Unseen Women: Stories from Armagh Gaol
In 2006-07, the Prisons’ Memory Archive recorded former political prisoners, staff, teachers, chaplains and lawyers as they walked around theContinue Reading
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The Legacy of Ada Lovelace
A guest post by Gráinne Shannon, a well-travelled senior software programmer, writer and poet. Her day job inspired the award-nominated Orla’sContinue Reading
Sargon Of Akkad, Anita Sarkeesian And Culture War Politics On YouTube
I find the phenomenon of vlogging, that is internet video blogging, a fascinating one. It takes a certain type ofContinue Reading
The Illogicality Of Being Pro-Life While Favouring Exceptions For Abortion
As WorldByStorm notes there are some surprising results from last weekend’s Irish Times poll on abortion (yes, yet another one). A clearContinue Reading
Bits, Channel 4’s Legendary Computer Gaming Show
Mainstream television has always struggled with the popularity of computer gaming for adults and the peer-driven culture around it. SinceContinue Reading
TV3 To Launch Television Channel For The Little Women Of Ireland
What century are we living in? That is the question which springs to mind following yesterday’s press conference by the tabloid television network,Continue Reading
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Casting The Women Of Ireland Beyond The Ninth Wave: We Face This Land
Ireland’s indigenous literature has long regarded the ninth wave, reputedly the outermost one surrounding the shoreline of the country, as a supernatural boundary. When the invadingContinue Reading
Ní Saoirse Go Saoirse Na mBan, A Message From Syria On The 8th Amendment
The International Freedom Battalion (IFB) is one of the more unusual armed groups participating in the Syrian civil war. Primarily composed of left-wingContinue Reading
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