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    23 January 2013 Vol 2 No 7 www.e

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    NEWS CULTURE SPORT

    Out of OByrne CDITs footballers have many re

    happy despite disappointmen

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    Waterpolo tournDIT to compete in inter-varsitie

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    Armstrong: confeColin Layde on Lances interv

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    DIT merger discussedHEA plans to cut the number of public-y-funded third-level colleges.

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    Tragic DeathsEarlier this month, three members ofthe DIT community passed away.P2

    HMV sit in protestsStaff stage protest in Limerick store.

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    Shadows & DustLuke Holohan meets folk newcomers.P10

    Kevin McGahernComedian, and Sim Card of HardyBucks, talks to the Edition.P9

    IFTA NominationsLove/Hate and What Richard Did domi-

    nate this years shortlist.

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    Malala YousafzaiDITSU awards honorary membership.P3

    Nitelink service cutLate night buses every half-hour slashedby a third from this weekend on.P6

    Rag weekStudent Union aims to raise 15,000for Pieta House during this years charityweek.

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    Django UnchainedTarantinos latest flm reviewed.

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    Jiro Dreams of SushiDavid Glebs documentary on a manpossessed by a passion for sushi.P12

    Oscar NominationsSteven Spielbergs Lincoln tops the listfor this years Academy Awards.

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    Students Unions across the nation areproviding free food boxes and vouchersto students who are struggling fnancial-ly.

    A large proportion of those seeking help,are believed to be people that are stillawaiting grant payments from the StudentUniversal Support Ireland system (SUSI).SUs have taken the step after receivingunprecedented requests from studentswho cannot afford to feed themselves.John Logue, the President of the Union ofStudents in Ireland (USI), highlighted the

    desperate situation many people are facing.

    As students return for the second termof the year, over 5,500 are still desperatefor nancial assistance. In order to allevi-ate some of the hardship caused by delayedgrant payments, a signicant number ofStudents Unions across the country have

    provided food boxes for students who arecoming to college hungry.

    The USI also encouraged SUs through-out the country to provide any furtherassistance they can, in order to alleviatesome of the pressures of those strugglingin the wake of the student grant asco.

    Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT)has seen the greatest demand for basic as-sistance. Over the Christmas period 150

    students were given food boxes, while a

    Luke HolohanNews Editor

    SUs feed students in crisis

    Michael Mulvey, Director oaffairs and registrar at DITgranted a temporary High

    junction to prevent the collegceeding with disciplinary acthim.

    Mr. Mulvey claims that a deby President Brian Norton tociplinary proceedings is unreairrational, and has sought courdeclarations in that regard.

    He claims that DIT is in brestitutional and natural justice, failed to provide him with sufcise details of the disciplinarywhich he has been accused, o

    plaints that have been made agIt has also been alleged th

    Norton has predetermined the an inquiry into Mr Mulveys 2011 to relocate the Learning TTechnology Centre (LTTC). Thmade in 2011 as part of cost-sures, involved moving the Mount Street to Rathmines.

    In an afdavit, Mr Mulveydispute arose over this propoand disciplinary proceedings ated against him. He claims tcision on the part of the colleand is prompted by the TeacheIreland (TUI) campaign to prelocation of the LTTC. It is argmove by the TUI was motivatsire to undermine Mr Mulveyin DIT.

    Mr Justice Michael Peart application for an injunction, returnable for today.

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    soup kitchen is currently still running onthe campus. Father Shay Casey, the AITchaplain, described it as one of the worstsituations Ive seen, Ive come throughsome bad times of the eighties but therewasnt the problem of fees then, familiesare in serious personal debt. Financially,the parents are just as worse off as the stu-dents. He estimated that between twentyto thirty people are being fed each day bythe soup kitchen initiative, which providesthose in need with a coupon for a bowl ofsoup and a roll. Unfortunately the SU andthe Chaplaincy dont have the resources to

    pay student rents but we can provide somebasic help to a lot of students on the bread-

    line.

    DIT has brought in a similar scheme.Along with the assistance of the Chaplain-cy, the SU is making food vouchers avail-able to students who nd themselves in anancially precarious situation. DITSUVP, Glenn Fitzpatrick, said there were anumber of contributing factors to student

    poverty but that, SUSI and the govern-ment are not doing students a whole lot offavours. The main thing we can do at themoment is to keep re ghting, he added.

    The City of Dublin Vocational EducationCommittee (CDVEC), the company whichis in charge of the SUSI grant system, hasrevealed that 5,575 students or 28% of thesuccessful applicants are still waiting on

    their grant payments to be processed.

    Snow on the south Dublin

    mountains earlier this week

    brought transportation to a

    halt and left many without

    power, affecting students with

    submissions due

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    opment off Baggot Street.

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    and midlands, as cold snap

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    Derry as loyalists stage protestsover union fag controversy.

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    The Higher Education Authority hasannounced plans to cut the numberof publicly-funded third level collegesfrom 39 to 15.

    The authority has stated the massivechanges are designed to cater for demand,save money and standardise quality.

    They released a document called, Com-

    pleting the Landscape Process for IrishHigher Education which includes the sug-gestion that DIT will be part of the Dub-lin Alliance Institutes of Technology, fol-lowing a merger with IT Tallaght and ITBlanchardstown.

    Colleges will be required to merge orcollaborate more closely with similarly

    specialised institutions. DIT, IT Tallaghtand IT Blanchardstown will continue to

    be allied and the possibility of applyingfor Technological University status willremain an option.

    Ultimately there will be a reduction to 15institutions in ve regional clusters. DITis included in a cluster with IT Tallaght, ITBlanchardstown, NUI Maynooth, AthloneIT, DCU, and several other colleges.

    The proposals have been agreed and of-

    cials are to consult with affected collegesbefore presenting the proposals to RuairiQuinn, Minister for Education, in March.

    Part of the proposal will make participa-tion in the changes by colleges a requisitefor funding.

    The plans dont affect universities ingeneral but the HEA wants increased con-

    solidation of institutes of technology.DIT and other institutes of technology

    across Dublin have applied for the Techno-logical University status but in other cases

    around the country institutes of technologywill be amalgamated with local universi-ties.

    Michael Mulvey head of academic af-fairs at DIT said, This is a positive afr-mation of DITs original plans to mergewith other ITs.

    I would [provisionally] see it as a posi-tive step.

    Colleges around the country currently re-ceive over 1bn a year in funding from thegovernment. There are 170,000 studentsattending the 39 affected colleges and its

    predicted this gure will surge dramatical-ly in the next couple of years.

    Creative arts programmes at third levelcolleges in Dublin will also see chang-es, especially after a review of the pro-grammes operations is completed.

    Teacher-training colleges will be one fo-cus of the plan, with the intention to reducethe number from 19 to 6.

    UCD and Trinity are already in talks tomerge the teacher-training as part of an In-stitute of Education, along with Marino In-stitute of Education and National Collegeof Arts and Design.

    DCU, St Patricks College, and MaterDei Institute of Education will also beintegrated to form a new Institute of Ed-

    HEA plans third-level shake-uucation.

    Part of the impetus for the the elimination of duplicate colleges will begin joint aca

    ning ventures.Currently having courses

    multiple institutes, costs thedepartment millions and in linicy of imposing austerity in thsector these duplications will b

    Other reforms that will takeand are to be announced, conclevels, alterations to the academand imposition of further contstudents.

    The announcement comes Limerick Institute of Technolofrom plans to merge with otherform the Munster Technologicty. Mr Mulvey commented:

    While I cant speak directlycisions of other colleges, somleges will adopt certain stanceto announcements like this, to negotiating position.

    Limerick IT may also hav

    were better opportunities elsstances do change.

    Referring to the HEA infunding could be dependent

    participation in the reforms hnot clear at this stage how funused to incentivise colleges.

    Ciaran Clark

    News Editor

    Tragic deaths: three members of DIT communit

    Earlier this month, three members ofthe DIT community passed away. MikeyClancy, Irish Windsurng champi-on and DIT student, Marie Gonnellymember of the Careers Ofce team andBrendan Burker, lecturer in the schoolof Media.

    Mr Clancy, a 22 year old Dubliner, com-peted on the P.W.A (Professional Winsurf-ers Association) World Windsurng Tourand had just returned to the world wind-surng stage in 2012 after being side-linedfor most of 2011 by a serious ankle injury.

    His father paid tribute to him on the pop-ular surng site aoat.ie, last week, Wewill miss Mikey and remember him fondlyfor his sportsmanship, kindness and friend-ly manner. Your smile and humour lit upmany a windsurfers day. May you danceon the seas of heaven as you once dancedon the seas of the ocean.

    Clancy had achieved many accoladesand awards including, 25th Overall P.W.AWorld Tour, Irish Junior Champion andIrish U19 Champion. He was also an ac-complished student, gaining an Elite Ath-

    Ciaran Clark

    News Editor

    lete Scholarship to DIT for Marketing.His dream of competing suffered a set-

    back last year when he suffered a carti-lage-destroying injury to his ankle thatrequired painful fusion surgery and nearlya years rehab off the scene and away fromwindsurng. His comeback on the 2012PWA tour in the KIA Cold Hawaii WorldCup saw him nish 13th and awarded sail-or of the day during the contest.

    Mikeys father, Michael Clancy spoke tothe Irish Daily Mirror about the loss of hisson. He also spoke about Irelands social

    problem of suicide, Its a horrendous cul-tural thing that Ireland is developing, it re-ally is. It seems to be getting worse ratherthan better.

    He went on to add, Whilst we are ex-tremely heartbroken and shocked at thenews we want to celebrate that he had a

    good innings in a lot of aspects. He wasreally a warrior. He got to the very top ofworld windsurng twice.

    According to the Mirror report, Mikeysashes are to be spread over several of hisfavourite beach spots in Ireland.

    Staff member Marie Gonnelly alsounfortunately passed away. Marie wasknown to many colleagues and studentsthrough her role as a member of the DIT

    Career Service team of advisorMarie had worked for many

    and had been on a career brebeginning of 2012. She was wNew York University in Abu her untimely death occurred. S31 and it is thought she diedS.A.D.S (Sudden Adult Death

    Regretfully a third death octhe Christmas period; BrendMr Burker was a lecturer at thMedia in Aungier St. Brendanknown cinematographer, lmand director, and had taught TVProduction in the School of Mlast ve years.

    DIT Chaplaincy is to annoof memorial services for DIT staff, who wish to pay their resdeceased. If you would like mtion contact Sister Mary Flann402 3050, 087-6417309, or [email protected]

    If anyone requires help copinwants to talk, DIT counsellingPlease contact the secretary Gon (01) 402 3352, text to 086 email [email protected] ar

    pointment.

    Mikey Clancy, pictured on the left, and competing in windsurng on the right. Photos:

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    Grad wins in Las

    Dublin Institute of Technowas presented this month winext-generation technology fostudents of geomatics and spattion, due to recent graduate DaDavid won the International mensions 2012 Student Paption.

    The prize for the competitioto Las Vegas to participate intional conference, and a donatof-the-art equipment for his htion.

    The prize was awarded by Tof the worlds largest providtioning technology. Mr. AnthoTrimble Navigation Europe Lto Dublin to make the presenta

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    David Keogan, President of dents Union (DITSU) has anappointment of Hoda Akbarigraduate student representativmainder of this academic year

    Ms Akbari who was electedwill now join the ten-membUnion Executive Council to interests of the increasing nuPostgraduate and Research sAkbari is a full time self-funstudent in DITs FOCAS Insti

    Along with her role withinpost-grad ofcer Ms Akbari number of DIT committees iGraduate Research School B

    brary Committee and the Acaity Assurance Committee.

    Recent DIT start-up, Bitsmhas gone to Number 1 in thstore after the release of theKu: The Shroud of the Morri

    Eoin Harris, Basil Lim and developed the game as part onal project on DITs MSc Digital Media & Games.

    The game overtook populaas FIFA 13, Angry Birds anfor the top spot. It is also peron the international charts and

    broken into the US TOP 100 CIrish language version of the available.

    DIT is planning to welcome Brazilian students as part of without Borders programme.

    The initiatives goal is to100,000 Brazilian students higher education institutions ofour years.

    The Head of the GraduatSchool, Prof Mary McNamaof the Ministerial Advisory GrEducation Co-operation with BIrish delegations to So Paulo

    ber 2011, and Braslia, in July mote Dublin Institute of Techtop destination for Brazilian st

    New changes to the General AssessmentRegulations at DIT mean students willbe able to get feedback from lecturersafter they receive their exam results.

    After proposals from DIT Students Un-ion (SU), the examinations departmentintroduced new procedures for providingfeedback to students on their assessments.

    The alterations were made before Christ-mas and students will be able to avail ofthe feedback measures after this yearsJanuary exam results are awarded.

    Glenn Fitzpatrick, Vice-President of theS.U. said the measures will foster learn-

    ing through feedback.Its a much more student friendly way of

    dealing with problems that arise with re-sults.

    The amendments were made, largely todeal with the rechecking, remarking andappealing of exam results.

    The original regulations stated that stu-dents had three working days to have theirassessment rechecked, ve days to have itremarked and seven days to start an appeal

    process.The new measures will mean students

    have a four day window after they receivetheir grades, to consult with the modulelecturer before they decide if they want tochallenge the grade.

    It will prevent unnecessary appealsby students. Sometimes students will befrustrated and start an appeal process butin some instances with the feedback, theywill know where they stand, Mr Fitzpat-rick said.

    The welfare and education ofcer wenton to say that lecturers will now be expect-ed to make themselves available for feed-

    back consultations.The S.U. had been pushing the reform

    through since last year as it is a commonlysupported measure in most students unionsand colleges.

    Barbara OShea former head of theschool of media said, Speaking for thisschool, it isnt a massive change.

    Exams department introduce four day windowLecturers here would always have de

    facto given feedback, especially on cours-es that have continuous assessment. Sheadded:

    We would always have encouraged stu-dents to engage with us

    This change formalises the process, butits probably the case other schools withother disciplines, where the assessment isheavily exam based, they wouldnt have

    been used to giving feedback.Mr Fitzpatrick also said, A lot of schools

    would have an ethos of feedback as part oftheir best practise guidelines.

    This change was about broadening thatacross DIT so it would be a best practice

    procedure across the whole institution.

    Ciaran ClarkNews Editor

    HMV staff protest

    Labour TD for Limerick City and Min-ister for State, Department of Environ-ment, Community and Local Govern-ment, Jan OSullivan, met with HMVemployees staging a sit in protest atstores in Limerick.

    On the morning of Friday 18 January, theMinister visited store locations in CruisesStreet and the Crescent Shopping Centre ina show of solidarity for the 30 or so staffseeking unpaid wages from the past month.

    Tweeting on her account, MinisterOSullivan said: I have written to recivers(sic) & have been in touch with relevantdepts. I will help the workers with any re-quests they have.

    The sit in was precipitated by the clos-ing down of all HMV stores in Ireland af-ter the Irish Division of the outlet was putinto receivership by the Accounting rmDeloitte on Wednesday 16 January. ChrisKeena, manager of the Crescent Shoppingcentre store and part of the sit in, spoke ofhis shock at the companys closure, espe-cially when he had heard about it on SkyNews rst.

    However, Chris still believes HMV is a

    Paul OConnor viable entity a huge market still existsfor over-the-counter purchases of games,CDs and DVDs. Chris went on to sayhow delighted he was with the politicalsupport garnered for their plight, from thelikes of Minister OSullivan and FiannaFail politicians Willie ODea and NiallCollins.

    When asked what the hopes are for thestaff, Chris responded: Our main aim isthe re-opening of the stores as it is impor-tant for the High Street in Ireland and Irishartists. If the shops cannot be re-opened,Chris wants to at least see the monthswages owed, including holiday and in lieutime, paid to the staff, with potentially theGovernment helping on that front.

    Concerned that the closing of HMVstores in Ireland would have a ripple effecton suppliers and Irish artists, Chris eluci-dated that HMV has a 45 percent marketshare for an Irish artists release, and withthe closing of HMV, there is now a void forthose sales.

    HMV, a UK-based company, is still con-dent a buyer can come in to rescue thecompany, with retailer Game conrming itis among the 50 or so potential suitors.

    Paul OConnor

    DITSU membership for Malala

    Chris Keena, manager of HMV Limerick with Jan OSullivan TD for Limerick City

    Malala Yousafzai is awarded honourary membership of DITSU

    Malala Yousafzai has been made anhonorary member of DITSU. DIT Stu-dents Union President David Keoganproposed the award of Honorary Mem-bership to the Union to Malala Yousafzaibefore Christmas, which was secondedby the Executive Council.

    According to Mr Keogan, the proposalwas made in recognition of the work done

    by Malala in the pursuit of educationalrights for girls in the Swat region of Paki-stanand as an acknowledgement to thework done by those committed to educa-tion access in conict-ridden areas.

    Malala was sitting in a school bus inMingora, a city in the Swat Valley, waitingto be brought home along with her school-mates, when a Taliban gunman boarded the

    bus and shot the 15 year-old in the headand neck.

    Doctors in Pakistan managed to removethe bullet which had lodged in Malalasspine but she was own to Queen ElizabethHospital Birmingham, which specialises inwar wounds. The teenager was discharged

    from the hospital on Friday January 04 butwill have to be readmitted for further sur-gery to reconstruct her cranium at the endof the month.

    Malala has been a campaigner for the ed-

    ucational rights of girls in the north-west-ern district of Pakistan in the past numberof years. In 2009 the young activist wrotea blog for the BBC Urdu service, detail-ing her life in the Swat Valley where she

    was banned from going to school by theTaliban.

    This region of the country is a Pashtuntribal area straddling the Afghanistan bor-der and was the centre of a counter insur-gency by the Pakistani government on theTaliban in 2009. The counter insurgencywas thought to have been successful butlast Thursdays bombing in Mingora whichclaimed the lives of 22 people would sug-gest that the Taliban are still very muchactive in the region.

    The long term future of that part of theworld may be mired in uncertainty, butthe immediate future for Malala is crystalclear. Her father, Ziauddin, has been ap-

    pointed to a diplomatic post at Pakistansconsulate in Birmingham.

    Considering the proximity, President Ke-ogan would love to invite Malala and herfather to DIT to accept her award; health

    permitting of course. President Keogan

    would prefer to hold the event in DIT sothe Student Council can attend but eitherway, he envisages some kind of ceremonytaking place in the next month or two tohonour Yousafzais bravery.

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    One thousand nursing positions have

    been advertised at reduced pay by theHealth Service Executive, as graduatesare once again targeted in money-savingmeasures.

    The new positions will be classieddifferently from previous entry level po-sitions, but unions maintain that gradu-ates on the programme will have the fullresponsibilities of other regulated profes-sionals, without any special mentoring, andon a lower salary.Nurses who worked in HSE hospitals last

    year as part of their nal clinical placementwill also have to reapply for the jobs atwhich they were contracted, with the re-duced rate of pay under the new scheme,which is called the Post Qualication Nurs -ing & Midwifery Initiative.

    Thousands protested in October over cutsin pay for newly qualied teachers, which,it was argued, went against the principle

    of equal pay for equal work, and wouldleave entrants to the profession earningless than those ahead of them in comingyears.

    These sentiments have been echoed bynursing unions in the latest controversy,and unions have urged graduate nurses notto apply for the positions.

    The HSE has said, however, that therehas been strong interest in the new jobs.

    The programme has been described as afalse start to graduate nursing careers,aimed at bringing in cheap labour to re-

    place currently employed nurses.Although the HSE has argued that the

    1,000 jobs will represent additional staff,the Irish Nurses & Midwives Organisa-tion (INMO) maintains that the move willcause many agency and overtime workersto be shed.

    After the reduction, entry rate salaries fornurses will drop from 26,400 to around

    22,000.Comparisons have been drawn with USA

    and UK rates, with some nursing unions

    HSE to slash nurses salaries:INMO urges boycott of scheme

    maintaining that a nurse graduate in Lon -don can earn the equivalent of 30,000,and equivalent jobs in America offeringover double the new Irish pay rates.

    The latest Government cuts in the teach-

    ing profession have already reduced thestarting salary of at least 3,000 teachersfrom around 41,000 in 2009, to 32,000at present.

    Current students will now be concernedabout their prospects of working in the

    public sector, with Minister for Public Ex-penditure and Reform, Brendan Howlin,suggesting that public sector workers willhave to work longer, and more cleverly,and in different, smart ways.

    It is now understood that negotiationsbetween union representatives and Gov-ernment will include the possibility ofmoney-saving changes to overtime, ex-

    penses, and allowances to be considered.The Croke Part Agreements guarantee of

    preventing pay cuts until 2014 remains offthe negotiation table.

    Al McConnellDeputy Editor

    HSE: Mental health funds cut

    Mark Meehan

    Following the brutal stabbiman student Thomas Heinriaims to document students of violence through its Say Scampaign.

    The campaign has been lauHeinrich died from stab woutained near DIT approved accoin December and the stabbingdent Daniel Blain which left nently disabled in 2010.

    In light of these incidents conducting an online survey w

    port of Cosc the Na tional OPrevention of Domestic, Sexuder-based Violence. It says, Tof this survey is to better undextent and nature of violence

    by third level students.They went on to say, This

    seeks to establish how safe ordents feel in different environgardless of whether or not a experienced any kind of violeassment, their responses will hderstand and deal with issues as experienced by third level s

    The Survey is reported to t15 minutes to complete and thkeen to endorse the survey asenterprise, encouraging all gealities and ethnicities to compvey. They assured that the inf

    private and condential.Laura Harmon, USI vice p

    equality and citizenship said, rst time that we have undertaof this scale for this age grouthat the information we receuseful in ensuring that the

    paigns USI and local Studerun in this area will be well intargeted.

    Gary Heylin, Director of Coincreasing our understanding oand nature of violence expethird level students we can imptions to counter such violence those who have experienced it

    Budgetary constraints in the HealthService Executive should not impedethe investment of funding in mentalhealth services. Thats the call beingput forward by Mental Health Reform,a coalition of 32 organisations acrossthe country which is campaigning forprioritising and improving mentalhealth care in Ireland.

    The HSEs Service Plan for 2013 hascommitted it to an investment of 35million in funding from Budget 2013for mental health services. Using thisfunding, the health service plans to recruit477 new staff to this sector. The HSE has

    also committed itself to completing theappointment of 414 new staff from lastyear, a process which has been inexcus-ably delayed according to the MentalHealth Reform coalition.

    While the director of Mental HealthReform, Dr Orla Barry, welcomed thenews that the appointment of the newstaff would be fast-tracked by the HSEleadership, she also indicated her hopethat the delays seen in 2012 in appointingnew staff would not be repeated. Shealso voiced her concerns about cutbacksalready planned by the health service.

    Mental health services have seen anoverall decline in stafng numbers sincethis time last year, with a drop of over 400

    staff during 2012, so the prompt appoint-ment of all of the promised new staff is amatter of urgency. We are concerned bythe announcement in the Service Plan ofa planned reduction of at least 102 acuteinpatient beds. Such a reduction cannothappen until adequate community servicesare in place

    Of major concern to Mental Health Re-form is that the 35 million in funding has

    been made subject to affordability. DrBarry and the wider coalition fear that thefunding could be siphoned off into otherareas of the HSE, to cover decits.

    The group also hailed the increased HSEfocus on specialist mental health servicesfor forensics, for older people and for

    Minister for Mental Health Kathleen Lynch pictured receiving 10,000 signatures from Dr. Orla Barry from the Mental Health Reform.

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    people with intellectual disabilities areasthat have historically been neglected, aswell as the development of an informationtechnology system for mental health and

    2.5 million of funding allotted to theNational Counselling Service. The mentalhealth coalition has stated that it wouldlike to see the counselling service extend-ed to those on low incomes, not just thosewho are in possession of a medical card.

    While Mental Health Reform haspraised Minister for Mental HealthKathleen Lynch for her work in improvingmental health services, it has also madeclear to the HSE and the Government thatfunding for mental health services should

    be used as intended.

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    Nitelink service slashed by a thirStephen BourkeChief Sub Editor

    Dublin Bus will no longer run half-hour-ly Nitelink services as cuts go into effectthis weekend.

    Although all eighteen of the currentroutes will remain active, fourteen of thesewill now run less frequently with the ma-

    jority operating on an hourly basis.Only the very busiest routes will run

    more than ve buses a night. The routesaffected are 7n, 25n, 39n, 41n, 42n, 46n,66n, 69n and 77n.

    Timetables for the other nine Nitelinkroutes are unaffected. For the most part,Dublin Bus has curtailed services on themost frequent routes, bringing them closerto the levels of quieter routes.

    The company announced the timetablechange last Friday. The timetables have

    been revised to meet the existing level ofcustomer demand, wrote a spokespersonto social media users.

    The biggest cuts are to the 7n and the25n, which previously ran nine buses a

    night leaving the city centre every halfhour between midnight and 4am.

    From now just four buses a night willrun, departing on the hour. The 39n re-mains the most frequent route, but sees itsservices cut from nine a night to just six.

    This is going to force me because the times might not suneed a bus home, said Katie Oa DIT student and 41n passe

    would discourage me from goinand spending money there.

    Aungier Street man Cormagave up taking the NitelinkThey're too expensive, he saally with mates when leaving

    being quicker and cheaper to gThe whole only stopping a

    and then not letting people onjust stupid, he added. In Geare essentially 24 hours of bus

    Rebecca Kelly of Bolton the service is too inconsistent waiting for as it is. I normallhome to Donnybrook from towThe Editon.

    There should be a bus evevery day, she added, LikeLondon.

    The reduction in services two weeks after Dublin Bus ahike in cash fares from 5.00

    with the fare remaining at 5 fusers.

    These price amendments ffares and prepaid tickets are Dublin Bus increases since the

    Dublin Bus Nitelink services operating in the city have been slashed by one - third. They company have released the revised timetable.

    Irish actor set to star innew Transformers lmIrish actor Jack Reynor has been cast inthe lead role in the next Transformerslm. Director Michael Bay announcedthe news via his website.

    20 year old Reynor will join Mark Whal-berg in a planned sequel trilogy to the orig-inal lms. The rst instalment is set to bereleased in 2014.Bay announced via hiswebsite that he had spotted him in a greatlittle Irish movie What Richard Did. Thiskid is the real deal.

    Reynor received critical acclaim forhis starring role in Lenny AbrahamsonsWhat Richard Did playing a wealthyteenager who accidentally kills anotheryoungster. The lm was released in theUK last week and has been met with fur-ther praise from critics. Reynor will nextbe seen in The Delivery Man alongside

    Vince Vaughn.Reynor was born in the United States and

    raised in Co. Wicklow. From 2004 to 2010he attended Belvedere College in Dublinand performed in several stage produc-tions. During this time he also appearedin several short lms before being cast in2012s Dollhouse and What RichardDid.

    Reynor had to contend with tough com-petition for the Transformers role, manag-ing to edge out former Home and Awayactor Brenton Thwaites and Taken 2 starLuke Grimes.

    In the new Transformers lm, Reynor isset to play a racing car driver who becomesinvolved with Mark Whalbergs daughter.

    The role of the daughter is yet to be cast,although, several actresses have auditionedfor the role including another formerHome and Away cast member, Isabel-

    Colm McGlinchey la Cornish, and English model GabriellaWilde.

    The rst Transformers lm was releasedin 2007 and made stars out of the relativelyunknown Shia LeBeouf and Megan Fox.Despite being panned by critics the threelms were box ofce hits.

    Bay has told fans the new lm is not areboot, and explains his reasoning behindhaving a new cast. This movie takes placeexactly 4 years after the war in Chicago.The story makes a very natural transition,and reason as to why we have a whole newcast. In an interview with TMZThe mov -ies going to continue four years from theattack on Chicago, which was in the lastmovie.

    It is expected that production on Trans-formers 4 will begin in spring 2013 andwill be released by Paramount on June 27,2014.

    Lincoln star up for the Gathering

    Daniel Day-Lewis has offered his sup-port for the Gathering 2013. Speakingat the European premier of his new lmLincoln the actor offered his support tothe tourism initiative.

    On Sunday the Oscar nominated actortook to the red carpet at the Savoy cinemaDublin along with director Steven Spiel-berg and actress Sally Field. The premier,in aid of the Wicklow Hospice Founda-tion, was also attended by a number ofIrish celebrities, including boxer KatyTaylor and director Jim Sheridan.

    Speaking of The Gathering Day-Lewis,who resides in Wicklow, said I wouldlike to offer my support and encourage-ment for the Gathering this year. What

    better moment than this for all those withIrish roots and connections throughout theworld, to visit and revisit Ireland.

    At the premier Spielberg commented onhis love of Ireland, where he lmed Sav-ing Private Ryan, saying Im very closeto Ireland. Making Ryan here was such awonderful experience we started coming

    back just for ourselves.The Gathering has previously received

    criticism from Irish actor Gabriel Byrne,

    Colm McGlinchey who described the initiative as a scam.Byrne had served as ambassador for cul-ture for two years but stepped down as hewas disillusioned and disappointed withthis Government who go on about theirlove for culture for arts and actually reallydont give a toss about it.

    Day-Lewis, who has been nominated foran Oscar for his performance as PresidentLincoln, commented on those returning toIreland as part of the Gathering, that byanswering that whisper in the blood andreturning to the source, they shall also beinvesting in the future of this uniquelymagnicent country.

    Lincoln star and director, Daniel

    Day-Lewis and Steven Spielberg

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    Establishing the EditionsFrench connection

    At a December editorial meeting,this reporter was asked where hemight see himself in ten years

    time. In the arms of a beautiful wom-an, I responded.

    The editorial team doubted that this vi-sion would come true, as they thought Ilacked the necessary nesse to attract sucha woman.

    Over the past months, my obnoxiousout-of-tune singing and shite talking hadbecome unbearable even for the most jad-ed of the Editions hacks.

    Feeling that my etiquette must improve,the editorial team decided to send me toFrance on an Erasmus to replace my un-couth habits with French sophistication.

    The Breton town of Lannion was cho-sen for my grand renement. However,on arrival I realised the town was locatedfar from the style and sophistication morereadily associated with Paris.

    Lannion is rural, very rural. While thetown centre has plenty of pretty ancient

    stone walled French buildings, it is still aone horse town. And it seems that the horsehas even left.

    Surprised by the towns isolation, An-drew (who makes up the other half of theEditions foreign desk) and myself werealready looking for escape routes on theday in France; studying the train timetablesthat lead to Paris.

    However, this quietness did not last longas we moved on to campus residency and

    began lectures the next day.With a university campus about the size

    of a large secondary school in a rural area,on the edge of town, it was inevitable thatthe arrival of the two Irish would make a

    big impact (last year s students from DITare still regarded as celebrities).

    Our arrival was made bigger by the factthat Andrew and I are the whole of theErasmus community.

    After a morning of administration andmeeting professors, we were introduced toour rst year journalism class.

    No sooner had we entered the classroom,had the class organised a social calendarfor the week, offering invitations to foot-

    ball matches and parties. We were never ofso much interest to so many, despite ourlanguage difculties.

    My head still spins from the initial im-pact of the language barrier that day. Smalltalk becomes twice as difcult when uen-cy is an issue, but nding common groundin football helps conversation.

    Thierry Henrys handball incident whichended Irelands world cup qualicationhopes is a popular slag with us.

    Surprisingly the League of Ireland is alsobetter known than I thought. One of mynew French colleagues had heard of myown team Bray Wanderers. I asked howhe knew of the Wanderers, and he said Iknow zem from playing FIFA. I know allze crap teams like zis.

    The college is located 4km away fromthe town centre and it is linked to it bydual-carriageway that was not meant for

    Barry LennonForeign Correspondent

    A one horse

    town. And it

    seems

    the horse

    has even

    left

    Foreign Ofce report Andrew Donovan and Barry LennonreErasmus from

    pedestrians.Many of our new colleague

    some of them give us a lift itown to celebrate the arrival students on their rst full sThey sat and drank chocolat, wand Andrew preferred a pint afwind of a rst day.

    This is just one of the manyferences this reporter has obshould lead to his renement.

    French students sound moreed when they are going to a hoas the call une soire. Howevthe same as an Irish session, ehigher wine to beer ratio.

    The style of dress of new colappears more sophisticated. S

    just to keep your neck warm. Ton during class, giving an airFrench sophistication.

    Following this French lead rened and in the arms of a beaan within ten years time.

    The Edition has become the rst Irishstudent newspaper to run a foreign of-ce since Trinity News ill fated trip tothe Falklands Islands.

    Former News Editor Andrew Donovanand former Deputy Editor Barry Lennonare running the ofce from their digs whileon Erasmus in the Northern French townof Lannion.

    While it could be viewed as opportunis-tic to use reporters studying on Erasmus,Editor Jarlath Moloney quashed this as-

    Edition opens new foreignofce in northern Francesumption by explaining that the decisionto open the ofce was part of a long term

    plan to develop the paper.The Edition is a world class newspaper

    and as such we need a closer reaction toEuropean developments, Moloney said.

    The Edition is very proud to be open-ing its rst foreign correspondents deskand were looking forward to getting anew level of coverage from France and theEU.

    Although located almost 800km fromthe nearest central European institution inBrussels, Lennon spoke of how thet paperhopes to develop in the future.

    Its a step by step approacwe hope to move the ofce 1to Brussels and repeat this pryear until we have an ofce inself, he said.

    During his foreign posting, write a Hunter S Thomsonaccount of his Erasmus experBreton town.

    Contributions from other joErasmus are also expected to anew foreign desk section knoweign ofce report, as well as oon Erasmus life and European

    French weve learned

    Erasmusdiary

    On reste l

    Well leave it there so - A common col-liqual phrase used by the French here.Coincidently, it is often used (in English)

    by RTEs Bill OHerlihy.

    Baguette magique

    Magic wand - sounds as if the Frenchare mocking themselves when it came tonding a word for a magic wand. Dis -covered this week in our photoshop class

    Above: French students welcome the Irish to Lannion. Right: After 45 laps of the town, Lennon and Donovan found there was nothing going on.0

    Lyons Tea? Its like Harp. Its shite! - One of our new French colleagues has

    picked up on some of our Irish idiosyn-cracies. Including the word, shite. Andthe preferred brands of tea and lager inIreland.

    Lyons Tea? Cest comme

    Harp. Cest shite!

    First impressionsof French Erasmusfrom our ForeignCorrespondent

    Pas de messing

    Cop yourself on - what the teacher saysto an unruly class. Derived fromMessinmeaning to act the maggot.

    FOREIGN NEW

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    Oxford students are to demonstrateagainst Julain Assanges speech at theUniversitys award ceremony whichcelebrates prominent whistle-blowerstoday.

    Students are to protest at the SamAdams Awards, against a speech via videolink made by Wikileaks founder andwhistle-blower Assange, who is wanted inSweden on allegations of rape.

    Past awards winners have includedAssange himself in 2010 and FBI whis-tle-blower Sibel Edmonds in 2004.

    Vice President of the Oxford studentsunion told reporters that the protestshope to support survivors of rape andsexual assault. Mr Assange, an Australiannational, has been taking refuge at theEcuadorian embassy in London for thepast six months in order to avoid extra-dition to Sweden for questioning on rapeallegations.

    Oxford student Simone Webb, who ispresident of the Universitys LGBTQsociety, took to twitter to tell students the

    protests are about challenging societystreatment of rape allegations, and the waythey are minimised and ignored. Webbalso tweeted I do not think that someonewho is actively eeing rape allegationsshould have been offered this privilege.

    Assanges mother, Christine Assange,took to twitter to defend her son, callingWebb and other protestors a gang ofrabid, irrational frenzied feminists.

    She also encouraged Oxford studentswho did support Assange to arrange acounter protest, tweeting Not only amans reputation is at stake but his lifeand liberty and the greater cause of globalfreedoms.

    Thomas Finger, who is to receive theSam Adams Award this year, also ex-pressed concern with Assanges involve-ment stating I am appalled by the theft

    and distribution of US government docu-ments because it violates the law, personalobligations, and professional ethics.

    The Oxford Union has invited protestorsto attend the Q&A with Mr Assange to

    voice their issues. A spokesperson forthe union said Mr Assange is clearlya gure who generates controversy forreasons ranging from the charges madeagainst him in Sweden, to the perceived

    Oxford LGBT to protest Assange speechColm McGlinchey

    recklessness of some Wikileaks activities.We would therefore encourage those whodisagree with him, or with any of ourother speakers, to participate in the Q&Asession.

    87 dead in twin Uni blastsTwin blasts at a Syrian University haskilled 87 people. The explosions hap-pened during the rst day of exams atAleppo University.

    Activists blamed President Assads re-gime for the blasts, while state media

    blamed r ebels. The death toll is expec tedto rise with over 150 wounded and humanremains still being recovered from the site.

    Syria has been engaged in a 22 monthconict between current President Bashiral-Assads regime and the rebel Free Syr-ian Army.

    The explosions happened on Tuesday

    15 January as students sat their exams

    at Aleppo University in the North of thecountry. The commercial capital Aleppois under government control and has beensubject to violent clashes with rebels sincelast summer.

    The cause of the blasts has not beenconrmed, with state television blamingground-to-air missiles launched by rebels,and rebels blamingair strikes carried out

    by the government.President Assad, who has rejected calls

    by world leaders to stand down, called fordamaged parts of the University to be re-

    built immediately.Universities across Syria closed on

    Wednesday 16 January to mark a day of

    mourning for victims of the blast.

    Colm McGinchey

    Julian Assange pictured in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. Mr Assange has promised to release more than one million documents in 2013

    through Wikileaks. Mr Assange has been in the Embassy for more than six months as of last December.

    YouTube grab of the chaos

    at Aleppo University

    DITSU predicts largest turnthis years RAG charity weekaims to raise 15,000 for sself-harm charity Pieta Hous

    RAG (Raising and Giving) off Monday February 11 wiand night events. Tickets for e

    purchased from the Students UAs well as the events organi

    pants ar e also encouraged to in whatever way they like.Night time events include a

    themed night at the Lost Socparty at The Big Tree and ashow at The Pint. RAG week wa Valentines Ball, the cheapesin DIT history with tickets at

    Day-time events include aa Northside V Southside fooand a Sticker Run, in which

    purchase stickers for 1 from Union and the funniest photo sticker wins a prize.

    Anybody looking to get in

    contact their local Students Un

    Colm McGlinchey

    Rag wee2013

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    Luke Holohan talks to former Hardy Buck,Kevin McGahern, on his new movie career.

    On my way to meet Kevin McGa-hern, better known as Sim Cardfrom The Hardy Bucks and one

    quarter of the ctional indie political

    rock consortium Slave Baby, I beginto wonder whether hell turn up incharacter. Hes chosen Grogans as thelocation for our interview, and whileIm not complaining in the least; as Ipass by Fade Street and the trinketsof Georges Street arcade, I start tothink that its possible Ill also be metby Vinnie Redbreast and the lads. Oreven The Viper.

    As any reasonable person would expect,he turns up as himself and alone. To behonest Im not sure why I imagined any-thing else. Anyway, we settle down overa pint of Guinness and begin to discussMcGaherns burgeoning and diversecareer in comedy, his upcoming show,as well as his somewhat unconventionalrelationship with hecklers. Unfortunately,I was unable to pry any further informa-tion out of him regarding the new HardyBucks lm. Except for the fact that theshow was getting the Hollywood treat-ment, something akin to The HangoverI guess.

    McGahern, who is originally fromCavan, began stand-up back in 2009after becoming familiar with the comedycircuit through friend and comedian,Robbie Bonham. My interest was kindof encouraged by him. Id go to some ofhis gigs and at this time, I guess Id noidea what I wanted to do. Id go to thesegigs and see him up on stage, and I waslike - yeah, I wouldnt mind doing this,it seems interesting, he seems happy andgets paid for making people laugh.

    Despite this, it wasnt until he got a jobin the International Bar, a Dublin venuewhich is known for live comedy gigs, thatMcGahern was actually inspired to beginperforming himself. I was working in theInternational Bar and was watching guyson stage and I thought feck this, thislooks easy. Even though he jokes about

    it, all the evidence seems to suggest that

    comedy does come quite easily to him.After his rst performance, which he

    describes as a poor mans Dylan Moranimpression, he was highlighted as the

    outstanding performer on the night bythe audience of the HaPenny Bridge Inn.Subsequently he has gone on to performat the Edinburgh Fringe Festival as wellas in various venues throughout thecountry.

    Speaking about his rst ever stageperformance, That night I had a song atthe end which I had written in Robbieshouse. I didnt know how to play thechords though, so I recorded my ownvoice on a tape making the chord sounds.I just looked like a crazy, lonely man andthats what people liked the most. I juststarted doing more of that then.

    McGahern has since landed a part inthe highly popular television series TheHardy Bucks, as well as roles in theupcoming feature lms No Party forBilly Burns and Flat Lake. He has alsofeatured in sketches for the RTE magazineshow called Republic of Telly.

    Perhaps unsurprisingly, the part of SimCard came about after a chance meetingwith Chris Tordoff (The Viper). Yeah, Igot chatting after one of my gigs, turnedout we lived near enough to one anotherin Ranelagh, ended up hanging out andwatching videos. He just said to call downto the guys. I knew if I just gave myself afunny name then there would be more of achance of getting something out of it.

    It seems that Kevin McGahern, whetherintentionally or not, inspires comedy.So much so, that the spoof Youtubedocumentary - The man who fell on theice, which was created by him and agroup of his friends, was made after theyrealised that the back of McGaherns headwas similar to that of the man who fellon the SixOne news. The Youtube cliphas so far received 400,000 hits with thelikes of news presenter Brian Dobson andSatirist Charlie Brooker singling it out for

    personal praise. That clips my Citizen

    Kane; Im most proud of Brian Dobson

    liking it really.His role in No Party for Billy Burns

    and the idea for the lm itself wasinspired after he suggested that a group ofhis friends dress up as cowboys for a festi-val. I suggested that we all dress up ascowboys and go a bit crazy. If you dresslike a gobshite it kind of gives you a bitof a licence to act like one. So, in the endanyway, I was the only one who dressedup as this cowboy and I had to embraceit; pulled guns on cops and stuff likethat. This all seemingly inspired PadraigConaty to write this lm.

    By now a group of boisterous Americanshave begun to put the recording of thisinterview in jeopardy. Theyve enquiredabout a painting behind us, which to theuntrained eye, looks more like a badly

    plastered wall than art. Anyway, beforeIve been drowned out, I get to hear aboutthe Cavan natives interesting experienceswith hecklers. I punched a guy in theInternational once, less than a year agoactually, he calmly mentions.

    Well let me explain, it sounds bad. Iwas really hung-over from Buckfast thenight before and this guy in a suit andtie was in the front row. Now he hadntsaid anything all night, but then just atthe punch line of my last joke he shoutssomething indistinguishable. AnywayI leave the stage. Then later on, in the

    horrors of Buckfast, staring at a drop of

    condensation on the wall, wonthe futility of life, this guy comand gives me a little slap in theknow, just letting me know heme. Anyway as soon as he doehim a sort of Buckfast reaction

    Kevin McGahern will be perhis show 2 Grown Men, his yet, at The Stags Head on the FEntrance is free into the Damewith the fun set to kick off at 8Also performing on the night wTedFest champion, Edwin Samwell as support from David ReConor OToole. Before leavingthat the punching of audience was a rare enough occurrence,that put you off. Comedians arvery docile characters, that is, antagonise one in the grips of hangover I suppose. Besides, tman lived to tell the tale, so it worth the risk heading to the S

    only to see what madness ensu

    If youdress like agobshite it

    kind of givesyou licence to

    act like one.

    Kevin in his role

    in up-coming flm

    No Party for Billy

    Burns.

    Kevin

    McGahern, aHardy Buck

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    One Direction Album Review: Take Me Home

    Take Me Home is the latest offeringfrom boyband One Direction. Havingcome from the X Factor the boys havewell established themselves within themusic industry. Their debut album UpAll Night topped the charts in over six-teen countries and gave the boys somewell-deserved success.

    The album comprises of 17 tracks and isa step up for the boys compared to theirprevious album. While there is still theusual preppy peppy upbeat pop tracks, theboys bring a more mature vibe this timeround. The debut song off the album LiveWhile Were Young, reached number onein both Ireland and New Zealand, and hit

    Shadows & Dust

    It is 9.30p.m. when the band Shadowsand Dust make it to the minimally litand intimate stage of Whelans Live. Itsthe ideal setting for the groups acousticstyle, not to mention a great atmospherefor their haunting lyrics.

    For an unsigned band that hasnt playedive for nearly a year, quite a crowd has

    turned up. The large following is testamentto their steadily growing appeal, and manyare eager to catch this rare show before theband once again withdraw from the livescene to spend some time in the recordingstudio.

    Luckily for me, Ive been here since 7oclock and have one of the best seats inthe house. While that may make me seemike a bit of a groupie, Im actually here to

    catch up with the band just before one oftheir biggest gigs to date. The Dublin basedoutt, which is made up of - Lead vocalistand guitarist Dermot Kennedy, DrummerMichel Quinn, Violinist Lia Wright andBassist Erik Vaughan - have been playing

    together for just over two years.Originally a two piece of Kennedy and

    Quinn, the group have gradually devel-oped, honing their sound to what they be-lieve could be described as folk rock.

    After pretty much intruding on theirsound check, I sit down with Dermot Ken -nedy to get an insight into the band andwhat lies ahead for them in the future.

    Q) So where did the nameShadows and Dust come

    from? You often hear of

    bands having a few different

    names before they settle on

    the right one, any unusual

    early names?

    DK: Its actually from a quote in themovie Gladiator. Best movie ever. I dontthink there were too many nearly names

    but it was a big deal for us to get the nameright. I think we just liked the sound ofthis one.

    Q) Are you signed to a label

    at the moment?

    DK: No, not yet anyway. But wed beopen to that of course.

    Q) How does song writing

    work within the band, is it a

    collaborative process?DK: It is becoming more like that.

    When we rst started out Id kind of justbring a song to Michel already written.Id write stuff based on the acoustic gui-tar. But now I like to think, that together,were starting to make music more. Like,I always write the lyrics but they really dogrow when youre together as a band.

    Q) What has the response

    been to your material so far?

    DK: In the beginning, its hard to getanyone to listen to you. But yeah, anytimewe play its always a good reaction. Itsnever been negative.

    Q) Any favourite venues to

    play in Dublin?DK: We played the upstairs in Bew-

    leys. It is tiny; think it holds about 75people. Its usually just plays that go onthere, but that was really nice.

    Q) Whats the plan for the

    band over the next few

    months?

    DK: Well record an E.P. in Templelane. Weve enough songs there to do analbum but, if you put all that money inand all your songs and it goes unnoticed,then its a waste of your time. Were goingto put about four or ve tracks togetherand try to generate some interest rst.Well record that in the beginning ofMarch and then we hope to do a few gigsaround the country, nish with a launchday in Dublin. The Sugar Club would be

    ideal.

    Q) Do you think that Irish ra-

    dio stations should give Irish

    bands more of a chance?

    DK: I think more stations could. Iunderstand why theyre playing what gets

    played, like these popular songs. I haventthought too much on it, but it is very hardto get your music out there. In fairnessPhantom FM and Totally Irish on 98 FMare pretty good.

    Q) What are your biggest

    infuences?

    DK: I think were quite varied. Immad into Bon Iver. I love The Framesand...now these are just mine by theway...I like Florence and the Machine alot as well.

    Q) I was going to ask the

    whole band this but, what

    really annoys you?

    DK: What pisses me off? What pissesyou off Lia? Probably people that lack

    professionalism. Lack of ambition as well;people who are happy to be mediocre.

    Lia Wright: Closed-minded people(She mentions in passing).

    the top ten charts around the globe. Thiswas soon followed by the slower and mel -lower single Little Things. The singlewas co-written by pop superstar Ed Sheer-an and his presence is very much apparenton the track. Fellow pop band McFly, mi-nus band member Harry Judd, also wrotethe catchy track I Would. One Directionthemselves co-wrote many of the tracksand it is clear the boys had an input intothe album.

    With 17 tracks, it can be easy to lose thevariation but One Direction have donewell. In most if not all of the songs, thechorus is sharp and memorable. The albumis lled with catchy tracks, with declara-tions of love, sorrow and regret sprinkledthroughout. Track number 7, Rock Meshowed an unusual side to the boys. It is

    however, one that works, even if the titleand chorus are extremely cheesy. The thirdsingle released from the album Kiss Youis another infectious pop track, as in thetrack Cmon Cmon and Back For You.As a One Direction fan, I do prefer theirupbeat tracks as opposed to their slower

    ballad type ones. I feel that there is only somany ballads and slow songs you can do

    before they become repe titive, and a littlebit whiney.

    So far, Take Me Home has topped thecharts in more than 35 countries, giving the

    boys worldwide success and fame. Theyare unquestionably, one of the biggest

    boybands at the moment, as they competewith their fellow X Factor counterpartsJLS and boyband The Wanted. The boysare clearly heading in a good direction.

    RagWeek

    Luke HolohanNews Editor

    Dirne BlackCulture Editor

    RAG stands for Raising and this year DITs chosen charHouse for the prevention of self-harm.

    This year it is a unique and dof nights out and day-time eve

    With the provisional list offundraisers nally released to tlic, students can see why DITdicting a bigger turnout than and is aiming to raise the hug

    15,000.This year the events will now

    the daytime and the nighttimeday until Friday. Nighttime for the party animals of DIT, frwho like to get messy, to thosdressing up in their suits ordresses.

    Nighttime Events

    Monday 11 FebruaryWhat better way to see in our RWeek than at our beloved Karnhas now moved to the Lost Soval will be Mardi Gras themedsands of Mardi Gras Throw as always will be overowincandy oss, face paint and Tickets 5, 4 cheaplist.Tuesday 12This is going to be messy... Euest paint party is coming to twith cannons and paint guns.

    party on a whole new scale. Hthe night are the highly accla

    bots. Dress for mess. Tickets oWednesday 13See what DIT has to offer intalent at the DIT All Stars, in Twas a huge success last year. Ticket price 5Thursday 14DIT Valentines Ball in aid of is exactly what the name saysin the Royal Marine Hotel, Duthe cheapest formal ball in DITthe stops have been pulled out including our own red carpeand champagne fountains, FePyramid, photo booth and moare 15 from SU shops.

    Daytime EventsThis RAG Charity week is

    dents the chance to get involvexciting new ideas. Drop intofor sponsorship cards and weonline too using Moolta.com.

    The fundraiser on everyonecourse the Sky Dive. Any stud

    part and jump out of a planethey raise 640 or more. This way for students to raise a hugecharity.

    For those slightly less adven

    is always Shave or Dye. In kthe colour of DITSU Ents, pstrongly recommended colour

    Road Rage (TBC) is a fundring students to travel the widthof Ireland in 24 hours on witsno money or sleep, to win a caNorthside V Southside Foo

    Grangegorman. Students raiseto see if the Southside can wfrom last years winners, the N

    The Sticker Run is a cheap away for students to do their bthe DITSU Ents stickers for something funny and upload ththe DITSU Ents Facebook pamassive prize.

    For more information check SU Ents Facebook page, or poyour local SU to see how youvolved.

    Louise McLoughlinDITSU Ents Media Comm

    From left to right: Harry Styles, Liam Payne,

    Louis Tomlinson, Zayne Malik, Niall Horan

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    On Wednesday 9 January, the IrishFilm and Television Award nominationswere announced.

    Better known as the IFTAs, the awardceremony will take place in the Conven-tion Centre, Dublin on the 9 February.

    There are 40 categories in this yearsawards, including Best Film, Best Di-rector in Film, Best TV Drama and BestDirector in TV Drama.

    Popular Irish drama Love/Hate hasswept the board, picking up 11 nomina-tions.

    Love/Hates nominations include BestDrama, Best Leading Actor for both Rob-ert Sheehan (Darren) and Tom VaughanLawlor (Nidge), Best Leading Actressfor Charlie Murphy (Siobhan) and BestSupporting Actress for Susan Loughnane(Debbie).

    Irish Sitcom, Moone Boy has been

    nominated in ve categories inBest Director, Best Script and

    porting Actor for Chris O Dow

    After being nominated, O Dtweeted 5 IFTA nominations Boy. Sweeeet! Looks like we wto send David Rawle [Martin] Calcutta after all.

    On the lm front, What Richas picked up ten nominationsBest Film, Best Director and B

    What Richard Did was theforming Irish lm in the Irish bin 2012.Newcomer, Jack Reynor is a

    Best Actor and has recently bthe lead in the next Transform

    Its been a fantastic year for Iand Television, and with LoveWhat Richard Did leading thtions there is nothing stoppingscooping up all of the awards o

    Rachael OBrienDeputy Culture Editor

    Love/Hate dominate IFTA

    Les Misrables wins big at Golden GlobesRachael OBrienDeputy Culture Editor

    On Sunday 13 January, the 70th GoldenGlobes were held at the Beverly HiltonHotel in Beverly Hills, California.

    The main winners on the night were LesMisrables, Argo and Homeland.

    Many A-list celebrities attended on thenight, all dressed head-to-toe in glam.Nude and black gowns seemed to be apopular choice for the ladie s, while all themen went for the obvious, yet handsome,tuxedos.

    Les Misrables scooped three mainawards winning in the Best comedy ormusical, Best actor in a comedy or musi-cal and Best supporting actress in a com-edy or musical categories.

    Upon receiving the award for Best com-edy or musical a producer of the movie,Eric Fellner, thanked the Hollywood For-eign Press Association for recognising thepassion and love that went into this lm.

    American Thriller Argo won two awardsat the prestigious event, Best drama andBest Director.Having beaten the directors of other

    movies such as Django Unchained and

    Life of Pi, Ben Afeck completed hisspeech by saying I want to thank mywife [Jennifer Garner] who is the reasonIm standing here. I adore you, I love youso much, thanks for sitting through this,youre my everything. Thank you, thankyou all.

    In the Television category, Homelandand Game Change swept the boards.American drama series, Homeland, wonBest drama series, Best actor in a dramaand Best actress in a drama. TV Movie,Game Change won Best TV lm or min-iseries, Best actress in a TV lm or min -iseries and Best supporting actor in TVlm or miniseries.

    Having been presented her award byLea Michelle and Nathan Fillion, winnerof Best actress in a drama, Claire Danes,simply opened her speech with Wow!

    Other winners at the Golden Globes in-cluded Adele who won a Globe for BestOriginal Song.

    Opening her speech saying Oh mygod!, the singer went on to say Ivehonestly just come here for a night out,I was not expecting this and thank youfor letting me be part of your world for anight.

    Lincoln leading in Oscar nominationsRachael OBrien

    Deputy Culture Editor

    The 85th Academy Awards will be heldon Sunday 24 February in Los Angeles,California.

    This year it will be presented by Ameri-can actor Seth MacFarlane.

    This years nominations were announcedon 10th January and included 12 nomina-tions for Lincoln and 11 nominations forLife of Pi.

    It also included eight nominations eachfor Les Misrables and Silver LiningsPlaybook.

    Lincoln leads the eld with 12 nomina-tions in categories such as Best Picture,Best Director and Best Actor.

    Another movie which proved popular inthe nominations is Life of Pi, which pickedup nominations in 11 categories, includingBest Picture, Best Director and Best Orig-

    inal Score.

    Many people were shocked at some ofthe leading names that were snubbed in thenominations for Best Director.

    Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty),Ben Afeck (Argo) and Quentin Taran-tino (Django Unchained) were passedover, despite widespread expectations thatone or all of them would be nominated.

    This year Hollywood faces a somewhatlonger than usual campaign period. A newdigital voting system allowed the Acade-my to announce nominees two weeks ear-lier than last year.

    This is more than six weeks before theawards ceremony. and is said to be a ben-et to both the nominees and the voters.

    The 50th anniversary of the James Bondlm series will also be acknowledged inthis years Academy Awards, with a spe-cial tribute planned for the show accordingto producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron

    The latest instalment of the series, Sky-

    fall, is up for Oscars in ve categories,including Best Original Song for AdelesSkyfall.

    On the Irish front, there were two nods,one in the Cinematography category andone in the Best Animated Short category.

    Armagh-born Seamus McGarvey hasbeen nominated for his cinematography onAnna Karenina. Set in late-19th-centuryRussia high-society, the aristocrat AnnaKarenina enters into a life-changing affairwith the afuent Count Vronsky.

    Kerry animator Fodhla Cronin O Reillyhas also been nominated for her work onthe animated short Head over Heels.

    The fate of human dignity is in our hands. - Lincoln

    Robert Sheehan is nominated in the Best Actor category for his role in Irish drama, Love/Hate which has now aired three seasons.

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    Django Unchained

    Tarantinos Western Spectacle

    Eoin Livingston

    Django Unchained is Quentin Taranti-nos latest Oscar-nominated movie. Itfollows the Western themed adventuresof Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz)and Django (Jamie Foxx), who arebounty hunters in pre-Civil War Amer-ica, as they travel across the southernstates in search of bounties and money,among other things.

    The rst impression provided by DjangoUnchained is the fact that Tarantino pulledno punches in paying his homage to west-erns. Everything about the movie is pulledfrom westerns; the music, the cinematog-raphy, the accents, its staggering! How-ever, in typical Tarantino fashion, theseclassic western clichs are all served witha refreshing modern twist to stop the mov-

    ie from becoming boring. Punching up themovie is Tarantinos famously snappy dia-logue, for which he doesnt get any pointsfor at this stage in his career.

    The best part about Tarantinos writing isthe characters. The main protagonists have

    astonishing depth and emotion, helped inno small part by the amazing acting ofChristoph Waltz and Jaime Foxx as theyeach do a stunning job portraying theircharacters to the full.

    Leonardo DiCaprio hands in a truly spec-tacular performance as Calvin Candie, themovies main antagonist. DiCaprio playsCandie as he should, as an evil, maliciousvillain who thinks himself the hero.

    It is not just the main characters whodeserve a mention though; some of theside characters are played and writtento perfection. Samuel Jacksons perfor-mance as Stephen and Kerry Washingtons

    performance as Broomhilda stand out asmemorable performances. Jacksons per-formance as a black butler who believesthat black peoples place is in servitudeand Washingtons performance as a slave

    are ones to watch out for. One scene in-volving Washington that stands out is the

    scene in which she is being whipped as apunishment and her performance makesit genuinely uncomfortable to experience.Another grim and uncomfortable scene

    is the mandingo ghting scene, which isbasically two black people ghting to thedeath. It completely takes uneasiness andshock to a new level. The expression onthe winners face is grim and reects thesad, harsh reality of his world brilliantly.

    Another exceptional thing about thismovie is Tarantinos use of music. Accom-

    panying the classic western soundtrack isabout 3 rap songs played at various pointsin the movie. Although rather startling atrst, they really add to the score, and areamazing in inspiring powerful feelingswithin the viewer.

    All in all, Django Unchained is spectacu-lar viewing. The writing is spectacular, theacting is spectacular and the cinematogra-

    phy is, you guessed it, spectacular! Taran-tino has really outdone himself with Djan-go Unchained and he handles the issue of

    slavery and oppression really delicately,which is very impressive. This movie isa must see for any Tarantino fan and is amust see for any western fan. Its charmingand refreshing take on the genre makes fora truly great movie.

    Dr. King Schultz (Christoph

    Waltz) and Django (Jamie

    Foxx) in an ofcial still.

    McCullin

    Colm McGlinchey

    Jiro lives, breathes, and dreams sushi.At 85 he still has passion for a difcultjob that he has achieved so much in.

    His tiny restaurant in Tokyo doesnt evenhave its own toilets, but Jiros sushi is sogood it has received three Michelin stars,the highest award going in the restaurantindustry. Director David Gelb interviewsJiro and those involved with his life, ex -amining the workaholic and his trade. Itmay not be of much importance, and barleaving the cinema with a longing for su-

    Jiro Dreams of Sushi

    shi, the lm is quite forgettable. But Gelbsdocumentary is always entertaining.

    Jiros sons were once his apprentices,working decades of long hours in strictconditions to achieve their sushi skills.His eldest son is next in line to take overJiros restaurant, leaving him the hard taskof equalling his father, while the youngerson has opened his own restaurant, but stilllives under the shadow of his fathers leg-end. Gelbs documentary follows Jiro andhis sons around as they collect the nestsh from the markets, massage octopus,

    prepare rice and serve customers. Its a

    McCullin is a beautiful and brutal doc-umentary that follows the eponymoussubject through the warzones of the lastfty years.

    If you dont recognise Don McCullinsname, you will recognise his photogra-

    phy. Hes the man that captured the pho-tos illustrating your Leaving Cert. History

    books. From the shell-shocked Marine inVietnam to the charge of British soldiers inDerry that terried a housewife, McCullintook his camera into nearly every warzoneof the second half of the 20th century. Suchis McCullins enthusiasm to show the hu-man side of war that the 77-year-old came

    out of retirement to cover the ongoing con-ict in Syria.

    Directorial team Jacqui and David Mor-ris have earned themselves BAFTA nom

    -

    inations for their lmmaking debut, andrightly so.

    By interspersing archive footage withtape of the elderly Don McCullin potteringaround his house and pulling out books of

    photographs, the man himself tells us hisold war stories in a very intimate and hon-est way.

    The lm highlights McCullins successin bringing the truth of conicts on the farside of the world to readers with his aes-thetic and honest photography.

    In many ways, McCullin is as much aretelling of the wars of the past half-cen -

    tury as the saga of the man whof them. Its also a harrowinghow differently war was repthe days of embedded journali

    Ultimately, McCullin is a dark lm. It will leave you ftionally drained as you try to the convergence of a war junthete in the crucibles of wLondon and decades of conic

    portrait McCullin the lm paCullin, the man.

    If you think Zero Dark Thirtpy a lm, McCullin is your cu

    The Morrises have produceful, insightful and harshly honmans story in much the same wdoes in stills.

    Close-up on life as a war junki

    very entertaining watch, and the chefspassion for the food always comes across,as well as his tough views on life.

    It also touches on more serious issues,such as the overshing of tuna, and strict

    parenting, but it never fully explores them.Gelbs lm works best as a day in the lifeof the restaurant, and could have donewith cutting out some tangents, as it neverdelves deep enough into them to make itworthwhile.

    This is at least a good documentary if nota great one, but a must-see for any sushilover or Japanophile.

    Foodventure in Japan

    Don McCullin tells his tale in this BAFTA-nominated documentary from Jacqui and David Morris.

    Jiro, the sushi-master protagonist of David Gelbs latest documentary.

    Stephen BourkeChief Sub-Editor

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    Lance Armstrongs televised confessionto Oprah Winfrey conrmed what mostsuspected, but does little to help restorehis own or cyclings tarnished image.

    The interview failed to dispel the impres-sion that Armstrongs decision to admit to

    orchestrating what the United States An-ti-Doping Authority (USADA) report de-scribed as the most sophisticated dopingprogramme sport has ever seen is moti-vated by nancial concerns rather than acrisis of conscience.

    The USADA investigation has led notust to the loss of the Americans seven

    Tour de France titles, but also millions ofdollars in sponsorship. Sportswear giantNike, brewer AunheuserBusch, and bicy-cle manufacturer Trek all ended their rela-tionship with Armstrong in the wake of theUSADA report.

    In his interview with Winfrey the dis-graced cyclist cited the withdrawal of thesponsors along with the Livestrong Foun-dation, the charity he founded to raisecancer awareness, as his most humblingmoment.

    I believe it was a Wednesday. Nikecalled and they said basically that theywere out. And then the calls started com-ing: Trek, Giro and Aunheuser-Busch. Theone I didnt think would leave was theFoundation.

    British paper The Sunday Times has al-ready launched proceedings against thecyclist in an attempt to recover a 300,000settlement it was forced to pay Armstrongin 2006 for alleging he had used perfor-mance enhancing drugs. The paper is alsoseeking interest and legal costs; the totalclaim is likely to exceed 1 million.

    In the wake of Armstrongs confession,Dallas based SCA promotions have leda $12 million law suit against the cyclist.The company insured bonuses paid to thecyclist after his fourth, fth and sixth Tourtitles. The company had previously at-

    Armstrong earns few fans

    from his weak confession

    Lance Armstrong receiving a special prize for Most Courageous Cyclist, after nishing i n 10th place in 2009s Amgen Tour of California.

    Photo: Richard Masoner via Flickr

    Paul McGinley will have a tough act to follow after Europes dramatic victory in 201

    tempted to withhold a $5 million paymentafter Armstrong claimed his sixth title in2004, citing allegations he was engagingin doping.

    Armstrong successfully sued the com-pany in 2006 but now faces be ing charged

    with perjury for insisting under oath duringthe trial that he had never doped.

    There is speculation the US Govern-ment might also launch legal proceedingsagainst the cyclist. The U.S. Postal Serviceunwittingly funded Armstrongs doping

    programme with federal money and theGovernment now seek to recoup the $30million it paid the team in sponsorship.Upon the publication of its report, USADA

    banned Armstrong from competing profes-sionally in any sport.

    Since retiring from cycling ond time in 2011, Armstrong ed professionally as a triathletriathlon that that he rst comto focusing exclusively on cycsport is now his best prospectincome.

    During his interview with Wstrong did little to dispel the noadmission is motivated primhope that his ban will be reduc

    If youre asking me if I wanagain, the answer is hell yes. Iitor. Its what Ive done all my

    He went on to admit that chances of the ban being reslim and bemoaned the harsh alty nature of his ban.

    Even now Armstrong is bei

    forthright. In the interviewhaving doped or undergoing fusions upon returning to thehis initial retirement in 200analysis by an Australian labo

    blood samples in that years Tohe nished third, established tlihood of his levels of red blocurring naturally to be less thmillion.

    Armstrong will be aware ostatue of limitations under theti-Doping Authorities (WAmeaning only the last of his tawill fall within WADAs remitfused to implicate other ridersin what he called cyclings Etion.

    He denied bribing the Interncling Union (UCI) to cover drugs test in 2001, contradiments made under oath to Uformer US Postal teammates Fand Tyler Hamilton.

    It was almost as if the beleahad scripted Armstrongs intethe disgraced cyclist sayingout-of-competition testing anduction of the blood passportmade it much more difcult tohis last Tour victory in 2005.

    However, Alberto Contadoished above Armstrong in thehas since been banned for dop

    Cycling has been so badly the Armstrong saga that it mayrecover.

    As for Armstrong, he continlittle remorse for perhaps irrepaging a sport that gave him so

    Sexton linked with move to FranceSean Flynn

    His Oprah interview

    will do little to save

    the sport that has

    given Lance Arm-

    strong so much,

    says Colin Layde

    Reports in France indicate JohnnySexton may move to play rugby there.French newspaper Midi Olympique re-ported the Leinster and Ireland y-halfmet the owner of Top 14 club RacingMetro on the weekend of January 12th.

    Sextons deal with the IRFU nishes atthe end of this season and the French pape rclaims that a deal worth 700,000 a seasoncould be offered to the St. Marys man.

    In the past few years, players like LukeFitzgerald, Rob Kearney and Brian ODriscoll have been linked with moves toFrance in the nal year of their IRFU con -tract.

    Sextons current IRFU deal is worth350,000 a year, and rumours of a move

    to France will give him leverage during hiscontract negotiations with the association.

    It is highly unlikely the IRFU will try andmatch an offer from a French club for Sex-ton. However the tax incentives which al-low Irish players to claim 40 per cent backon the tax they paid in this country, mayentice Sexton to stay. This incentive can

    be taken from a maximum of nine years oftheir highest earnings in Ireland.

    If Sexton was to leave he would not re-ceive the maximum amount back in taxand if he was to nish his career in France,he would forfeit any tax back from his

    playing career in Ireland.The rumours of Sextons move were fur-

    ther fuelled by reports that Metro are will-ing to let Argentinian out-half Juan MartinHernandez leave the club.

    Racing Metros performances have beenpoor in France this season and they havealso been dumped out of the HeinekenCup. The club is owned by Jacky Loren-zetti who is said to be worth 90 million.

    Racing have just begun the developmentof a new stadium with a capac ity of 30,000in Paris. They have also hired LaurentLabit and Laurent Travers from Castres tocoach the club next season. Metros playerrecruitment drive for next season has al-ready begun with the signing Brian Mujati,Juandre Kruger, and Marc Andreu.

    A move to France for Sexton would be aworry for Irish manager, Declan Kidney, asSexton would feature in more games andincrease his risk of injury. He would alsono longer be protected by the IRFUs play-er welfare programme.

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    SportsBulletin

    Noise complaints

    Kevin Street gym

    Kevin Streets strength and ccentre has been forced to recomplaints from lecturers aabout the noise it was producin

    Complaints were made due tthat free-weights were having of the room, which were foundate through the concrete buildiNiamh OCallaghan, Spo

    has said: the strength and croom in that location was ju

    patible with cla ssrooms belowon either side, and people wcomplain. There will be a recnow.

    The strength and conditioninow be moved to an area in thewhich had been ear-marked ftional changing room. Reloc

    also be necessary for the cyand spin studio, in order to acthe extra changing room and thweights area.

    Inaugural 5k

    McGinley named

    der Cup captain

    The DIT Sport and Recreatin partnership with CUSAI aSports Council, has called on Dto participate in its InauguraWalk/Run. Participants will made up by students and staflege, but the wider communitycome in the run.

    It will take place on Wednesdbetween 12 noon and 3pm. In w2Go Club describes as their Ctraining programme, staff at on hand to get just about ancouch and running 5km in eiAdvice on what to wear, wand nutrition, as well as a wetraining programme, will be the Fit2Go staff, and via Cou

    podcasts.Hopefuls can register their

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    The San Francisco 49ers will join theBaltimore Ravens in Super Bowl 2013on February 3 as they defeated the At-lanta Falcons and New England Patri-ots respectively, in last Sundays semi--nals.

    In the rst tussle of the night The SanFrancisco 49ers edged out the Falcons by28 points to 24 in the NFC ChampionshipGame. However, it took some time for thewest coast outt to make their presencefelt in the game as the Falcons raced into a

    17 to zero lead after the rst quarter.Matt Ryan, quarterback for the Falcons,

    starred in that 15 minute period as hegained over a hundred yards for the Geor-gia football club. In fact, Ryan outscoredhis 49ers counterpart Colin Kaepernick invirtually every department, scoring threetimes the number of touchdown passes(3-1) and gaining 163 yards more than theformer Nevada Wolf Pack star.

    Alas, it was not enough for the Falcons,as the 49ers rallied with tight end VernonDavis stepping up to the plate, as his ex-cellent receiving notched up 106 yards andput up a touchdown on the scoreboard.

    The game had a dramatic denouementas Matt Ryans 1:13 minute fourth downpass in the 4th quarter was knocked downby 49ers line-backer NaVorro Bowman. Itwas a critical moment in the game as the49ers effectively ran the clock down and

    Paul OConnor

    DITs Gaelic footballers can take a lotof positives from their OByrne cupcampaign despite not qualifying for thesemi-nals of the competition.

    Game 1They opened up their campaign against

    Wexford in Kilanerin on the 6th of Jan-uary. They registered an impressive winafter going into the dressing room at half-time down 1-7 to 0-5.

    The college came out in the second halflooking more comfortable with the balland hit seven unanswered points in a sec-ond half comeback. DITs excellent tnesslevel helped them close out the game andensures a 1-15 to 1-11 victory.

    DIT (vs Wexford) - Robert Lambert;Kevin O Brien, Bryan Menton (0-1), GaryOHare; Alan Nestor (0-1), Nick Devere-ux, Ross Sheridan; Aidan OShea, RossHazley; John McGrath, Mark Collins(1-3), Ciaran Reddin (0-1); Harry Daw-son, Jason Doherty (0-7), Paul Maguire.Subs: Bernard Allen (0-1) for Dawson,K OBrien for McGrath, S OConnor forMaguire, Conor Walsh (0-1) for Doherty,D Reilly for Reddin.

    Game 2Their second game of the OByrne Cup,

    the footballers played Kildare on a pitchcovered with freezing fog on the 9th ofJanuary. In poor conditions, DIT put ina credible performance losing by 0-12 to0-8 against a Kildare team which was nottoo far off their full championship team

    Sean Flynn

    DIT knocked out of OByrneCup, despite strong performances

    Brotherly love in Super Bowl

    gained enough yardage to render a fantasticlast second punt from Ryan moot, as timeran out for the southern side.

    It will be the 49ers rst Super Bowl since

    1995 when they defeated the San DiegoChargers in a 49-26 victory, becoming therst team to win ve Super Bowls.

    The other semi-nal of the night was a

    more prosaic affair, as the Baltimore Ra-vens ran out comfortable winners againstthe New England Patriots in a 28-13 pointvictory for the AFC Championship.

    On this occasion the quarterback withthe most touchdown passes prevailed, asRavens thrower Joe Flacco outscored hisPatriots counterpart Tom Brady by threetouchdown passes to one. The nal willmark the end of Baltimore line-backer RayLewis career as an NFL star, as he retiresfrom the game at the age of 37.New Orlea