Girls – Does it warrant the hype?

BY TARA McEVOY aquarium fish Unless you’ve been hiding under a television signal-barring rock for the past few weeks, you can’t have failed to notice the arrival of the latest HBO export to UK Screens – Lena Dunham’s Girls. Billed as this generation’s answer to Sex and the City, Girls centres around four female twentysomethings

America Decides: Reaction

BY TARA MCEVOY Provided the Mayans haven’t got it right and the world isn’t due an untimely end, probably the biggest news story of 2012 will be the year’s US Presidential elections, and more specifically – Barack Obama’s sensational re-election to office. As the evening of 6th November saw votes roll in from an estimated

A City Divided: Greeting Northern Ireland’s First Private Abortion Clinic

BY TARA MCEVOY On a rainy and otherwise unremarkable day in Belfast, one of the most polarising debates in recent memory is forcing people onto the streets in respective manifestations of outrage and support. Just beyond Royal Avenue, awash with shoppers and those popping out for a bite to eat, a protest is brewing –

US Election: Presidential Debate Round Three

BY SONIA BENHASSINE AND TARA MCEVOY As the race for the White House comes to a conclusion, join Sonia Benhassine and Tara McEvoy as they analyse the three presidential debates. The third presidential debate of this election took place in Boca Raton, Florida. This was an interesting choice as Florida has been a huge swing

US Election: Presidential Debate Round Two

BY TARA MCEVOY As the race for the White House comes to a conclusion, join Sonia Benhassine and Tara McEvoy as they analyse the three presidential debates. As the dust settled on round one of the pageantry and spectacle that is America’s presidential debates, the nation reflected that Romney had sailed ahead of Obama in