When asked to comprise a list of the top five acts to see at the Body & Soul festival, I happily obliged as this is an all too familiar ritual of mine. I am an ardent festival enthusiast and attendee and have been for many years.
80s classics you just have to see this summer
Here are five 80s gems you have to watch this summer.
The Breakfast Club
This John Hughes classic presents us with five different stereotypes – the criminal, the jock, the brain, the basket case and the beauty queen – who must all endure Saturday detention together.
This movie has depth and its iconic depiction of young people has survived three decades for good reason. From the opening Bowie quotations to the Tears for Fears soundtrack, you know you are in good hands.
Here are five things you should pretend to know this Wednesday.
Feckin’ midges
The 2013 National Student Survey run by Campus.ie shows that 31 per cent of students in Ireland would reconsider their choice of college course.
The survey also shows that 71 per cent say their course prospectus was honest and 73 per cent say most of their lecturers are good.
43 per cent had some idea but weren’t sure what career path they wanted before coming to college. 32 per cent had no idea and 25 per cent were certain.
This week, the CAO is expecting about 20,000 students to use the online change of mind facility to change their course preferences.
At this stage some people may begin to worry about questions that will be asked and researching the hell out of the job, or you could focus on the most important thing – what will I wear?
If we are to believe the old cliché, first impression counts and the first thing your future employer will judge you on is your appearance, so it’s important to get it right
Give up yer aul mohawk
The video for the new single is amazing by all means. It was also made by the talented filmmakers Bold Puppy, who made the previous video for ‘Catch Me If You Can’. All roads lead to Whelans on 20th June, as the band gear up for their Dublin headline date.
Here are five things you should let on you know about this Obamatastic Tuesday.
Enda evades tax talk
Taoiseach Enda Kenny has evaded talking about tax with the G8 leaders. Enda has insisted that the issue of Ireland’s tax regime was not raised in discussions yesterday. The Taoiseach could not say for certain whether the leaders will speak about Ireland’s tax structures in discussions today.
Bono buys lunch
Most job positions require experience. But it’s hard to get experience when you can’t even get a break. You have to start somewhere so here are some tips to help you get a job when you have no work experience.
Volunteering
When it comes to making decisions, even now, I’m terrible. Luckily enough I did Transition Year which gave me an extra year to decide what I wanted to do. Work experience was a great help as it narrowed things down for me – a week spent in my old primary school showed me I definitely didn’t have the patience to teach kids.
The last time the band performed in Dublin was in 2009. By all accounts, it was a fairly lacklustre show, but this time the four-piece (with an additional touring member) regrouped in their original line-up and came out flying, performing their classic 1993 album Last Splash from start to finish along with a number of tracks from their underrated back-catalogue.
