Several years ago, sometime in the oughts, at a conference I was discussing Irish politics with a professional colleague who'd moved there for a job 10 years prior, and had.
On July 25, 1973, the Irish Minister of Finance, Richie Ryan, introduced the Civil Service (Employment of Married Women) Act, which ended the nation's long-standing ban on married women working.
I haven't blogged much lately because of my travels (I've been at home for one week in the last three months). But alas, reality has set in, the semester will.
I always love the recovery of lost films and this story on early footage from Ireland really made me want to see the films. Hopefully I will have that opportunity..
Dolores O'Riordan, the voice of The Cranberries and one of Ireland's greatest musical exports, tragically passed away under currently unknown circumstances earlier this week. In a 2014 incident with the.
In 1994, Irish alternative rock band released their anti-war song "Zombie" as the first single off their new album No Need to Argue. Their video featured lead singer Dolores O'Riordan covered in.
Wendy Lyon with an interesting piece about the Irish labor movement explicitly excluding sex workers from its definition of labor. It's hardly surprising, both within the Irish context of discomfort.
Erm... awkward... Five thousand Irish soldiers who swapped uniforms to fight for the British against Hitler went on to suffer years of persecution. One of them, 92-year-old Phil Farrington, took part.
