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CIT Students’ Union Magazine
Volume Twenty One, Issue 8

CIT SU
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Olivia J Walsh

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Dear student,                               (CIT SU) to Munster Technological          to a 50 % plus one majority – this
                                            University Cork Students Union             was also proposed by a student
We hope you and your families are           (MTU CSU). It has been agreed              through the medium of a General
keeping safe and well during these          that the Cork and Tralee SUs will          Meeting.
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STUDENTS’ UNION OFFICERS ADDRESS
SOCIAL CARE PROGRAMME                       Student A: Students have experienced
                                            events in their personal lives such as
                                                                                        stant advocate and support for stu-
                                                                                        dents in this department and has taken
Below we have included the Stu-             illness and family passing away, and in     calls at all hours of the day and night to
dents’ Union statement in relation          instances when they email for exten-        support them.
to the ongoing issues arising in the        sions on assignments, a lot of times
Social Care Department.                                                                 The Students’ Union of CIT are urging
                                            students would receive no replies or
                                                                                        management to take urgent action on
                                            sympathy from lecturers.
Statement in response to recent head-                                                   the behaviour of this cohort of lectur-
lines and social media coverage about       Student B: Students have sent emails        ers within the Social Care programme.
ill treatment of students by a selection    to lecturers for explanations on how        This is not what the ethos of our col-
of Social Care lecturers within the in-     to do assignments over the last few         lege stands for. This is not the student
stitute. There were over 60 posts on        weeks of the Covid-19 crisis and have       focused ethos that CIT has worked so
Facebook Sunday evening about stu-          received passive aggressive emails in       hard to build. We want action and we
dents negative experiences, our offi-       return.                                     want it now.’
cial response is in the below transcript:   Student C: A lecturer attempted to          We continue to work very hard on this
“Throughout my last two years as            fail several students due to the lecturer   issue by negotiating with the college,
President of the Students’ Union in         losing the work that the students sub-      interacting with national media organi-
CIT, I have had the pleasure of work-       mitted.                                     sations, campaigning on social media
ing with fantastic student-centric and                                                  and interviewing students and staff
                                            Student D: Students feel their grades
student-focused staff members. I                                                        who have been affected. We will keep
                                            have been unfairly graded because a
have seen first-hand the amazing work                                                   you updated with progress.”
                                            lecturer doesn’t like them rather than
done by lecturers and staff who go          on the work they submitted.
above and beyond for students to en-
sure their student experience is a very     Student E: A lecturer used a threaten-      STUDENTS’ UNION COUNCIL
positive one. It is for this reason; I am   ing tone towards a friend of a student
                                            in a class to try to intimidate a group
                                                                                        AWARDS
even more appalled and dismayed at
the treatment of students by a selec-       of students and deter them from com-        We were delighted and proud to hold
tion of lecturers in the Social Care pro-   plaining their conduct to management.       our virtual Union Council Awards
gramme.                                                                                 announcements last week. It was a
                                            Student F: Students have told lec-          great opportunity to catch up with
The behaviour of these minority of          turers that either they or their fam-       some of our Class Reps. Special
lecturers goes against everything that      ily members are suspected of having         thanks to the staff who tuned in to
CIT stands for. CIT is a big commu-         Covid-19 and there has been no com-         support the event including CIT Presi-
nity where people go out of their way       passion shown by lecturers towards          dent, Barry O’Connor, and Professor
to help each other but from what I’ve       the students.                               Margaret Linehan. Huge kudos and
seen in the social care programme           Trust me when I say, this is only a fla-    congratulations to our awardees and
over the last two years, this is not the    vour of some of the emails I have re-       of course a special mention to the CIT
case. These students have been tyr-         ceived from students in the social care     Presidential Citation recipient, Colm
annized and intimidated by lecturers        department over the past 12 months.         Healy, Social Care Year 3. Full details
to the point that I have had students       Students have spoken of how their           of the awards are here in this edition of
in my office in tears more often than       treatment has deteriorated and exac-        expliCIT and you will also find a link to
you would care to imagine. Students         erbated their mental health. Students       a video of the event.
have felt so terrified by these tactics     have spoken about how their treat-
that until now, they have felt like they    ment has made them want to drop out         On a separate note, congratulations
cannot speak out publicity for fear of      of college, request fees back and also      to all those who were announced as
their treatment worsening further. This     not pursue a career in social care.         winners at the Societies & Activities
all came to the fore on Sunday when                                                     Awards. Also well done to all in the
over 60 Social Care students posted         Although, the students have felt the
                                                                                        Societies Office on their hard work to
on Facebook about their ill- treatment,     behaviour of a group of six or seven
                                                                                        ensure it was a very special event.
where students started posting their        social care lecturers has been noth-
individual horror stories online. Here      ing short of a disgrace, they have also
                                                                                        Watch out for our upcoming online
is an example of some of the horror         asked me to state that there are a small
                                                                                        welfare campaigns to support you
stories experienced by students at the      proportion of lecturers who have been
                                                                                        while studying at home entering online
hands of specific lecturers within the      excellent with them. They have also
                                                                                        examinations. For now, be safe and
department. Students are so terrified       asked me to put on record their thanks
                                            to the Head of school, Professor Mar-       look after yourselves.
of this malicious behaviour worsen-
ing that they have requested to remain      garet Linehan as she has been one of
anonymous in the below examples.            the only reasons they haven’t dropped       Aaron, Aisling and Cian,
                                            out of college. She has been a con-         your CIT SU Officers

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                          Students’ Union
                        Council Awards 2020
                                  See the awards video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/sgcGkRL6JKc
                      On the evening of Thursday 23rd April, the Students’ Union hosted the Virtual Union Council Awards Announce-
                      ments. The event was hosted by Aaron Buckley, Students’ Union President and Dr Barry O’Connor, President of
                      CIT, acknowledging the hard work of Class Reps through video format. This was a great opportunity to celebrate
                      and acknowledge the hard work and dedication of these students in front of their family and friends. Class Reps
                      play a very important role in the work of the Students’ Union and underpin its success in actively representing all the
                      students of the Institute. They are the link between the Students’Union and the wider student body and are the voice of
                      their class. They are key to student engagement in CIT, at both a local and national level. They are also pivotal in
                      ensuring students in their class have a sense of belonging and they are key to fostering a culture of inclusivity for our
                      diverse student population.

                      The Students’ Union Sabbatical Officers: Aaron Buckley, President; Aisling O’Mahony, VP Education and Cian
                      O’Driscoll, VP Welfare; announced the six Class Reps, as awardees in recognition of their ‘Outstanding Voluntary
                      Contribution’. This year 60 nominations were received. The Awards winners were…

               THE WINNERS!
                                                                                   Jack Ahern
                                      Being a Class Rep requires dedication, drive but most importantly compassion for the people around
                                          them and it is evident that this person has it all. Jack Ahern has really embraced the role and
                                                    will do anything he can for his class to make college life the best it can be. He has been
                                               described by fellow classmates as outgoing, confident, amusing and caring. One commented
                                             that, ‘Jack is always there to help if we need a hand. He will stand up for us and fight our cor-
                                                   ner if needed.’ Others said ‘He got our rooms changed when they didn’t work out for us.’
                                             ‘He puts our class group first and has always listened and acted on any issues that popped up.’
                                               ‘He is a people’s person and has a great relationship with not only the class but the lecturing
                                            staff too.’ ‘Jack has the classes best interests at heart and has done an excellent job. He encour-
                                             aged us to donate to RAG charities and to help one another.’ This was done by him leading by
                                         example. He has only had a positive impact on our class group and anybody that is involved with
                                                                                  his actions and we are dead proud to have him represent us.

                               Kyle Byrne
To represent the voice of your class is an absolute privilege but some students go above and
beyond of what’s expected of them. Kyle Byrne has been described by the class as help-
ful, hardworking, responsible, brave, supportive and willing. Kyle has excelled in represent-
ing his classmates both inside the classrooms and boardrooms with staff. It was evident from
the overwhelming amount of nominations that we received that Kyle puts his heart and soul
into looking out for the best interests of the class. The responses we received highlighted the
respect this person’s class has for him both as a representative and as a person. One student
commented that Kyle really helps keep morale high even through exam season. He has not
only thrived on improving the student experience for his own class but the entire depart-
ment. Kyle took it upon himself to start up a course society. The intention of this society was
to assist students, not just in their own year but also help the years below, to communicate
with other years and assist each other with tough course material. Kyle has a caring heart
combined with a proactive drive to push his class forward academically – a team player deserv-
ing of recognition. It is with great pleasure that the Students Union awards Kyle with an award
of excellence.

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                                                          THE WINNERS!

                                    Oisin Gahan
     Getting selected by your peers to be their Class Rep is such a great experience and a great
     compliment to an individual. Oisin Gahan has really embraced the role by doing
     anything he can for his class and fellow students to make college life that bit more satisfy-
     ing and more enjoyable. Oisin has been a great advocate and voice for students within his
     class. He has been at every single Union Council meeting to date and his input has always
     been very constructive and beneficial to all. Oisin is kind hearted and showed this by
     helping to raise money during our RAG week. While juggling many other commitments,
     he represents his class with passion, energy and a sense of inclusion. Oisin liaised with the
     Students’ Union for and on behalf of their class members. It was an honour to present Oisin
     Gahan with this award.

                                           Isobel Kavanagh
                                              At the start of the year when recruiting Class Reps we highlighted how much of a great experi-
                                               ence it is and this awardee definitely took a lot of experience from it! Isobel Kavanagh
                                                 was at every meeting giving us feedback from her class and reporting meeting minutes back
                                                     to them. Also working effectively and appropriately on behalf of her class, whether it be
                                                   academically between lecturers and students, organizing class social events such as nights
                                                    out or lunch in the canteen. Isobel also does the small things such as checking in on class-
                                                mates and is very enthusiastic in classroom which creates a good and positive environment.
                                                     Shannon has not only be recognised by their classmates but also by the staff of the Insti-
                                                  tute as they have noted her help at any time of asking. Isobel was not just a Class Rep but a
                                               college rep, helping out the general CIT Community and CIT itself, so big congratulations to
                                                                           Isobel Kavanagh, International Business Year 2, on her great work!

                              Shannon Whyte
    Shannon Whyte has made an incredible contribution to her class over the past
    number of years. Shannon has been an exemplary Class Rep in representing the
    views of her class. She is very approachable, genuine and quoted to have a ‘heart of
    gold’ and is not afraid to fight for their class when issues may arise, especially when
    the rest of the class maybe too shy or quiet. We can always count on Shannon and
    she puts her classmates first, always replies to messages and helps. Shannon
    has even set up a study group to help her classmates. Shannon encourages
    classmates to attend class events and also events organised by the Students’ Union
    and the college. Like the other award winners she has also excelled outside of her
    duties as a Class Rep helping CIT itself and both staff and students of CIT. It is an
    honour to recognise the countless hours of voluntary help Shannon has given, and
    we were delighted to announce awardee, Shannon White, Class Rep of Marketing,
    year 4.

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                                        Congratulations to all Class Reps!
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See the awards video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/sgcGkRL6JKc

Council Awards 2020
 Niamh Cronin
 The chairperson of the Union Council is charged with the difficult task of keeping a some-
 times passionate group in check to ensure that Union Council Meetings run smoothly and
 can progress in an effective and timely manner. Congratulations to Niamh Cronin,
 Chairperson of the Students’ Union Council, in acknowledgment of her
 service to the Students’ Union Council over the past academic year. Niamh has been con-
 sistently reliable, and we greatly appreciate the diligent manner in which she has executed
 this role. Throughout her time as Chairperson, Niamh has always ensured that everyone
 gets their say ensuring that the student voice is heard. This is crucial to the effective work-
 ing of the Students’ Union as a whole. Niamh has also made a great contribution to the SU
 in terms of involvement in campaigns and the MTU process.

                                                             AWARD WINNER &
                                                         PRESIDENTIAL CITATION FOR
                                                         OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO CIT
                                                     Colm Healy is without a doubt one of the strongest Class Reps that the CIT
                                                    Students’ Union has had the pleasure of working with throughout the years. This per-
                                                  son is a kind hearted individual who is always helping others in both CIT and in the
                                                 greater community. Colm has shown incredible bravery in his role as Class Rep by put-
                                              ting himself in harms way for the sake of his classmates. We are very much aware of the
                                           praise Colm’s fellow classmates had for him, both as a person and as their Class Rep. Colm
                                       has received a large amount of nominations which is testament to how much he has improved the
                                  student experience of his class. Colm has also been a tremendous asset to us all in the Students’ Union
              through his help in organising activities for our various campaigns. His tireless and selfless hard work and dedication does
 not go unnoticed within the CIT community. We have had the great pleasure of getting to know this one in a million guy and (we) the
 stakeholders of CIT are privileged to have this guy within our community. Colm has experienced hardship and setbacks in his life but
 has always used them as motivation to keep going and bettering society. He is a credit to CIT, his class and the Students’ Union. He has
 also done tireless work in the community by setting up his own charity, ‘Cork Stand Together’.

 Colm Healy, Social Care Year 3, was also awarded the prestigious Cork Institute of Technology’s Presidential
 Citation. This is the sixth year in which a presentation of the Presidential Citation to a Class Rep has been made
 in recognition of exceptional and outstanding service to the Students’ Union and the wider community as a whole.
 The voluntary work Colm has done with charitable causes, the support he has given to enhance students’ well-
 being and his contributions to the external community were taken into consideration when identifying him as a
 deserving recipient of this citation.

 We look forward to presenting the Class Reps with Certificates of Merit in recognition of their voluntary contribution to campus life at
 some point in the future and to the physical presentation of the awards. Sincerest thanks to Aoife Kelliher, Societies Officer, for her gener-
 ous support throughout the process – we couldn’t have done it without her.
 Awards Selection Panel: Fiona Kelly, Edel Kelly, Aoife Kelliher, Keith Brown, Mick O’Mahony, Vicky O’Sullivan, Aaron Buckley, Aisling
 O’Mahony and Cian O’Driscoll.

                                             See the awards video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/sgcGkRL6JKc

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CIT SU
 PHOTO
 GRAPHY
           C om p et it io n

    A SELECTION OF THE
      GREAT ENTRIES
For the past four years the Students’ Union has run
a photographic competition with the winning photo-
                                                                 Congrats to our winner: Olivia J Walsh, with a photo of her Grandad,
graph being reproduced on the front cover of this edition                                 93 years of age.
of expliCIT, and €100 thrown in for good measure. We
received a wonderful array of entries, all clearly holding a
meaning for their photographers and which give us, the view-
er, a few moments of pleasure in pensively exploring the story
behind the image.

                                                                                                             Conor O’Callaghan

                                                                        Fiona Hallahan

                                                                                                              Veda Mandavkar
                                                                      Leonard Coughlan

                   Runner up: Mike Landers

          THANKS TO ALL
          WHO ENTERED!
                                                                      Justine Bongcaras                        Olivia J Walsh
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Tuguldur Batsaikhan

                                            Kai Zhuo So

                      Justine Bongcaras

  Marilyn O’Leary

                                          Justine Bongcaras

                       Elaine Muscheidt

  Grace Bateman
                                            Olivia J Walsh

    Jagriti Jain

                      Conor O’Callaghan
                                           Grace Bateman

 Rachel Mc Mahon       Meadhbh Hayes         Ella Crane

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Flights of
 Fancy…                Flynner’s Flying Column
  Hopefully, in the near future, things will get back to normal
  and travel will be possible again. With this in mind, please
  read about Flynner’s adventures in Madrid and we all look
  forward to happy travel times ahead.

           Madrid
                                              meet a Good Friday Procession; the
                                              Spaniards, predominantly Roman Catho-
                                              lic, take their religious processions seri-
                                              ously. That night, I hit an Irish bar nearby

A
       pril 9th 2016, and it was the Easter   called Dubliners, where I met a gang from
       Break of my first year in CIT. With    Dublin on stag duty, and started singing,
       summer exams on the way, it was        after a brief introduction: “James Flynn,
time for a break, and thus Da Flynner,        Your-My-James-Flynn!” (a-la Tom Jones’
feeling a desire to experience the Spanish    ‘Sex Bomb’). Caught up with their hu-
Language and Culture after studying it for    mour, I decided to move swiftly on, as I
so long, decided to make it an adventure      thought I may have offended the groom
in Madrid!                                    in the midst of their antics… indeed, so
                                              I thought.
Taking the coach to Dublin Airport, and
after a few ales, I boarded the Aer Lin-      Saturday, and back to exploring. I would
gus flight and jetted across the Bay of       pass plenty of pork butchers and pop in
Biscay and the Pyrenees, landing late in      even more frequently. The Spaniards are
the evening at Madrid Airport. Then I took    sure fond of their Chorizo and I thought       so get to a restaurant early. I went to a
the Metro to Calle Mayor Station at Plaza     it made an ideal snack-on-the-go when          restaurant at Plaza Mayor where I had
Del Sol and walked to Sungate Hostel on       you might not want a massive bite to eat.      the most delicious burger in my life. And
the Calle Del Carmen where I was given a      I would cross the Plaza Mayor numerous         then to Dubliners again where I met them
warm welcome!                                 times and met Puss In Boots (Shriek) for       crazy but loveable Dubs for one more
                                              a photo. Then I done a guided walking          session; they were nicely winding down
The bathroom may have been a commu-           tour through the historic centre, ending       as all but one of them had to fly home to
nal one, but it was well maintained. Plus     at the Puerta De Alcala, where bullet and      Dublin the next day. I stay in touch with
all the rooms had balconies (which took       shrapnel holes serve as a reminder of the      them regularly and would go on to meet
you back in time when you looked out at       tragedy that was the Spanish Civil War         them in Euro 2016 a year later. But that’s
the warm streets) and the staff were very     (1936-39). Then it was a walk through the      for another Flying Column in the future.
friendly! Meals were cooked for free and      nearby parks, then a trip to the Prado Art
beverages, be it beer or mineral, could be                                                   Easter Monday, April 13th, and I decided
                                              Gallery to take in the splendid art works      to check out Estadio Santiago Bernabeu,
obtained for only €1. There were games        of Goya, Van Bosco, Raphael, Donatello,
in the lounge and you can be guaranteed                                                      the home of CF Real Madrid. One of Eu-
                                              Picasso and many others.                       rope’s largest stadiums, the tour will take
that you will make new friends… I made
plenty from around the world, all whom        That night, after a delicious meal at the      you everywhere and teach you about its
I keep in touch to this day! And the best     hostel (it can be so hard to get a table       rich soccer legacy… and how (from the
was yet to come!                              in the excellent restaurants there!), I de-    photo) Da Flynner could have taken a dif-
                                              cided to hit the town. Back at Dubliners       ferent career path, if only!
After the hostel took us out on a pub         pub… it was them Dubs! And a big blast
crawl, it was time to explore the next day,                                                  A last few drinks and it was then off home
                                              of “…your-my-James-Flynn!!” It turned          to Ireland the following evening. And yes,
Good Friday. I did a bit of a stroll to the   out that, hailing from Sandyford and Tal-
Royal Palace, where the Spanish Royal                                                        I did get to use my Spanish that I learned
                                              laght, these boys are a great crew who         in CIT quite a lot and a trip like this can
Family reside, and looked out at the stun-    act naughty and wicked but love to make
ning countryside that would make one                                                         provide one with a first opportunity. Yes,
                                              friends and have good times. One of their      I will be returning, to meet my many new
desire satsumas straight away! A deli-        crew actually lives in Madrid where he
cious lunch was had at Mercado De San                                                        pals, to check out more food and drink,
                                              works as a school teacher and soccer           explore more heritage and everything
Miguel, which would be Madrid’s answer        manager (he loves St Pats Athletic by the
to the Cork English Market. And I would                                                      else that goes with it… ¡Viva España!
                                              way) and was putting up his mates while
cross over to the Museo Naval, where one      on stag duty; he sussed me out on Fa-          Cork Airport Website:
can learn about the Spanish Naval Tradi-      cebook and his personality is similar to       Seasonal Flights to/from Madrid June to
tions that have brought its language and      mine; no problems with adding each oth-        September. www.corkairport.com
influence across the world and proved in-     er there along with the rest of that crew! I
strumental in the discovery and shaping                                                      Sungate Hostel: www.booking.com
                                              made some new great friends and I par-
of the Americas. Moving past the Cortes       tied the night away with them!                 Turismo Madrid: www.esmadrid.com
(the Spanish Parliament) and that after-
noon brought me to La Fontana De Oro,         Easter Sunday and I said I would relax         Real Madrid football Stadium:
an Old World Spanish bar for a pint or two    and take it easy. A few drinks and then        www.realmadrid.com
of Estrella and some delicious olive tapas.   I would get ready for a dinner out. Din-
Then, heading back to the hostel, I would     ing out is something that Spaniards love

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SEX AND COVID 19
Coronavirus is spread in sneeze or cough droplets. To infect you, it has to get
from an infected person’s nose or mouth into your eyes, nose or mouth. This
can be direct or indirect (on hands, objects, surfaces). You need to stay at home
and maintain social distancing to help slow the spread of coronavirus. Sex and
intimate contacts are risks for covid-19 transmission. You should avoid close
contact, including sex, with anyone outside your own household. If you or your
partner have symptoms of covid-19, you need to follow HSE guidelines which
can be found here. https://www2.hse.ie/coronavirus/?source=banner-www

The Sexual Health Centre in Cork launched it’s ‘SafeRsex campaign’ to highlight
the importance of taking additional precautionary measures regarding sexual
activity during the COVID-19 outbreak. See their frequently asked questions at
the link below for further information and all things related to sex and covid-19.

https://www.sexualhealthcentre.com/news/2020/3/30/safersex-campaign-
highlights-precautionary-measures-required-during-covid-19-outbreak

The Sexual Health Centre is also operating a free condom postal service, so
that you can take every precaution and stay at home. Just contact them 021-
4276676 or email: info@sexualhealthcentre.com to have free condoms posted
to you.

For renewal of your contraception prescription please contact your GP as this
may be facilitated with a phone consultation.

If you are concerned about having a sexually transmitted infection, please con-
tact your GP where you will be phone assessed and possibly booked in or re-
ferred for testing.

You can contact Nurse Sarah Hickey on 021 2355784 for further information.

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30 dares before 30!
     “Hi, I’m Muriel and, more importantly, I’m from Cork.
     I turn 30 this year and instead of having an expensive
     party and getting gifts, I wanted to do something
     different while raising money for a worthy charity at
     the same time, Cork Penny Dinners”.
     Muriel Foley is an alumna of CIT, she did her Master’s in Public
     Relations with New Media and she is now a Digital Marketing
     Lecturer at CIT. Starting on the 21st of February 2020, Muriel
     started taking on 30 dares for 30 days and the dares were sub-
     mitted through her Instagram account @dare2donate. She post-
     ed each dare every day to Instagram for accountability, which is
     a must see for everyone!
     We decided to ask Muriel about her quirky idea and how it
     all started:

     Q: Where did the idea come from?              Q: How much money did you raise             more than ever and I am so grate-
     A: I knew I didn’t want to have a big             for your charity?                        ful to everyone who has donated
         expensive party for my 30th. I             A: I set a target of €1,000. My dona-       to them through my initiative. The
         equally didn’t want to people buy-             tion is still running until the 21st     support has been outstanding!
         ing me expensive gifts that I didn’t           of April but as of today (25th of
         need so I decided that I wanted to             March) I have raised €3,477 for        Q: 
                                                                                                  What was the worst dare you
         do a fundraiser for my birthday in-            Cork Penny Dinners.                       got asked to do?
         stead and do something a little dif-
                                                                                               A: I have a big fear of birds! One of
         ferent. The idea came to me when
                                                    Q: Why did you decide to choose               my friends dared me to feed the
         I was driving, literally out of thin air
                                                        Cork Penny Dinners?                        birds at Fota as one of my dares
         I got a notion to do 30 dares for 30
                                                    A: Cork Penny Dinners are such an             so I was very much dreading that
         days for my 30th birthday and for
                                                        amazing charity. They prepare              one. I ended up going to Fota
         every dare, I would get a donation
                                                        over 2,000 fresh meals every week          Wildlife Park and they arranged
         for Cork Penny Dinners.
                                                        to feed and shelter the homeless           everything. I had to feed the
                                                        in Cork. I have huge respect for           geese there which was terrifying
                                                        everyone who volunteers with this          but it made me face my fears so I
                                                        charity. They need donations now           was grateful in the end.

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Q: What was the nicest dare you          Q: 
                                             What was the experience like           Q: Would you recommend others
    got asked to do?                         overall for you?                           to do this challenge?
A: I was asked to pay for someone’s      A: I honestly loved every minute of      A: 
                                                                                       Yes, 100%. It’s a great way of
    shopping or lunch in front of me          it! The feedback from people fol-        bringing your friends and fam-
    at a checkout, so I did this as my        lowing my channel was so lovely          ily together to fundraise through
    first dare as I thought it was the        too. As we are in tough times right      a fun initiative. It will make you
    nicest one to start with.                 now, people were messaging me            face fears and do things you
                                              thanking me for providing some           wouldn’t do if you weren’t dared
                                              comic relief for them at the end of      to do them. (That’s if your family
Q: Was there any dares that you
                                              their days. Hearing that, on top of      and friends are anything like mine,
    refused to do?
                                              raising so much money for Cork           they won’t make it easy!)
A: I got a few joke ones that would          Penny Dinners, I am absolutely
    have involved nudity so naturally         over the moon that I decided to
    I turned those down! I ended up           do this. No regrets.                  @MURIELSTAGRAM
    accepting all of the other dares                                                @MURIEL_FOLEY
    until my list was full up. Would
    you believe, I’m still getting dare
    requests from people!

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LIVE CIT, LOVE SOCIETIES
 For full list of societies go to www.societies.cit.ie

STUDENT SOCIETIES & ACTIVITIES AWARDS 2020

     Best Academic Society: Civil & Structural Engineering          Risam Uile was awarded to LGBT society for their Gay Straight Allaince Training Day

            Supreme Event Diwaili organised by the Indian Society                           Society of the Year: International Students Society

                   Best Small Event: Programming Society Hackathon                                             Best New Society: Sci-Fi
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Most Improved Society                    Individual Award receipient Joshua Manaid (in red)     Supreme Individual Award recipient Konrad IM
            the Crawford Open Mic                            with members of Enactus Society                          with Stephanie Fogarty

   Individual Award receipient                                                                                            Individual Award recipient,
          Blake Rogers                                                                                                       Kayme O’Callaghan

Individual Award receipient Aoife James with Andrew Corkery                                     Best Fresher Sharan Shaju with fello committee members

    Individual Award receipient Michelle Desmond (left) with BICS rep Zack Nutchanat,           Best Fresher Sharan Shaju with Individual award receipient
      LGBT Treasurer Caoimhe O’Brien and Supreme Individual receipient Konrad Im                                   Avinash Nagarajan
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LIVE CIT, LOVE SPORTS
                                                                                                                                       by Miriam Deasy, Sports Officer

                                                                                                                                          AFL team

                                               AFL team                                                                                   AFL team

 SPORTING HIGHLIGHTS 2020
 All-Ireland Ladies Basketball Freshers Cup Champions &                                    Moynihan Cup Ladies Football Finalists
 Mens Freshers Plate Champions
                                                                                           Purcell Cup Camogie semi-finalists and Division 2 League
 Trench Cup Football Winners                                                               Finalists

 Bob Eustace Mens Soccer Cup Winners                                                       2 students retained their US Mens Open Handball Doubles
                                                                                           title in Austin Texas
 Mens Plate winners and Ladies Plate Finalists at the Hockey
 Intervarsities                                                                            3 players on the Irish Australian Rules Football team at the
                                                                                           European Championships in London
 Silver and bronze at the World Powerlifting Champion-
 ships in Canada. At the “Full Powers” powerlifting com-                                   For the first time ever our Tennis Club entered three teams
 petition, had three students claim gold, two students claim                               in the Intervarsities
 bronze and three students finish fourth. At the “Push/Pull”
 competition had four podium finishes                                                      Won gold at the World Kickboxing Championships

 Silver at the UK National Tae Kwon Do Championships. Won                                  Mens Semi-finalists at the Gormanston Volleyball Blitz
 gold, two silvers and three bronze at the Irish Tae Kwon Do
 International Championships. 2 Gold and 4 silver at the Tae                               Won bronze at the IBJJF Dublin International Mixed Martial
 Kwon Do Intervarsities. Sparring seminar with World Cham-                                 Arts Open
 pion, Paul Manning!                                                                       Athletics Club had members win a silver and a bronze in the
 3rd in the Irish Karate Federation International Champion-                                Irish Wheelchair Assoc Games. Silver in the World Para T &
 ships                                                                                     F Championships. Won the National U23 pole vault title. Also
                                                                                           won the Irish Colleges Indoor 2km, National Indoor 5k and
 Cork Darts Player Association Division 4 semi-finalists                                   National 20km race walking titles.

 Sailing: CIT student among 450 sailors who competed in the                                SSI Division 2 Mens Rugby Cup semi-finalists
 36th Primo Cup in France with 20 nations represented
                                                                                           1,100 participants in the “Rebel Run” 5k & 10k hosted in CIT
 3 golds and 2 silvers at the Boxing intervarsities
                                                                                           Hosted the national “Operation Transformation” walk, the
 2nd at the Irish Indoor Rowing Championships, making him                                  GOAL mile and for the first time the “Business House Ath-
 the second fastest U23 in the country                                                     letics Association 5k” with 420 runners

     Thanks: COVID-19 ensured that our exit from the academic year was an astonishingly sharp and quick one. So while we didn’t get the chance to thank people in
     person we would like to take this opportunity to say a huge THANKS to each and every person who played a part for CIT Sport this year. As with every year there were
     some exceptional highs as well as a few disappointments, but no matter what the memories made will be cherished for ever. To every student who played their part
     whether in participation, coaching, administration, leadership of the Club a huge thanks. To all we say “best of luck” with the exams and to those graduating from CIT
     we say our door is always open, don’t be a stranger and every success for the future. To our coaches, volunteers, staff members who helped and supported sport we
     say thanks. We thank Bank of Ireland for their generous sponsorship of many of our Clubs. We thank Fiona Kelly and Dan Collins for their leadership and support both
     financially and otherwise of sport in CIT. Well done to the Sports Department staff, Fintan, Rory, Eric, Norma, Denis, Keith and Craig for their hard work throughout
     the year and their ongoing efforts for the good of our CIT community. A word of thanks also to our gym staff, groundsmen and caretakers for their support. Thanks to
     Keith in SU for his coverage of sport in this magazine. CIT abu!

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20 x 20 Student
  Champion
  Campaign
 Well done & thanks to everybody who helped make
 our “20x20” campaign such a massive success.

 At the start of the academic year our CIT President,
 Registrar, Academic Administration & Student Affairs
 Manager, Students Union President & fellow Officers
 attended the official signing. Also present were 22
 student and 2 staff “20 x20” ambassadors. By year
 end we had 25 student & 3 staff ambassadors on-
 board. With also support from 4 more staff develop-
 ment officers. A sincere thanks for your input to our
 enjoyable and all-encompassing campaign. We had
 some fantastic projects from volleyball divas, zum-
 ba, social boxing, social soccer, “learn to lift”, ladies
 AFL, self defence seminar, powerlifting competition,
 20x20 photos shared all over social media and many
 more events, so a huge thanks to everyone!

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