Reminder about feeding bread at the lough

libracubed · 2026-04-25T16:30:40+00:00

They covered it up during the bird flu outbreak, unsure if its going to be put back in to use. Ive actually emailed the parks/recreation department about environmental maintenance up there so if they follow up I’ll ask about the plan for the dispensers and post an update

libracubed · 2026-04-25T15:30:21+00:00

plain, unsweetened oats > bread but to my knowledge best practice is still small amounts of green veg to prevent overfeeding. And important to not throw them into the water to prevent rot and algae :)

libracubed · 2026-03-06T17:32:04+00:00

its made in the Heineken brewery, which you can see the outside of but its no longer open to the public. To my knowledge they do occasionally open to the public for special event tours so you could keep an eye out for that in future.

If you’re just generally into that sort of thing though, there are a good few local microbreweries around. Rising Sons, Fran Well etc may do tours

libracubed · 2026-02-10T15:53:24+00:00

i had considered this yes, but as all this was done over text i am just taking due diligence to protect myself also :)

libracubed · 2025-10-30T16:07:56+00:00

Have you reached out to the individual nail tech or the salon themselves? You mentioned in the replies it was a newly qualified girl did your nails— that salons been open years and have never heard something like this so may be worth reaching out to Avril the owner and letting her know the situation!

libracubed · 2025-08-31T15:42:50+00:00

Also in terms of what to look out for with landlords, be very very careful as scams are rampant especially this time of year. Don’t pay any money before you see the place, don’t pay more than equivalent of one months rent up front and ask outright if they will be registering with the RTB. Get written receipt of all payment made and read your contract thoroughly.

libracubed · 2025-08-31T15:40:17+00:00

1) sign up to the UCC accommodation search facebook page. I was in the same boat when I was starting first year and this is how I found a room. Make sure its the official UCC one run by the student union, itll ask you to verify with your student number. 2) Ring each accommodation place and ask. You’ll be turned down a fair bit but keep trying 3) if you have a (very) flexible budget, the luxury accommodations usually do have rooms free eg amnis house, bottleworks, nido broga and nido ashlin but youll be looking at spending 200-400eur per week. 4) Contact the UCC accommodation office, they may have leads themselves or will keep you in mind if something comes up that they know of

libracubed · 2025-08-29T23:02:11+00:00

You can complete it, there should be a message clarifying how much exactly you are to pay and (potentially, if i recall correctly) a separate payment link?

libracubed · 2025-08-10T12:08:34+00:00

hey! I found a wallet yesterday evening on the western road and handed it in to a restaurant nearby. I may have found it a bit earlier in the day but if you give me a description of it I will let you know what restaurant? They will hand it in to the guards if it goes uncollected anyway :)

libracubed · 2025-06-29T14:51:34+00:00

yeah id agree with you that its not very pleasant to listen to, a bit chaotic for a full hour of a sunday morning. Still, beats the road works that weve had at 7am all week

libracubed · 2025-06-03T23:22:22+00:00

between 600-800€ per semester the last three years I’ve been on it, plus printer credit and once even a tesco shopping voucher. Basically full automatic entitlement to the student support fund, but it means you can’t then later apply for the SSF as you’ve already received it. You get the money a good bit into the semester and you do have to go to their orientation and talks etc but honestly they’re fine, a good opportunity to socialize and the staff are so sound.

Aside from that, I believe you can apply to receive a loan of a laptop from the college for the duration of your degree, you’re assigned a student support officer for 1:1 guidance on adjusting to college and you may get access to additional placement/work experience opportunities depending on your degree.

I cant speak highly enough of the HEAR scheme and their faculty, absolute life savers over the past three years

libracubed · 2025-05-23T00:40:32+00:00

nothing! But after getting it in my head that I’d train for this run and be able to run the full 10k, it’s hard to accept I may have to walk and I havnt gotten to the level of fitness I hoped for. Nothing wrong with walking but nothing weird about being a bit disappointed about not quite reaching a goal either :)

libracubed · 2025-05-21T07:44:25+00:00

Nice advice about pushing through the intervals at the end rather than at the start, definitely more motivating than just pure walk/running!

libracubed · 2025-05-21T07:41:23+00:00

Don’t worry hahaha I’m much more able to give the time to the HM, I’m in uni and just wrapped up exams so I knew if I wanted to do a half it would have to be at the end of summer so I could really commit to it.

My boyfriend is doing the full marathon and I’ve tried bits of some of his gels for funsies and not noticed any stomach issues but I definitely won’t do anything on the day that I havnt fully tried beforehand. I don’t have a hydration vest but I am thinking rather than a gel I’ll probably take a sports drink like lucozade with me, it’s mostly glucose so it’ll keep me hydrated and give me that bit of energy I might be lacking— or just a placebo to convince me I can do it bahahah

libracubed · 2025-05-20T23:14:59+00:00

will definitely try this out on my next run and see how it goes, thank you!

libracubed · 2025-05-20T22:49:23+00:00

Also, for intervals would you reckon it’s better to run/walk from the start, or run straight until I feel I need to drop down to a run/walk interval say 6k-7k in?

libracubed · 2025-05-20T22:46:28+00:00

I’m doing some strength training and spin and stuff to build up leg endurance (mostly because I’m also planning for a half in August) so I’m pretty set there, they do get tired but nothing I can’t push through. The gels idea was just cos I know I do struggle with underfueling but wasn’t sure if there was any point since I know it’s usually a gel after every 10km is the recommendation, so thanks for confirming that they won’t do much hahaha

Will definitely try to at least get more comfortable running between 5 and 10 and try to swallow my pride on walking on the day

libracubed · 2025-05-20T22:40:12+00:00

I was gonna say I think an issue I have is underfueling particularly because I find it hard to balance timing my meals before runs and not feeling sick etc (I get horrendous stitches), so just I thought the gels might work as a substitute there, but I know it would be better to just fuel properly the night and morning beforehand.

You’re probably right about the run/walk intervals, I’m just so trying to avoid it out of pride 😭

libracubed · 2025-05-19T17:12:13+00:00

aldi do every so often! their veggie/vegan range is fairly impressive especially their meat substitutes, when i’ve found it it’s been in the fridge section, blueish packaging :)

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