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By Ethne Tierney As a girl in her twenties living during these “Tinder” times, where a casual encounter is a few taps away, moving in with my boyfriend seemed like a huge commitment that I was not willing to make. Social Media and friends kept telling me that I was too young and that it was risky, as me and my partner met no more than a few months ago. Little did I know the … [Read more...] about Moving in with your partner as a student, is it worth it?

By Rachel Garvey A part of me always used to think that finding a compatible partner would be easy, but as I grew into a young adult, I quickly realised that I was wrong; Easy was replaced with difficult. Unfortunately, the reality isn’t reading off a romance movie script and we are not destined to bump into someone at the coffee shop or coincidentally reach for the same … [Read more...] about Dating gives Covid-19 Pandemic a super like!

  By Paul Lewis Beans from a can, in sauce, have long been associated with the students. Times inexorably have changed. It is now more likely that tin of beans contains chickpeas or kidney beans,  which is a great improvement for the student body. But now that we all find ourselves interminably at home, finally we can ignore fast recipes catered to our ‘on-the-go’ … [Read more...] about The Chopping Block: Pulses & Beans

By Anastasia Burton Hello and welcome back to cooking and eating well while on a budget! Today I present to you a few recipes I have recently fallen in love with. Trust me, homemade food is always better than takeaway that will cost more than your average dinner. Be money smart and healthy at the same time by eating simple things like... Frozen Yogurt Granola … [Read more...] about Cheap and Easy Recipes

By Sophia Hadef Some people have an eye, a talent or a gift to capture a scene, a landscape or a seascape, and Chaosheng Zhang is one of them. We all follow the social accounts of This is Galway, Visit Galway etc. and Chaosheng's pictures are often shared there. Galway has something utterly magic and breathtaking through his lenses. Dr Zhang is originally from south-west … [Read more...] about A bright eye on Galway, a talk with Chaosheng Zhang