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Out Here | 6 | A Dirt Clod Among Stars
I look out the Luan Gallery’s tall windows at the river Shannon. It moves westwards through Athlone like a slow, black brushstroke. Sunlight dances on the water, boats rock with its flow, swans glide downriver. I turn away and back to the…
Safety, Defensive Driving, and the Future of Transportation
Every day we inch closer toward a big, bright, technologically driven future. Mobile and card payments are becoming more popular than cash. More and more communities are getting connected to the world around them with internet access, and…
Want to Save the Planet? Stop Buying So Much Damn Stuff
The green movement has been growing in popularity ever since we started to realise the unbelievable amount of damage human society has been causing to our environment. Amidst all the talk of recycling paper and bringing your own bag to the…
Waking Up | Notes on International Women’s Day
I first became aware of International Women's Day in 2010. I had friends in a theatre group and heard through the grapevine that they were putting on a play they had performed before: Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues. Some of their…
Out Here | 3 | Market Tuesday in East Galway
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…
Why Doesn’t America Prioritize Elder Care?
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…
Out Here | 2 | Fistfuls Of Heritage
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.…
Why We’re Still Shouting About Periods
Recently I decided to write a blog post about periods, in which I shared my personal experience with period shame and sanitary products, especially the menstrual cup. Twelve year old me would be super embarrassed to know that my first…
Out Here | 1 | Between the Postcards
When the tide comes in the river runs deep and fast. Rushing beneath Galway’s Wolfe Tone Bridge and out past Spanish Arch to become the Atlantic. The ribbons are tied to the railings that face upriver, against the flow. Dashes of colour…
Fintech and the Rise of Hipster Banking in Ireland
The term ‘Hipster banking’ has been around as long as the banks themselves have and both are here to stay.
N26 and Revolut are the two biggest ‘fintech’ start-up banks available to people in Ireland. Their purpose is to serve up a…