2017 Year in Review
2017 was in respects an exacerbation of what many saw as a crazy 2016. The establishment lost out to be supplanted by – many believe …
Postcard from Dubai
One of the United Arab Emirates, Dubai has seen its fortunes swing in recent times, down during the Great Recession, to its current glory as …
Godfrey Chimbganda: Letter to Minister Katherine Zappone
Godfrey Chimbganda, founder of the Youth Platform Project Ireland, has written to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Katherine Zappone. We share its contents …
‘Perceived Irishness’ Photography Exhibition: Yaqoub BouAynaya
The Gallery of Photography in association with Dublin City Council and Trinity College Dublin hosted ‘Perceived Irishness’ a photographic exhibition and exploration of identity by …
I Love Where You Belong Spoken Word Event Thoor Ballylee Galway 28th October 2017
Kevin Bateman has been running live-broadcast Spoken Word events over Periscope every few months since the summer of 2016. Many of them take place in …
Something Wicked hosts its crimewriting festival 28th October 2017
News from Something Wicked: …Something Wicked is Dublin’s only crime writing festival which takes place annually in Malahide village, Co. Dublin. All events run Saturday …
Kilkenny City: The Former Capital of Ireland
Did you know that Kilkenny, a culturally rich city and a major draw for visitors to the country, used to be Ireland’s capital? A little …
Marianella of the VCI on the international response to Venezuela’s Maduro
Part 3 of a 3-part interview Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here. International students in Ireland have had a rough time of it …
Marianella from the Venezuelan Community in Ireland talks to Yeah! Magazine
Part 2 of Interview (Part 1 is here) A recently established group, the Venezuelan Community in Ireland, has been launched, mainly to raise awareness and …
The Venezuelan Community in Ireland face a Crisis in their Homeland
The recently founded Venezuelan Community in Ireland seeks to assist Venezuelans living without access to healthcare and basic necessities back in Venezuela among other aims. …
Handmade from Tanzania
Jude Hughes, in his mid-70s, of Irish and Trinidadian heritage, is a long-time civil rights campaigner and a Dublin tailor. He became Cultural Officer, in …
INTERVIEW: Oswaldo Valle of Ecuador’s Flagship Science University
OSWALDO VALLE OF ECUADOR’S ESPOL TECHNICAL COLLEGE AMONG DELEGATES IN IRELAND Oswaldo Valle is the head of the faculty at Espol University. He is part …