A few days ago, Daria Wallace called her mother who lives in Smila, Ukraine, to ask her about her day, both of them with the growing thoughts of a Russian invasion in the back of their minds.

“I feel guilty because I am safe here and they could be attacked every day. An invasion is actually happening, it’s really happening.”

On the morning of 24 February, Russia began their invasion of Ukraine. During this invasion, it was revealed that Daria’s town, Smila, was attacked.

Daria was born in Ukr

Galway is a diverse city full of culture, history, and cuisine. Its restaurants and cafés offer a variety of selection to many tourists who come to visit and locals who stop by when running errands.

Going to get coffee, no matter if you are a visitor or someone local, has become part of a daily routine.

But what about the people who don’t like coffee? Or always find themselves dragged to a cafe with their friends and family and feel out of place when they don’t know what to order?

Hot chocola

‘Marine litter belongs to all of us’: Cleanup at Grattan Beach

Volunteers were able to fill six bags with litter in a one-hour time period at Grattan Beach this past weekend.

The Galway Atlantaquaria hosted a beach cleanup in partnership with Clean Coasts to help spread awareness about marine litter.

The special cleanup was hosted at Grattan Beach along Salthill Promenade on 22 January, although Clean Coasts and the Atlantaquaria have been cleaning this beach for years.

Around ten volunteers

A protest was held in Eyre Square on November 3rd to show support of the LGBT community after anti-LGBT legislation in Italy was passed earlier in the week. Among those who protested was Asia Brodini (she/her) who is a 20-year-old Arts student at NUI Galway. Ms Brodini, who identifies as queer, recently left her home country of Italy right before the start of the term.

When Ms Brodini was 13, she dreamed of leaving Italy because of the homophobia that she experienced. While she was living there