Is the Irish Art Sector Worth Saving?
The past twenty months have not been easy for the Arts. It was one of the first sectors to close completely almost overnight when the Covid 19 pandemic spread across the world. Now it’s one of the last to finally...
The Slipped Mask: Have Irish Elites Shown Real Face With Covid?
I almost managed to convince myself not to write a piece about Covid and the ensuing pandemic. Alas, I have been compelled to. For it seems that in being forced to wear a mask, we have seen the masks of...
Review: The Hunt – A Hollywood Movie with A Conservative Hero
SPOILER ALERT! IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN ‘THE HUNT’ (2020), YOU MAY NOT WISH TO READ ON. One thing I really miss about life post lockdown are the Arts. On a regular basis I would go to the cinema or theatre...
The Attack on Homeschooling is an Attack on Families
Earlier last month, Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Bartholet decided to come out and call for a ban on home-schooling. Right in the middle of a global pandemic where millions of parents have found themselves having to do just that. To...
What makes Hillary Clinton or her daughter an authority on “gutsy women”?
Ever since losing the US Presidency to Donald Trump back in 2016, Hillary Clinton has been keeping herself busy. Tweeting out against her former opponent’s administration. Speaking at various functions and junkets all around the world. Writing a couple of...
Why I Left the Left
Even as I start to write this article, I feel that the title of it is slightly misleading. To paraphrase Ronald Reagan, who when asked why he left the Democratic Party to become a Republican, replied “I didn’t leave the...
The Sex Industry Debate: Individual Rights vs Society
‘My body, my choice’ and ‘my life, my decision.’ These are slogans that we have heard or even uttered ourselves for decades. But when it comes to matters such as prostitution, pornography, and other roles in the adult entertainment industry,...
It’s Misogyny That’s Toxic, Not Masculinity
Last October, a joint report by the New York Times and the New Yorker ousted Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein as a prolific rapist and sexual harasser that committed several grave offences over a staggering thirty-year period. Famous actresses from Ashley...