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Short reads on Ireland — traditions, news, small stories, and useful things we pick up along the way.

5 June 2026

Life in Ireland: The Part No Brochure Shows You

Temple Bar Fridays, €40 flights to Paris, green hills two hours from Dublin. What studying in Ireland actually feels like beyond the degree.

5 June 2026

Why Study in Ireland

Ireland is the only English-speaking country in the EU. Here's why that matters more than most students realise when choosing where to study abroad.

5 June 2026

A Master's in Ireland: What It Actually Gets You

Irish master's graduates earn €40,000–€60,000 starting salaries and 9 out of 10 are employed within a year. Here's how the degree pays for itself.

5 June 2026

What Happens After You Land in Dublin

Education State's Dublin office helps students settle in Ireland: employer visits, CV workshops, immigration help, and a community that stays after you graduate.

5 June 2026

Why Education State

15 years in operation, 4,700+ students placed, a real office in Dublin. Here's why students trust Education State with the move to Ireland.

5 June 2026

Ireland vs the UK, US, Canada & Australia

Tuition, post-study work visas, living costs and job prospects: Ireland compared honestly to the UK, US, Canada and Australia for international master's students.

17 May 2026

Irish Christmas Traditions

An Irish Christmas, briefly explained Candles in windows, a December swim in cold water, and a wren that nobody actually hunts. Ireland keeps its Christmas in a particular way. Some of it is church, some of it is folklor…

17 May 2026

New Year Traditions

Ireland packs an unusual number of New Year customs into a single night. Some go back centuries; some are pure superstition. Here's what people actually do. 01 An early spring clean Houses get scrubbed top to bottom befo…

17 May 2026

Spire Of Dublin

Walk towards Dublin city centre and the first thing you see is a 120-metre steel needle pointing at the sky. The locals call it the Spire. Here's how it got there. 120 m Total height — the tallest thing in central Dublin…

16 May 2026

Places To Visit Ireland

Temple Bar Fridays, €40 flights to Paris, green hills two hours from Dublin. What studying in Ireland actually feels like beyond the degree.

16 May 2026

Ireland Vs Northern Ireland

The island of Ireland has two separate countries on it: the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. If you're planning to study in "Ireland," you're almost certainly planning to study in the Republic — Dublin, Cork, Ga…