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There is nothing quite as freeing as the ability to drive yourself from point A to point B, and this is particularly the case for senior citizens. Many seniors love the freedom of getting behind the wheel to run errands, travel to jobs, and…

Have we lost track of time? It feels like some of our baby steps toward lasting social progress are years or decades overdue. If you want a convincing example of why this is the case, you don't need to look any further than a certain…

In general, public schools have to follow the same set of overall guidelines to ensure the appropriate education of children everywhere. However, each school is its own entity, boiling with the energy and attitudes of the people inside of…

Once the market would have packed the square of this small town in East Galway. And its patrons would have spilled out of the pubs, spouting cigarette-smoke and shit-talk to the sky. Then this was a big town. Now the market is a man selling…

It’s hard to imagine now, but at one point in time, the home security market was incredibly limited. If you wanted a security system, it meant choosing between one of several subscription-based services, sometimes paying for equipment on…

Self-driving cars have been in the making for decades, as car manufacturers slowly began automating cars with cruise control and sensory technology. In the last several years, the race to release the first fully-autonomous vehicle to the…

Dear Menstruators, You may have noticed a couple of weeks back a certain trend on Twitter going under the #PeriodEmoji hashtag. The hashtag announced the launch of the brand new and much anticipated Period Emoji for those times when we feel…

No one ever said growing old was a job for the feint of heart, but in America, many seniors face tougher hardships than dealing with increasing aches and pains. Ever-rising numbers of elderly Americans experience financial hardships that…

The world has changed quite a bit since the Baby Boomers and Generation X'ers were the most prominent generations in the workforce. We are now smack dab in the middle of the Millennials’ and Generation Z’s times in the spotlight. Technology…

This story begins in the Congo, Wally Nkikita and Philippe Toko’s homeland. It winds its way from there to Galway, Ireland. Tracing a long path from one life to the next. All the way to this evening in Áras Na nGael on Dominick Street.…