Charity, Privatisation and Body Counts
The common denominator between charities and private service providers is that they all live off…
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Name-Calling and the Fall of the West
The cultural commentator Konstantin Kisin said recently in a podcast that the left had destroyed…
Kneecapped at Coachella
Kneecap caused a stir at Coachella this year—though you wouldn’t know it from the official…
Fearful Times, and Canada
On Tuesday last I had an email from the Chancellor of UMass Lowell, where I…
The Powerful Nature of Addiction
Back in 2016, I was embarking on a road towards sobriety after nearly eighteen years…
Ode to the Sausage Roll
In George Orwell’s 1939 novel Coming Up For Air, at the beginning of chapter 4,…
America The Bisected
Like most of us, I spent the past week in a state of deep reflection…
Ireland’s Toxic Culture of Omertà
Recently walking into a garage to pay for diesel, I scanned the news stand, as…
‘Oppie’
So White Supremacist, U.S. Senator, Lindsay Graham, visiting Israel last week, called for nuclear Armageddon…
The Politics of the Last Announcement
In December the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (IFAC) published a comparatively critical review of the…
Anatomy of Disgust – Northern Irish Style
This piece is not intended to provoke. It is more a look at the way…
Local Government Falls Short
Long ago I read a wry assertion that local government in Ireland is ‘central government…
Re-Imagining Dublin Port
I’m a filmmaker and Kerry based farmer, currently on a residency at the Fire Station…
Why is the U.S. Supporting Israel?
As we witness the barbaric bombing of Gaza by Israel, and as the deaths and…
The End of RTÉ’s “Drive Time” Omertá
And so, the omertà as to the RTÉ personnel getting ‘freebie’ cars has finally broken.…
RTÉ: Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams
The significance of Joe Duffy (Liveline, June 26, 2023) insisting that Ryan Tubridy (from 12.30)…
Regulating Online Safety: Ireland v. U.K.
U.K. lawmakers, unlike their Irish counterparts, are currently agonising over the Online Safety Bill 2023.…
The Dying Nerve of the Liberal Class
Outrage is the currency of the times. Nearly everyone in New York City and a…
Requiem for a Profession
We are sodden with fake news, hyped-up and incomplete information, and false assertions delivered non-stop…
The Cruel End Result of the Affair
In the wake of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s extraordinary gaffe in Washington the day before Paddy’s…