Guides, stories and insights for internationals building a new life abroad.
Sounds like somebody has a case of the Mondays… Today, Irish musician and anti-poverty activist Bob Geldof returned his Freedom of the City of Dublin award. This is his way of protesting against Aung San Suu Kyi’s actions, or, to be precise, inaction regarding the Rohingya Muslims crisis in Myanmar. Aung San Suu Kyi who, […]
Hurry, hurry. Or you’ll miss the special deal from Starbucks. Tomorrow, from 2p.m. to 5p.m., buy one Christmas drink, and get another one absolutely free. The offer includes Chestnut Praline Latte, Peppermint Mocha, Caramel Brulee Latte, Eggnog Latte, Holiday Spice Flat White and Teavana Joy brewed tea. Anything you want – you got it! You […]
The humanitarian situation in Yemen worsens with every passing day. “Everywhere I went, I saw roads, bridges, factories, hotels, and houses that had been destroyed by bombing or shelling. In Hudaydah, I met seven-year-old Nora. She weighs 11 kg – that is the average weight for a two-year-old, not a seven-year-old. I met health […]
The housing crisis in Ireland is in bloom, and the “anything goes” attitude of landlords is really not helping the situation. According to Threshold National Housing Charity, an Irish agency that advises people on their housing rights, each year more than 16,000 tenants contact them after receiving a termination notice from their landlord. This year, […]
Today, Nazarin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has put a formal request to meet Boris Johnson, after the foreign secretary made some contradictory remarks about the purpose of her visit to Iran in 2016. Last April, Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was charged with espionage and attempts to “softly overthrow” the Islamic Republic, and is currently serving a five-year sentence in a […]
Do you consider yourself a slow reader? Feeling embarrassed when you receive an overdue notice from your favourite local library? Not to worry, it can always be worse. According to Jason McElligott, the Marsh’s Library keeper in Dublin, only nine books out of 1.185 borrowed were returned to their rightful shelves over 133 years. Including […]
3FE When you ask Dubliners which coffee place is the best, they will definitely name 3FE. Before writing my review, I went to check if the guys are really serving the nicest coffee in the city. And I have to admit 3FE is one of the best without any doubt. 3FE is suggesting a big […]
Photo: Andrew Kelly/REUTERS A man drove a rented pickup truck onto a busy bike path in Manhattan on Tuesday (October 31st), killing eight people and injuring 11. According to officials six of them died at the local and two others at a hospital. Five of those victmins were friends from Argentina, and they were celebrating […]
The Spanish Government has moved to hold a cabinet meeting on Saturday, October 21 to process the enforcement of direct control over Catalonia after the region’s president refused to abandon the push for independence. The announcement from Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy came only minutes after the Catalan President, Carles Puigdemont, threatened to declare the region’s independence […]
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