Lebanon’s Perfect Storm
On Friday 14th of February Lebanon commemorated the fifteenth anniversary of the brutal assassination of former prime minister, Rafic Hariri.…
Psychedelic Therapy – “Love is the Glue”
Editor’s Note: Previously Frank Armstrong reviewed Michael Pollan’s journey through the use of psychedelics. Here ‘Desmond O’Brien’ recalls a recent…
Meeting Samuel Beckett’s Genius in Person and his Plays
Undeniably, Ireland has produced some of the finest creative writers in the history of the English language. From the Dean…
Artist of the Month – Keshet Zur
Poiesis, from the Ancient Greek: ποίησις meaning knowing by making, is ‘the activity in which a person brings something into…
A Composer’s Story
When I was sixteen I gave up learning the piano. In her report my music teacher (who had terminated my…
Poetry – Brendan McCormack
omeros is unforgiveable they come and they go fleeting wet bullets my bed has left me for another bed the…
The Bestseller that never existed
I first heard the story of Gene Shepherd after receiving a 46th rejection slip for my novel. Shepherd was a…
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…
An Open Letter to the Irish Supreme Court in Response to the Angela Kerins Decision
To My Fellow-Citizens in the Supreme Court, I write this letter because I think your decision in the Angela Kerins…
