
Varadkar Leak: Broaden the Investigation
The ongoing criminal investigation into an alleged breach by Tánaiste Leo Varadkar – while Taoiseach in 2019 – of corruption…

Bob Quinn’s Bog Graffiti
It’s easy to despair in the face of our species’ (homo sapiens: ‘wise man’) apparent unwillingness to recognise environmental constraints.…

On (the) Money
If you follow me baby I’ll turn your money green I show you more money Rockerfeller ever seen Furry Lewis,…

On Being Old
Oscar Wilde said that the tragedy of being old is that one is still young. I am eighty-six, going on…

Musician of the Month: Martin Mackie
Martin Mackie is a singer and music producer from Belfast who has been living in Dublin for more than a…

The Love Poetry of Judas Iscariot
The prize painting in the National Gallery of Ireland is, without a doubt, Caravaggio’s depiction of The Taking of Christ.…

Lessons from the Great Depression III
Don’t you ever read the papers? Roderick Spode is the founder and head of the Saviours of Britain, a Fascist…

Rugby: the Four Irish Provinces take to the Field
I yearn for Six Nations matches at this time of year. Despite my worthier self, I cannot take my eyes…

War Crimes: Collective Guilt
As events in Ukraine demonstrate, ineluctably, war diminishes our humanity, possessing men – and mostly men – of a callous…