Magazine
Rediscovering Home in Hong Kong – Through Food
Katy Amos spends a summer at home in Hong Kong attempting to relearn its ways. Her plan of action: food.
The Plant Bandits Saving Our Bees
Extinction Rebellion's Plant Bandits are a Dublin-based guerrilla gardening group aiming to increase the biodiversity of Dublin's city centre.
In Rural Tipperary, a Printing Press Led by Curiosity, not Cost
In the hills of Tipperary, Simon Cutts and Erica Van Horn challenge artistic conventions with their Coracle printing press.
Untended and Overlooked, Arklow Fights for Survival
Arklow, in Ireland’s south-east, is a place with a rich history. But urbanisation and a lack of investment mean the town is struggling.
A Summer Internship Crushed My Dreams and Annihilated my Ambition
Aisling Marren describes a corporate internship at a Big Four firm that failed to live up to expectations.
‘Enough Was Fucking Enough’: Irish Feminism from Boom to Bust – and Back Again
Author and feminist Rosita Sweetman writes about the moments that made her – and about kicking the patriarchy where it hurts.
Athens, Greece’s Underrated Capital, Makes for an Atypical but Worthwhile City Break
Orla Murnaghan ventures to Athens, where she finds a culture-filled city with no illusions of its grandeur.
The Indecency of the Unopened Message
There's nothing worse than a message being left on read – except, perhaps, your messages being left unopened, writes Aoife Kearins.
In Defence of Taylor Swift
Aisling Marren argues that people's aversion to Taylor Swift is ill-informed, flawed and often overtly sexist.
The Town in Search of a Heart
Why Shannon, a town artificially made and built in the 1960s, has never fully taken off.