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‘We used to have one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in Europe,’ a red-haired woman tells nearby passengers as Dublin’s industrial northside chugs behind us. Is this true? A quick Google tells you that yes, twenty years ago, Northern Ireland did have one of the highest incidences of live …
Horoscopes are a source of comfort for a lot of people. They may use it as an excuse for their behaviour, as some kind of strange star-led justification, or as the solitary key to unlocking their love life. However, how much fact is actually in our horoscopes and star charts? …
A series of beautifully renovated sixteenth century paintings are currently on display in a new and free exhibition, Christ and His Cousin: Renaissance Rediscoveries at the Hugh Lane Room of the National Gallery of Ireland. This exhibition consists of wondrous art interpretations inspired by Jesus Christ, John the Baptist and …
What Glasses Suit You? Over the past fifty years, rates of short-sightedness (or myopia) have doubled across Europe, with the result that an overwhelming fifty percent of young adults across the continent currently live with the condition. Worldwide, the number of diagnoses lies at over 2.5 billion. Though there is …
Plants Potted plants are a great way to incorporate some greenery into your living space. If you’re a plant novice and want something easy to take care of, visit a garden centre and ask an employee for help finding something low-maintenance. Urban Jungle on Cork Street has loads of plants …
And just like that, the pandemic is over. With bars, clubs and restaurants reopened indefinitely, and even the omnipresent face masks set to lose their mandatory status, the past two years have already begun to seem like something out of an early 2010s YA-dystopia fever dream. Previously hesitant to purchase …
Winter might be coming to an end, but that’s no reason to throw away the cosy games that kept you going through the cold months. Maybe you’re just coming out of exams, need some serious chill-out, or you’re looking for a cosy game recommendation that isn’t Animal Crossing. I feel …
“Love languages” – it’s one of these terms that you see thrown around often, and many articles on the subject stress the importance of understanding not only your own, but your partner or potential partner’s love language too. But what is a love language, and why are they important? The …
As we draw in the new year, a personal review of 2021 – in lieu of more exciting life events – defines it as a year of not getting enough sleep. Hours spent tossing and turning, four a.m. starts, and essays written in a fatigued fugue, had all become, for …
Once again, your New Years resolution is to start running. And you appear to have come to me for advice. Let me preface this by saying: I am in no way a running expert. I am a begrudging convert to the sport: my version of exercise is a slow, sweaty …