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4 Irish Depop Shops for Sustainable Shopping During the Lockdown Sustainable fashion today is becoming more important than ever. In the last few years, fast fashion’s popularity has increasingly become part of our society. Unfortunately, it has adverse effects that cost the planet’s well-being. With sustainable fashion, we have an array of choices to choose […]
by Alison Law
In 1953, some scientists noticed that sometimes, during sleep, people’s eyes make these strange, quick and jerky, side-to-side movements behind closed eyelids. Weird. They discovered in 20 out of 27 people that this jerky eyeball dance, termed “rapid eye movement,” or REM, occurred at the same time as when the people had incredibly visual dreams. […]
by Emma Monaghan
Sports will always naturally breed competition; it’s human nature to be competitive, and it’s beneficial within sports to use your emotions to win out against your adversaries. As a result of this strive to be the best, rivalries are inevitably created. Sport in Ireland gets a new hero: Alexandre Beretta-O’Reilly Why Are Esports So Popular? […]
by Sean Barrett
Joe Biden is set to be sworn in later today as the 46th president of the United States. The events leading up to this historic moment have been some of the most controversial and dramatic in living memory. Tensions were heightened even more two weeks ago when Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in protest of […]
by Aoife McDowell
The global pandemic and the resulting lockdown has affected us all in one way or another; beyond the coffee fads and the cooking spurs, the global emergency has taught us more with each new lockdown. So, here’s a personal account of a casual activity that turned into a worthwhile habit and life lesson over […]
by Sonia
As the first lockdown for the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020 resounded across the world, shuttering stores and digitizing work, many found themselves with more free time to snuggle in bed for some mandatory streaming binges. A month into lockdown, The Office reruns and Game of Thrones playbacks were put on hold. Why, you may […]
by Melanie Romero
Have you ever heard about the Law of Attraction? Perhaps you’ve come across it once or twice but never really bothered to learn more about it. Or maybe you know quite a lot about it, but haven’t fully understood it yet. No matter which stage you’re on, here’s all you need to know about this […]
by Sol Natalia Dieguez
Many people have an incorrect idea of what it is to be a journalist. Indeed, it is very complicated to define who a journalist is and what they do. The word journalist comes from the French journaliste, derived from jour (day), journalier (daily) and latin diurnalis. At first, a journal was a book where the […]
by Alexiane Bacle
Humans are creatures of habit, even if those habits leave you feeling like the physical embodiment of death the next day. We have all suffered through the fifth circle of hell they call a hangover, nausea, diarrhoea, the headbanger headaches are the telltale sign of the katzenjammer, but not all is lost just yet, here […]
by Sonia