A Spectre Worse than ‘Brexocide’ for the British Establishment
Fact is a poor story-teller. It starts a story at haphazard, generally long before the…
Browsing: 2019April
HAP-less – Addressing the Needs of Homeless in Temporary Accommodation
Brilliant white cinder-block walls and pastel-coloured floors. In between, lightweight partition walls carve up what…
Getting Growing
It was exciting to meet the enthusiasm at the inaugural meeting of Talamh Beo, a…
Could Southern Ireland Accommodate Unionist Culture?
Just a few years ago the prospect of Irish unity seemed remote. However, things are…
Bull Moose – A New Monthly Column from Across the Pond.
Bull Moose is a monthly bulletin discussing the politics and society of the United States.…
Early Days in RTÉ
Back in Dublin again, I was one of thirty, all-male trainees destined to become the…
My Grandmother’s Life Under the Third Reich and Behind the Iron Curtain
Irene H. Going into your house, I sat in the conservatory waiting for the door…
Fine Gael’s Habitat Denial
The idea of home is a recurring Irish preoccupation – níl aon tinteán mar do…
Artist of the Month – Héctor Castells
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”38″ gal_title=”Featured Artist of the Month: Hector Castells”] These poems belong to the Puddle…
‘Discourse of Pollution’ from the ‘Trump of the Tropics’
The use of xenophobic language by Brazil’s new president, Jair Bolsonaro, known as the ‘Trump of…
No Comment – Francesco Taurisano
Inferno in the Alpine foothills of Northern Italy near Vercelli and Biella, Piedimont. [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”40″…
The Limits of Law
‘What is law?’ This is a fundamental question posed at the outset of any course…
Musician of the Month – Bartholomew Ryan of The Loafing Heroes
‘Descend the stairs, bend your legs, melting one by one. / Open your mouth to…
Who Needs a Healing?
In the inner world, time has a way of standing still long enough so you…
BREXIT – A Poem
Once I had finished it I didn’t understand my own poem, so how could you?…
Manus’s Further Misadventures
Jesinta got back in touch with Manus through the internet. Face-book. He had stuck his…