The Archive
Articles
Selected writing from The Irish Times, Tribune, Land and Climate Review, and more.
Yung Graham Norton·EU Andrew Callaghan·Irish Louis Theroux·Gen Z Paxman·Celtic Oprah·Corkman O'Brien·Jon Stewart of the Liffey·East Atlantic Adam Friedland·Hibernian Johnny Carson·Dick Cavett, but Cork·
Yung Graham Norton·EU Andrew Callaghan·Irish Louis Theroux·Gen Z Paxman·Celtic Oprah·Corkman O'Brien·Jon Stewart of the Liffey·East Atlantic Adam Friedland·Hibernian Johnny Carson·Dick Cavett, but Cork·
01
Blog
From jobs to jawlines: how looksmaxxing is turning men far-right
On bone-smashing, the broken economy, and boys becoming far-right.
Substack·Mar 2026
02
Essay
Is This Illegal? It Feels Legal
Palestine Action Éire activists are challenging definitions of 'illegality' by grounding their actions in international law.
Tribune·Dec 2025
03
Memoir
My mother dragged me under protest aged 10 to see Seamus Heaney read, but the impact stayed
As an Irish man living abroad, the poet has cropped up again and again in different times and places of my life.
Irish Times·Dec 2025
04
Essay
Leftist President, Neoliberal Government
Catherine Connolly is the new Irish president, but she cannot save Irish politics alone.
Tribune·Nov 2025
05
Memoir
Bataclan attacks: I was an Irish 13-year-old in Paris and had sneaked out to a party
We had to make our way home, but the attacks stood between us and where we needed to be.
Irish Times·Nov 2025
06
Memoir
An Irishman at Oxford: It was an education in being an outsider. I felt alienated from the very start
Though much English literature once belittled the Irish, Irish writers also stood tall within it.
Irish Times·Jan 2025
07
Opinion
Without reform, the EU's CBAM risks leaving developing countries behind
Not all countries stand to benefit from the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism.
Land & Climate Review·Mar 2024