The problems of Palestine and Northern Ireland share a common origin in the decline of the British empire after the First World War. In the early 1920s the British imposed half-baked solutions on both Continue reading
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Bizarre Love Triangle: James Joyce, Samuel Beckett and Lucia Joyce
Did Beckett seduce Lucia Joyce? Did she seduce him? Was the relationship all in her head? Was it consummated? And history’s difficulty is the author’s opportunity, Continue reading
Tim Mawe on Irish Distinction
I can’t think of many places where you might find Flann O’Brien cheek by jowl with Ange Postecoglou, Sr Liguori and Lord Craigavon’s tour of the Antipodes.’ Continue reading
It’s Time: Leo Varadkar Resigns as Taoiseach
At 38 years of age, Varadkar was Ireland’s youngest taoiseach. He was also its first mixed-race premier, its first government leader not to be a practising Catholic, and its first openly gay head of government. Continue reading
Brigidfest 2024
St.Brigid is now commemorated by so many events worldwide. I Continue reading
Pummelled by Mother-Love
Soldier Sailor is the kind of book I’d have devoured as a first-time and very bewildered mother navigating the new regime of extreme highs and lows of mother-love. Continue reading
What’s On in April and Beyond
A Booklaunch in Adelaide, Music, Dance, a workshop and concert by Master Fiddle Player Gerry O’Connor Continue reading
Is Cillian Murphy the new Daniel Day Lewis?
Cillian Murphy able to deliver transformative performances… Continue reading
On Re-reading Alexis Wright’s Carpentaria
A Literary Feature by Frances Devlin-Glass I recently took the plunge and taught for the first time a novel I’ve been reading and writing about since it first came out in 2006 (one of the earliest essays was for Táin, predecessor to Tinteán in 2006, the year of publication of Carpentaria). Since first writing on it, … Continue reading
What’s On in March and beyond
Lots to see and do in the coming weeks. Continue reading