‘I said yes to every adventure in the Rockies but missed the banter of home’ – The Irish Times
We rolled up the windows driving along the Trans-Canada highway this summer. The air quality map marked Banff…
Laura Kennedy: The gym might be a sad hobby, but it has been transformative for me – The Irish Times
I’m at the age where I spend my disposable income on a fancy gym. It’s a bit depressing…
‘It was the most out-of-the-blue offer. It’s La Rochelle, the club’s history’
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Broke in Australia, I took a street sales job
On a working holiday visa in Australia, I completed a long (expensive) trip down the east coast and…
A Dublin woman in Ottawa: ‘Canadians take time to adapt to our humour and way of doing business’ – The Irish Times
Growing up in south Co Dublin and attending school in Mount Anville, Jackie Gilna credits her father for…
Dubliner in New York: ‘You have to be on your A-game all the time’ – The Irish Times
Dubliner Daniel Byrne is catching his breath from a busy morning working on a fashion shoot in a…
‘In Ireland I was the English girl, whereas in London I thought I was Irish’ – The Irish Times
I was born in Cricklewood, or County Cricklewood as it’s known, to Irish parents. That part of London…
My oldest friend is about to turn 40. He tells me he feels good about this – The Irish Times
I remember the shy, painfully self-aware boy from the country, but now his big laugh is ballooning out…
Ireland vs Europe apartment living: ‘When family come over… this is not what they envisioned’ – The Irish Times
Barcelona, Spain “You can’t raise kids in apartments.” Donal Quinn recalls someone in Ireland telling him this, unaware…
The Irish experience of making England home – The Irish Times
Having taken a visit to the East Midlands region of England last weekend, I was struck by how…
London is a city where Irishness gets shouted out, rather than smoothed over – The Irish Times
I keep thinking about one gig I went to where you would have had no clue you were…
‘I arrived in Arizona to 48-degree heat; being Irish, I decided to go for a cycle’ – The Irish Times
When Aoife Kane arrived in Washington for a summer internship in 2024 as part of her final-year journalism…