The University Observer is the paper of record of University College Dublin and is Ireland’s most widely-read student publication with a circulation of 10,000 and a readership of approximately 24,000.
In 2009-2010 I was the full-time Deputy Editor of the paper, having been Online Editor the year previous, and a contributor across a multitude of sections in the three years previous.
Gav Reilly investigates the state imposition of censorship in China, a country with a powerful desire to control its self-image at the expense of civil liberties When most people first think of China, the mind’s eye conjures hazy images of an infinitely vast land, with a Great Wall, hearty but replicable cuisine, a mystic tradition […]
Film review: Inside Man It should be said pretty quickly off the mark: this is a very slick movie. Framed by smooth credits and a clunking (if not slightly inappropriate) Panjabi PC soundtrack, Spike Lee’s latest offering casts Denzel Washington as Keith Frazier, a deputy detective who happens to be standing in charge when Clive […]
If you’re a guy, get a pair of classic black shades to go with your tux and approach the front of the stage, claiming to be Damien Dempsey’s personal minder. Try finding a clear plastic tube and shove it between your back and right ear to create the illusion of an earpiece. Befriend/kidnap a pizza […]
The Tiny are a Swedish threesome who formed in 2002, comprising of… well, basically a piano, cello and bass. You might imagine that the prospects of variety among these instruments are quite limited and, well – you’d be right. The group’s second album (the follow up to 2004’s commercial flop Close Enough) strains to vary […]
While it’s hard to draw a comparison between the two Balls before the Belfield equivalent, on paper the differences are many and striking. The first is the terrain: the Trinity campus is notoriously difficult to traverse in even flat heels. Throw in copious amounts of alcohol and wonky stiletto heels, and accidents abound. Conversely the […]
Anto Kelly. You know him as the guy who’s been booking Ents gigs and arranging the UCD Ball since September. But those of you who’ve ever cast glance upon him will also be aware that Anto Kelly has some of the most illustrious hair known to mankind. No kidding – its shine cannot be underestimated. […]
From a young Iraqi teenager’s account of her experiences to a string of slanderous posts on a Drogheda site… Gav Reilly reports on the rise of blogging and the first ever Irish Blog Awards There was a time, not all that long ago, when to be awarded on even a national scale for journalistic prowess […]
Despite repeated warnings in cinemas, some people just love to talk says Gav Reilly It doesn’t seem like five years now since the heyday of Trigger Happy TV but it really has been half a decade since Dom Joly was on our screens with his inimitable oversized Nokia phone, screaming a protracted ‘Hell-low!’ from various, […]
Bell X1 frontman Paul Noonan spoke to O2′s Gav Reilly about the UCD Ball, his Trinity days and how he still cycles to gigs… Paul Noonan is tired. It’s the afternoon of the final day of the three-week UK Tour de Flock, and the soundcheck for the final Leeds gig has overrun. He’s exhausted to […]
Does anybody care about World Records anymore? In light of a recent record set by students in UCD on Science Day, Gav Reilly examines the good, the bad, and the ridiculous world records and UCD’s connection to record holding There is an opening scene in a recent episode of The Simpsons where Lisa, watching a […]
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