Arcadia Ireland

Even if it feels strange, it is important to take a break! One drizzly, dark early July morning in Dublin, I felt very tempted to travel outside of Ireland. I even went so far as looking up package deals to the places that many Irish would usually flock…

"Just try new things. Don't be afraid. Step out of your comfort zones and soar" Michelle Obama We cannot believe that June has already passed! At the start of the month we were joined by our Virtual Europe students for their courses being directed by…

The first piece of good news for foodie lovers in Ireland came this week when restaurants and bars reopened their doors after about 13 weeks of being closed! Even if you only want to have one pint of the black stuff in your local, you must order food…

The annual Pride event in Dublin is exactly as you see it in the picture above. This was taken by one of our Summer students, Loren Thomas who attended during her Summer programme in Dublin in 2019. This year, sadly the physical gathering of people in…

FOMO, the fear of missing out, was added to the Oxford dictionary in 2013 and is, according to many sources as “a feeling of anxiety or insecurity over the possibility of missing out on something, as an event or an opportunity”. Back in March, before…

To all of our Virtual Europe students, welcome to Wellness Wednesday! Each week I write a post on a topic related to mental health. My pieces are usually inspired by something I’ve read, a project my colleagues and I are working on, a student or other…

Phase one of the country's roadmap out of the coronavirus lockdown got under way on Monday 18th May, with those whose jobs are outdoors including construction workers and gardeners allowed to go back to work. We can now catch up with friends and family…

We are excited to hold our very first virtual farewell event this week. It marks the end of Semester for our Spring students and although we have had quite a few strange months, we are surviving. Usually staff are on the road during this time making their…

Myself along with Amanda Zimmerman, Program Manager, have been friends and colleagues for over fifteen years. The time seemed right for us to now move outside our normal working communications into something related to staff wellbeing. We met a few weeks…