David is an architect who lives in Bray but by night travels into Dublin to play in traditional Irish sessions. He speaks about the challenges he had to overcome to integrate into this community and reflects on some of the difficulties that people can have when moving to Ireland. It’s a brilliantly honest conversation. David finishes the podcast with one of his songs. You can find more of his music on his YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UCmx5lvmQuI3ypT12bkw8Lzw and if you’d like to attend the dance group he organised you can check out the Facebook group: https://facebook.com/groups/balfolkdublin/. Thanks everyone. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Linda was kind enough to join us for a chat on the podcast this week. She’s recently moved to Dublin and has already gotten heavily involved in the Irish music scene. We chat about where her love of Irish music comes from, her plans for her time in Dublin and about her move to Ireland in general. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this chat we get to talk to a really interesting young man who tells us a little bit about his journey to find out more about himself and more about the world around him. Simone tells us about his life in Italy and other places and how that influenced his decision to come to Dublin. We also get to chat about languages and how different languages can influence the way we perceive the world. And more! I hope you enjoy it guys! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is episode is a bit different. I try to break down the term ‘to find yourself’ and whether or not it’s useful to think of the concept as finding yourself or if we actually choose the type of people we are. I won’t do these type of episodes very often but hopefully it’ll prove useful to some of you who are listening! Thanks, Mark. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amazing conversation with Cesar. We talk about his home Country, Venezuela, his experience in Dublin and go into detail about how all of these things and places have shaped the person that he is today. It was an absolute pleasure to talk to him and I hope you all enjoy listening to it! We mention a documentary about U2 in which you can see some footage from Dublin in the 1980’s. The documentary is called Rattle and Hum. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“You use Dettol. India uses Dettol as well.” 😂 From India to Finland to Ireland and all in the name of pursuing cancer research! An absolute pleasure chatting to Rubina about her work, her experiences in Finland and of course her experiences here in Dublin. Getting to meet people who are helping to make the world a better place is always so motivating. I hope you feel the same after listening. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Nothing just magically happens, you have to make it happen.” Arina has a fascinating life story and one in which I think we can all learn a lot from. She was kind enough to share her life experiences with us and tell us about her time here in Dublin. And a great recommendation from Arina, go to Dalkey Island! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We were lucky enough to have Bry in the studio today. This is a brilliant episode to listen to for anyone who wants to learn how to plan a move to Dublin so that you can make friends and get to know the culture of Ireland as well as possible. Enjoy! Some places/events of interest mentioned in the podcast: http://thundercutalley.ie, https://www.hysteriacomedy.com, https://m.facebook.com/groups/412242692793301/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

She came for a holiday and now she’s been here for 7 years. Today we chat to Maleny, from Mexico, about her experience here in Dublin and how she went from coming for a holiday to staying long term and starting her own company here! Enjoy!Some Mexican restaurants mentioned in this episode:Salsa - (https://www.facebook.com/SalsaMexicanFood/?_rdr)El Grito - https://www.facebook.com/elgritodublinJust Chubbys - https://www.instagram.com/justchubbys/Maleny's favourite bar:https://badbobs.ie/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This one is a bit different. Mark chats a little bit about the challenges of moving to a new country and the mental and emotional side of a new life abroad. Long story short, if you are having a tough time in your adopted county, keep going and remember there’s lots of people out there to support you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.