At a time when many people are forced to leave Ireland, Owen Ralph is one of the lucky ones whose time away is part of an educational and cultural investment in his future.
As part of his studies at UCD, the 20-year-old from Dublin is in the midst of a one-year ERASMUS internship in Germany, and Irish News Review decided to speak to Owen to discover what inspired him to pursue the path he’s on.
“I always have ideas in my head or written down for businesses that one day I’ll set up or help another business with,” he explains, “so Commerce International in UCD was an obvious choice because I also liked German at the time thanks to some great teachers at Lucan Community College. Read more
The Republic Of Telly go head to head with fellow RTE show Love/Hate and Ràsai Na Gaillimhe tomorrow night at the Zebbie Awards after they were nominated by the Irish Playwrights and Screenwriters Guild.
The award which is named in honour of acclaimed American actor O. Z. Whitehead, acknowledges the best scripts written by Irish playwrights and screenwriters during the previous year.
Stuart Carolan gets the nod for the season finale of Love/Hate series 3 while James Cotter, Dermot Whelan, Bernard O’Shea, Shane Mulvey, Jason Butler, Chris Tordoff, Damien Fox, Stephen Shields, and Luc O’Cinnseala share the nomination for the Republic of Telly Christmas Special.
Ahead of the big bash at Dublin’s Sugar Club tomorrow night, we caught up with Stephen Shields to discuss the Republic Of Telly’s nomination and ambitions for the future now that leading star Dermot Whelan has announced his departure from the hit show. Read more
Connemara Language and Cultural Centre (CLCC) is a newly formed educational, tourism destination located in Clifden, County Galway. Clifden is the capital town of the geographical region of Connemara, world renowned for its rugged and unspoilt beauty.
CLCC is a unique venue combining an existing holiday village, Clifden Glen, located within a safe and fully self-contained 80 hectare site 1.5 km from Clifden town with an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) school catering for families, groups and individual students. The site contains a licensed clubhouse, restaurant, laundry, 85 detached 3-bedroom lodges, children’s playground, 3 tennis courts, mini-golf course and nature walks, all bounded by the Owenglin, a prolific wild Atlantic salmon spate river. The site is set off the main road with no through traffic and is a haven of tranquility and safety adjacent to Connemara National Park with the magnificent backdrop of the Twelve Bens Mountain range. Read more
Inspirational teenager Donal Walsh (16) has passed away after a brave four year battle with cancer.
Donal,a terminally ill teenager, rose to prominence after an interview on RTE’s The Saturday Night Show in which he publicly appealed to young people not to end their lives.
Walsh had been battling cancer since he was first diagnosed four years ago and passes away peacefully at his home in Blennerville,County Kerry.
Having twice overcome cancer, Donal was diagnosed again in the latter part of last year with what had now become a terminal illness. Since he was informed of the diagnosis he spent the rest of his days travelling with friends and family and attempting to ensure young people enjoyed their lives. He had raised over €50,000 for charity.
Speaking to RTE’s Morning Ireland Fr Francis Nolan of St John’s Parish in Tralee described the teenager as an “inspiration” to people in Tralee and beyond.
Weeks before his death, Donal recorded a video message to be circulated in schools, Fr Nolan said the anti-suicide message had already had an impact on many.
“So many letters have come to the family about people who have actually been helped by Donal already to embrace the gift of life.
“Young people who may have been contemplating suicide, you know they’ve actually thought again,” he said.
Fr Nolan said Donal managed to stay positive throughout his four-year battle with cancer.
“Donal has been an inspiration here in Tralee, and the way he has embraced his illness with such acceptance, and never once shown any bitterness or resentment about being ill.”
Tributes have poured in from all around the globe with many top sports stars including New Zealand rugby player Dan Carter revealing his sadness at the death of Donal, who he had spoken to just weeks earlier.
The All Blacks fly half tweeted “Sad to hear the news of young @Donal_Walsh #RIP #Inspiration thoughts go out to his family & friends”.
Over 77,000 have liked a Facebook tribute page that was set up early yesterday afternoon, showing the impact his efforts had on many people throughout Ireland.
Donal’s funeral will take place at noon on Wednesday at St John’s Church in Tralee.
His family have asked for donations in lieu of flowers to the Palliative Care Unit, Kerry General Hospital and Care 4 Kids, care of the Gleasure Funeral Home.
This year marked the first year Lupus Group Ireland celebrated World Lupus Day as a national charity. To mark the momentous occasion we decided to throw ourselves into numerous campaigns throughout the 10th and the 11th May.
Our awareness campaign began online today encouraging people to share our World Lupus Day poster and post up a fact about Lupus that is relevant to them or a family member who lives with condition. We also started a fantastic Twitter campaign raising awareness through retweets and also through Irish businesses. Meaghers Pharmacy agreed that for every follow they received on Twitter they would donate €1 to Lupus Group Ireland to help our cause. Read more
While many people travel the world to satisfy their sense of adventure, the stark reality is that many young Irish are leaving in search of employment – or at the very least for a fair day’s pay in return for an honest day’s work.
This is essentially the situation Wesley Redmond found himself in last year, and which prompted his decision to spend a year Australia.
After having his weekly hours at Champion Sports cut from 40 to 20 – and even with taking on a second job that left him working a 55-hour week – the 23-year-old from Lucan was left with nowhere near enough income to pay the bills, and began looking for alternatives. Read more
If someone was asked to name the most common destinations for individuals emigrating from Ireland, it’s highly likely that most people would offer places such as Australia, New Zealand, Canada or the U.S. as the most popular ports of call.
That said, there will always be those emigrants that end up in places considered by most to be somewhat off the beaten track – and sometimes significantly so.
So it was for Patrick Moynagh, who in 2010 decided to move to Saudi Arabia and take up a position as an Economic Advisor to the Saudi Arabian Central Bank. Read more
A man accused of murdering Welsh schoolgirl April Jones has denied all charges despite the fact April’s DNA was found on a washing machine belonging to him, a Welsh court has heard. Read more
An Eastern European man in his 40s has been murdered in an early morning shooting at Greenogue Industrial Estate in Rathcoole, Co Dublin.
The man sustained gunshot wounds to his body during the incident which took place at 9.30am. He was taken to Tallaght Hospital with serious injuries and was later pronounced dead. Read more
While Brendan Reid is adamant that his heart is most definitely in Ireland, he left for Australia as a 23-year-old to satisfy his insatiable thirst for travelling.
And although he recently returned home following two years away, our conversation reveals not only his dedication for discovering the world, but that he’s already busily planning his itinerary for the next couple of years: trips to Europe and South America are either already booked or being planned.
“I’ve always wanted to travel – always,” he says excitedly. Read more
At a time when many people are forced to leave Ireland, Owen Ralph is one of the lucky ones whose time away is part of an educational and cultural investment in his future.
Inspirational teenager Donal Walsh (16) has passed away after a brave four year battle with cancer.
While many people travel the world to satisfy their sense of adventure, the stark reality is that many young Irish are leaving in search of employment – or at the very least for a fair day’s pay in return for an honest day’s work.
