Welcome to the final Student Hub digest of 2021. This week we have an article by Deirdre Falvey on Christmas hits, an opinion piece by Gerard Toal on the unfolding situation in Ukraine, quizzes, TV shows, and much, much more. We’ll be back in early 2022 but in the meantime, beannachtaí na féile oraibh uilig!
A Christmas hit, the kind that swirls around our consciousness every December (please stop), can set you up for life; it is, Noddy Holder says, "like winning the lottery every December 25th for the rest of your life". Deirdre Falvey reports.
It is hard to be objective about the Ukraine crisis. Russia is massing tanks and troops next to Ukraine. US intelligence reports Russia is planning a multi-front invasion involving 175,000 troops in the early new year.
Céard a tháinig i sála na leasuithe dearfacha ar an Acht Teanga? "Gan mhairg, gan mhoill", rinne an Rialtas cinneadh go laghadófaí stádas na Gaeilge san Garda Síochána!
From a thrilling new Star Wars series to a second season of Emily in Paris we've compiled a list of 20 shows to watch on Prime Video, Disney+ and Netflix this Christmas .
The Christmas Music Quiz: What is the title of a wintry song by Lisa Hannigan? Plus: Christmas with the Devil is an ode to a Satanic season by which metalheads?
An oíche úd i mBeithil bhí gach aon teach ósta lán. Bhí na pubanna ag cur thar maoil le lucht ragairne ag diúgadh na gcárt. Leaba ní raibh le fáil ar ór ná ar airgead.
If I'm honest, I thought there'd be more Covid. Not that you'd particularly miss it, but the excel sheet with the most read articles on irishtimes.com for 2021 feels surprisingly light on The Very Big Thing that's been marching its way consistently through journalism in The Irish Times, and everywhere else, for the best part of two years.
Signing off a 70,000-copy reprint is not something most independent publishers get to do every day, but Cain's Jawbone isn't a normal kind of book.
Ireland will have seen five new universities established between the start of 2019 and the end of 2022. But in a relatively small country that already had eight universities*, do we really need 13 in total?
