Escape to Germany is a peaceful break from Covid mania
The German word “Inselkoller” - the feeling you get when you’re on an island for too long and slowly lose your mind - may...
Time footballers tackled morality of going to Qatar
Euro 2020 caught us by surprise in terms of exhilaration, potent sensations and pure excitement. We expected nothing, we got titillation and togetherness.
Desperate for...
Environmentalism tends to be a middle-class phenomenon- how to broaden its...
Described as ‘tree huggers’ and “unco-operative crusties” (Johnson B, 2019), middle class environmentalists, activists and policymakers have been accused of “failing to understand and...
When it comes to vaccines, mothers don’t always know best
“Mother knows best” is an expression born from our high ranking position in society. As head of the family, we are nurturers and educators...
Generally speaking, women don’t like football..but let’s not blame men
“You have to see it to be it,” Neil Armstrong said when he walked on the moon. “If It weren’t for that other guy...
Doodle Kennelly Obituary
Link to article in Sunday Independent
‘The best way to serve the age is to betray it”, a line from Brendan Kennelly’s epic poem Book of...
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...
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My manifesto: the 20s must be roaring, not boring
Link to article in Sunday Independent here
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