Himself and the Bicycle
Sure, he was only a little lad of 4ft 10ins. Little Paddy, I called him.…
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Free Public Transport is Public Good Deliverable for Dublin (2019)
In contrast to other major European cities, Dublin has few rail- or tram- lines. Instead,…
Mental Disharmony and the Instagram Mask
A dim, rainy afternoon in August. This summer was not meant to be warm. We…
An Open Letter to the Irish Supreme Court in Response to the Angela Kerins Decision
To My Fellow-Citizens in the Supreme Court, I write this letter because I think your…
George
Yesterday, I met George. Several times before I’d seen him working on my corner, where…
Culchies – An Excerpt from ‘A Monk Manqué’
In the mid-1990s Seosamh O Cuaig and I were filming a programme for TG4 in…
Dubliners Deserve Better Than Bus Connects
Under normal circumstances, developing a bus network should confer great benefits on a city: it…
A User’s Guide to ‘Sail-Rail’ with Bicycle and Opportunities on the Dublin-London Route
Sail-Rail passage between Dublin and London currently takes about eight hours – but could be…
Spain’s Grand Inquisitors Send Out an ‘Indisputable Message’
Repost… The year is 1500 and Jesus Christ returns – to the city of Seville…
Waiting for Colonel Ghaddafi
I was pretty sure I was going to die, sooner rather than later, one midsummer’s…
A Poor Relation’s Rich Associations
A poor relation is the most irrelevant thing in nature, a piece of impertinent correspondence,…
Freedom of Speech in the Facebook Age
Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently called for more stringent Internet privacy and election laws saying,…
The Secret Model – Subtle Complaints
Entering the dragon’s den I arrive twenty minutes late for a casting, but it doesn’t…
HEY POCKY WAY
In the year of our Lord 2019, what remained engrained was an émigré from the…
HAP-less – Addressing the Needs of Homeless in Temporary Accommodation
Brilliant white cinder-block walls and pastel-coloured floors. In between, lightweight partition walls carve up what…
Early Days in RTÉ
Back in Dublin again, I was one of thirty, all-male trainees destined to become the…
My Grandmother’s Life Under the Third Reich and Behind the Iron Curtain
Irene H. Going into your house, I sat in the conservatory waiting for the door…
The Limits of Law
‘What is law?’ This is a fundamental question posed at the outset of any course…
‘Wild Law’ is the Path of Natural Justice
“every member of the Earth Community has three inherent rights: the right to be, to habitat, and to fulfil its role in the ever-renewing processes of the Earth community.”