The Cabra TribuneThe Many Faces of Irish Sports, Class, Culture War and CompetitionLast week the Irish national rugby team defeated New Zealand on their home soil and went top of the world rankings. Irish media was quick…Jul 31, 2022Jul 31, 2022
The Cabra TribuneCan’t We All Just Get Along, is Left-Unity Possible in IrelandOver the past month I have found reasons to be both optimistic and wary towards left-unity. The large scale Cost of Living Coalition…Jul 18, 2022Jul 18, 2022
The Cabra TribuneThe Irish Civil War, a Revolution Left Unfinished2022 marks the centenary of the Irish Civil War, it is year for reflection on the nature of the conflict and discussion on how it shaped…Jul 1, 2022Jul 1, 2022
The Cabra TribunePartisanship, Politics and Posturing, do People really like Art?The above Tweet went viral last week, largely in mockery of the blatant historical idiocy and moreso generic right-wing “𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰…Jun 4, 2022Jun 4, 2022
The Cabra Tribune[BONUS] Sally Rooney and Ireland’s post-colonial inferiority complex: Normal People plot summaryTo better explore these issues let us look at Normal People. The show and, from what I have heard, the book are both fairly generic stuff…May 27, 2022May 27, 2022
The Cabra TribuneSally Rooney and Ireland’s post-colonial inferiority complexLast week saw the debut of Conversations with Friends, the long awaited television adaptation of Sally Rooney’s novel and follow up to the…May 27, 2022May 27, 2022
The Cabra TribuneNorthern Ireland Election, Radical Change or a Whole Load of NothingMuch to the chagrin of Brits, West Brits and West Brits with funny accents and orange sashes Sinn Féin came out on top in last week’s…May 12, 2022May 12, 2022
The Cabra TribuneArguing with the Simulacrum, the Problem with Mediatised Discourse“The Internet Makes You Stupid”, over twenty years on Something Awful’s moniker still rings true; I’m not going to be nostalgic for…May 2, 2022May 2, 2022
The Cabra TribuneCollege, Credentials, the “PMC” and the Left’s False Hopes of Middle-Class-domOver the past year or so the term “PMC” (Professional-Managerial Class) has caught on in online leftist discourse. Although it was coined…May 23, 2021May 23, 2021
The Cabra TribuneThe Social Democrats, the Next Big Thing or One for the History Books?Over the years a wide range of left-leaning parties have come and gone in Ireland, half of which either split from Labour or wound up…Mar 5, 2021Mar 5, 2021