
Is there a Doctor in the House?
Imagine if you will, a government that nobody actually voted for. A government with no opposition that legislates at the…

Covid-19 in Ireland: Landfall
In August of last year I wrote an article pointing to the impending consequence of the Irish government’s rolling lockdown…

Back in the DDR
It’s like living in East Germany Nowhere let open at night Incarcerated by mediocrity Mad I’d love a RyanAir flight…

Featured Artist: Imelda O’Reilly
Tumbling Towards Home is a short documentary, a coming of age story about Malcolm Adams, an Irish immigrant who moved to…

Musician of the Month: Judith Retzlik
One comment I hear most often is: “you are doing so many different things!” Followed by the inevitable question: “aren’t…

Poem: Note From The Organisers
Note From The Organisers Feel free to turn up (or not) wearing a full suit of armour, or a hat…

Chambí’s World: Martín Chambi (1891-1973)
Before Ireland’s third pandemic lockdown began, in December 2020, I paid a visit to my local library, in the hope…

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…

Irish Prison Reform Long Overdue
The degree of civilisation in a society can be judged by entering its prisons. Fyodor Dostoevsky, The House of the…