Shane Conneely addresses the current issues around homophobia in Ireland from a personal perspective. Me, and my homophobia. I’d long hair as a kid, apparently that made me gay too, or at least that was what would get shouted before I’d get a punch. When I decided to become a young rocker I’d made a decision to stand out, because there is safety in being part of a gang, I’d … Read More
Non Drinkers Die Younger
A newly released study shows that regular drinkers are less likely to die prematurely than people who have never indulged in alcohol. … it found that mortality rates were highest for those who had never had a sip, lower for heavy drinkers, and lowest for moderate drinkers who enjoyed one to three drinks per day. Of the 1,824 study participants, only 41 percent of the moderate drinkers died prematurely compared to … Read More
Why aren’t we talking about expropriating the rich?
If you were following the news in recent days you’ll have seen some staggering statistics from Oxfam on global wealth inequality. According to their numbers: The wealthiest 85 people on the planet own as much as the poorest 3,500,000,000 – the bottom half of the population. The wealth of the richest 1% of people in the world amounts to $110tn, or 65 times as much as the poorest half of … Read More
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Martin Luther King and the Obama Presidency
In the second of a three-part series Ronan Burtenshaw asks Gary Younge, Guardian journalist and author of ‘The Speech‘, about what the legacy of Martin Luther King means for the Obama presidency. What do you think Martin Luther King, had he survived, would think of the first African-American President? Younge: I can’t answer that question without first saying that it would be invidious to pretend that I can channel Martin … Read More
[Interview] Meet Illustrator Mice Hell
Aura McMenamin talks style, skips and silly rhymes with artist Mice Hell I first met Mice at a Dublin zine fair called Independents’ Day. The fair was to showcase and sell the zines, art, magazines, jewelry and whatever else you could expect from low-key urban artists. There was also a handful of earthy dread-locked folk performers on the makeshift stage and vegan food stalls. Held in the unapologetically minimalist … Read More
Kaos on the Streets
During her recent visit to Ireland to mark pride celebrations, we managed to catch up over a beer with Nevin Öztop. She’s the editor-in-chief of Koas GL, the magazine for Turkey’s LGBT representative organisation and we thought we’d corner her for a few insights into life as an activist during the recent and ongoing street protests in her homeland. Firstly perhaps you could tell us how quickly you adapted to … Read More
Illicit and Licensed Pleasures.
With Author’s Day hype reaching boiling point, many are quick to draw the line that corporations like Diageo are just legalised dope peddlers. That notion of illicit and licensed pleasures is explored in the work of Fiona Measham, a Professor of Criminology in Durham University and a pioneer of testing club chemicals in the UK. Measham sits on the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs across the pond and … Read More
Turkish Protests: Sixth Death as Struggle Renews
On Monday the mass protest movement in Turkey was given another martyr. 22-year-old Ahmet Atakan died in a confrontation with police in the Armutlu district of Antakya in the southern Hatay province. Protestors and witnesses say he died after being shot in the head with a gas canister. The local governor’s office and state TV deny this, saying he fell from a building. Selim Matkap, head of Hatay’s chamber of … Read More
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