Third level fee refunds, Fairytale of New York, Harry Styles and more...

News, views and opinions from Student Hub contributors and Irish Times writers

'We've been left high and dry': Students on college fees and online classes:  Student hub asked whether third level institutions should give refunds this year - here's what you said. Read more.

International students face 'extravagant' fees despite online learning: Students from abroad campaign for rebates on their fees of up to €25,000. Read more.

The BBC is censoring Fairytale of New York again. What's going on? Radio 1 won't play The Pogues' original to protect its 'particularly sensitive' listeners.Read more.

Four new films to stream this weekend: Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square, Hillbilly Elegy, Patrick, Collective. Read more.

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Art is key to national health and merits financial support: Universal basic income for creative industries would pay us all great dividends. Read more.

Harry Styles in a dress. A South County Dublin parent writes... "You have had your fun and now I am left to pick up the pieces". Read more.

Diarmaid Ferriter: Farcical Covid strategy does not bode well for a 'Shared Island': It was dispiriting last week to hear one of the most impressive politicians in Ireland speak of her despair about the rottenness of Northern Ireland's political culture and the temptation to walk away from it. Read more.

What caused Rudy Giuliani's bizarre hair malfunction? Whatever happened yesterday, it probably wasn't down to running dye, say hairdressers. Read more.

Amanda Byram: My granny's curry – simple, tasty and the real deal What's for Dinner?: My Granny Perin's Curry is a perfect tasty alternative to a takeaway. Read more.

'Níor chuimhnigh mé riamh ariamh sa saol go ndéanfainn aon chraoltóireacht': Cailliúint do na haerthonnta é an craoltóir Máirtín Tom Sheáinín. Labhair Tuarascáil leis ar ócáid a scoir ó RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta. Ar lean