Mary Lou McDonald
You get what you vote for
Irish voters need Irish journalists to tell them what Sinn Fein really is
A crooked eye
Sinn Fein, the press and the leadership contest which wasn’t reported
Against stakeholderism
How ideas like “citizens’ assemblies” threaten democracy and effective policy-making
The W-word
The idea that the sex of a person is simply a matter of choice is a giant ideological lie
The truth about sex
No amount of clever-clever language games can obscure basic biological facts
The age of the news influencer
TikTok reveals a broader existential crisis facing the media and our consumption of the news
Dial S for screen time
These middle-class tweens being forbidden phones have had iPads since they were six
The fixtures that forged a nation
Even if you loathed sport, you could enjoy this book — which is why it can both delight and frustrate
Preparing for the worst
How gender critical commentators are preparing for the impact of the Hate Crime and Public Order Act
Let’s at least agree rape is wrong
Fundamental feminist theories are under attack from within feminism itself
The dangers of digital media
By abandoning physical media, have we exposed ourselves to censorship and corporate control?
The spectre of the past
The “Great English Ghost Story” offers a form of comfort and is rooted in the ache of nostalgia for a more elegant era
The callousness of the virtue signallers
The response to a young singer’s death exposed the cruelty of the self-consciously virtuous
