The Spanish philosopher Leonardo Polo (1926-2013) is not well known in the English-speaking world, and even if he were, his work is challenging for the lay reader. However, his ideas on what it means to be a free human being have inspired many students of philosophy, including Dutch university teacher Daniel Bernardus, who has, in this challenging year […]
Kerry TD, Danny Healy-Rae has an interesting proposal for people who are failing to isolate after returning to Ireland from abroad. Last week, it was revealed that over a third of passengers arriving Dublin Airport in a six-day period did not fill out a form confirming where they would be staying in Ireland – and […]
There’s a very simple solution to this problem, of course. If someone won’t tell the authorities where they’re going to be staying for the next few weeks, the state should flip the table and tell them where they’ll be staying for the next few weeks: Arbour Hill Prison. Or, if you’re not an authoritarian right […]
Eavan Boland, who was one of Ireland’s best-loved poets, has died in her home in Dublin, aged 75. Boland was a pioneering figure in Irish poetry and was Professor of Humanities and Director of the Creative Writing Programme at Stanford University from 1996 to her death. Widely published and studied, one of her best-known poems […]
Milan is in the grip of an epidemic. Towns have been quarantined. Public gatherings have been cancelled. The streets are empty. Public officials try to dampen mounting hysteria. Dark rumours are circulating. Hospital wards are overflowing. The coronavirus? No, the Great Plague of 1630 in which perhaps a million (1,000,000) people died. Seventeen (17) have died so […]