After Repeal: Why I Turned Against the Abortion Movement
On Saturday the 2nd of July, I will be attending the annual all Ireland rally for life in Dublin. Only this will not be the first time I will be attending the march. I attended the same event over ten...
Escaping Irish Feminism
I was once a feminist – of the fourth wave variety. My activist ensemble consisted of a slogan t-shirt, leggings and Doc Marten boots. A rebuttal of my generation’s dichotomic embrace of Kardashian - like overt sexuality or Middleton-esque sedate...
Freedom Matters (But Some More Than Others)
Over the past month, the whole world has been bombarded by the shocking and heartbreaking images coming out of Ukraine since the invasion by Russian forces. We hoped it wouldn’t come to this but going by the increasingly aggravating behaviour...
Did Liberal Hubris Sink the West in Afghanistan?
Twenty years, $2.26 trillion dollars and just under 125,000 lives lost. That's how much time, money and lives the Afghan war has cost. The objective? To find and bring to justice, the Al - Qaeda terrorists who plotted and carried...
Ashling Murphy: Will Ireland Live Up to Harsh Truths?
Like everyone else, I was shaken and horrified at the brutal murder of young Irish woman Ashling Murphy in Tullamore, County Offaly last week. The fact that she was killed in broad daylight while out running along a popular and...
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...