The Divided States of America
Sam Golden discusses the nature of the US’s relationship with borders- from state lines, to city limits to the upper echelons of the Supreme Court. Border is a term that is as controversial as it is ambiguous. From our own historical issues with the term on the isle of Éire to hundreds of disputes of […]
Rí Séarlas III: Bás na Monarcachta sa Tuaisceart?
Scríobhainn Édith de Faoite, an t-Eagarthóir Tuairimíochta, faoin ionadh, brón agus céiliúradh a bhain le bás Eibhlís II. Is minic a fheicim rudaí a chuireann ionadh orm, ach nuair a chonaic mé físeán ar Twitter le Michelle O’ Neill agus an nuacheaptha Rí Séarlas III, thóg sé soicind dom an íomha a chreidiúnt. An […]
Filíocht: Fir na hAlban a Sheampú
Fir na hAlban a Sheampú “Ava, bhí orainn a bheith seampúaithe, Roimh an vírus ní raibh baint ag éinne le gruaig Albanach riamh, Mar sin bhíomar ag mothú amaideach, úrghlanta inár shuí, Francach leath-bháite ag stánadh ón scáthán, Uisce ag titim síos orainn, ár gcollair ‘s ár maisc lán, Eispéireas uafásach náireach a bhí […]
‘From an Outsider’s Perspective’
Jessica Anne Rose provides a thoughtful meditation on the scope of borders not in the political sense but in the intimate one; how we relate to one another. “Borders”. A word teeming with beginnings of ideas and yet – I’ve got nothing. Two days before the deadline as the sun goes down, I ask […]
The people that are benefiting from climate induced migration
Leah Moynihan offers a chilling insight into the climate migration crisis. Imagine having to watch helplessly as your family’s crops slowly start to die. Each day, you gaze out the window and they get browner until they shrivel up and disappear. There is no water; the drought has affected everyone. Your family grows thinner […]
Anti- Authoritarian Art: A Look at Palestine and Northern Ireland
Sarah O’Mahony speaks to David Osit, Emmy award winning filmmaker, about his documentary Mayor which is focused on the city of Ramallah and the daily lives of the Palestinian people living there and their Mayor Musa Hadid. She also draws on Kneecap’s similar examination of the history and current state of Northern Ireland and the […]