Why do you really want to lose weight?
As Valentine’s day approaches, past memories about this time of year come to mind. It doesn’t seem long since the Christmas tree was take down,…
Read MoreEducation
Damian Browne’s Atlantic Diary #7
A few years ago while Damian Browne was in the middle of his professional rugby career, he read a book that changed his life forever….
Damian Browne’s Atlantic Diary #6
American singer Don McClean had a hit about the famous artist Vincent Van Gough: Starry, Starry Night, Paint your palette blue and grey, look out…
Damian Browne’s Atlantic Diary #5
Growing up in Galway city, Damian Browne would have been all too familiar with the Bon Jovi hair styles of the late ’80s punks that…
The origins of ‘Michael’
On late Tuesday January 2nd I recall thinking how this drawn-out month was going to be mundane – but suddenly, it wasn’t! Earlier that day…
Damian Browne’s Atlantic Diary #4
Damian Browne is spreading the love online. With 1,229 nautical miles in his solo row Atlantic challenge now safely completed, the burly traveler is now…
Ireland’s education system outdated
Member states of the E.U have common polices across a range of issues. For example, taxation and security; free movement of goods, a common agricultural…
2017: Covfefe, Fakenews and Donald Trumpisms
The word of 2017 was Covfefe, the cry was ‘FAKENEWS!’ If he leaves his mark on nothing else, Donald Trump will have left his mark…
38 Catholics, 22 Church of Ireland and 8 Presbyterians
NUI Galway is a bustling college of almost 20,000 students – a far cry from when it started off as ‘Queens College’ way back in…
Former Frames Bassist Now Professor at NUI Galway
John Carney, one of the most acclaimed and successful contemporary Irish film directors, has been appointed an Adjunct Professor with the Huston School of Film…