Galway Theatre Festival: Yaqui and Béal

Yaqui and Béal is showing at Galway Theatre Festival on Sunday 5th of May and Monday 6th of May at Galway Theatre Festival – Esther and Raphaël joined us in studio to talk about the piece, it’s origins and the similarities it explores between cultures across the globe through storytelling.

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Overcoming Homesickness at University

For many students, their first time living away from home is when they move out foruniversity. It was for me when I moved from Cork to Galway to study Arts. Leaving home onthat cold morning in September was very hard. I cried all the way to the county bounds! I…

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A Student Meal Prepping Guide

My name is Áine Ní Shíocháin. I moved to Galway from Cork to attend the university this year. Ihave learnt a lot after moving away from home, one of the most important things being howto cook and prepare all of my own meals. To be honest, I find cooking a…

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National Register To Vote Day April 30th

A new campaign to create an annual National Voter Registration Day on Tuesday, 30th April has been launched. The aim of the initiative is to establish a national day in Ireland to promote voter registration among people who are eligible to vote. The three founders of the initiative, Liliana Fernandez, Programme Manager at Common Purpose Ireland, Leon Diop, Co-Founder of Black…

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Earth Day 2024: Wetlands Project

Tune in to the 8th annual, 24-hour Wetland Project slow radio broadcast on Monday, April 22, 2024 from 00:00-08:00 on Flirt FM. Fill your home, work and leisure spaces with the sounds of birds, frogs, insects and airplanes! Immerse yourself in the vitality of the 24-hour circadian rhythm of the ṮEḴTEḴSEN marsh…

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M. Night Shyamalan in Galway 

My name is Leo Snygans, and I am a mature student at the University of Galway. I worked on the famous film Watchers, which will be released on 6 June in cinemas as was done by M. Night Shyamalan and his daughter in the summer. I work through an extra…

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