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Facts did a fairly recent video online which takes a sarcastic approach to the issues Ireland has been having with public water supply. The video shows the various ways that not having water truly effects typical households. Even though the reel makes light of things, the situation is actually crucial for some. Watch below as […]
The international Rose of Tralee Festival has been ongoing this week from the 14th until last night, when Elysha Brennan of Co Meath was crowned the 2015 Rose of Tralee. The festival started in 1959 as a way to attract tourists to the town of Tralee in County Kerry. The Rose of Tralee name comes […]
Children have opinions and insights that most adults fail to recognize. Why is that? Well, because children are as basic to understanding humanity as possible. They do not need to worry about bills, jobs or keeping their homes clean. Rather, the issues that face most children are things like, what they like to eat, drink, do or […]
Who came up with the idea to take normal Irish folks and bring them into a room for a blind taste test? The answer to that is Facts. Facts is a brainchild from Dublin which has taken over YouTube in a very original way. The topics they cover are far from mainstream, news’s ideas. Mainstream news might do […]
The Irish-American community has clung to many traditions from Ireland, and Ireland watches American television shows and wears American brands. Each has influenced the other in so many ways – but there is one inevitable part of life where the two countries have a complete disconnect. That’s death. American culture is relatively quiet about death […]
Christy Burke, chair of Inner City Helping Homeless, wants the Dáil to reconvene now to resolve what he sees as a homelessness crisis happening this summer in Dublin. Over the last year, homelessness in Dublin has increased more than 100%. According to the Dublin Region Homeless Executive, there were 531 families in emergency accommodation as […]
Fall is fast approaching and what this means along with colder temperatures is that it is time to get ready for a total renewal of closet color palettes. I know we like the summer colors that are bright and airy. Fall colors can be bright too. Autumn is synonymous with dark tones and neutral colors. When you look out of […]
Ireland has a particularly high youth suicide rate. Out of the European countries, it has the highest suicide rate in females 0-19 years old and the second highest in males 0-19 years old. So it’s especially important that Ireland work on improving its mental health services for young people to prevent suicide and to help […]
There are so many great things from the 1990’s. Most people would agree. We had grunge, interesting fashion and most of all, we had great, cheesy television. The 1990’s made a mark for coming up with ingenious ideas and programs. (Reference Twin Peaks or the X-Files) However, one thing this decade did much of and […]
In the run up to Ireland’s marriage equality referendum earlier this year, we heard a lot of debate about “traditional marriage.” But those pushing for “traditional marriage” weren’t interested in what really constituted Ireland’s tradition of marriage, and one of Ireland’s Lughnasa traditions shows how very differently our ancestors viewed marriage. In fact, a few […]
