Review: Notes from an Apocalypse
‘We are alive in a time of worst-case scenarios. The world we have inherited seems…
Browsing: Science & Environment
Diary of Pandemic Doctor: Nursing Home Chaos
It’s Saturday morning and I stand exhausted in line for my weekly shop, having left…
To the Ends of the Earth: Earth Day 50 Years On
Fifty years ago today, more than twenty million people took to the streets in towns…
Underlying Conditions Exacerbate Covid-19 Pandemic
Pressing Pause In the grip of serious illness anyone but an obtuse contrarian seeks medical…
Diary of a Pandemic Doctor Part 2
No one will want to read this, as this is about death. As we sit,…
Diary of a Pandemic Doctor Part 1
Tonight I walked to the sea in the dark. The city streets were empty except…
Coronavirus: a Silver Lining?
My colleagues are working flat out these days. After seeing our list of patients, we…
Psychedelic Therapy – “Love is the Glue”
Editor’s Note: Previously Frank Armstrong reviewed Michael Pollan’s journey through the use of psychedelics. Here…
Irish Media’s Business Model Brings Climate Inaction
Following a global trend since the arrival of the Internet, mainstream Irish media, including the…
Compost Hill
Few among the crowds walking down Thomas Street will know there is a hidden garden…
Brown Tide: Five Signs the Irish Government Could Not Give a Shit about the Environment
Recent Local and European elections witnessed an electoral Green Tide, especially in Dublin, where Ciaran…
Getting Growing
It was exciting to meet the enthusiasm at the inaugural meeting of Talamh Beo, a…
Fine Gael’s Habitat Denial
The idea of home is a recurring Irish preoccupation – níl aon tinteán mar do…
The Path of Pollen and the Seed Facilitators Way
The path of pollen: the lovers’ tale between bee and flower. Once upon a time,…
How Irish Propaganda Operates III – the Inversion of the Food Pyramid
How Irish Propaganda Operates Part I (HIPO I) identifies an ‘essential constituency’ of farmers, which…
It is Time to Change the Environmental Story
There will ultimately occur conflagration of the whole world … nothing will remain but fire,…
Animal Proteins Make Cancers Grow No Matter What the Original Cause
The possibility of an association existing between animal protein and cancer goes back at least…
Sprawl: the Origins of Dublin’s Car Dependency
During the 1990s the Irish state achieved economic lift-off, with almost double-digit growth each year.…
What We Learn On Psychedelics
At a festival recently I fell into the company of an exuberant character in his…