George Monbiot’s Hall of Mirrors
In 2010, having advocated for veganism in 2002, George Monbiot wrote: ‘I was wrong about…
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Walking at Night
Night Walking Deserves a Quiet Night I’ve always walked alone in the city after dark.…
The Good Terrorist
Even if these operations are shocking revelations to those who have a romantic notion of…
Notes from a Segregated Island
Your antennae are up months before it comes. You’ve gotten to the point where, if…
In the Blink of an Eye
In the blink of an eye everything can change in the way we live our…
Anger at Hillary Clinton’s Appointment at Queen’s University in Belfast
A protest organised by Lasair Dhearg, and involving representatives from People Before Profit and Academics…
Is This Where We Are Heading?
As a journalist, I receive a variety of emails, Facebook messages and text messages almost…
Watering Down the Vodka
In response to COVID-19: how are we to explain people drawing starkly differing conclusions from…
Palestine: What happens when the violence ends?
Self-defence, blood lust, ethnic cleansing, disproportionate response, mowing the lawn, genocide, death from the sky.…
Al-Quds: the Red Line
Al-Quds (‘the holy sanctuary’), Jerusalem is the red line for the Palestinian people, the wider…
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…
A Few Good Men and Women
In the wake of the murder by a police officer of the unfortunate Sarah Everard,…
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…
Vaccination: A Matter of Trust, with Caveats
The palpable relief being felt by many over the accelerating approvals of apparently safe and…
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…
Game Over: American Democracy in Tatters
The death of Ruth Bader Ginsberg signals the death knell of the tradition of liberal…
The Shelbourne’s Moving Statues
Editor’s Note: On Monday 26th of July the luxury 5-star Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin removed…