Featured »

In Pursuit of Glory

In Pursuit of Glory

December 15, 2011 – 3:32 pm | No Comment | 112 views

In Pursuit of Glory
In anticipation of today’s Fitzgibbon
and Sigerson Cup draws, The College View 
Sport talks to the various GAA managers
about their ambitions for the season ahead
by Paul O’ Brien 
Although his teams may have been relegated, …

Read the full story »
News

All of the latest on -and off- campus news.

Flux

The College View’s music and entertainment supplement.

Features

Longer, more in-depth articles.

Gaeilge

The Irish section of the College View.

Sport

All the latest sports news.

Sport »

UCD toppled in Intermediate league triumph

December 15, 2011 – 3:37 pm | No Comment | 72 views

DCU 0-11

UCD 0-10

by Eamon Donoghue

At Belfield

DCU held out for their third All-Ireland title in a week by overcoming UCD in the Intermediate league final on Thursday last. An excellent first half performance laid the platform for a well-merited victory for Tommy Conroy’s troops.

A strong DCU side contained a good sprinkling of last year’s winning panel along with ten of last year’s Fresher’s winning side.

There was little or nothing between the teams in the opening stages as some excellent score taking from Patrick Fox, Peter O’ Hanlon and Jim McEneaney left the sides deadlocked at three a piece by the 15th minute.

Thereafter, DCU pulled away with four unanswered points, one in particular from the pacey Gary Sweeney catching the eye.  DCU, employing an attractive brand of short hand and foot passing stemming from deep, added points from the impressive Colin Compton and centre half back Pete Dooney before the interval.

UCD replied on the resumption through a Luke Keaney free. The Donegal centre forward got on an enormity of possession and was amongst UCD’s best performers; although at the other end centre forward Jim McEnaney orchestrated proceedings for the DCU attack, particularly in the first half, when DCU were dominant throughout the pitch.

UCD, however, were a different team in the second half. The South Dublin side upped the physical stakes, winning the vast majority of the breaking ball. They redeployed midfielder Matt O’Hanlon to full forward line to try and pass out the packed DCU defensive unit.

The Wexford dual star linked up with another big man in corner forward Brian Hannamy, and only for some vigilant defending by the DCU defence, in particular Ciaran Cafferkey and captain Luke Bree, not to mention some fantastic goal keeping by Ryan O’Flaherty, they may have put more scores on the board.

A vital moment in the game was a point blank save made by the Dublin shot stopper, palming an O’ Hanlon’ shot over the bar mid-way through the second half.

UCD continued to reduce the gap; with four second half points from corner forward Lorcan Smyth. The Westmeath man had an opportunity to pile the pressure on DCU and make it a one-point game with a 21 metre free in the closing stages, but his effort dropped agonisingly short. The hanging ball was excellently claimed by substitute Danny Kirby, who was unlucky with a goal opportunity himself five minutes out.

DCU’s bench made a telling difference as the game seemed to be getting away from them; in fact DCU’s only point of the second half came from substitute Cormac Diamond – a ‘45 metre free from the right side-line which turned out to be the defining score.

Matt O’Hanlon followed this with UCD’s final score of the game, surprisingly choosing to opt for a point instead of trying to engineer a goal opportunity with the last kick of the game.

DCU’s first half showing of fluent  inter play and clinical finishing, twinned with a great defensive effort in the second half when things were going against them were the key ingredients in this satisfying derby victory in Belfield.

 

Plum draw for DCU in O’Byrne Cup

December 15, 2011 – 3:36 pm | No Comment | 93 views
Plum draw  for DCU in  O’Byrne Cup

DCU’s senior football side have received an extremely favourable draw ahead of next year’s O’Byrne Cup, which gives the North Dublin College more than a sporting chance of making the semi-finals come January 22nd.
Niall Moyna’s …

Scintillating run clinches gold for Britton

December 15, 2011 – 3:34 pm | No Comment | 93 views
Scintillating run clinches gold for Britton

by Eoghan Cormican
Fionnuala Britton achieved glorious redemption for last year’s heartbreaking fourth place finish when claiming the gold medal at last weekend’s European Cross-Country championships in Velenje, Slovenia.
Not since Catherina McKiernan’s victory in the inaugural …

Freshers hold the aces in league decider

December 15, 2011 – 3:33 pm | No Comment | 93 views
Freshers hold the aces in league decider

DCU 1-8
Carlow I.T 0-10
 by Gavin Cawley
At Newscastle
DCU captured their first piece of GAA silverware with this hard fought victory over Carlow IT in what turned out to be a cracking contest played at Newcastle GAA …

Relegation woe as injury-time goal condemns hurlers

December 15, 2011 – 3:30 pm | No Comment | 53 views
Relegation woe  as injury-time goal  condemns hurlers

GMIT 2-6
DCU 0-11
by Eoghan Cormican
At St. Loman’s
A Kealan Greene goal twenty-five seconds into injury time brought the curtain down on DCU’s short lived stay in the realms of Fitzgibbon hurling.
Played on the recently constructed astro …

Study could signal change in training methods

December 15, 2011 – 3:28 pm | No Comment | 57 views
Study could signal change in training methods

by Sam Griffin  
Three DCU students are taking part in a new study that has determined that small amounts of high intensity interval training (HIIT) have the same effect as much longer levels of endurance …

Neil Delamre Interview

December 15, 2011 – 3:16 pm | No Comment | 89 views
Neil Delamre Interview

Best known for his presence on The Panel and The Blame Game, Neil Delamere is one of the most well known and loved Irish comedians at the moment.  With his third DVD, Implement of Divilment, …

Luke Healy rejects the culture of self-mprovement

December 15, 2011 – 3:07 pm | No Comment | 51 views
Luke Healy rejects the culture of self-mprovement

by Luke Healy
I am terrible.
Lots of people are terrible too. Lots and lots and lots.
But some people are great. And I want to be one of them.
So what makes a person great, or impressive? Well, …

Luke Healy writes a romance novel

December 15, 2011 – 3:04 pm | No Comment | 51 views
Luke Healy writes a romance novel

When I was a teenager, my friends and I spent our Friday nights in a book shop.
Yeah, we were those guys.
While our peers were out drinking €2 cider in a field, we were getting our …

Stylists…the new rulers of the fashion world?

December 15, 2011 – 3:01 pm | No Comment | 50 views
Stylists…the new rulers of the fashion world?

Katie Clinton
Remember the time before stylists ran the fashion world? Maybe I should say, before we knew they ran it? The days when Rachel Zoe wasn’t more recognisable than of her clients and it was …

Paralympic gold medallist joins the activities on Disability Awareness Day

December 15, 2011 – 2:58 pm | No Comment | 17 views
Paralympic gold medallist joins the activities on Disability Awareness Day

By Conor McTernan
Many students are unaware that there are currently 380 students with a disability registered with the Disability Learning Support Service in DCU.
Disability Awareness Day was staged last Monday as part of DCU’s Identity …