CW: sexual assault The words used by Irish Taoiseach Michaeál Martin to describe Ireland’s most shameful history: a “profound, generational wrong”. This week, a judicial commission of investigation has published…
A “blunt instrument”. An inflicter of “needless damage”. These were the words used by Rishi Sunak when questions were raised regarding the possibility of a two-week ‘circuit-breaker’ lockdown in October.…
Speaking plainly, Britain’s COVID-19 response has been little better than a catastrophe. With over 42,000 deaths being attributed to the coronavirus this year, Britain’s record is amongst the worst in…
Over a week ago, students were hit with yet another wave of COVID-related restrictions, with universities across Scotland placing students under what was essentially house arrest for a period of…
Herd immunity. Lockdown. Eat Out to Help Out. Super Saturday. Rule of Six. Now a 10pm curfew, just one in a long list of attempts by Boris Johnson (or Churchill-incarnate…
For many of us, university is not somewhere we go simply to just get our degree and leave without so much as a backward glance. When we inevitably remember our…
The answer to that question is one of the most hotly debated topics today. Are we mentally scarring women and men, girls and boys, by allowing flogging, caning, beating, and…
Damning Verdict: mother and baby homes reported
CW: sexual assault The words used by Irish Taoiseach Michaeál Martin to describe Ireland’s most shameful history: a “profound, generational wrong”. This week, a judicial commission of investigation has published…
Lockdown? I think I’ve seen this film before
A “blunt instrument”. An inflicter of “needless damage”. These were the words used by Rishi Sunak when questions were raised regarding the possibility of a two-week ‘circuit-breaker’ lockdown in October.…
In a post-COVID world, it’s time our female leaders took centre stage
Speaking plainly, Britain’s COVID-19 response has been little better than a catastrophe. With over 42,000 deaths being attributed to the coronavirus this year, Britain’s record is amongst the worst in…
COVID-19 meets university: a host of misconceptions and false promises
Over a week ago, students were hit with yet another wave of COVID-related restrictions, with universities across Scotland placing students under what was essentially house arrest for a period of…
The 10:00pm Curfew: Yet another addition to our government’s incoherent approach to COVID-19
Herd immunity. Lockdown. Eat Out to Help Out. Super Saturday. Rule of Six. Now a 10pm curfew, just one in a long list of attempts by Boris Johnson (or Churchill-incarnate…
COVID 19- An Emerging Social Crisis
For many of us, university is not somewhere we go simply to just get our degree and leave without so much as a backward glance. When we inevitably remember our…
Corporal Punishment: A Violation of Human Rights?
The answer to that question is one of the most hotly debated topics today. Are we mentally scarring women and men, girls and boys, by allowing flogging, caning, beating, and…