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Trinity College is about to break almost 400 years of academic tradition by introducing Christmas exams for students for the first time. 

The college is also set to introduce an earlier start to the academic year.

The changes are set to been implemented by the academic year 2018/2019. 

A survey run by the TCD Students’ Union in 2010 found that 90 per cent of students were in favour of a move, according to TCD's student paper.

Some members of the academic staff are against the move, citing the fact that it would "undermine research and require correcting two sets of exams," according to the Irish Times.

However, the vast majority of students feel that having two sets of exams is fairer to the students and would alleviate the pressure of a single exam season. 

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Sometimes if you live in one place for a long time, you don't really see the beauty of it anymore.

And yes, while many might say Dublin is a Dirty Old Town, it's actually a pretty sweet capital city.

Looking at this video of the city centre in the 70s, we are totally loving the architecture, the groovy style and the vintage cars.

Driving in Dublin in 1976 has already been viewed 370,000 times and was originally used for an RTÉ feature.

One viewer on Youtube said: "This is very interesting. I am glad that someone captured it. It was great to see the old cars, which were driven at that time. I remember most of them. Ireland was a totally different place back then. This was the year that Ireland had a heatwave."

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As Dublin City Council make way for a car-free College Green, it is also planning to introduce extra bus lanes on the North Quays.

The proposals will see a reduction in car access to the area.

With consultations taking place next week, the council plan to make two lanes on Ormond Quay and Bachelors Walk for buses, while one lane will solely be dedicated to cars.

This means cars will not be able to turn right at Bachelors Walk onto O'Connell Bridge, which will cause a bit of upset with road users. They also plan to ban cars going onto Eden Quay.

To get to the south side drivers would have to take a loop up O'Connell St and around Parnell St or turn right at Capel St Bridge.

According to RTÉ, the plans do not need approval from councillors and these changes could take place as soon as this summer.

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After its success last year, the Creme Egg Cafe is coming back to Dublin.

With the menu filled with dishes such as Creme Egg toasties, Creme Egg doughnuts and Creme Egg brownies, it's safe to say our bellies are getting excited.

The Cadbury Creme Egg Hunting Lodge will open its doors next week, Monday 27 February in Lock 6 on the Canal Road.

And while you're filling your tummy with chocolate-laced pancakes, you will also be able to make a donation towards Irish mental health charity, Aware.

Tickets are available from this website, but unfortunately the cafe is only open to over 16s.

Book in, because the Creme Egg-loving people of Ireland will be right in there before you even know it.

Egg-celent (we couldn't help it).

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It's been a long time since this lad graced our shores.

We love everything from The Office, to The Ricky Gervais Show, but one thing we missed over the past few years was Ricky Gervais' stand-up.

But the comedy superstar is on his way back and will be in Dublin during our summer months.

Taking to the 3Arena stage on June 24, Ricky will perform his Humanity stand-up gig, which is said to be the angriest and most honest yet.

If you fancy heading along, tickets go on sale next Friday, February 24, at 10am on Ticketmaster.

See you there!

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There is literally nothing better than tucking into some take-out, but the guilt of over-indulging can sometimes (rarely) hold us back.

If there was a way to get our fast food fix without the potential penitence, we'd be all over it, and luckily one such cuisine concept has popped up in Dublin City. 

Jackrabbit is the seriously cool new street food pop-up being hosted by Cocu on Chatham Street. 

Jackrabbit was conceived as a way of bringing chef, Ian Marconi’s, cooking style, which features a medley of big flavours & seasonal ingredients, which are treated in non traditional ways, and applying them to fast food and street food favourites.

He wanted to offer items which are both very familiar to a fast food-loving palette while being completely unique.

Think green chilli and vintage cheddar fries over basic curry cheese chips. 

“I like the idea of fast food made completely from scratch using ingredients found in high end restaurants," says Ian.

"My ‘fast food’ is full of fresh, natural ingredients to offset any indulgence.” We like the sound of that.  

The self described "healthy street food specialists" will be serving their deliciously indulgent wares in Cocu  from Thursday, February 23, and into the foreseeable future. 

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Arcade Fire's Irish fan base have something to celebrate this morning following the announcement that the uber-popular Canadian act will be taking to the stage in Ireland this summer.

According to reports, the band, who rose to fame in 2004, have added a date in Dublin to their upcoming European tour, and took to Twitter to confirm as much today.

MCD Productions have confirmed that the Grammy Award-winners will be playing to their Irish fans in Ormeau Park, Belfast on June 13 and Dublin's Malahide Castle on June 14.

The announcement has been met with delight from fans only dying to see the act play live in Ireland.

If you want in on the action, be sure to being your A-game this Friday morning when tickets go on sale at 9am. 

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They were one of the biggest bands back in the day, and finally, they're coming back to Dublin.

The Cranberries have announced that they will take to the stage at the Bord Gais Energy Theatre, alongside a string quartet on May 18.

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This will be the first time in a while that the band has played together, as Dolores O'Riordan has most recently collaborated with a band named D.A.R.K.

The concert comes as the band get set to release an unplugged album in April, which will feature some of their old tunes, as well as a few new ones.

Tickets are priced from €49.65, and go on sale this Friday, February 10 at 9am on Ticketmaster.

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Much like #JustDublinThings, #OnlyInDublin is and ode to the specific way of life enjoyed by Dubliners, be they native residents or those who have adopted the county as their own. 

Dubliners and those travelling through have taken to Twitter under the hashtag to showcase the most weird and wonderful things they have discovered in this fair city. 

Here's a few of our favourites:

1. Gotta tell it like it is…

 2. The great Irish hot chicken roll culture will never die. NEVER!

 3. A premium level of intoxication?

 4. F*** your Honda Civic? 

5. Desperate times…

6. I'd say he needed a tetanus shot after swimming in that water.

7. Ah, that takes us back to the primary school days.

8. Well when your legs are tired…

 

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This is going to be some year for music!

Kings of Leon have just announced that they will play Dublin later this summer.

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The band will take to the stage at the 3Arena on Saturday July 1 2017. 

Tickets will go on sale on Friday February 10 at 10am, and you can purchase them on the Ticketmaster website, or any Ticketmaster locations nationwide.

We. Can't. Wait. 

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Now that the dust has settled somewhat on the absolute Hunger Games of a morning that saw the entire country attempting to nab some Ed Sheeran tickets, the reactions to the sold-out gig are pouring in. 

Most people are pretty outraged by the fact that the tickets we're sold out at one minute past 10, and the scourge that is Seatwave is taunting fans further by selling pairs of tickets for as much as €1408.86. We're serious. 

We've compiled a lost of the best reactions that pretty much sum up this whole Ed Sheeran ticket scrum in 180 characters or less.

1. This guy who's mixing metaphors like a pro.

2.  This poor soul who jumped the gun and got car park tickets instead of actual tickets.

3. Seriously, where are the people who managed to get tickets?

4. Preach.

5. The struggle was real.

6. Looks like we all got the same security question.

7. The real fans are up in arms.

8. We'd definitely fork out for that!

9. Hear hear!

10. Ah here, this is beyond ridiculous..

 

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Despite the wind and rain, hundreds of people protested against US President Donald Trump's immigration ban last night.

The United Against Racism protest occurred outside the American Embassy in Dublin’s Ballsbridge.

Members from the Labour Party, The People Before Profit Alliance, the Green Party and Amnesty International were all present.

Richard Boyd Barrett of the Anti-Austerity Alliance has called for another protest outside Leinster House next Thursday.

If the protest goes ahead, it will occur while the Dail is in debate.

"US immigration at Dublin and Shannon are operating Trump's ban on people from seven Muslim countries," reads the Facebook event which helped to organise the relly.

"There are already many people stuck at various airports accross the world. People arriving to US airports are detained by the immigration departments."

"The US Embassey in Dublin has confirmed that Donald Trump’s executive order of a 90-day ban on people from seven Muslim countries entering the US is in operation at Dublin and Shannon Airport."

Around 120 people attended a similar protest at Shannon Airport. 

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