Judge the Strength of a Democracy by its Treatment of Whistleblowers
In light of recent developments, not least, the announcement of Michael McGrath as the next EU Commissioner, it is timely…
Ireland Urgently Requires a Covid Inquiry
It should be a source of embarrassment that in Ireland we still have had no public inquiry into the State’s…
ENOUGH! Confronting Woody Allen
These are extraordinary times. Last month serial sexual abuser Harvey Weinstein, had his 23-year sentence squashed; a Channel 4 documentary…
Bunker Mentality
I was en route to Leitrim for a second time in a month when ‘Zooropa,’ the U2 song from the…
Musician of the Month: Finn Doherty
Early Influences I tend to cite the same small handful of artists as my early influences, but I always find…
Mary Dances
In normal times Mary used to catch glimpses of the dancers. On his cigarette break from his work in the…
Ivor Browne R.I.P
It’s hard for those of us who work in the field of psychedelic-assisted therapy to put into words how much…
My Team / Your Team
In the first part of his essay concerning his enduring lifelong fandom of Manchester City FC, and the club’s current…
The Relevance of Jurisprudence to Law Part 3
The remains of unquestionably the greatest intellect of the nineteenth century, Karl Marx, are buried in Highgate Cemetery in London.…
