8 Ways Not to Get Mugged in Ireland
Twenty-seven thousand pedestrians use the Liffey Bridge—also known as the Ha’penny Bridge—on an average day in Dublin. In other words, it’s a terrible place to execute a successful mugging. Also, last...
View ArticleOut of the Wreckage
A child misunderstands her father. It is a theme close to my heart right now, and Ethel Rohan’s story plays with what Stella can and cannot know, a must with narrators as “unreliable” (in this case,...
View ArticleYou Said This I…
You Said This Is Not Godot I, unvanished janitor in the men’s room, Have scoured my email six days now, But my email is emptier than five bottles of Guinness Consumed by a tippler in a pub in Dublin,...
View ArticleFunktionslust: What The Hell Is It?
Prompted by the death of NBA player Dwayne Schintzius, Liam Day looks back on his own life and wonders if could ever have been as bold as the man in the mullet. Dwayne Schintzius died last week. That...
View ArticleShould Boys Be Allowed to Play Girls’ Sports?
It’s all fun and games until someone is the wrong gender – as is the case with a 13 year-old boy who wants to play girls’ field hockey. A few weeks ago 13 year-old Keeling Pilaro was kicked off...
View ArticleTop 5 Beers on Tap
Jamie Reidy ranks his Top 5 beers on tap, a.k.a. draft, a.k.a. draught. Yesterday, I posted my Top 5 beers in a can. Talk about controversy! I forgot to mention that my number one choice is always...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to Gen X Dads
DeLani Bartlette grew up feeling like a burden that her father chose not to bear. Like many of you—some 40 percent—I, too, grew up without a dad around. We were the generation for whom the term...
View ArticleCory Booker’s Got 99 Problems
Photo: @CoryBooker New Jersey’s most famous politician (and America’s sweetheart), Mayor Cory Booker, is world-famous for being helpful. Earlier this year he saved his Newark neighbor from a house...
View ArticleVideo: Man Whose Wife Died From Being Denied an Abortion Speaks Out
Praveen Halappanavar’s wife, Savita, died while being forced to carry her fetus, which was being spontaneously aborted (ie miscarried). After the fetus was gone, Savita went into septic shock and...
View ArticleU.K. Burger King Admits to Horse Meat in Burgers
Burger King VP Diego Beamonte said, “We are deeply troubled by the findings of our investigation and apologize to our guests, who trust us to source only the highest quality 100% beef burgers.” After...
View ArticleIrish Property Developer Found With “Thief “Carved in His Forehead
Reports indicate Kevin McGeever may have been kidnapped by Russian gangsters over money he owed them. An Irish businessman who disappeared in May, 2012, was found this week wandering barefoot and...
View ArticleLost in Translation
Andy Bodle is flattered to receive the attention of a much younger woman—while hoping to avoid being noticed by her powerful father. New Scientist interviewer: “What do you think about most during the...
View ArticleIrish Ad Reveals the Darkness of Emotional Abuse (Video)
Emotional abuse can cause irreparable harm to childhood development but we can help stop it. When we think about child abuse we often imagine drunk or angry adults striking the children in their care...
View ArticleOpen Sesame: When Technology Helps Us Become Greener—Almost Like Magic
The Sesame Ring helps make riding public transportation easier and more fun, by providing access with a wave of the hand. —- When it comes to transport fuelled by oil, petrol, diesel or what have you,...
View ArticleSeamus Heaney (1939-2013): ‘If You Have the Words, There’s Always a Chance...
A tribute to Seamus Heaney—whose words helped Jesse Kornbluth finish his novel and countless others learn to love and live. —- I owe a great debt to Seamus Heaney. I finished my novel. Or so I...
View ArticleSyria: An Atheist’s Prayer
As the international community debates, an atheist resolves to take action My heart is breaking as I sit in my flat, watching the news coverage of Syria. It’s the current ‘hot topic.’ All cameras...
View ArticleBelfast, Bangor and the Isle of Man
Jonathan Footerman continues his quest to circumnavigate the UK in a mini-yacht, this time swinging over to Ireland, stopping at Isle of Man, before heading back to the ports of the UK. —- Working...
View ArticleDebt, Survival and Hope
The European recession is causing the male suicide rate to skyrocket. Jillian Godsil tells her own story of bankruptcy and, ultimately, hope. — I have seen here the battles people are going through...
View ArticleA Long-Cast Shadow: The Son Laments, the Father Learns
As the son of an abusive, alcoholic father, Tim Lineaweaver had to learn how to pick up the pieces of his life and become a better man and dad for his children. — I have a photo of my father right...
View ArticleThe Scarlet Isle: The Politics of Male Sex Work in Ireland
Male sex workers have been ignored in the Irish prostitution debate. By Paul Maginn, University of Western Australia and Graham Ellison, Queen’s University Belfast Both Northern Ireland and the...
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