
Old Headscarf
At thirty-two, after decades of sporting a headscarf, I abandoned the practice and exposed my bad hair days. There was…

‘Healthy People Do Not Require Genetic Vaccination’
Editor’s Note: Having previously published Vaccination: A Matter of Trust with Caveats, we now anticipate objections from some readers to…

The Other Great Troubadour
Unlike Bob Dylan who is still actively making music, Leonard Cohen has not released a new song from beyond the…

Featured Artist Annelie Carlström
I have always been a creative person. When I was a child I loved to draw and cut paper, my…

Musician of the Month: Ellie O’Neill
I’ve never needed a reason to write a song. There have never been any conscious considerations of failure or success…

Head Shop
Tedium was tip tapping on the pane of Gibbo’s day, the hours slouching into another shite night alone, like the…

COVID-19: Virtual Work a Bridge Too Far?
For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them. Aristotle, The Nicomachean…

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…

Unenumerated Constitutional Rights Erode Irish Democracy
When the Federal Convention of 1878 had completed its work on the U.S. Constitution in Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin described its…