“If I die I know the fruit will exceed the cost a thousand fold.”
The world is placing all its chips on one outcome when it comes to climate change, writes CLARE FRANCES, but ignoring the obvious question
United Nations votes to expel the Chinese Nationalist ruled Taiwan and admit the People’s Republic of China
Mary Harrington’s scorching polemic urges us to rediscover feminism’s reactionary potential.
“Run” (润) has been one of the hottest words in the Chinese language since 2021. A clever wordplay on both the Chinese pronunciation and English meaning of the word, “run” refers to the recent trend of emigrating from an increasingly restrictive and authoritarian China for greener pastures overseas. This emigration wave, which began shortly after […]
Phelim Roe O’Neill or Féilim Rua Ó Néill – was an Irish leader, from the famous O’Neill family, who led the Irish Rebellion of 1641 in Ulster on 23 October when the Irish rebels attacked Protestant plantation settlements and took garrison towns held by the Irish Army. The Plantation of Ulster was the organised colonisation […]
There is more than one way forward
The Land League was founded by Michael Davitt and others
It was composed “early in 1910 or late in 1909”, words by Peadar Kearney
After serving 15 years in prison, the “Guildford Four” – Gerard Conlon, Patrick Armstrong, Carole Richardson and Paul Hill – are released for the wrongful conviction of the Guildford pub bombings in 1974. It is considered to be one of the biggest-ever miscarriages of justice in Britain. During the trial of the “Balcombe Street […]
King Ferdinand II of Aragon married Queen Isabella I of Castille on this day, October 19th, 1469. The marriage unified the two Kingdoms into one, creating the Kingdom of Spain, which exists to this day. As you can see in the map above, at the time of the the marriage, modern Spain was divided in […]
The author is a Northern Irish businessman, based in South County Dublin. In view of his location, the Editor has chosen to withhold his name for his own safety.