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By Daryanna Lancet  Responding to the reported rise in mental health issues in Galway, a collective of NUI Galway students succeeded in founding Niteline in 2019—placing NUI Galway in solidarity with universities across the nation.  Niteline is a free, confidential and anonymous listening service, active Wednesday and Thursday nights from 9:30pm-12:30am. Students can log … [Read more...] about Nationwide mental health support program comes to NUI Galway

By Sadhbh Hendrick  Dear Diary,  This entire entry will comprise a variety of survival methods necessary thanks to good ole’ Covid-19. I’ll walk you through a number of homemade hand-sanitizer recipes (yes, that is a thing), a guide to avoiding human contact (actually very easy, puzzled as to why anyone struggles with this one) and finally, 101 ways to entertain yourself … [Read more...] about Final Year Diary – Issue 11

By Aoife Burke  Hi everybody! This is the second last time I will post my first year diary, as there is only a few weeks left of college. I’m sitting here, drinking a coffee, trying to wake up properly. I have gotten good news from the publisher in London. I sent them a sample chapter of my book and they loved it and asked for the rest of the book! So you can all guess what … [Read more...] about First Year Diary – Issue 11

By Jody Moylan  In my own little village of Tulsk, there once lived a lady named Anna Sophia Drought. I call her a lady because that’s what she was. At least that’s what she was titled, as one of the Protestant Ascendancy, living as she did in one of the estate houses of the parish.  By the 1911 census, she was a widow of 81. Her house was hidden behind trees, as it is … [Read more...] about Mature Student Diary – Issue 11

By Aoife Burke    Who is Greta Thunberg? According to Wikipedia, she is 17 years old and from Stockholm, Sweden. She is famous all over the world as an environmentalist. Her parents are Malena Ernman and Svante Thunberg, and she is still legally a minor. Recently, a Canadian Oil company apologized to Miss Thunberg for a sexualized image of a naked woman with her back … [Read more...] about Greta Thunberg: Should more be done to protect her?