Contributor 1: My alarm erupted at 5am on a cool summer’s Thursday morning. My friends and I awoke and stiffly made our way down to the 41 bus on Mountjoy Square. It was our holiday, and we were Napoli-bound. One … Continue reading Dublin and Pompeii Twin cities lost in time, in two perspectives
The other day, an Erasmus student in one of my seminars was gushing about Ireland. She was telling us how beautiful it is, how much there is to do and see and how nice a place it must be to … Continue reading Learning to love our home again: An Irish Travel Guide for Irish People
Photography by Peggy MacHale. Back in foggy January, I decided I was going to be an au pair this summer. And, after too many hours labouring over a bilingual, hyperbolic, and regrettably sycophantic account of my will to care for … Continue reading Summers of Silence Au pairing, isolation, and your relationship with yourself when you’re away from your relationships
Photo by Christian Lue on Unsplash. In the weeks leading up to my interrail journey, I was apprehensive. My friend and I decided to take a leap of faith and go by ourselves to minimise drama, much to the shock … Continue reading Relationships of a Different Kind: Interrail Edition I may be unhinged enough to publish intimate details about my life in a student publication, but I’m not unhinged to the point where I included real names!
Originally Published in Print, April 2022 One of the hardest things about being an international student is the sheer amount of new things to discover, whether in your studies or your social life. Starting at Trinity College Dublin was … Continue reading Cities Across the Sea: A Comparison of Dublin and New York
How different our lives were two years ago, when we could just book a Ryanair flight like it was nothing, our only concern being to check our passports were still in date. It’s mad to think that we would stay … Continue reading The Last Good Travelling Month: Travel in a Time before Covid
Originally Published in Print December 2021 Bermuda, an archipelago of seven islands located in the Sargasso Sea; in other words, a tropical heaven with lush greenery spiralling the island and crystal clear waters. Infamously known for its mysterious triangle, Bermuda … Continue reading Why Bermuda Should Be on Your Bucket List!
Photos by Eadaoin Fagan This August, I spread my wings, took a deep breath (multiple times), and went on my first ever solo trip. Iceland always fascinated me, so I thought what better place to start. My friends were … Continue reading Icelandic Solo Travel
The following is the fifth instalment of our second ‘Perspectives’ series. ‘Perspectives’ as a concept was born out of a desire to provide thought-provoking and relatable snapshots into students’ experiences navigating relationships, self-discovery, and other affairs of the heart. Our … Continue reading Perspectives 5: Learning to Live Alone
Originally published in print November 2020. Admit it, we’ve all done it. You’re not quite sure why, but you give a different name to the barista in Starbucks at the airport. You get a taste for it, et voilá, you become … Continue reading Two’s Company: Travelling with Me, Myself and my Alter-ego
Words from our Sex Editor Alice: You are reading the fourth instalment of our ‘Perspectives’ series. Please enjoy the work of another of our extremely talented writers. No, I am not crazy. Well maybe only a little, but after … Continue reading Perspectives 4: Holidaying with my Partner’s Family
Google is renowned for being a unique workplace. Last summer, I had the opportunity to visit their famous world headquarters in Mountain View, California. The experience and atmosphere is unlike any other in the tech industry. Walking up the main … Continue reading Thoughts from Google: An Outsider’s Perspective “Indeed, from the outside, one would wonder where any work gets done at all.”