These days, a lot of people use social networking services, such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Especially in universities, including DCU, students are seen taking photos and editing them to post on Instagram or texting to friends all the time. Social networking services are very useful to gather information, to contact people in all overContinue reading “Social Takeover?”
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Drunk Patricks
It is known that Saint Patrick’s Day has real importance on Irish history, but moving to nowadays the real message has been lost or miss understood. It was supposed to be a catholic celebration and a reminder of Saint Patrick death and is celebrated every 17th of March, at the beginning as a religious celebrationContinue reading “Drunk Patricks”
Unprecedented Irish General Election
“Sinn Fein’s outrageous breakthrough shatters Irish two-party system” On February 8th, General Elections were held in the small green island with a vote of nearly 4.8 million Irish citizens and where the big surprise was given by the party led by Mary Lou McDonald (Sinn Fein). The reason for this surprise is given by aContinue reading “Unprecedented Irish General Election”
Do Irish speak Irish?
The French people speak French, the Spanish people speak Spanish, the German people speak German, but the Irish speak… English (mostly). If you plan to come to Ireland don’t worry about Irish. Those who are already in the country should have noticed that even if Irish is present in signs or documents, it is notContinue reading “Do Irish speak Irish?”
Thank God It’s .. whatever
“Wanna go out tonight? There’s a cool event in the city centre.” I check the details of said event on the Vipsy app on my phone and proceed to reply to my friend “Yeah, why not. Let’s meet around 8 for prinks”. Before coming to Dublin this was a conversation that I could have onlyContinue reading “Thank God It’s .. whatever”
Yellow object spotted in the sky
No, it’s not an alien spaceship, nor a meteorite, it’s the sun. I had not expected this when I came out of a lecture in the middle of February and looked up into the sky. Two minutes later the rare spectacle had ended and it started snowing again. If you think this story is madeContinue reading “Yellow object spotted in the sky”
What is happening on the field?
What is happening on the field? Players with ‘hurleys’ running everywhere, the ‘sliotar’ flighting from a part of the field to another, a score displayed with four different numbers… Are you lost? To tell the truth, I felt a little bit confused when I assisted to a Hurling game for the first time at theContinue reading “What is happening on the field?”
Orange is the new white
No, this article is not about the latest Netflix series! It’s about fake tan. When I came to Ireland for the first time as a foreigner student, I was confronted with a new culture, tradition and a different vision and ideal of beauty. The first thing that caught my eye in my first lecture wasContinue reading “Orange is the new white”
Student exploitation
It is obvious that coming back home and not having the water heater working properly is not normal and something you should not stand. Even less when living in a residence paying absurd amounts of money. So, what if I tell you that this has happened probably to all apartments in the student accommodations aroundContinue reading “Student exploitation”
Far Far Away
There are a number of international students studying in DCU. They are coming from many different parts of the world, such as Europe, America and Asia. For some of them, studying at DCU can be a really challenging adventure. That is because, for example, coming from a small Asian island country to Europe is aContinue reading “Far Far Away”
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