Student reaction to rent hikes 'emotional', says UCD president: Students in University College Dublin have reacted "emotionally" to a proposed increase of on-campus rents by 12 per cent, university president Professor Andrew Deeks has said. Read more here.
Zoë Kravitz on High Fidelity - 'A lot of white men who identified with the book think it's theirs': One recent afternoon, Zoë Kravitz is sitting in a sushi restaurant on the second floor of a Los Angeles mall, but her thoughts are 5,000km and 10 or so years away. Specifically she is thinking about her weed guy. Read more here.
Love Island: Since Caroline Flack’s death it has become utterly unwatchable:
It's been a busy week on Love Island (Virgin Media One). Jamie and Natalia have been voted off in a tense elimination episode. Paige and Finn have had a cheeky cuddle on an island. Jess and Ched have gone "exclusive". Read more here.
UCD students protest governing meeting over rent increase: University College Dublin (UCD) students held a sit-down protest outside a meeting of the university's governing authority, in protest over proposals to increase on-campus accommodation rents by 12 per cent over the next three years. Read more here.
Steve Coogan says 'my Irish passport will be arriving shortly': Comedian Steve Coogan has applied for an Irish passport, he has told The Irish Times. "My Irish passport will be arriving shortly. That's not a joke," he tells Donald Clarke in an interview in Saturday's Ticket magazine. Read more here.
Jump in young Irish adults living with parents among highest in EU: The number of Irish people aged 25-29 living with their parents grew at one of the highest rates in Europe between 2007 and 2017, a new report has shown. Read more here.
Irish rugby star Eimear Considine lines out for Seachtain na Gaeilge: A TV presenter, an international Irish rugby player and a writer joined forces on Tuesday to promote this year's Seachtain na Gaeilge, Ireland's annual two-week festival celebrating the Irish language. Read more here.
Putting Irish-language songs centre stage: The list of accidental discoveries is long and varied: super glue, chocolate chip cookies, penicillin, Velcro, Vaseline. Read more here.
Six of the best films to see in the cinema this weekend: New this weekend - The Call of the Wild, Little Joe, Midnight Traveler, Greed. Read more here.
