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I would describe myself as ambitious with a constant curiosity and a desire to learn new things.

• Journalism: Sexually Transmitted Infections are on the rise in DIT, according to figures from DIT GP, Doctor Brendan Clune.

  By The bored journalist on April 3, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Originally published here: http://edition.ie/2017/11/13/stis-are-on-the-rise/ By Kasper Delaney Patterson & Rob Geoghegan Sexually Transmitted Infections are on the rise in DIT, according to figures from DIT GP, Doctor Brendan Clune.  The greater danger around the spread of STIs stem from many… Read More ›

• That time I gave up smoking in one easy trick

  By The bored journalist on April 3, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  In this blog I explain in one easy trick i used to give up smoking.

• Rob’s thoughts: Blog post 1

  By The bored journalist on April 2, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Building a body of work An area in journalism that I have been working on over the last year of my journey into writing and journalism is building up a good body of work.  When I started my journey into… Read More ›

• Cleaning for better mental health

  By The bored journalist on April 1, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  How cleaning is good for your mental health.

• One of those dicks

  By The bored journalist on March 28, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  If you know me then you know that I was one of those dicks that made fun of people who were vegetarian or vegan.  Now I’m one of those dicks who are Vegan.  My girlfriend would like to take credit… Read More ›

• Interview: The other side

  By The bored journalist on March 28, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Robert writes about meeting Jane* and how it opened his eyes to what he assumed was the conventional homeless person, bringing home the notion that actually, homelessness can affect anybody. An element of the homeless crisis in Ireland is the… Read More ›

• Irish Government built 18,000 new homes

  By The bored journalist on February 10, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  18,000 new homes were built over the last year in Ireland, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO), 30 percent less than the minimum number the Government says is needed to meeting housing demand. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar posted on Twitter… Read More ›

• The Health sector disaster

  By The bored journalist on February 8, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Health minister Simon Harris is facing mounting problems within the health sector as 37,000 nurses go on strike. Not only are nurses demanding a competitive wage, we learn that yet to be built children’s hospital costs are spiraling out of… Read More ›

• Controversy sells:

  By The bored journalist on October 21, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  In Ireland, there is a strange notion to look the other way when a politician does something that solely benefits them.  Charles Haughey the late Taoiseach(Prime minister) who amassed a fortune from shady places.  In fact, in Ireland, if you… Read More ›