The season of ill will is upon us…where is the love?
If we weren’t officially entering into the season to be jolly, I’d mistaken it for the winter of spite.
Tetchiness, rudeness, ignorance disguised as wisdom,...
Animals need to be secure in their habitat. Even humane adoptive...
During my last visit to Dublin Zoo, I stopped by the rhino enclosure to admire their horns. Worth around €60,000 per kilo on the...
The tide has turned on our relationship with the sea
The waters around Ireland are enjoying an epic and historic invasion.
Not by rugged Norsemen on longboats, but by their native people, who have re-ignited...
Can Irish people be ‘reigned in’ till Christmas?
If you told someone who dabbles in cocaine that their fun times are fuelling murder and bloodshed along the supply chain nexus, would they...
We need to make Dublin’s outdoor offerings winter friendly
I’ve just entered the ‘virtual’ Dublin Marathon 2020.
It was a random decision, perpetuated by pandemic induced boredom. I won’t be running, just walking, but...
Conspiracy theorists are trying to lead us to very dark places,...
Link to Ireland in Independent here
Anyone noticed a surge in conspiracy theorists of late? Masks taking away our civil liberties, celebrity paedophiles rings, Bill...
We have a duty to save our banter culture from Covid-19...
In a strange twist, the Viking invasion of Ireland in 795 AD and Covid-19 have more things in common than their respective plundering of...
Climbing the Sturrall and why I had nothing to worry about
Original article in Sunday Times here
When someone tells you “a five-year-old can do it”, there is generally no need for concern. When I watch...
A 1,500% SURGE in child abuse and it’s probably under-counted: the...
Original article in Rt.com here
Covid-19 quarantine has exposed youngsters to severe abuse, neglect and isolation. As horrifying reports start to emerge, we need to...
Party is over for now.. so there’s no point in flogging...
"I'm done with the coronavirus. Over it," I heard this week. "Why do I have to wait till August 10 to go on the...
Give our youth purpose to end pure badness
You'd have to feel sorry for the kids who gathered in Stephen's Green in Dublin for a mini 'illegal rave' on the hottest day...
Lockdown has sealed the long march to equality working mothers have...
After years of heated debate about equality in the workplace, Covid-19 could be the change women needed.
Lockdown may soon be a distant anecdote, but...
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