Guides, stories and insights for internationals building a new life abroad.
The Brazilian community in Dublin is one of the biggest foreign communities in the city, and by far the biggest collection of non-EU residents are from Brazil. There is a Facebook group for Dublin residents hailing from the South American country, which currently contains over 20,000 members, and e-Dublin, a Brazilian website dedicated to this […]
75-year-old rock legend Bob Dylan was awarded The Nobel Prize “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition” Born in 1941, Robert Allen Zimmerman, who took the name Dylan from Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, began his singer-songwriter career in 1959, playing in cafes in The U.S. A lot of his most […]
Property website Daft has seen a 130% surge in searches for property sales following the announcement of the new government help-to-buy scheme, with the greatest spike in searches being from the Dublin area. The new initiative, aimed to help first time buyers get a foot on the increasingly lucrative property ladder, was announced in the […]
Taxi Drivers from across Dublin are staging a protest in response to a significant increase in motor vehicle insurance today. Cab drivers from the TTnH, the voluntary organisation representing taxi drivers in Ireland, are angered by the sudden and severe increase to insurance premiums over the past few months. David McGuinness, a spokesperson for the TTnH, […]
Tuesday nights have a special place in the hearts of Dublin’s music lovers. Since 1999, Doyle’s bar on D’Olier street have hosted the Ruby Sessions, a non-profit showcase of the best and brightest musical talent, both local and from the world of superstardom. It all began with two young lads from Dundrum, Conor Donovan and […]
Clowns cause paranoia in Dublin and around the world. Like something that would come out of a horror film, delinquents dressed up as clowns have recently been spotted across Ireland. This twisted trend has swept social media by storm over that past couple months and what started in the US has now spread to Ireland […]
If you’re not from Ireland, there is a good chance you aren’t familiar with Irish cooking. Ireland is, after all, better known for its beverages than its cuisine… One of the most popular dishes around Irish tables of an evening is undoubtedly Coddle, or Dublin Coddle, as it is also known, with Dublin being the […]
Increasing tension in the 45th US presidential election campaign saw tempers rise to unprecedented levels at the most recent debate last night, with Donald Trump even threatening to imprison his opponent if he came to power. Mr Trump launched his most ferocious attack on Hillary Clinton to date, in response to the uproar sparked by the leaked […]
The Zenimar is taking place from the 11-13th of October (yes, this week!) in the RDS. The Zeminar is an event for the young people of “Generation Z” (think: between the ages of 15-20), to encourage and feed their development – almost like a networking event to help them find an area of interest. Whether […]
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