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Is the popularity of a song more important than the quality of the music? Music and business have coexisted for centuries, of course, but the combination of modern social media and today’s music industry (with its profit-oriented business model) has resulted in the exploitation of music for profit becoming the focal point of their work […]
by Aron Debreceni
Bedtime stories may be a distant memory of your childhood, but in modern society, with high levels of stress, people need help falling asleep at night. Cillian Murphy has narrated such a story to lull you to sleep and help you discover Ireland at the same time. “Various studies worldwide have shown the prevalence […]
by Laurine Tiran
Climate change is fast becoming one of the most important topics of the decade, with activists of all ages and nationalities now mobilising and urging global leaders to take action and hold their governments accountable. Is it time for Ireland also to take a stand? What is CSR? Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is the term […]
by Sonia
Founded in April 2020 by two Silicon Valley regulars, Paul Davison and Rohan Seth, Clubhouse is a voice-only app. In just a few weeks, this app has grown from a few thousand users to over 1.5 million today. Mainly used in the northern United States, Clubhouse is starting to make itself known in Europe. What […]
by Alice Fouques
This week, Taoiseach Micheál Martin outlined the reopening schedule for May and June, stating that the country is in a safer position now and that the Covid-19 strategy is “progressing well” in part due to people’s actions and the success of the vaccine rollout, with one of the most significant announcements being the resumption of […]
by Sean Barrett
Art and Culture in 2021: Restitution and Repatriation From Benin bronzes to Ancient Fayum portraits, across Europe, repatriation and subsequent decolonisation movements have reinvigorated cultural institutions to introspect and rethink their established exhibits. Colonial art and artefacts have long been the treasured displays of many Western museums over the centuries. One of the most treasured […]
by Gandharva Joshi
Ben Meyers is a London-based American singer-songwriter and an alumnus of the Institute of Contemporary Music Performance (ICMP), whose musical style is quite eclectic, but folk and Americana are the primal genres that dominate it. “Thunder” is Meyers’ latest release, which dropped on 30 April. Upon this occasion, I got the chance to have an […]
by Aron Debreceni
Doras: Promoting and Protecting Human Rights Doras was established in 2000 by a small group of devoted volunteers in reaction to the Irish government’s creation of the Direct Provision policy. The name Doras (Irish for “door”) was selected as an acronym for Development Organisation for Refugees and Asylum Seekers, a symbolic open door inviting new […]
by Sean Barrett
French music is not the most famous, but everyone has at least heard Edith Piaf’s songs before. If you think you haven’t, but you have seen one of the movies mentioned in this article, then you’ve heard one of her songs without even knowing it. Édith Giovanna Gassion, known as Edith Piaf (“piaf” being […]
by Laurine Tiran