Yesterday on a College of Global Studies zoom call, a colleague mentioned that good news was almost difficult to absorb these days. He was of course putting this in context with all of the COVID updates we have been exposed to the last year. In Ireland… More
A few years ago I completed Mental Health First Aid training as an employee of the University. Since the training, they send out regular updates on mental health related topics and this week I would like to share some of those. In their recent update… More
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… More
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… More
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… More