1 in 4 drivers and passengers killed on Irish roads in 2020 were not wearing a seat belt. The Road Safety Authority (RSA) and the Gaelic Players Association (GPA) are…

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Benefits  Extensive research on mindfulness practice has shown it to be effective with a number of concerns that are relevant to students for example: Enhances the…

February 1 is St. Brigid’s Day, also known as Imbolc, and marks the beginning of spring. Imbolc, also known as the Feast of Brigid, celebrates the arrival of longer, warmer…

Stuart Lancaster Celebrating Leinsters 2018 European Champions Cup Victory. Image courtesy of www.stuartlancaster.com. Stuart Lancaster, current senior coach in the Leinster Rugby set up is scheduled to talk to one…

Image courtesy of Garda.ie 71 Gardai and 69 reserves have been put through their paces to be ready to serve. The Garda Training College in Templemore has been busy preparing…

After the nightmare that was 2020, 2021 brings a whole new meaning to “new year,” doesn’t it? To kick off a much-needed fresh start, we compiled some common New Year’s…

A new exhibition has been launched by Kilmainham Gaol Museum to mark the 200th anniversary of one of the most dramatic events in the history of Kilmainham Courthouse. On 30 December 1820,…

Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are gaining in popularity and are being accepted more and more as equivalents to regular university classes. While there are many MOOC platforms available, not…

With each passing day of the Irish version of a lockdown, and once all the other chores you have been putting off are all ticked off the checklist – what…

Researchers trying to turn off a gene that allows cancers to spread have made a surprising U-turn. By making the gene overactive and functional in the hearts of mice, they…

Expect more! G2 is giving tips to work from home. https://learn.g2.com/hub/wfh-week

1. Man’s Search For Meaning by Victor Frankl I still think about this book almost daily, years after I first read it. What happened to millions of Jews 70 years ago,…

Mark Twain once said, “Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” So, while we don’t have a choice when it comes to…

Details of the 20 books and authors borrowed most often from Irish public libraries in 2019 have been published by the Local Government Management Agency (LGMA), which compiles the information…

The Donegal Joint Policing Committee were pleased to host the Donegal Garda Youth Awards on Friday 14 February 2020 in the County House in Lifford. The Awards celebrated outstanding by…

The Old Courthouse of Howth is set to have a new look as refurbishments on the historic structure on Harbour Road are underway and set to continue over the next…

Cold January days are the perfect opportunity for planning your garden for the following year. The snowdrops are beginning to emerge from the ground, scented shrubs are beginning to flourish…

Thomas Parry had one thing on his mind when he visited Galway on July 29th, 1884. On a Monday evening in late July, Thomas Parry boarded a train to Galway….

DCU is committed to widening access to higher education, this includes enhancing the lives of older members of the community through innovative educational,  health and wellness programmes, arts and cultural…

Life above Everything is a major exhibition that brings together the work of two acknowledged masters, Lucian Freud and Jack B. Yeats. Exploring the affinities and interconnections between these two…

Adults’ Eco Christmas Crafts – Are you dreaming of a green Christmas? Make your own unique eco-conscious gifts with biodegradable, seed infused paper and reduce your waste this holiday season….

For a large part of human prehistory, people around the world practised trepanation: a crude surgical procedure that involves forming a hole in the skull of a living person by…

Joe Veselsky is Trinity’s oldest student and is an inspiring example of lifelong learning. Joe (as he is known) has taken extra-mural courses in the School of Histories and Humanities…

Irish writer Bram Stoker is best known for authoring the classic 19th century horror novel ‘Dracula.’ Who Was Bram Stoker? Born in Ireland in 1847, Bram Stoker studied mathematics at…