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Editor’s Note

Dear all, Last weekend, Maynooth was the host of a massive debating competition which was the Maynooth Open.  Debating teams from all colleges in Ireland arrived in Maynooth. For two whole days heated topics were debated, leaving everyone involved exhausted but intellectually satisfied. MUT would like to congratulate everyone who was involved in the running

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Are you losing your religion?

In a recent interview with The Irish Times, Vatican Ambassador to Ireland Charles Brown stated that there has been a significant, or in his words ‘very serious’, decline in the number of people becoming priests in Ireland. This outcome may only seem natural to some on account of the scandals recently associated with the Catholic

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Maynooth University Ball Review

Entering the SU for the Maynooth Ball didn’t quite feel like you were entering the SU. The foyer was dimly lit and you were greeted by the very talented Jazz band from Music soc. The jazz music set an oddly sophisticated (because we’re students – we have no sophistication) atmosphere as you walked in the

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Cheating and Catfishing

What was a relationship like a few years ago? Being able to have a conversation within physical distance to each other. What is a relationship like now? Nobody can really give you a straight answer to this one what with the internet and fake profiling. Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, you name it and I bet you

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The ‘Backup Plan’

Last week, NASA unveiled to the world with the use of their Spitzer Space Telescope the discovery of a new star system containing 7 previously undiscovered exoplanets, 3 of which are within the habitable zone of a nearby star. This news sent the media into a frenzy of cosmic proportions. The new system is called

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Contraception: A necessary conversation

“They’ll only use it as a form of contraception.” Anyone who has ever tried to have a two-sided conversation about the current repeal of the 8th amendment debate will recognise this remark all too well. It seems to be the fall-back retort for those opposing the legalisation of abortion in Ireland. With Repeal Week, run

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