LI YIMING, from a small city in central China, had been working for NetEase, one of the developers responsible for the gaming sensation Minecraft, for three years, and even longer in the wider tech industry.

LIKE many before him, historian, composer, and musician Diego Alejandro Jara Neguel – known as Godie to those in the know – first came to Limerick to improve his English. Like many before him too, he also came in search of inspiration.

BEST known by his stage name Fer Kenobii – earned for his distinctive Star Wars inspired dress sense – Limerick’s jazz Jedi Luis Fernando Sanchez Garcia left Mexico City for Limerick City in search of a career in music.

“Nigerian Food gives me the most comfort”

Mamobo Ogoro

“I have memories as a young boy, coming back from school and being welcomed by the smell of freshly chopped coriander.”

Mahmoud Adda Djeffal

Four international students from diverse cultural backgrounds were invited to share stories of kindness that they had experienced since they arrived in Ireland.

“I am a talker. I talk through the whole meal and everyone has finished before me.”

Sandrine Ndahiro

“I keep those calories. I keeps ‘em all. I stores ‘em up.”

Donal Ryan