Grace O'Leary

Apr 23, 2024 | irishtimes.com | Grace O'Leary

This article won the Opinion and overall Student Journalist of the Year categories at the Newsbrands Ireland Press Pass Student Journalism awards last week. The writer, Grace O’Leary, is a TY student from St Aloysius College in Carrigtwohill, Cork. Global temperatures are rising, glaciers are retreating, snow cover is decreasing. These are all true and frightening facts, but it’s not all scary. Humankind is making real change, from Ireland setting up the deposit return scheme, to the EU creating .

Jan 10, 2024 | medicalxpress.com | Holly Thorpe |Grace O'Leary |Mihi Joy Nemani |Nida Ahmad

The COVID-19 pandemic was—and continues to be—hugely disruptive and stressful for individuals, communities and countries. Yet many seem desperate to close the chapter entirely, almost as if it had never happened. This desire to forget and move on—labeled "lockdown amnesia" by some—is understandable at one level. But it also risks missing the opportunity to learn from what happened.

Jan 10, 2024 | allafrica.com | Holly Thorpe |Grace O'Leary |Mihi Joy Nemani |Nida Ahmad

The COVID-19 pandemic was - and continues to be - hugely disruptive and stressful for individuals, communities and countries. Yet many seem desperate to close the chapter entirely, almost as if it had never happened. This desire to forget and move on - labelled "lockdown amnesia" by some - is understandable at one level. But it also risks missing the opportunity to learn from what happened.

Jan 9, 2024 | theconversation.com | Holly Thorpe |Mihi Joy Nemani |Nida Ahmad |Grace O'Leary

The COVID-19 pandemic was – and continues to be – hugely disruptive and stressful for individuals, communities and countries. Yet many seem desperate to close the chapter entirely, almost as if it had never happened. This desire to forget and move on – labelled “lockdown amnesia” by some – is understandable at one level. But it also risks missing the opportunity to learn from what happened.