Tony Mangan ‘Walk Around The World’ #1
Around the world in 80 Days was a 1873 novel by the French writer Jules Verne. In the novel the main character Phileas Fogg decided that he…
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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…
Will your job be automated?
With increased automation, software reaches decision-making capabilities previously thought to be confined to the human brain. No profession is exempt, except when rendering these services…
Lost castle found on Quay Lane
History lovers love Galway, in particular the Latin Quarter of the city. But what stands there now, is not the original structures. Beneath the current…
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Ireland’s education system outdated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…
Dusty Road Donkey
With most of the Christmas shopping done and dusted by now, it’s perhaps time to reflect on the real meaning of Christmas. Of course, Christmas was…