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So this weekend Top Gear Live was at the RDS in Dublin. Jono is a massive Top Gear fan (so am I), so when the tickets went on sale in July we got them.
We were going to travel up today, but the rail line is still closed from Carrick on Shannon to Longford due to the flooding and a bus transfer was operating between those stations but there have been delays. So rather then miss the show we went to Dublin yesterday and managed to book a room at Bewleys Hotel which is near the RDS.
We left Collooney just after 7pm and didn’t get to the hotel until almost 11pm. There was an old couple snogging most of the way during the bus journey (eww).
We were starving when we got to the hotel so luckily they were still…
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Interview with Adrian Dunbar on his move from acting to direction, 1916/2016, the Gathering and 16 Moore Street…
Posted: June 28, 2013 in Uncategorized
…in the Irish Mail, conducted by Jason O’Toole. And as usual in this series of interviews it’s a very interesting one too which touches on an array of subjects close to the hearts of many of us.
Dunbar has now moved into direction, most recently Translations by Brian Friel which opened at the Millennium Forum theatre in Derry, for which he received a standing ovation.
Dunbar first worked with the playwright when he staged an updated version of the classic Philadelphia Here I Come in London’s West End in 2003. ‘I don’t ring him up and ask for feedback on what I’m doing. I report to him and he asks me a few questions, and from those I understand what I should be doing,’ says Dunbar.
Though he admits he directed during the 1980s as well in London. And he’s quite open that:
‘I had put my toe in the…
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How to Blend In When Studying Abroad In Galway, Ireland – Tip No. 4, Get to class on time (or not!)
Posted: June 27, 2013 in Uncategorized
One of the things many visiting international students notice when they first study abroad in Ireland is that they show up at the scheduled time for a class, only to have to wait 10 minutes or so for it to begin.
Lectures are usually timetabled to last an hour, however it is generally understood that teaching begins at about 10 minutes after the hour.
The main reason is because students may have lectures in different buildings throughout the campus, and therefore may need the time to get from one to another.
Of course, some lecturers may begin on the hour, so it’s probably best to gauge each one individually over the first few weeks. However, if you do find yourself running late, there’s usually no problem getting in a few minutes after the hour, even if this would be not allowed at your home university.
***Update, August 2013 From the…
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There are 6 main mobile phone service providers in Ireland. The relevant websites are listed below. Please refer to the websites for information on special offers, price plans and free web text service.
http://www.vodafone.ie
http://www.O2.ie
http://www.meteor.ie
http://www.3ireland.ie
http://www.tescomobile.ie
http://www.emobile.ie
These service providers offer the option of “pay as you go” phones or an account option (i.e. contract with monthly bill).
The “pay as you go” option is ideal for international students, as there are no contracts and you can top up with credit as and when required. Credit can be purchased online, at ATM machines, in shops or in dispensing machines.
There are several shops in Galway which sell mobile phones including The Carphone Warehouse (branches in the Galway Shopping Centre, Headford Rd and the Eyre Square Shopping Centre), the Vodafone Store, Eyre Square, 3Store, Shop St, O2 Store, Shop St., Meteor Shop, William St. It is a good idea…
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The disarmament of hatred – France and Germany between the two world wars
Posted: June 10, 2013 in Uncategorized
In case you missed it, you can listen back here to our very own Gearóid Barry being interviewed by Patrick Geoghegan of Newstalk on the station’s Talking History show on 19 May 2013. The piece begins about 15 minutes in.
Gearóid is pictured above with John Horne, professor of Modern European History at Trinity College Dublin, who performed the launch of his new book The Disarmament of Hatred: Marc Sangnier, French Catholicism and the Legacy of the First World War, 1914-45 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012) at the Moore Institute last autumn. Professor Horne, formerly Gearóid’s doctoral supervisor, spoke of his pleasure in returning to visit NUI Galway and said of the book that it illuminated a remarkable Franco-German peace movement instigated in 1921 by war veteran and French Catholic politician Marc Sangnier. Barry’s transnational study examines the European resonance of Sangnier’s Peace Congresses in the interwar period. Advocating the ‘disarmament of hatred’…
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The View from The DJ booth 