I Have to be Hard on Them

People do not really understand (it is not their fault) that in many ways, they are not unlike kids their age.

Dublin Squat Fights Eviction

Public space in Dublin is under threat and has been for as long as I can remember. The public ownership and…

Dances at the Plywood Exchange

Paul Smith is a Dublin man and his eyes are Dublin blue. He holds his flat hands and the wide fingers of…

Freedom and Politics

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How disengaged from the political sphere can we feel? The radio’s typically talking shite, the news a constant catastrophic drama somewhere else, ending in a sporting commentary, the economy’s always slipping and sliding, and if it’s not still going down the drain, it’s just coming…

At the Barricade Inn: ‘An Open Letter to the “Owners” of this Building’

This article first appeared on Broadsheet.ie on the 31st of January 2016.

Scaffolding for waking blocks

Notes from Occupied Moore St.

Three builders hats are stacked on the scaffold like turtles at love-making. The footsteps of them who have come to have a look are tripped with white dust and red-brick and chalk. By the wooden ladders…

Grangegorman Community Collective: A Photographic Essay

If you happen to find yourself on Dublin’s…

Rebel City: Dublin 1916–2016

This article first appeared on NovaraMedia.