interview
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Brewing a Following: What Does Social Media Bring to Café Tills?
Hyper Goat Coffee spends €2,000 a month on social media, with its owner crediting online promotion with boosting sales. But how can cafés determine whether likes and views translate into money in the till? The café’s owner, Jonathan Maye, points to a…
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Nurses’ strike highlights the pressure on Ireland’s healthcare workforce
On Wednesday, Irish nurses and healthcare workers took to the picket lines over disputes about pay, staffing and rising costs. Outside many hospitals, groups of nurses and representatives from unions such as INMO, SIPTU, Fórsa, and IMO gathered to raise awareness of the…
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From TU Dublin to Amnesia Ibiza: The College Society That Transformed LIA’s Life
You’re a 20-year-old third-year film student who has decided to walk alone into a TU Dublin DJ Society event on a whim. You don’t know anyone there, and you don’t know what to expect. You hope you might make a friend or two,…
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The road home
“Life is an adventure and you need to be an amateur, not a professional” Alasdair Verschoyle is a South African migrant, Irish historian and bookseller whose life has taken him from Cape Town to Kildare, and into the pages of Ireland’s past. A…
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Drinks & Decadence in Dublin’s Downtown: A Conversation With One of Dublin’s Top Bartenders
A half-past-three Hemingway Daiquiri in Hawksmoor Dublin. Directly across the bar stands Darragh Boylan. To some, he is known for being a frequent competitor in all manner of cocktail competitions; to others, he is the intermediary marking the transition from the bar into…
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“I Think I’ve Cracked The Code”: How Sophie McQuade Is Keeping Temple Bar Runway Ready
Along the cobbled pathway of Fownes Street Upper, tucked into the terraced buildings that face the all-too-tall and modern One Central Plaza, is an array of vintage shops, a product of the McQuade family. The historic building that houses these shops has maintained…
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The Gara Show: “I’m not coming back…I’m going to make something out of being a streamer.”
An interview with one of Ireland’s largest streamers and content creators, Chris O’Gara. On how his hobby became a long-term career with sponsorships from Virgin Media, Currys, and a feature on Netflix’s “House of Streams”. By Alex Cloud Streaming is still somewhat of…
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‘It’s time to stop being nightwalkers’: Identity coach Ché Fegan on creating a new landscape for gay men in Ireland
In a time where many gay men still struggle to find themselves, Ché Fagan is making space for them to feel more honest and aligned with themselves. Following his own struggles and travelling the globe, Fagan reflects on his journey to finding himself.
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“That was a light I had never felt before”
Samuel Walsh, a 22-year-old Irish man, transformed his life after moving from a party-focused lifestyle to a deepened faith in Christianity during a summer in New York. A chance encounter with a woman led him to explore spirituality beyond his Catholic upbringing, inspiring…
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Making a Mark
Mark Smith is an award-winning Irish actor and theatre maker. He is best known for his one-man autobiographical show, ‘Making a Mark’, which toured Ireland in 2019. The Celbridge star, who has Down Syndrome, turned 44 in April, but started acting at just four and a half years old in school Christmas shows. Smith’s accomplishments don’t stop there. “As well…
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