Lockdown

It might not have been loud enough to hear, but a subtle half-time whistle blew over the past week. Three months into the biggest behaviour change project Ireland has ever participated in, we discarded our jerseys and took a breather.…

isolation • content is the new EP from Soda Blonde, an alt-pop band based out of Dublin. It's always a pleasure to listen to and review music from artists of all walks of life. However, I feel a particular sense of pride whenever I'm…

Belfast singer-songwriter Owen Denvir is on the rise. Stones, the second in a trilogy of EPs that will make up his debut album, further showcases his musical strengths. Opening the EP is a capella indie-pop ballad, 'This Could Be Love',…

Five years ago, I completed my master’s in English at university, which culminated in the submission of a fifteen thousand word thesis examining the significance of Gollum in the story of J.R.R Tolkien’s classic tales The Hobbit and The…

On this week’s episode of Pints of Malt, we talk about Jibbz going bald by choice during quarantine. We talk about fight or flight and talk about different situations that might affect how you react. We also play the alphabet game again,…

On this episode of The Behavioural Vaccine, Padraig and Kate talk about Behaviour Maintenance, and look at strategies for influencing other’s behaviour without it becoming a strain during times of lockdown. Listen here: For the…

On the first episode of Basically... with Stefanie Preissner, Stefanie tracked down Professor Luke O'Neill to answer her questions about Coronavirus. What the hell is it? Why is it worse than flu? When can we come out of our house again?…

Dubland Lockdown Two: Emotional Distancing - the differences between Northside and Southside lockdowns, the supportive clapping for HSE and NHS workers. More hair cutting analysis. Suzanne has reached Acceptance... PJ not so much. He has…

Folks, lockdown is shite craic. I’m lucky enough to still be working from home, but some of us don’t have that luxury. Our local creatives are especially vulnerable. Some have already lost their job, others are at risk because of the…

Music is great therapy. It eases stress, helps to allay fears, and combats boredom all at once—and during these unsure times, every little helps. While there is no perfect formula for a playlist to soothe the lockdown anxiety that the…