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Cultural Rejuvenation Must Not Only Be For the Privileged
Fury at the homogenisation of Dublin City only grows more intense. It’s increasingly difficult to ignore the old town slowly metamorphosing into a soulless shell, more a commercial district than a city, fewer residents on its streets, no…
Asia’s Las Vegas | The Macau Travel Guide
Macau, it’s one of the most exciting destinations in Asia for those interested in travel, it is the fourth wealthiest territory in the whole world, and it’s home to the Venetian, one of the most expensive buildings in the world and the…
Adult ADHD and Me
I stood awkwardly outside what appeared to be an empty derelict house. The yard was overgrown with weeds, and rubbish was strewn on the lawn. A small one wheeled tricycle leant haphazardly against the flaky door. It became readily apparent…
Welcome to Anyplace | Replacing Dublin One Hotel At A Time
Cathedral View Court was a literal name for the best part of its existence. The residents of this inner-city Dublin housing estate had a near-perfect view of St. Patrick’s Cathedral. They could see it from the street, their homes, their…
Higher Level Anxiety | Reform The Musty Leaving Cert
A stranger, a teacher, an entity from some mysterious Irish town you’ve never heard of. You’ve most likely become comfortable with them by the end of the exams; purely due to the ‘mere-exposure effect’, a theory which suggests that we feel…
Meet the animal rights activists fighting speciesism in Dublin
Animal Rights activism in Dublin is gaining substantial impetus owing to the growing awareness of the vegan lifestyle. With plant-based alternatives to food, personal products and clothing gaining popularity in the market, the animal rights…
Out Here | 9 | The Noisy Silence of Galway City Library
All sound is amplified in Galway City Library. As if the quiet italicises every small noise: The growl of my stomach, someone’s soft footfalls, the rustle of pages and scratch of pens. Outside the world turns. Its freeways are jammed, its…
The Periodic Table | 5 | On the Reusable Rag
Dear Menstruators,
If you have been following previous installments of this column you will have noticed me banging on about the wonders of reusable menstrual products every chance I get. Since I made the switch to the menstrual cup six…
The New Faith | Notre Dame and EU Continentalism
Mancando means dying away. It is one of the many Italian musical terms my guitar teacher hands me to learn off as the news breaks of the Notre Dame cathedral; as it was mancando. The pictures displayed it in blazing rapture. I mentioned it,…
Out Here | 7 | God as a Decision
St. Mary’s Church stands at the edge of a forest. A path goes from the wrought iron gate through the old graveyard of leaning headstones and into the pines. Sunlight glitters on the surface of the lake that lies behind the trees; a lake…