Q&A with Host Family in Clonmel
The following interview took place on April 23 2020 with Maria and Edwin Corcoran in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. How long have you been a host family, and what inspired you…
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Christmas shoppers on St Patrick’s Street stop to take on challenges!
Seventy EIL Intercultural Learning (EIL) network members, staff and Alan Hurley from Mad About Cork joined forces to take to St Patrick’s Street on Saturday 30th November during the Christmas…
EIL introduces carbon-offsetting scheme
“It’s no longer an option to talk, but do nothing.”- Kevin Hickey, CEO. 4th December 2019: It was announced this week that EIL will become one of the first Irish charities…
Going Green by Liz Gordy
It may seem difficult to know where to start when it comes to being eco-friendly, but it doesn’t need to be. The first and easiest place to start is reducing…
Jorge Ruiz Villasante
Name: Jorge Ruiz Villasante Nickname: George Place of birth? Madrid, Spain Lives in: The real capital of Ireland! (Cork) First involvement with EIL? In 2012 when I went to India to…
“Healing with Horses” by Michelle Quinn
My personal feeling of being a part of equine therapy is almost indescribable. The young learners adore the horses and show no fear. I am terribly proud to be a…
“The experience isn’t comparable to any other experience of mine.” – – Grace Kirwan
Hello, I’m Grace (back, 3rd from right ). I recently just spent four months in Germany in a town called Recklinghausen in the Nord Rhein region. One of the best…
“I cannot tell you how proud we were of her”
We received this wonderful piece from one of our Host Families in Clare, about Martha Liedtke, a student from Germany: “Martha joined our family and community here in Tulla…
Love For My New Home
The following poem, written by Rachele Lancia from Italy, is the winner of our Study Abroad Summer Competition for the best creative submission about Ireland. Rachele (pictured right) is studying…