Requiem for a Profession
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OPLA: An Oireachtas within the Oireachtas
Since my last article detailing the manner in which the Office of Parliamentary Legal Advisor…
Irish Prison Service Whistleblower: The Strange Story of Sean O’Brien
To meet ex-prison officer Sean O’Brien for the first time I drove through a sparse…
OPLA Erodes Irish Democracy
The Office on the Parliamentary Legal Advisor (OPLA) was placed on a statutory footing in…
Guglielmo Marconi’s Irish Connections
The life of Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi, has been celebrated on two primary occasions in…
Varadkar Leak: Broaden the Investigation
The ongoing criminal investigation into an alleged breach by Tánaiste Leo Varadkar – while Taoiseach…
Walking at Night
Night Walking Deserves a Quiet Night I’ve always walked alone in the city after dark.…
One Irish Son’s Journey
It was one of those frequent blustery evenings, Wednesday May 18th, 2011. I was driving…
Irish Housing: Historic Roots of a Crisis
As a UCD undergraduate I recall Professor Tom Bartlett likening Irish history to a pint…
Interview: Belfast on the Twelfth
In interview with Daniele Idini, photographer Graham Martin reveals he was drawn to cover the…
Covid-19: A New Irish Social Contract?
Surveying the demise of the Celtic Tiger, Fintan O’Toole devoted an opening essay ‘‘Do you…
Unenumerated Constitutional Rights Erode Irish Democracy
When the Federal Convention of 1878 had completed its work on the U.S. Constitution in…
Irish Media’s Business Model Brings Climate Inaction
Following a global trend since the arrival of the Internet, mainstream Irish media, including the…
How Irish Propaganda Operates
THE LONG READ: Ireland is neither a totalitarian state, nor even a dictatorship. Nonetheless, the…
An Irish Poet Attains Greatness
I am sticking my neck out to declare: Micheal O’Siadhail’s book-length poem, The Five Quintets, is…
The Key Change to Fix the Irish Constitution
The Harp needs more than tuning. The single most important and useful change we should…