he would rather from which a club should build solid celebrated like a title win. With each Tipperary and Dublin all having two Lenihan (IT Blanchardstown/Meath); you forget it, self-confessed Fascist Di foundations on. Fighting with his players Sunderland goal, Di Canio patrolled his players selected, while Cork have the most Jason Doherty (DIT/Mayo), Michael Canio has seen his arrival at the club in the tunnel after a game, humiliating technical-area and far beyond with all representatives on the hurling side. Murphy (DCU/Donegal), Conor Cox come under a dark cloud – black even his goalkeeper and breaking into his old the ecstasy and delight of the travelling Those selected were honoured at a (UCC/Kerry). – but the Italian with his unrelenting office are just a number of mementos faithful. Di Canio had left his mark on his confidence could prove there is method to take from his only other managerial first North-East derby, and on his trousers behind the madness. experience in English football. from a celebratory knee slide. Prior to his arrival, the Black Cats could However, the opening gambits of Di Prior to the Newcastle game, Di Canio DIT Ladies lose Lynch Final be accused of drifting aimlessly towards Canio’s reign on Wearside might well had been forthright in his criticism the Championship under the tutelage of have left a smug smile on the face of of the level of fitness from the squad predecessor Martin O’Neill. A lack of owner Short. A trip to Stamford Bridge he inherited. Although a local derby passion, enthusiasm and effort on part of would be the scene of the Italian’s first is perhaps not the greatest judge of his players cost the Ulster man arguably roll-call. Di Canio watched over his squad improvement, due to adrenaline carrying his last job in football. The exact qualities in a ludicrous purple-patterned jumper, players through, there was no sign of that Di Canio was brought in for, O’Neill perhaps a hint of the colour he hoped to weary legs. A tough run-in will likely used to be known to have in abundance. bring to a previously lifeless Sunderland. require all necessary mental and physical With any new managerial arrival The result proved to be a routine although strength. Di Canio as always will be passion and effort is an instant product unlucky defeat to European champions unashamedly confident that he will keep of a short-term fix. The fact that the Chelsea. No shame in that. Sunderland in the Premier League. And Italian was only offered a two-year deal What happened the following weekend if he succeeds, Ellis Short will have no is the only message fans need to know could define Sunderland’s season and qualms in letting him take the reins long- that their owner has gambled on their Di Canio’s appearance to his club’s fans term in his own March on Rome.

Athletics Report DIT ladies football team

Darragh Biddlecombe For the Final the following day in DIT sets new records at Indoor intervarsities and GAA Development Officer Waterford IT, DIT were buoyed by the arrival of their midfielder Eadaoin finishes in fourth at cross country competition The DIT Ladies Football team made McGuiness who was sitting final exams it to the Lynch Cup final to lose out and unavailable for the Semi Final. The narrowly to Trinity College in the final. game started very evenly, with DIT Athletics reporter of 1:56.83 in the final of the 800m to On a very rainy muddy course the guys Following a poor league season which creating several goal chances but failing break the record one which he set earlier had to run four laps over a two kilometre saw the team comprehensively beaten in to convert. Business Management and Indoors Athletics on in the heats. While Simon set two new course the athletes that competed were Division 2 of the league, the team rallied Ballyboden player Paula McGrath settled On the 1st of February the DIT records they were in the 60m hurdles Liam Brady who finished in an incredible and gathered strongly after Christmas the nerves for DIT when she struck to the Athletic Club went to the newly built and the combined events. Overall it was 4th place one minute behind eventually to put together a competitive program net. However Trinity’s packed defence state of the art indoor facility at a fantastic performance by everyone winner Jason Fahy (27:44) from WIT. prior to the championship. and counter attacking football was making Athlone IT to compete in the IUAA who competed and it’s now great that Also in the top 10 was Conor Dooney This bore fruit and consequently DIT inroads. Lucy Mulhall from Wicklow indoor intervarsity competition. there is a state of the art indoor facility to who came in at 29:13 to finish in 9th reached the Lynch Cup weekend in was Trinity’s ace as she picked off scores The team had a lot of newcomers accommodate the rising stars in athletics. place. The other two athletes that ran Waterford for the first time in four years, from out the field. However DIT rallied running this year which was definitely were Captain Billy Crosbie (34:26) and following victories over UCD(2), Cork IT and was awarded a penalty after Aoife a good thing to see. The team this Cross Country David Doran (35:28) who both finished and NUIG(2) in the quarter finals of the Gallagher was fouled. Amy Ring put year comprised of Ian Rogers, Billy On the 9th of march an all male quartet in the middle of the pack of a very championship. the ball over the bar to leave DIT up by Crosbie, Simon Munro, Snezana of DIT athletes went up to Jordanstown to tough race as there was in excess of one The Semi final saw DIT go into the two pints with ten minutes remaining. Bechtina, Ben Cooney, Ange Mwanga, compete in the intervarsity cross country hundred runners competing. unknown a bit, when they faced Robert However Trinity strangled the DIT kick Baqer Al Tulaihi, Aindriú Jenkinson championships which were hosted by Gordon University from Aberdeen who out and pilled on pressure. They scored and David Doran. Aindriú, Simon University of Ulster. This competition was had qualified as British Champions. After the last four points to run out two point and Ian all set brand new DIT records held in conjunction with the all Ireland The next and final competition of the a nervous start DIT pulled away with two winners. in their respective disciplines. With schools cross country championships year will be the IUAA track and field goals from DIT Leisure Management “The DIT girls can be proud in reaching Ian’s performance the highlight of the as it has been in previous years. In fact event which will be hosted by UCC student Amy Ring. Architecture student the final and the effort over the weekend. championships for DIT as he first set here is a little snippet of trivia, two years in Mardyke Arena. On the 12th and Rosín MC Donald from Donegal provided Hopefully the bond the girls have made a new DIT record and then he went ago DIT hosted this competition on the 13th of april this promises to be an a strong platform in Midfield, while Claire this year will form the impetus for a even better and jumped an astonishing grounds of the National Aquatic Centre exciting weekend of competition with King and Dublin’s Ailish McKEnna strong team next year as only two or three 4.60m to set the IUAA record for Pole with great praise from the other colleges new records and medals of all colours defended resolutely in defence. DIT ended of the girls are graduating”, exclaimed Vault. Aindriú ran an astonishing time and institutes. almost a certainty. up comfortable winners, DIT 8-12 RGU manager Stephen Hoary. 3-06. 20 THE EDITION Wednesday April 17 2013

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“I’d watched him from his amateur days I knew he was a very good cyclist and done great rides but he was never a Tour de France winner.” - Paul Kimmage

Paul Kimmage at an event in New York. Photo by Eloy Anzola/groovylab via wikicommons