Ireland Drained of Religion

by John Duggan

There is an eerie precision to Paul Lynch’s portrayal in Prophet Song of what religion in an Ireland of the near future will be like—indeed, what it is already like. Continue Reading »

24 Jan 2024

Grace at Electric Picnic

by John Duggan

This year’s biggest Electric Picnic controversy concerns a folk band called the Wolfe Tones, whose members have been writing and singing Irish rebel songs for decades. Continue Reading »

12 Sep 2023

New Troubles for Ireland?

by John William O’Sullivan

Westminster’s sidelining of the socially conservative DUP could lead to the rise of a well-established terrorist organization, with an ideology shot through with social conservatism.  Continue Reading »

13 Nov 2019

The New Irish Ecumenism

by John William O’Sullivan

Brexit will come or Brexit will go, but the shifting sands in Northern Ireland that are being ignored in the political back-and-forth are here to stay. Continue Reading »

22 Oct 2019