When the Unthinkable Becomes the Everyday: Covid-19 and Authoritarianism
The idea that our society might be moving in a fundamentally bad direction is an extremely difficult one to grapple…
Covid-19: Questioning the Three Mantras
The three mantra for this pandemic in Ireland are: wash your hands; socially distance; and wear a mask. Stated repetitively…
Reform or we are Scrooged
Often dismissed as ‘worthy’, but perhaps overly wordy, products of the nineteenth century, the novels of Charles Dickens retain great…
Featured Artist: Aga Szot & The Icon Factory
Why? A decade has passed since my individual and community artistic adventure began in Dublin. I very often hear about…
Musician of the Month: Sonic Gate Studios
11 Jumpers Caterina Schembri When the film is over, with the lights still off and the low buzz of people…
Poetry: Kevin Higgins
Presidential When you finish reading this poem, you’ll remember only the Black Forest Gateaux I bought you once. I had…
Public Intellectual Series: Religion
Say it to me if you have something to confess I was born on the wrong side of the tracks…
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…
Amy Coney Barrett and “Originalism”
The day that they killed him, someone said to me, “Son The age of the Antichrist has just only begun”…
