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The Spanish Government has moved to hold a cabinet meeting on Saturday, October 21 to process the enforcement of direct control over Catalonia after the region’s president refused to abandon the push for independence. The announcement from Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy came only minutes after the Catalan President, Carles Puigdemont, threatened to declare the region’s independence […]
by Rowniel Pamintuan
Hurricane Ophelia has hit Ireland. It is one of the worst storms in more than 50 years that Ireland has faced. It is the most powerful storm this far east of the US on record. Only 15 hurricanes have passed within 200 nautical miles of the Azores since scientific monitoring began in 1851. “This one […]
by Gamze Yarsi
Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson win the 2017 Nobel prize in chemistry. They developed a technique called cryo-electron microscopy, which simplifies the process for looking at the machinery of life. Announcement of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuVu3elWRXc The 2017 Nobel prize in physics has been awarded to three US scientists for […]
by Gamze Yarsi
One of the most important romances of all the time will be presented as a play at The Abbey Theatre in October. Ulysses, by James Joyce, it was adapted by the Irish novelist Dermot Bolger and will take place on the stages tomorrow (02/10/2017) untill October 28th. On The Abbey’s website, Bolger says that the […]
by Michelle Silva
Do You Need to Prune Yourself? Trees are pruned at certain times. Have you ever thought why they need it? The first and most important reason is undoubtedly to prolong their life and fertility. People need to prune from time to time, like trees. Sometimes we have to sit down and take time for ourselves […]
by Gamze Yarsi
Ireland: The Country of Writers Do you know Meave Binchy? I first heard about Ireland in one of her novels and that was the first time I also discovered an Irish writer. As far as I remember, I was in high school and after reading the novel Tara Road, I curiously read other novels of […]
by Gamze Yarsi
Notes From Gamze From “First Person” to “First Person” Life begins with the first person. For a time, you stay as one person at a time among countless ones. You breathe, you crawl, you walk, you run, you see, you hear… In the beginning you don’t know anything, you begin to learn everything. Innocent days […]
by Gamze Yarsi
Oficially opened by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald, the new office at Wilton Place cost ¢85 million and is the company’s first purpose-built building outside of the US. The building has 17.650 sq metres, and was built to accomodate the 1,200 staff working for LinkedIn in Ireland and will serve the entire EMEA […]
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Notes From Gamze A Stone in Your Shoe You walk the road just like any other day, unaware of the things that await to happen; suddenly a tiny, sneaky little rock finds itself a place between your toes. It seems harmless at first; but gives you a discomfort as you continue to walk with it. […]
by Gamze Yarsi