Two extra books for Christmas

A lot of students are going to be busy studying for exams over the Christmas period.

To facilitate this, from Monday 15th December until the library closes on Tuesday 23rd December, students may borrow two extra books for the Christmas period.

Good luck with your exams!

Christmas opening hours

The Christmas opening hours for Cathal Brugha St library are as follows:

Normal opening hours will resume on Monday 5th January 2015.

Merry Christmas everybody!

DIT healthy recipe competition

DIT Sports & Recreation Service has announced a competition to find healthy recipes. The competition is open to all DIT students and entrants should submit recipes that are:

• Inexpensive
• Quick and easy to prepare
• Nutritional

There are three categories:

• Starters
• Main Courses
• Desserts

There are prizes for the winners in all three categories but you'll have to be quick because the competition closes on December 5th 2014.

More information on the competition is available here.

Entries should be emailed to physactivityhealth@dit.ie

Space chops

We're not sure if this counts as food science but you might be interested to know that, at long last, someone has sent a lamb chop into space.

A helium weather balloon was used to send the intrepid chop (and a camera) into the Earth's upper atmosphere. An article on the chops epic journey is available on the Irish Times along with an edited video. 

Saturday Opening

Cathal Brugha St library will be open on Saturdays approaching the exams. We will be open from 10AM to 5PM on the following dates:

22 November

29 November

6 December

13 December

20 December

DIT student is finalist in Euro-toques Young Chef of the Year Competition

DIT culinary art student, Chris Fullam (on the far right of the above picture), is one of the finalists in the Euro-toques Young Chef of the Year Competition. The competition, run in association with Fáilte Ireland and sponsored by La Rousse Foods, aims to develop Irish cooking and promote Irish cuisine. It's a prestigious competition and Chris faces stiff competition for a prize that includes an all expenses paid stage at two-starred Michelin restaurant, The Square in London.

The final will be held on Sunday November 23rd at a venue in Dublin. The venue has yet to be decided but you can keep up-to-date with the competition by following #youngchef2014 on twitter or liking Euro-toques Ireland on Facebook.

For more information see the article on DIT's News & Events.

Bank holiday and review week

PLEASE NOTE THAT CATHAL BRUGHA ST LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED FROM 5 PM ON FRIDAY 24TH OCTOBER UNTIL 9 AM ON TUESDAY 28TH. THE LIBRARY WILL OPEN NORMAL HOURS (INCLUDING TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENINGS) FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.

National Bread Week

This week is the first ever National Bread Week (13th - 18th October 2014). Events, including tastings and promotions, are taking place in bakeries and shops across the country all week.

One such event took place today (16th October 2014) in DIT Cathal Brugha St when pupils from Rush National School joined DIT students to learn about making barmbracks and milk bread rolls. The event was part of a link up between the DIT and the Flour Confectioners and Bakers Association to highlight career opportunities in the bread sector.

The visit featured on the front page of today's Irish Times. Click here for more on the visit.