Financial life (only!) in Ireland can be pretty hard especially for internationals. You suddenly have to pay for a lot of essentials and there is still so much to do and so much to see. One simply doesn’t wanna stay home while there are new people to be met and new funny things to be…
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The Limerick Student Shopping Saver Guide
By Bárbara Campos, UL Student Ambassador BOOKS AND CINEMA Odeon Cinema, Castletroy, Limerick – Buy second hand books. You can ask in the UL Students’ Union if they have the text that you are looking for, it will be cheaper than the bookstore for sure. At the end of the semester you can hand the book…
Off-campus accommodation at UL by Allison Weiner, UL International Student Ambassador
We asked Allison Weiner, UL International Student Ambassador, to share her tips for finding off-campus accommodation at UL. Here’s what she had to say: Living off-campus is very convenient as most off-campus accommodation comes fully furnished. Off-campus rent is usually cheaper than on-campus housing and utilities are either relatively cheap or included in rent which…
Reverse culture shock – the journey home from UL by Michelle Lee, UL International Student Ambassador
Whether we want to admit it or not, the end of the school year is here. For me, I have a month long trip planned back home in Massachusetts to look forward to and then I’ll be locking myself away in the UL library writing a dissertation. I know others won’t be as lucky to…
Coffee Time by Yini Gao, UL International Student Ambassador
By University of Limerick (UL) International Student Ambassador Yini Gao. I am a big fan of coffee latte. I drank latte in Florence. I drank Latte in Rome. I drank Latte in Denmark. And I drank latte in Oslo. But after tasting so many cups of latte in a lot of places, I found that…
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