Gogarty's cod-psychological apology is worse then the odd swear word
Why is modern Ireland home to some of the most conservative politics in Europe, asks JASON WALSH
STEPHEN MCGLENNON wonders how ‘liberal’ became a term of abuse and argues there’s still life in the old dog yet
The Catholic Church’s fund for compensation is empty, says COLETTE BROWNE
Google is not the newsmonster – nor is it omniscient, says JASON WALSH
Google is not the newsmonster – nor is it omniscient, says JASON WALSH
Never mind grade inflation, expecting education to solve the country’s economic problems is a joke, says JASON WALSH
Social vampire and art critic Waldemar Januszak can now fondly remember the conflict in Ireland – but only because it’s over, says JAMES HEARTFIELD
The UK government’s science policy isn’t just contradictory, it’s used a stand-in for politics, says science journalist TIMANDRA HARKNESS
A new Brand of environmentalism seeks to distance itself from its technophobic past but Stewart Brand’s paean to poverty is anything but progressive. JASON WALSH trawls through history, from the classical period to the age of Marxism to show why.
forth editor JASON WALSH gives his personal view on why nothing matters in Ireland today – and suggests how we might change that
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JASON WALSH attempts to separate the news from the propaganda on the international airwaves – and finds it impossible
PADDY HOEY says that the final series of American drama The Wire tells us everything we need to know about our dying civic institutions and the rotting carcass of regional journalism
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