Looking Back on Lockdown
With lockdown actively under consideration in some European states once again, including Ireland, we look…
Browsing: Society & Culture
‘If we winter this one out, we can summer anywhere’
2019 was a great year for me, my first book was published and had a…
Cuba Libre! At Home with Ronan Sheehan
Last week Andrea Reynell met renowned Irish man-of-letters Ronan Sheehan in his Dublin home. They…
The Rise of the Machines
‘Hey Siri, how will AI impact the Future of Work?’ If you have already worked…
The Horse That Kicks
For Daniel and Others ‘Is Heroin still a thing in Dublin?’ The academic, and Professor…
The New Abnormal
The pandemic has changed life as we know it. We are dealing with the ‘New…
Michael McNamara: “It’s About Society”
In an impassioned speech at the ghostly Convention Centre currently housing Dáil Éireann, Michael McNamara…
WARNING: The (Open) Secret lives of Content Moderators
Tick Yes or No: ‘I understand the content I will be reviewing may be disturbing.…
BREAK AN EXIT VI: Hmong Jamón — or the end of the Catalonely
Liberation For the first time since landing I’m allowed to travel the country. My plans…
Government Precautions: An Unethical Human Experiment
Sensory Deprivation It’s been difficult finding the words to express my worsening mood and deepening…
B9: Life in a Louisiana Care Home’s Covid-19 Cluster
A New Roommate Even before the sheriff issued his notice that you had to be…
Sé Merry Doyle: James Joyce – Reluctant Groom
Andrea Reynell caught up with renowned documentary filmmaker Sé Merry Doyle to discuss his new…
Tea for Two
Delighted, I hold in my hand, one of only three known photographs of meself as…
Break an Exit V – The Arson Bells
[email protected] Mumruinho has made it. My sister managed to sneak a pack of menthols into…
Where have all the Lefties Gone?
Revolution? Really! Lately there seems to be something very right-wing about being on the ‘Left’.…
Freedom’s Just Another Word
I left a depressed New York city following the surprise election of Donald Trump in…
Covid-19: are we really all in this together?
Introduction What I don’t find nice, and I really don’t need, is people clapping. I…
Happy Birthday Mr Yeats
In Ireland literary deities hover over us like U.S. Presidents carved into Mount Rushmore. It…
Photo Desk: Black Lives Matter Sligo Protest June 5th 2020
Around 200 people gathered in front of Sligo City Hall this Friday afternoon. The majority…