Attitudes towards food in Ireland have changed significantly in the last twenty years. Yes, we still love our bacon and ham and our hearty beef stews, but the world’s a smaller place now; we can’t help but know more about […]
This year’s Oscars gave us the traditional the excess of glitz, glibness and red-carpet slip ups, but the awards were also noteworthy for their commemoration of some very fine performances indeed, most notably by Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto (both for […]
In January of this year, the Irish Times reported that there were around 25,000 applications in the first recruitment drive for An Garda Siochna. It was the first such drive since 2009, and that absence certainly seems to have made […]
It probably holds true for many of us that the early months of a new year can be pretty gloomy. The festive season is now well past, but the lingering post-holiday blues can hang around like an unwanted guest. And […]
How do computers affect your life When you think about it at first, you probably reflect on the time you spend on a laptop or tablet playing games, watching Youtube, browsing the web or updating your social media profiles. But […]
Development practitioners in areas such as child protection or poverty reduction can now refresh, expand and reinvigorate their knowledge thanks to Kimmage Open and Distance Learning (KODE), which are available from Kimmage DSC (Development Studies Centre). The schedule of programmes […]
So you’ve signed up to do a yoga class for the first time and you’re feeling a bit apprehensive about it. Maybe you’re not sure what exactly it involves, or if it’ll be too tough, or you don’t know what […]
January 6 is noteworthy for two reasons: for one thing it means that Christmas is almost officially over and all decorations can be quietly stored away for another year as normality resumes once again. The second reason is less well-known: […]
Sports and science haven’t always been the bosom buddies they are now. In the past, getting fit meant an excess of pain, perspiration and persistence. These days, however, getting the most from the exercise means working smart as much as […]
The number of businesses looking to improve their energy efficiency is one that continues to grow, due to the fact that energy usage accounts for around 9 per cent of a company’s operating costs. For most small and medium enterprises […]
If there’s been one constant source of positive news in Ireland of late, it’s been in the digital sector. It seems as though there’s an announcement each week about a new domestic start-up company. And while new companies are finding […]
Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, is a disorder most often associated with children, and relates to an inability to concentrate on something without becoming distracted. It can also affect an individual’s capacity to control their behaviour – whether […]
The results of an international study relating to fitness in children are bound to get parents proudly puffing their chests and holding their heads high. Why Because it turns out that they could run faster and for longer as kids […]
Next summer, football fever will once again spread wildly across continents as Brazil host the 2014 World Cup. The Irish team won’t be at it, but you can be sure that a decent contingent of Irish people will be. It […]
Great art never truly loses its appeal. And given the recent reports of an extraordinary discovery in Munich, nor does it lose its power to inspire reflection. But while art can be viewed as a commentary on history in that […]
Surely it can’t ever be easy, no matter how many times you’ve done it before, or how much training you’ve put in. Yet thousands of people of all ages and abilities turn up year after year to run, walk or […]
People are constantly evolving; few people are the exact same at age forty as they were when they were twenty. General life experiences, interactions, triumphs and tragedies prompt all kinds of developments in a person’s personality, behaviour and outlook. However, […]
News of the passing of the great Seamus Heaney was felt by an astonishing array of people. The repercussions went far beyond his circle of loved ones; they were felt the world over by lovers of language and literature. Presidents, […]
Now that many of us have almost had our fill of the summer blockbuster season in which thunderous explosions and eye-scorchingly elaborate CGI effects do an amazingly effective job of hiding the fact that there is little by way of […]
Understanding science To many of us, science is as mysterious as a magical conjuring or sleight of hand. We assume that scientific principles are true, but know little, if anything, about how to verify this for ourselves, which is a […]
