All Cassandras Parties
In this benighted ‘Republic,’ spectral beggars haunt the streets of Dublin, soup kitchens multiply, and…
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The New Experiment in Gaeltacht Education
In 2016 the Department of Education and Skill’s outlined its latest scheme for Gaeltacht (designated…
Occupied Territories Bill: Government Defies Dáil Majority Leaving the Jaber Family to their Fate
On a crisp, sunny morning in Hebron in January of this year my friend Atta…
Artist of the Month: Gerard Dowling
What one leaves behind. I guess a lot of stuff. If over the last few…
Musician of the Month: Fin Divilly
Over seven years ago, I moved to an old house on Liffey Street having lived…
Visita de obra
No soy yo quien atraviesa estos valles prendidos de ocres, ni este el tren que…
Carbon Negative
One fine day all this will burn Strange but true The blue woods of Oregon…
You and Yours
It’s only a day’s walk north from Sana’a to Al Madid, in the province of…
No Comment: Istanbul Election Week
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Palestine – To Exist is to Resist
I have just returned from Hebron in the West Bank, a city where nearly sixty…
Bull Moose: Recalling Roe v. Wade in the face of Alabama’s ‘Human Protection Act’
Earlier this month Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed into law ‘The Alabama Human Protection Act’…
Brown Tide: Five Signs the Irish Government Could Not Give a Shit about the Environment
Recent Local and European elections witnessed an electoral Green Tide, especially in Dublin, where Ciaran…
Bull Moose – A Monthly Column from Across the Pond
Temperature Rising ‘Give them enough rope and they’ll hang themselves.’ That’s what a wise ex-colleague…
White American Pathology
We don’t discuss white America’s common pathology. What we’ve begun, within limits, are discussions on…
When Home is an Untouchable Beloved
The cruellest aspect of protracted displacement is a descent into the realms of collective forgetfulness,…
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…
No Comment: London New and Old
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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…