Grainne McKinney

Editor, The Tab Belfast

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Meet the first year vlogger with thousands more followers than you

Kind of like Zoella but funny

It could be you: The Tab Belfast needs a new editor

Lead us

Ridiculous new dress code set to ban GAA tops in McClay

Put your Tyrone tops away boys

Two monkeys nicknamed Bonnie and Clyde escaped from Belfast Zoo

One is still on the loose

QUB have leeched over £174,000 out of us in fines

16,725 people have already been fined by the library this year alone

Union proposal could lower ‘extortionate’ colour printing costs in McClay

You’re about to be 15p better off

Dodgy Dunluce is the most dangerous road to live on

And you thought you had to avoid the Holylands

Sunny strike: Look at these pics from today’s protest

Feel involved

So hot right now: These are the pics from SWOT’S fashion show

They could take my temperature any which way

Belfast’s best clubbers: This is what you really look like

Caught on

This is what you look like on a night out

We can see you

We went for a swanky Valentine’s Day date in McDonald’s

They’re lovin’ it

Keen cinema-goer accidentally causes Lanyon evacuation security alert

The Chess Club were outraged

Belfast’s best clubbers: The Valentine’s edition

These revellers are single and ready to mingle

Police cordon off Lanyon building after evacuation

Unconfirmed reports claim the car was carrying a suspect device

Malone Road barrier to be replaced months after fatal crash

The barrier was removed last September

Belfast’s Best Clubbers

Out tonight?

Vote for Belfast’s best cafe

Where do you go to pretend to be sophisticated?

Belfast’s best clubbers

We’re baaaaaaack

All grown up: The Eg is back

Culchie hearts will be broken

‘We thought it was a dog’: Heroic students save the life of a drowning man

Queen’s Boat Club to the rescue

Belfast Blizzard: Here are your best snow pics

It’s snow joke

Man murdered on Botanic Avenue

It is thought the victim died of ‘severe stab wounds’

Queen’s maintains international uni spot in world rankings

It’s all terribly exciting

St Mary’s petition aims to #savetheranch

Hundreds protest claiming ‘This wouldn’t happen at Hogwarts’

Bad news Belfast: City dwellers more at risk of cancer

Maybe the country isn’t so bad after all…

Dr BOD graduates with honorary degree from Queen’s

And dayum did he work that robe

Belfast’s best clubbers

Did you make the cut?

Game of Thrones stars raved with Annie Mac

Apparently they’re kind of a big deal

‘It’s the work of cretinous vandals, needless destruction’: Thieves ruin third year’s motorbike

The latest in a string of vicious arson attacks sees a prize motorcycle set ablaze

Join The Tab Belfast, because we’re the best

We’re looking for writers, and we know you’re out there

And the winner is…Boojum

‘My eyes were opened to the world. It changed my life’

Queen’s: the crown jewel of Universities

Let’s ignore how excellent we are at research, development, academia and award-winning, because that’s boring (though we really are very good)

Vote for Belfast’s best student takeaway

As students we want food that’s fast, cheap and really bad for us. All of these places deliver on those crucial factors.

When was the last time you cried?

Let it all out

Plastic bag pervert flashes females on campus

Coward hides head in a plastic bag as he shows off his willy

Alarms cause alarm in McClay library

Everyone was massively annoyed they couldn’t get stuck into studying

Filthy’s not so filthy poster causes small controversy

Is this even newsworthy?

Not again: Car set ablaze on Malone Avenue as arson attacks continue

Students in the area evacuated by fire brigade as another car is torched

Give blood? Only if you’re straight, thanks

Gay men can’t donate blood in Northern Ireland, and you think that’s bullshit

QUB campus style

These people are all better looking than you

Queen’s did a promo video for Movember… and it’s pretty cringe

Just stop

QUB Campus Style

These people are cosier and more stylish than you

Careful now: QUB Sinn Fein smash their 600 signature target for United Ireland referendum

A nation waits with baited breath. Or just continues on with Freshers Fortnight

This changes EVERYTHING! Sinn Fein launch petition demanding official support for United Ireland from SU

Just SIX HUNDRED signatures at today’s freshers fair will potentially end nearly a century of Irish partition

Meningitis scare: Freshers named most ‘at risk’ of contracting deadly disease

Thousands told to visit their doctor to lower their risk of contracting the life-threatening illness

Meet the QUB Captains

Confused by all the options? These captains tell us why you should play for their team

QUB drops out of top 30 unis in the country

According to The Sunday Times rankings

Stiff Kitten closes

Belfast club lives up to its name as Stiff Kitten keels over and dies.

Buckin’ Brilliant

Buckfast, drink of the poor, the rich, and the downright rotten, is to be sold in cans.

Trouble for Thompson’s

Oh naughty Thompson’s, what have you done now?

“Being a mother has improved my student life”

Most students struggle with uni at the best of times, but what about those who don’t just look after themselves but a baby as well!

The cheapskate student’s guide to Mother’s Day

They may have been vital to your whole existence, but when you’re broke and forgetful, Mother’s Day can be a nightmare. We’ve provided you with some options to stop your mum crying this Sunday *

Belfast – one of the best cities to live in?

Belfast named amongst “most liveable” as well as topping the list as the optimistic city in the UK

Craigslist Creepers: What’s up for sale in Belfast?

So we’re getting into assignment time, and more and more creative ways to procrastinate are always needed.

I did St Patrick’s Day…sober

God help me

Inevitable endings to St Patrick’s Day

We’ve already provided you with a step-by-step guide to Monday’s celebrations, now it’s time to realize where you’ll end up after a day of debauchery.

So tell me what you want: The Tab meets Katie Matthews

Is Katie Matthews the potential new “F.A.C.E” of Queen’s?

How to lose a guy in one date

Dates can be uncomfortable at the best of times, yet magazines are constantly full of advice and warnings aimed to ensure your date is a success. The Tab put these guidelines to the test- what actually happens when these sacred rules are broken?

Pre-drinks are no more a “new trend” than going to a club is. Just ask your parents

In the aftermath of Hardwellgate, our “prinking” culture has been saddled with the blame for the ‘major incident’ where hundreds of inebriated tweens received medical treatment

The “Ageing Revolution” researched by QUB’s Professor Young

Queen’s has undertaken research into what could be the most hardcore revolution since 1917.

Places to avoid on Valentine’s Day

There are certain places which, come the 14th of February, should be avoided like the plague. It’s The Purge people, time to lock down and avoid reality until V Day is over.

Queen’s Suffer as Southampton Succeed

Queen’s “never really got in the game”

Queen’s in quarter finals of University Challenge- tune in tonight!

Queen’s challenge Southampton in notoriously testing quiz on BBC2 this evening

Belfast bangs one out: porn stats expose what turns on NI’s biggest horndogs

PornHub proves private browsing isn’t so discreet as they thrust our filthy habits in the face of the public.

Rain, rain go away…and please never come back

Well, here we go again. Rain nightclub, one of Belfast’s, ahem, premium clubbing institutions, is to shut its doors to the general public once again. We can only hope it’s for bloody good this time around.

Because We’re… Happy?

Research carried out by Jetpac has analysed millions of Instagram photos across the UK, sizing up smiles from different cities and making a lovely list of the places with the happiest citizens. And incredibly, Belfast has topped the list.

Paper Hats: The most fun you can have in a lecture

What’s the deal with everyone in PFC wearing tiny paper caps?

It’s for charity…and it makes me want to cry.

SWOT’S music video is terminally awful, but also sort of brilliant.

Belfast- one of the best?

Belfast is one of the Top 10 cities to live in…why?

Boomerang bullshit

Belfast woman has handbag stolen by man claiming to be looking for lost boomerang

Queen’s in quarter finals of University Challenge

Queen’s brightest students compete in quarterfinals of University Challenge

Sober Students

Some students stay sober….but why?

The great dishes debate

A guide to avoiding the stereotypically messy student house