A Poor Relation’s Rich Associations
A poor relation is the most irrelevant thing in nature, a piece of impertinent correspondence,…
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Gluttony, Gastronomy, and the Origins of ‘French’ Food
As French President, François Mitterrand enjoyed his fair share of sumptuous feasts in the haute…
No Comment: Schools Climate Strike
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Freedom of Speech in the Facebook Age
Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently called for more stringent Internet privacy and election laws saying,…
Cassandra’s Cultural Roundabout – May, 2019
Cassandra’s Cultural Roundabout is a light-hearted take on the cultural scene of Dublin and beyond,…
The Secret Model – Subtle Complaints
Entering the dragon’s den I arrive twenty minutes late for a casting, but it doesn’t…
‘Wooden Legs on Hens’ – The Ongoing Failure of the Restoration of the Irish Language
Last January, the Minister for Education, Joe McHugh, invited views from the public on the…
The Wrong End of Gun Karma
In the time it took him to close the three yards of separation between us,…
Cassandra Classics: ‘The Lottery’ (1948) by Shirley Jackson
At Cassandra Voices we believe in contrasting the original work of our contemporary contributors with…
A Confederacy of Vegetables
St. Helens University agronomy department was not the stuff of which headlines are made, but…
The Firstborn
_ I thought that I would read the beginning _ Of the last gospel, but…
Forest
Nightfalls. Creatures are on the move, Leaping, dancing, diving, digging, loving that’s the art of…
Musician of the Month – Paul Gilgunn
Over the past year I developed a musical work reflecting the precarious times we are…
Artist of the Month – Jota Castro
I feel Irish today, No decent future, maybe just money and a new distillery The…
A Spectre Worse than ‘Brexocide’ for the British Establishment
Fact is a poor story-teller. It starts a story at haphazard, generally long before 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…
Getting Growing
It was exciting to meet the enthusiasm at the inaugural meeting of Talamh Beo, a…
Could Southern Ireland Accommodate Unionist Culture?
Just a few years ago the prospect of Irish unity seemed remote. However, things are…
Bull Moose – A New Monthly Column from Across the Pond.
Bull Moose is a monthly bulletin discussing the politics and society of the United States.…
Early Days in RTÉ
Back in Dublin again, I was one of thirty, all-male trainees destined to become the…