Staying Open-Minded In College – Beth (Maynooth Public Face)
I still remember filling out my CAO, not having a clue what I was doing, and scared about the uncertainty of the future. I was putting down courses just for the sake of it. Two years later, and this...
View Article“Shur look, don’t we have our health, isn’t that the main thing?” – NiteLine...
The fear that COVID-19 could come knocking at our door any moment has created a reality with two rival thought patterns. On one hand, we are critically aware of our mental health. We hear ads for...
View ArticleMy Experience Training with NiteLine – NiteLine Volunteer
Back in the summer, I heard that the lovely people at Niteline were looking for volunteers, and I was interested in getting involved with an organisation that is helping so many students. I joined the...
View ArticleStaying Social in a Pandemic – Anonymous Volunteer
The pandemic has seen an increase in loneliness and isolation for many: young people transitioning from secondary school to college as well as students who are dealing with a gaping hole where their...
View ArticleUnderrated 80’s Albums: A Connoisseur’s Perspective – Graham Kelly (Public Face)
Music has a lot of emotional power, and the 1980s was a decade that produced some incredible music. Trinity College Public Face Graham Kelly unearths some hidden gems. We most all have hobbies or...
View ArticleGraduation – Anonymous Volunteer
Graduation. That big day we all work so hard towards, the cap and gown, staged photographs, and hoping you don’t trip across the stage. Or in a year of a pandemic, watching your name scroll past on a...
View ArticleImagining a post-COVID world with Niteline Dublin – Anonymous Volunteer
Since January, I can count all the people I’ve met up with in person on one hand. To tell you the truth, I’ve coped with it the same as most people. Sometimes I feel lonely, sometimes I feel stressed,...
View Article‘As a Gay Man’: Loving Myself For Who I am
It is so strange looking back on my life and how I came to feel so positively about my sexuality. Now, I have accepted myself so much, that I struggle to remember how frightening it can be to be gay,...
View ArticleAway from Home – Life as an International Student
As an international student, I have two homes. I am constantly away from a place I call home. I am away from my family, or away from my friends. Moving halfway across the world for college was...
View Article‘An Escape From Social Media’– Anonymous Volunteer
My aim of this blog post is to show you how important a break from social media can be and how it is really beneficial for your own well-being to escape from the toxic world of social media....
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