When will Micheál Martin’s epitaph be written?
Last November, in one of his final outings as Taoiseach, Micheál Martin delivered the annual…
Browsing: Current Affairs
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…
Greece: An Accident Waiting to Happen
Public anger has erupted over a lack of political accountability in the wake of the…
OPLA: An Oireachtas within the Oireachtas
Since my last article detailing the manner in which the Office of Parliamentary Legal Advisor…
Privatisation is the Enemy
When writing about JobPath in 2016 I attempted to articulate something disturbing I had seen…
Climate Change: What’s Driving us Crazy?
Down to Earth: Politics in the New Climactic Regime (2018) by the recently deceased French…
Covid-19 in Ireland: Why and How?
Did you a struggle to understand and navigate your way through events surrounding our response…
Nurse Amy Gallagher Takes Woke to Court
Amy Gallagher, nurse and psychotherapist, has initiated legal proceedings against Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust…
OPLA Erodes Irish Democracy
The Office on the Parliamentary Legal Advisor (OPLA) was placed on a statutory footing in…
Dust in your Eyes: War and its Image
The bomb might be dropped any time soon now, apparently. The end of all ends,…
Podcast: Brazilian Election Special
Fellipe Lopes joins Frank Armstrong to discuss the results of the first round of the…
“Shameless” Women of Iran Unite
Maryam was just a child when one day her parents left her at home alone…
Podcast: Italian Election Special
In our latest podcast Frank Armstrong is joined by Massimiliano Galli and Daniele Idini to…
Maasai Forced off Land by UAE Royals
Forcing indigenous peoples off ancestral lands to create so-called Gardens of Eden, pasture for grazing,…
The Best Neoliberal Country in Europe
Ireland is the bloated sow that kills its young. The best little neoliberal country in…
A Greek Watergate Unfolds
A phone surveillance scandal targeting journalists and a prominent politician has been simmering for some…
Italy: Is Super Mario’s Party Over?
Mario Draghi’s ‘technocratic’ government has fallen, or so we’ve heard. Now it feels like we…
Varadkar off the Hook: Questions Remain
In response to allegations made against then Taoiseach Leo Varadkar which appeared in Village Magazine,…