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Passionate about Latin American Politics? Visit the LASC

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Are you missing an interesting political debate and discussion during your time in Ireland?  Does the political climate of Latin America fascinate you?  And are you interested in indigenous and minority rights?  Then why not check out the Latin American…

  • Brian Cunningham
  • January 22, 2016
  • News

Year of the Rising: Public Talk on Saturday about Women of 1916

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This Easter will be a special one in the land of green.  People will gather across various parts of the country, to remember one of the most significant events in Irish history – The 1916 rising.  The 1916 rising was…

  • Brian Cunningham
  • January 21, 2016
  • Culture, Immigration, Travel

The Expat dilemma – Sometimes I want a “real holiday”

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Did you go home for Christmas?  As a family of four, we rarely do  because it’s too expensive, but we try to go to France once a year, and we especially make the effort now that we have kids.  We…

  • Admin
  • January 20, 2016
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Immigration Skeptic: Right-Wing political parties across Europe

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Sunday was a landmark day for French politics.  As the country comes to terms with the devastating attacks in Paris last month, a right-wing political party made history in the first round of regional elections.  The ‘Front national’ political party,…

  • Brian Cunningham
  • December 10, 2015
  • Immigration, Travel

Stereotypes : My vision of Ireland before I emigrated

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All countries have a degree of stereotypes. French are supposedly arrogant, always on strike, walk around in stripy shirts with a baguette in one hand, glass of wine in the other, while smoking a “Camel” cigarette. German are very organised…

  • Admin
  • December 8, 2015
  • News

The Expat Experience: Ukrainians in Ireland tell us their story

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While the news headlines of 2015 have been dominated by events in Syria, 2014 was a year in which the worlds gaze was also fixed on Ukraine.  In what began as a series of civil demonstrations against the government in…

  • Brian Cunningham
  • December 2, 2015
  • Culture, Housing, Lifestyle

7 things I thought I would never do in Ireland (but did anyway!)

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When I moved to Ireland, although I didn’t really know what to expect, I had a pretty clear idea of what I didn’t want to do or try. Then there were things I thought I would never be able to…

  • Admin
  • December 1, 2015
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Wyvern Lingo Interview with Miriam Doona

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What is the significance of the name, no doubt Wyvern is in reference to the area in Bray where you are from, what is the significance of Lingo? Caoimhe – It actually happens to be that but we found it…

  • Admin
  • November 26, 2015
  • Culture, Immigration

Things Irish people say but don’t mean

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When I came to Ireland, I had to get used to the way Irish people spoke. It wasn’t so much what they said, but more what they meant that I didn’t always understand. If you take their words literally, you…

  • Admin
  • November 24, 2015
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