Constance Keane is a force to be reckoned with. Alongside being drummer for punk band M(h)aol, making her own music under Fears and managing Laura Groves, Keane is also about to launch the collective and management label TULLE. TULLE is specifically for women and non-binary musicians which, in a heavily male-dominated industry, has the potential…
It is that time of the year again. The time where an abundance of reality TV shows come back onto our televisions during these harsh Winter months to provide us with some stellar, albeit mindless, entertainment. Families from across the country pinpoint these shows as creating the one time of the year where everyone sits…
Time to acknowledge the obvious here before we start. I am a big Pixar fan. I, like many others, was raised on the stories that the film company showed through the art of 3D animation. I remember having nearly all of them on VHS when people still knew what a VHS was. The non stop…
One aspect of my daily routine during lockdown that I have clung to for the preservation of my sanity is a walk in the fresh air, either solo or with a friend, almost always punctuated by a stop for coffee. We are fortunate here in Cork that so many coffee shops have remained open for…
For an island surrounded by waters yielding an abundant variety of fish and shellfish, we Irish consume very little fish. In fact, the vast majority of fish caught in Irish waters are exported to the likes of Spain, France, Italy and Poland, where it is guzzled up with relish. In contrast, many Irish people are…
A scríobhann Seán Ó hUallacháin Aoibhinn beatha an scoláire, nach é sin a deirtear? Oícheanta amuigh sa chathair, cairdeas, agus craic. Fiú má tá saol na gcaorach ag mic léinn sa lá atá inniubh ann, ní hé sin le rá, áfach, nach mbíonn ár gcuid deacrachtaí againn. Is minic go mbíonn fadhbanna ag mic léinn…
Outside the Lloyd’s Pharmacy on Grand Parade, on an electrical box tucked inside the shadow of the imposing St. Patrick’s Buildings and plotted neatly between two trees is a mural commemorating the American abolitionist and writer Frederick Douglass. A gesture of artistic solidarity with #BlackLivesMatter installed as the movement caught flame across the U.S. earlier…
By Molly Kavanagh Endometriosis sucks. It’s a chronic illness where the tissue that lines a person’s uterus, called the endometrium, doesn’t shed completely during a person’s menstrual cycle. Instead of exiting the body via the vagina as it’s supposed to, it sheds and grows and attaches itself to the surrounding pelvic organs, including your ovaries,…
Grand Place, Nice Lights By Julie Landers Stories of a bunker In a Ukranian city you cannot remember Turned into an underground bar. If you know the password Doors are opened to you, song in a language you Don’t understand. I lean towards what lies above ground, Sing the songs I know I Cannot get…
By Claudia Schwarz Do you ever wish you could have seen a live event more than once? Hybrid Festivals might be the answer. They are a combination of online and live events, providing the best of both worlds. The annual Cheltenham Literature Festival was formed in 1949 and hosts millions of brilliant writers, journalists and…