Organic food: Boosted by Coronavirus
Working from home, closed gyms, a lot of free time – the pandemic has a big impact on our everyday life. That not only leads to a demand for home workout videos, but also results in a significant increase in…
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How to Reconnect in a Socially Distanced World
How can we reconnect in this socially distanced world? 2020 presented the world with a global pandemic, Covid-19. Now, in 2021, we are all trying to adapt to this strange “new normal” and many of us have lost our social…
Embracing the Cold: Sea swimming in Dublin
It doesn’t matter if the sun is shining, it is freezing cold, or raining – at Dublin’s swimming spots, there are always people taking a bath. Many of them have been doing this every day, since they were kids. Not…
Covid Dreams: Why we dream more vividly during the pandemic
Open your eyes in a sweat, take a deep breath, realise with relief: it’s all just a dream. Since the Covid pandemic started, more and more people are experiencing vivid dreams, often nightmares. A study confirms that corona influences our…
Being vegetarian: Why can’t you just stop eating meat?
More and more people are being or becoming vegetarian nowadays. Some because they want to lose weight, others because they feel sorry for the animals or for environmental reasons. However, there is the risk of missing nutrients when not eating…
Increasing HIV infections and the lack of sex education
Whereas infection rates of HIV are decreasing in most European countries nowadays, they are still on the rise in Ireland. Reasons for that are diverse but one in particular is outstanding: Ireland’s inability to talk about sex. Conor O’Brien* always…
COVID-19: HSE offers free walk-in testing
To detect more COVID-19 cases, the HSE set up so-called walk-in test centers at the end of March to offer free Corona testing. The figures prove that even people without any symptoms can have the virus. Wearing white overalls, the…
Covid-19: Why Matching People with The Right Vaccine is Important
The vaccination has recently started worldwide in order to tackle Covid-19, which means our lives are likely to get back to normal soon, and we will have the chance to once again spend time with our loved ones whom we…
How to practise self-care effectively
After over a hundred days of the most recent lockdown restrictions, we now get a taste of what it will be like once the Level 5 limits are lifted. For certain people, the reduced constraints will be enough to accommodate…