The Rise of the Machines
‘Hey Siri, how will AI impact the Future of Work?’ If you have already worked…
Browsing: Society
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’.…
Enforcing Environmental Rights
Introduction However scant the support provided by the legal process, as a lawyer I am…
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…
Leaving Certificate Under Lockdown
Today is a better day, with the roof of my home intact and my family…
Porto Under Lockdown
Antiga, Mui Nobre, Sempre Leal e Invicta, the city of Porto, a place so magical,…
A Voice from the Cocoon
Here’s Mr Pip, aged parent”, said Wemmick, and I wish you could hear his…
Jonathan Sumption on Law and Politics
In his recent book, Trials of the State Law and the Decline of Politics, (Profile…
The Legal Challenge of Preventing Future Misinfodemics in the Age of Digital Activism
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the world has seen a deluge of misleading advice, false rumours,…
Never Such a Meal
Years ago, arriving late one evening in Ostende by train – always my favourite means…
Vigilance Required Against ‘Seepage’ of Emergency Legislation in Ireland
On Thursday 19th of March, the Dáil passed emergency legislation in response to the Covid-19…