Arcadia Ireland

This Wednesday was the farewell meal for our Dublin Parliamentary Interns and I had the opportunity to chat with students about their experience. The Dublin Parliamentary Internship stands out as a truly fantastic and unique programme. Students split…

This weekend marked the 100 year anniversary of the beginning of the Easter Rising and the pinnacle of the Ireland 2016 Centenary Commemorations. The commemorations began on Saturday with a ceremony in the Garden of Remembrance, and a special reception…

From a career perspective, participating in study abroad will help with the most challenging part of entering the job market – something to talk about in interviews! No matter how fantastic you do in College, when it comes down to a job interview you…

This week is Easter, a very important time for the Irish calendar. Good Friday is the beginning of Easter weekend and is one of two days in Ireland where it is totally prohibited to sell alcohol (the other is Christmas Day). This is because Irish Catholics…

The day the world goes green and we get to celebrate all the fabulousness of the Irish! St. Patrick's Day is a big deal, not just here but all over the world; with one in six Irish born people now living abroad, not the mention the 70 million people…

This Saturday we took a trip to the Game of Thrones filming locations in Northern Ireland. Game of Thrones is a hit HBO series, set in a fantasy world full of dragons, monsters and lots of people in cloaks fighting to win the 'Iron Throne'.  A substantial…

This Saturday, Arcadia students in Limerick and Galway and Resident Director Tom Kelley attended a Rugby Match in Thomand Park, Limerick. Munster took on Newport Gwert Dragons in a home game in Thomand Park in the battle to win the Guinness PRO12 Competition…

Today I finally had an opportunity to chat with one of our Dublin Parliamentary students Amanda Holbrook. She has been interning with a Senator the past few weeks but has been keeping an eye on the recent elections. It would have been hard to miss all…

Students from England, Scotland & Ireland meet up in Dublin During Easter week in 1916, a small yet determined group of rebels took up arms against Britain during an historic rebellion that changed the direction of Irish self-determination. What made…