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an honest update

It has been a while. Life has moved quickly since the last time I wrote and I’ve been running behind trying to catch up to it as fast as I could. read more

ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine

I’m back. At least for now. I will admit I’ve said that before and then re-disappeared. It might happen again... read more

things no one told me about being an adult

Being in your early 20s is weird. One minute, you feel like you have your life together. You go to the gym, go to work... read more

i thought moving abroad again would be easy (spoiler: it wasn't)

At the end of September, I moved to Toulouse, a city in the south of France. I used to come here every summer as a child with my family because my grandmother lived... read more

the one where I walked down the aisle in a (6 euro) primark dress

You know how it is. The end of the month. Your cupboards have seen better days and for the past three nights you’ve been eating some questionable.... read more

how i overcame graduate anxiety

It’s summer graduation season and my social media feed is full of young graduates celebrating their hard work and success. I love to see it. My graduation day was one of my favourite days of my life so far... read more

i have become the worst version of myself

A little over a month ago, I packed a year’s worth of my life in Spain into 30kg of luggage and moved home. Although I was looking forward to seeing family... read more

the top four mistakes tourists make in Alicante

Summer is approaching in Alicante, it’s getting hot, the beaches are filling up and cruise ships are spewing hordes of tourists into the city for day visits... read more

the Good Friday Agreement, my short-lived poetry career and my first bra

A look back on my childhood diaries during the peace process in Northern Ireland... read more