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Covid fallacies, part two
The dramatic conclusion
Covid fallacies, part one
A reflection on the anniversary of a remarkably trying time for everyone
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The "radical fringe" which is neither
What the 2024 referendum says about modern Irish political alignments
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"Prophet Song" and psycho-political projection
A reflection on the iron fist in the rainbow glove
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American cultural exports
How can you say to your brother, "Let me take the groomer panic out of your eye", when all the time there's a #BLM hashtag in your own eye?
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The Journal's sloppiness and inconsistency isn't even funny anymore
A broadsheet-style outlet read by one-sixth of Irish people ought to have higher standards
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The Journal's new article about anti-black racism in Ireland is utterly vacuous dribble
It took them 2600 words to say nothing at all
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Pay no attention to that opinion behind the curtain
In journalism, being told that "Person X holds Bad Opinions" without being told the content of those opinions is a red flag
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An Open Letter to Orla O’Brien, Chief Executive Officer of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service
The Irish public deserve better than medical institutions spouting trendy pseudoscience
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The blacks of Ireland are not the blacks of America
and not every issue affecting the blacks of America affects the blacks of Ireland in the same way
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