Don’t Mention the A-Word
Look around: Germany has ‘don’t mention the war’, see Harry Potter has ‘He who must not be named’ and we, rx the Irish, have ‘Don’t utter the “A-word”.’ It is…
You Got a Friend in Me
Most of us consider ourselves in favour of increased rights and decreased discrimination towards the LGBT community. It is one of the few issues that does not just seem to…
“Like a dream”
Sports Editor Conall Devlin speaks to the man of the match in this year’s All Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final, UCD and Kilkenny forward Walter ‘Wally’ Walsh. When inter county…
First Aid Kit: The Lion’s Roar- Deluxe Edition
If someone were to mention Swedish pop and you first associate the atrocity that is Basshunter with this, treatment then First Aid Kit’s The Lion’s Roar- Deluxe edition is clearly…
Cad atá i ndán don rothaíocht ghairmiúil?
De réir dealraimh, generic bhí an dópáil lárnach i bhfoireann US Postal Service (foireann rothaíochta Mheiriceá) riamh anall. Ní foláir a rá áfach gur mhéadaigh mí-úsáid drugaí neamhdhleathacha as éadan…
Baile na Leabhar: Radharc ar an gCathair
Is deacair an boladh aoibhinn úd a bhíonn i siopa leabhar a bhualadh. Níl ach rud amháin is deise liom ná é, cumhrán álainn an tsiopa leabhar athláimhe. Is leabharbhách…
Awards Season
Joseph Gallagher assays a selection of films that have been predicted to do well this coming awards season Argo, malady from Ben Affleck, recipe chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to…
The Journey To The Great Beyond
As Felix Baumgartner receives applause for breaking the sound barrier without the assistance of an aircraft, Christopher Ahearne examines the wider implications of the feat. When Felix Baumgartner was five…
Presidential Election 2012: Behind The Veil
Darragh Morriarty searches through the song and dance of US politics In case you did not know, an election of sorts is looming across the water (no not that way,…
Cycling fights for its life
Anthony Strogen considers the future of cycling in the wake of Lance Armstrong’s doping scandal For the cycling world, the last fortnight has felt like a surreal and purging apocalypse…
Of Montreal- Paralytic Stalks
Paralytic Stalks marks -I was shocked to realize- the 11th studio album from American indie/pop outfit of Montreal. A project that has become an ever increasingly idiosyncratic affair from Kevin…
Address in the Upper East Side
Anninka E Barry takes us through Gossip Girl style, pharm as the final series of the sartorially brilliant show begins. It was the moment many of us had been waiting…