According to the United Nations Human Development Index, Irish people enjoy the second-highest quality of life worldwide, and the country is ranked 12th in the 2024 Social Progress Index. Continue reading
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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
Napoleon’s Irish Doctor
O’Meara later wrote a series of letters and a book titled Napoleon in Exile, published in two volumes in 1822 about his time with Napoleon. Continue reading
New activities to see in Dublin: a traveller’s tale
It had been many, many, years since my sister and I had been upstairs on a double decker bus. Just holding on to the two side bars on the steps going up was enough to bring back memories of running up those steps as teenagers and of boys using them to swing down without touching the steps, to the annoyance of the bus conductor. Continue reading
Cúinne Dátheangach Bilingual Corner
all public bodies are now obliged to do at least 20% of their annual advertising in Irish and to spend 5% of their advertising budgets on advertising in Irish in the Irish language media. Continue reading
WHERE WE CAME FROM AND WHERE WE ARE GOING
Three books set in NI where we meet survivors of the terror and the rise of Sinn Fein. Continue reading
What’s On in March and beyond
Lots to see and do in the coming weeks. Continue reading
Stormont Restored
Stormont’s new Nationalist First Minister installed. Continue reading
SIX NATIONS 2024: IRELAND OFF TO A FLYER
The Men’s Six Nations 2024: A tipper’s nightmare, a rugby lover’s delight. Continue reading
Prospects for a United Ireland
The Good Friday Agreement stipulates that the Northern Ireland Secretary should only call for a plebiscite on Irish unity when it would likely succeed…. Continue reading
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