MORNING COFFEE – Matthew Moynihan I drink in your eyes like my morning coffee rousing myself from my monotonous slumber. I frantically boil the kettle of your affections over and over spent steam rising and dissipating in my lungs. I’m done with the instant formulation. I let your joie de vivre trickle through the filter, your caramel notes drip down … Continue reading Morning Coffee
Dear (unfortunate) reader, For those of you that don’t know me, my name is Méabh and I’ve been the Features and Opinion Editor for this year of Motley. It’s been a big one. When I first got the role, I was expecting to have to write lots and beg for pieces even more. I was so, so wrong. Every month I was washed away … Continue reading Feature Editor’s Edit
Photographer: Luka Phelan Stylist: Alex O’Donovan Models: Aoife Corkery, Ryan Flynn, Clare Hurley With thanks to The Raven, Cork Model in cover option: Aoife Corkery Continue reading The Kids Are Alright
Something that has never failed to amaze me is just how much the world changes, in ways both big and small, between the release of each monthly issue of Motley. Holding the position of editor gives you a unique view of that world, as you respond to those changes everyday. Something you don’t expect, though, is a global event that completely changes how … Continue reading For One Last Time
Sure, I’d love to I’ve already given a review Ask me later Not working, I need support No thanks It is hard to know where to start with this topic due to it’s emotive, uncomfortable, vast, and terrifyingly fastened-to-silence methodology, we are still a country too afraid of our sexual assaults and assaulters to speak about them. Despite Ireland’s liberalisations over the past decade and the good … Continue reading Seeing & Believing: Sexual Assault on University Campuses Highlighted in USI Survey
Whether it be an artist doing something new with the medium or a group destined for fame, check out Motley’s take on who to watch for 2020, writes Niamh Browne. Alex Gough: Cork’s own (well, sort of) and recent Motley cover star, Alex Gough is set to go from strength this year. Ireland’s hip-hop scene is having a moment, from Rejjie Snow to Soulé to … Continue reading Motley’s Ones To Watch 2020
