Muggles who never received their long-awaited Hogwarts letter can thank NUI Galway’s Potter Soc for bringing the legendary School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to Galway City. NUI Galway will host Ireland’s only Harry Potter Convention which will take place over three days from 31 January to 2 February in the Bailey Allen Hall, NUI Galway. Over 200 muggles attended last year’s … [Read more...] about Potterfest Comes to Galway
Archives for January 2014
Fiction – The Bridge
The Bridge He slid two twenty euro notes across the table. “That’s all we have left,” he said, but that didn’t stop her when she reached for them. That could easily be a lie, but Mabel didn’t think so. It had been hard living these last few months, and most caches of savings were long depleted. Now all anyone wanted to do was leave. A man and two young girls, … [Read more...] about Fiction – The Bridge
Bright Eyes Frontman Accused of Rape
In a recent post in the comment section of feminist website xojane.com Bright Eyes front man, Conor Oberst, has been accused of raping a 16 year old fan ten years ago when Oberst was 23. The accusation was made by an anonymous poster who later deleted her comment which claimed that her English teacher at the time, Oberst’s brother, set up the meeting for her as a … [Read more...] about Bright Eyes Frontman Accused of Rape