Ireland Ditches Coal
Ireland joins the ranks of other countries that have officially ditched coal, yes coal. Coal that 20th century power source that gave us global warming which too many places, like…
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Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Brian O’Boyle discusses how Ireland’s choice to act as a tax haven for the ultra-wealthy has done nothing to help its citizens. And…
Biden loses Ireland
The U.S. departed almost radically from an habitual practice on a resolution at a United Nations Security Council meeting Monday. It didn’t vote in Israel’s favour. The Council passed a…
Review: The Banshees of Inisherin
I had expected comedy. Maybe not laugh-aloud, rib-splitting stuff. Not slapstick and pratfalls. But humour of the British sort. Oscar-Wilde-ish witty dialogue. Banter like that from Fry and Laurie. Joycean…
An Open Letter from feminists in Ireland to the organizers of the “We Need to Talk Tour” [written in 2018]
We write as cisgender feminists in Ireland to the organisers of the ‘We Need To Talk’ speaking tour who plan to hold an event in Ireland in February . The…
The Ruins
Life and death were in the ruins. The old cottage was filled with a riot of primal green ferns and stinging nettles. The only bright… The post The Ruins appeared…
Charles In Charge
Well, it finally happened. The Queen of Canada died, at 96 years old. She passed a couple days ago at her Scotland estate, and I still haven’t heard a cause…
Why Would the UN General Assembly Elect Canada to the Security Council?
Prime Minister Trudeau has been hustling around the world, attempting to round up votes for Canada when the UN General Assembly elects members of the Security Council in June. Two…
Beach Washed Away in 1984, Returns
This is an interesting development for an Irish coastal town. Their beach was washed out to sea during storms in 1984, and this year without warning, it came back.
Women as answer to the priest problem
Father Brendan Hoban, a co-founder of the Association of Catholic Priests, is concerned about the state of the Church in his native Ireland. Very concerned indeed. He describes priests in…
Women as answer to the priest problem
Father Brendan Hoban, a co-founder of the Association of Catholic Priests, is concerned about the state of the Church in his native Ireland. Very concerned indeed. He describes priests in…
Ireland’s New Rising
Filed under: Europe, Eurozone crisis Tagged: Austerity, Eurozone Crisis, Ireland
Kevin Vickers: Hero or Embarrassment?
As you may or may not know, the Irish Republic is marking the 100th anniversary of the so-called Easter Rising. The brutal battle in the heart of Dublin, which eventually…
The Ruins — a new flash fiction at the Caesura Letters
I have a new flash fiction up this week at the Caesura Letters called The Ruins. It’s a different kind of piece — a meditation on the nature of Stoicism…
After Greece and Spain, the rise of anti-austerity in Ireland
After Greece and Spain, the rise of anti-austerity in Ireland. Filed under: Austerity Tagged: Austerity, Eurozone Crisis, Ireland
Ireland and the Amazing and Historic Struggle for Marriage Equality
A wonderful thing may be about to happen in Ireland in just a few days.Millions of people are preparing to take on the power of the Catholic Church, and some…
Capital, Labour, and the Eurozone Crisis
Most of the coverage regarding the Eurozone crisis has understandably focused on the politics of austerity. Less attention, however, has been paid to the longer term trends in the industrial…
Maria the ‘mystery’ Roma girl and Madeleine McCann… racist underside of news coverage
Maria posters and headline/Maria’s biological mother Sasha Ruseva A story from Greece about a four year-old ‘mystery girl’ named Maria has been making headlines in the mainstream media. Maria who…