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Bubble by David Harris
Poetry by David Harris Bubble All those questions.The woman is nice enoughBut she asks me questions.Couldn’t answer one. Here’s another–‘Do you know where you are?’At last, success.‘Of course I know.’‘I’m here.’ Not ‘In the clinic…’ or ‘In the ambulance…’but ‘here’.Beautiful in simplicityand truth. ‘Here’. It follows me, surrounds me,I am in an ever-present wrapping of‘here’. … Continue reading
A Man of Honour
He was the new face of Fine Gael, a man who would remove the word Blue Shirt from Irish politics. Then came the whistleblower … Continue reading
Through Her Eyes: a history of Ireland in 21 women
Telling an Irish history through the lives of 21 women. Continue reading
ISAANZ 24 conference, 2019 Foregrounding Irish Women
Papers will range from Irish orphan stories, Mary Lee, women in the 1916 Rising and conscription, Irish nuns and identity, chain migration, women in World War 1, through to the 20th century ‘Troubles’ and abortion reform and neonatal deaths. Continue reading
HARD POUNDING, GENTLEMEN
Brexit creeps closer Comment by Sean Farrell ‘When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight it concentrates his mind wonderfully.’ The Brexit Endgame is approaching, with prospects all round ranging from unpalatable to disastrous so Dr Johnson’s remark seems appropriate, certainly in Ireland’s case. Boris Johnson (no relation of Dr Samuel) … Continue reading
From the Papers
She decided where her daughter should go to school. She did not tell the child’s father. Continue reading
The Irish in Australian Fiction
The Irish character in Australian literature is often introduced by a piece of dialogue that confirms the character’s origins. Continue reading
Dublin Museum as the World’s Leading Tourist Attraction?
EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum is in contention to be named the World’s Leading Tourist Attraction at prestigious World Travel Awards Continue reading
Upcoming lecture on Brexit
The European Union seems to be constantly in crisis Continue reading