
The Cruel End Result of the Affair
In the wake of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s extraordinary gaffe in Washington the day before Paddy’s Day, I‘ve been thinking about…

COVID-19 in Ireland: Lives Lost
Irish Times health correspondent Paul Cullens reported on February 13, 2023 that a disturbing 1,300 patients had ‘died over the…

COVID-19: Shame on You
A new book COVID-19 and Shame: Political Emotions and Public Health in the UK (Bloomsbury, 2023) co-authored by Fred Cooper,…

Featured Artist: Gary Farrelly
Over the last seven years, I have been reshaping my practice from being primarily hermetic, manual and materially fixated into…

Musician of the Month: Magdalena Jacob
My musical journey started with a lot of Church organ and Bohemian brass music in a tiny village in Bavaria…

Poem: Hope in Despair
Hope in Despair I have always loved museums, no doubt having a kind of prophetic disposition I realised the somewhat…

Voyaging the Kerribrasilian Sea
this is tropical truth this is celtic truth this is Hy Brasil in the Kerribrasilian sea for Joan, Bríd, Ezimar…

Sport in the Neoliberal Zeitgeist
Despite all the controversies in the run-up, and as with the last World Cup in Russia, most people are now…

Eviction Ban: Towards an Unjust Society
An earlier version of this article was recently published in the Irish World newspaper, we commend the courage of the…