Our Barmy Bread
The appeal of exotic cuisines and esoteric diets has done little to diminish bread’s status…
Browsing: Society
Crappy Sleeper
I have a story for all kinds of weird sleep-related shenanigans. Walking, talking, singing, dancing,…
Mother and Baby Home ‘Whitewash’ Compounds Victims’ Torture
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious…
Roll Model: Dervla Murphy
Dervla Murphy’s father was one of Pádraig Pearse’s patriots. Schooled in St Enda’s, aged eighteen…
Christmas Traditions Old and New
Ostensibly, Christmas is the occasion when Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ; its origins,…
Nobody told me there’d be days like these
Lockdown measures remind me of the prescription of anti-depressants and other psychiatric medicines. They are…
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…
Tea for Two
Delighted, I hold in my hand, one of only three known photographs of meself as…
Where have all the Lefties Gone?
Revolution? Really! Lately there seems to be something very right-wing about being on the ‘Left’.…
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…
I Do Not Consent
I didn’t particularly want to write this article. I didn’t want to get involved in…