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Common Questions from Students
If you are a student looking for an internship with STAR Dublin, in this section you will find all the answers you need
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Common Questions from Students
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1. Where is the company located ? The address of the company is Docklands Innovation Park, East Wall Road, Dublin 3. Find us on the map below or on the interactive GoogleMap. 2. Which is the best place to live in Dublin ? To enjoy Dublin life the best place to stay is the city centre. One of the major streets is O'Connell Street, where you would find the Spire, a city's landmark. Other important streets are Henry Street and Grafton Street, where you can find some shopping centres. But the most famous area of the city is Temple Bar, the ideal place to enjoy a pint of Guinness. Any way if you prefer an accommodation close to work, have a look at the IFSC. It's a new quarter but quite expensive. You could also look in Fairview, East Wall, Marino North Strand or Clontarf for places to live. 3. How can I find accommodation ? The best way to find accommodation is to look for it on www.daft.ie. This website, gathering a lot of advertisements, is the fastest way to find a place but, seeing the huge number of requests, you have to hurry up to reply. Do not send an email, almost nobody will reply to you, call the landlord directly, it is better, and do not be afraid to negotiate the rent! The office is in Dublin 3, so anywhere near here is good. 4. What could be my tasks at STAR Dublin ? Our Student placement program is for foreign students who are interested in 3-6 month placements to have experience in the translation business. Much of the work we do here is related to project management only. We do not do any translation work here on site. STAR has over 40 offices around the world. Our teams in Dublin manage projects for clients and send the work to each of our country offices for translations. So the work of the Project Manager here in Dublin is to prepare the files for translation.
Our office here is a small team so you get to work with everyone and see how everything works. As we focus on Project management we work with our translation teams around the world all the time. This is why we have a small team here in Dublin. 5. At what time do I have to start work and at what time do I have to finish ? You have to start at 9 a.m. and finish at 5.30 p.m., from Monday to Friday. Lunch break is from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. You can bring your lunch from home as we have a microwave oven in the office, or buy some food in the canteen located in front of the office. We also provide coffee/tea so you get this anytime you need a break. 6. Which are the best ways to travel into the city ? If you don't walk the best way to travel into the city, or to reach the company, is to use the bus, the Luas or the Dart. They run, for the most part, until midnight. The Dublin Bus follows an "exact fare-no change" policy. So if you do not have the exact fare in coins you will have a "change ticket" that you can change for cash at the company's head office on O'Connell Street. The Luas is a kind of streetcar. For the moment there are only two lines. The Dublin Area Rapid Transit (DART) is a train connecting Dublin to the closest towns. The two principal stations are Connolly and Heuston. Another way could be a bike. You can hire a bike or buy a second-hand bike for about €80. The best way to reach the office is to catch the bus n.53 that stops in front of Docklands Innovation Park, but it does not come that often. You can also get any bus that goes through Clontarf or near there. Take any bus that goes past Annesley Bridge and get off there. The office is just 10 minutes walk. You can also take the DART and get off at Clontarf. Again it's about 10 minutes walk from here. See Map. 7. How can I reach the city centre from the airport ? From the airport to the city centre you can take a cab (most expensive way), take a Dublin Bus (it costs about €2.20, but you have to know where to get off), or take an Airlink bus or Aircoach bus (they cost between €5 or €6, and they bring you directly to the city centre). 8. Could you recommend some good hostels to stay before I find a flat ? There are a lot of hostels in Dublin. You can look for them on http://www.hosteldublin.com/. 9. Do I need an Irish bank account ? No, you do not need one. Setting up a bank account in Ireland is a long process. Any supplements for expenses are paid directly into your own home bank account. As we are a global company it is very easy for us to pay you directly into your own bank account anywhere in the world. 10. Could you recommend me some places to visit in Dublin ? Dublin is not a huge metropolis, so you can just have a walk and discover the city. The main streets are O'Connell Street, Henry Street and Grafton Street. In O'Connell Street you can find the Spire, the tallest construction of the city centre. Henry Street and Grafton Street are mainly known as shopping areas. Trinity College is one of the world's most famous universities. Amongst the graduates are notable people like Jonathan Swift, Oscar Wilde and Samuel Beckett. Inside you could visit the library which preserves The Books of Kells, a manuscript in Latin, containing the four Gospels of the New Testament together with various prefatory texts and tables. St. Patrick Cathedral is the largest church in Ireland, built in honour of Ireland's patron saint. For good night life, Temple Bar is a common place with its plenty of choice of pubs and Irish music. If you are living in Dublin you'll probably forget that you are in Ireland as it is a modern European city. If you want to see the legendary landscape of Ireland you are better to go to the countryside. Some nice places are Howth, Malahide and Bray. 11. Could you recommend me some places to visit in Ireland ? Ireland is a mixture of breathtaking scenery, small villages and exciting cities. The most famous landscapes are situated in the west coast, in the north and in the south west of the island. Amongst other places you can admire the beauty and uniqueness of Ireland in the Giant's Causeway, the Ring of Kerry, the Cliffs of Mohair and the Aran Islands for example. The Giant's Causeway is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic eruption. It is located in County Antrim, on the northeast coast of Northern Ireland. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986, and a National Nature Reserve in 1987 by the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland. The Ring of Kerry is a tourist trail in County Kerry, south-western Ireland. The route covers 170 km, starting from Killarney, heading around the Iveragh Peninsula. The Cliffs of Mohair rise 120 meters above the Atlantic Ocean, and reach their maximum height of 214 meters. The cliffs boast one of Ireland's most spectacular views. The three Aran Islands, Inis Mór (Big Island), Inis Meáin (Middle island) and Inis Oírr (East island) are situated near Galway Bay. They are famous for their geological formation, historical monuments and their linguistic and cultural heritage. The Irish (Gaelic) language is still spoken here and in the twenty first century all native born islanders are bilingual in both Irish and English. The biggest city in Ireland is Dublin, but is not that huge. Belfast is the capital of and the largest city in Northern Ireland. Cork, in the south, is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland. Spending a weekend in Galway could be a good idea. Galway is the fastest growing and is now the third largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the only city in the province of Connaght in Ireland. The city is located on the west coast of Ireland. Read Thomas's report on "Life as a student" in Dublin. |
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