I have no interest in going to the pub – I...
I’ve been teaching my daughter how to ride a bike on Dublin’s plague ridden streets. It was like a Japanese obstacle course. We spent...
Critical assessment on whether the integrity of climate science has been...
The age of scepticism
The ‘Royal Society’ which was born during meetings of scientific minds at London’s Gresham College in 1660 had a motto: ‘Nullius...
How can the transition to a low carbon economy and society...
Introduction
When air pollution in Dublin reached a 30 year high (O’Sullivan, 2020), it came as a stark reminder to Irish people that the repercussions...
Time to stop stalling and start doing
There’s a lot of chatter now about “sitting it out” these days.
But I’ve decided to defy this notion. It should not be encouraged. We’re...
Comedy in a time of Covid or have we had the...
Link to Article in Irish Independent
By the look of things, we’ve had the last laugh – for now, anyway. From what I can see,...
Lockdown parenting is a smugs game
It’s almost a year since our children were told to stay home for two weeks. Looking back, we can’t but laugh at our blissful...
The bucket list is growing, but can the planet afford it?
The vaccines are en route and though we're stuck in Groundhog Day 2021, plans are afoot for the bucket list. Come 2022, those who...
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...
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