In the Blink of an Eye
In the blink of an eye everything can change in the way we live our…
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Musician of the Month: Marie Awadis
I still don’t know musically where I belong. Being classically trained as a pianist, but…
The Black Hand Cafe
My ear is pressed up against the past as if to the wall of a…
The Most Natural Thing in the World (I)
Build me a cabin in Utah Marry me a wife, catch rainbow trout Have a…
The Zenith of Pessoa
In how many garrets and non-garrets of the world Are self-convinced geniuses at this moment…
Musician of the Month: Justina Jaruševičiūtė
I sit at the piano and a melody flows smoothly from my mind. I think…
Towards the Brink of the Cataract
Unaware of the roaring cataract ahead, a small boy splashes in the dark river named…
Addressing the Viewer
What do I want from you? Why do I write this text? Is it because…
A Solution to the Housing Crisis
The penny drops as I listen to RTE’s Liveline. There’s a highly articulate woman in…
Watering Down the Vodka
In response to COVID-19: how are we to explain people drawing starkly differing conclusions from…
The Significance of Religion in the World
Midway upon the journey of our life I found myself within a forest dark, For…
Musician of the Month: Alain Servant
Two months ago, after releasing my new album, Songs & Stories,Vol 1, I asked Irish…
Housing: Enshrining the Gambler
To understand the origins of the Irish Housing Crisis we also need to look beyond…
Ireland: The Lipsticked Pig
On February 15th, 2021, John Buckley McQuaid, released an album of original songs about Ireland,…
Musician of the Month: Éamonn Cagney
I realised that I really like writing through doing this, and that there’s plenty more…
Interview: Belfast on the Twelfth
In interview with Daniele Idini, photographer Graham Martin reveals he was drawn to cover the…
The Daymaker
For my Aunt Josie. Mamma died today, last year, at this very hour. I took…
A Grá for the Language
An grá is an gráin, say these two words out loud, say them out loud…
Could Ivermectin End the Pandemic?
The bacterium streptomyces avermitilis was discovered by Satoshi Omura at the Kitasato Institute in Japan…
Covid-19: The View from Turkey
On March 11th, 2020 the first case of Covid-19 was diagnosed in Turkey, followed by…