“The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there,” the British author LP Hartley once wrote, hinting at the mystique of history – the idea that people in the past were somehow different to us in the 21st century. As many historians will tell you, it’s not particularlyContinue Reading
Nowik Sylwia | Shutterstock Andrew Tate is a man who has made a living out of controversy. The extensive media coverage garnered since his arrest in Romania on suspicion of rape, human trafficking and organised crime has largely called him out for his misogynistic views. This matters, because he isContinue Reading
The investigation into the Beirut port explosion has taken a new turn, with the judge overseeing the probe charging a former prime minister and two other former ministers with homicide with probable intent. The explosion in August 2020, which happened in a massive silo in the port of Beirut containingContinue Reading
From calls for a second Scottish independence referendum and speculation about “indy-curiousity” in Wales, to the collapse of the power-sharing agreement in Northern Ireland, the state of the UK union has been the subject of much political discussion over the past decade. Traditionally, devolution has followed a so-called devolve andContinue Reading
The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has announced a sweeping clear-out of senior national and regional government officials and the appointment of a new supervisory board for the state-owned natural gas giant, Naftogaz. This is a move to reassure both the Ukrainian public and the country’s western allies that the fightContinue Reading
This technology promises to turn one of the most polluting forms of transportation into a joyride whose only byproduct is water.Continue Reading
A healthy democracy needs widespread, equal voting. andriano.cz / Shutterstock Around the world, interest in lowering the voting age is growing. Major efforts to change the laws are underway in Canada and New Zealand, while Germany recently lowered the voting age for European parliament elections. But so far, there haveContinue Reading
Shutterstock The start of a new year these days signals the launch of Veganuary, a campaign which encourages people to give up animal products for the month of January. But while this time of the year sees a focus on diet, as political philosophers we argue that veganism should notContinue Reading
Former teacher Enoch Burke returned to Wilson’s Hospital School on Tuesday morning, despite being dismissed from his teaching position by the school last Friday. Mr Burke arrived at the school at 8.38am, when he was dropped off by his father, Seán, in a Hyundai SUV. An Garda Síochána declined toContinue Reading
Peru is in flames. Since early December, massive, often violent, protests have engulfed the South American nation. Demonstrators concentrated in the country’s southern Andean regions took to the streets after the then president, Pedro Castillo, was deposed for attempting to mount a coup by dismissing the parliament and ruling byContinue Reading
