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Cancelled: Is there any way back for Kanye West?
Kanye West has arguably suffered one of the most spectacular downfalls in contemporary culture. Brands like Adidas, Balenciaga and JP Morgan have sev…
3 years, 7 months ago
Elon Musk and Twitter: Can this end well?
Having bought Twitter, Elon Musk is moving rapidly to change the troubled social media platform, both for its hundreds of millions of users and for i…
3 years, 7 months ago
The Black Axe gang: a new frontier in Irish crime
Originating in west Africa the Black Axe gang has quickly become one of the most successful groups in Irish organised crime. In the Republic, the gan…
3 years, 8 months ago
The history of Ireland’s old fashioned licensing laws
Have you ever wondered why pubs and nightclubs in Ireland have a very strict closing time, whereas the rest of Europe has a more relaxed approach to …
3 years, 8 months ago
Face to face with a killer: Tibnin Bridge, part three
The families of Corporal Morrow, Private Burke and Private Murphy watch on as Ireland's best criminal defence barrister tries to get Michael McAleavy…
3 years, 8 months ago
An unthinkable crime: Tibnin Bridge, part two
Among soldiers who have served in Lebanon, no incident is more notorious than the 1982 killings of Corporal Gregory Morrow, Private Peter Burke and P…
3 years, 8 months ago
Death at an Irish army checkpoint: Tibnin Bridge, part one
Since the 1970s, Irish soldiers have served as UN peacekeepers in south Lebanon, a region where complex conflicts ebb and flow.
47 Irish soldiers have…
3 years, 8 months ago
US midterms: Can a celebrity doctor deliver for the Republicans?
With just two weeks to go until the 2022 midterm elections, all eyes are on Pennsylvania and the two nominees vying for the Senate seat, Republican c…
3 years, 8 months ago
How the death of Savita Halappanavar changed the course of modern Irish history
This month marks ten years since Savita Halappanavar died at Galway University Hospital. At seventeen weeks pregnant, she had presented to the hospit…
3 years, 8 months ago
Liz Truss resigns. Now what?
After just 45 days on the job, UK prime minister Liz Truss has resigned. The proximate cause of her political demise was her mishandling of the econo…
3 years, 8 months ago