I inadvertently missed the cutoff for publishing yesterday’s post, which seems to be around 10:00pm Dublin time. I had written it earlier in the day but failed to click “publish” so it was still in draft mode. So I guess anyone who has subscribed to the blog via email will receive two posts today in one blast. The building fire alarm went off last night at 2:30am...

This morning I wake up at a decent hour with the motivation to keep my job search momentum going. Today I finished an application for a Director of Finance & Corporate Governance position at the National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training, located at the University College Dublin, about 20-30 minutes southeast of city centre. It’s probably a long shot, especially since...

Today I have been focused on getting a few more job applications out and haven’t left the apartment. It’s the eve of Ireland’s partial re-opening, so it will be interesting to see how much the streets of Dublin will change starting tomorrow. With only a few weeks to go before Christmas, I imagine folks will be frantically making up for lost time with their holiday shopping. One of the...