Covid-19: A New Irish Social Contract?
Surveying the demise of the Celtic Tiger, Fintan O’Toole devoted an opening essay ‘‘Do you…
Browsing: Current Affairs
Palestine: What happens when the violence ends?
Self-defence, blood lust, ethnic cleansing, disproportionate response, mowing the lawn, genocide, death from the sky.…
Ireland and Colombia: the Coal Connection
Most Irish people could not imagine what links their country with Colombia, or even the…
Al-Quds: the Red Line
Al-Quds (‘the holy sanctuary’), Jerusalem is the red line for the Palestinian people, the wider…
Belfast’s Broken Record Crackles On
There is a strong impression of the same old story of the Troubles in Belfast,…
Old Headscarf
At thirty-two, after decades of sporting a headscarf, I abandoned the practice and exposed my…
Mandatory Hotel Quarantine Alienates Immigrant Communities
Never before have I felt so far from my country of origin as when I…
Rule of Law Backsliding in Rogue EU States
This is an abridged interview with jurist Laurent Pech, Professor of European Law, Jean Monnet…
Brazil’s Pandemic Reaches Crisis Point
At the beginning of the pandemic, the Paraisópolis Favela Residents Association (G10 Favelas) hired a…
A Few Good Men and Women
In the wake of the murder by a police officer of the unfortunate Sarah Everard,…
The Terrible Truth about Sarah Everard
Even after six days listening to the outpourings of grief, shock, and rage, about the…
Policing Must Return to First Principles
The Garda Síochána will succeed, not by force of arms or numbers, but by their…
Is there a Doctor in the House?
Imagine if you will, a government that nobody actually voted for. A government with no…
ZeroCovid’s Neoconservative Traits
So-called ‘ZeroCovid’ is a ‘zero-tolerance’ approach to the virus, promising to eliminate community transmission in…
Matt Talbot and the ‘Theology of Incarceration’
The Final Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes has unleased…
Vaccination: A Matter of Trust, with Caveats
The palpable relief being felt by many over the accelerating approvals of apparently safe and…
The Mad King’s Final Stand
“If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed … and we will deserve it,” Lindsey…
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…
Irish Government Requires Additional Insights
On April 28th Fintan O’Toole brought a telling revelation to light in an article entitled,…
Covid-19: What is in a Name?
In Plato’s dialogue ‘Cratylus,’ Socrates and his friends Cratylus and Hermogenes discuss the issue of…