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Paddy is a Dublin native, currently exiled in London. He is a commerce graduate with interests that include current affairs, history and travel. If you want to get in touch, possibly to fund some travel writing in South America, you can drop him a line at [email protected]

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Maybe We Should All Just Go Vegan

Patrick Gayer Oct 28, 2015 2

A few years ago I was with a group of about 20 backpackers squeezed onto a tiny tin can of a coach on a package tour to Machu Picchu. As we approached the lodgings where we would be staying, one of the tour guides asked if there were any…

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Is it time to put happiness above the economy?

Patrick Gayer Jun 5, 2015 0

With the marriage and presidential age (whatever that was all about) referenda dealt with by the Irish electorate and the results digested, there is a need for a new story arc for the media to get their teeth into. Luckily, we are coming…

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Why can’t every week be a four day week?

Patrick Gayer May 5, 2015 0

One of the sweetest things about a bank holiday is that not only do you get an extra day of taking your blanket down to the couch and watching cartoons all morning but also, when you do eventually get back to work, it will only be four days…

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The Katie Hopkins Paradox

Patrick Gayer Apr 27, 2015 0

In her column for The Sun last week Katie Hopkins likened the migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean from North Africa for the shores of Southern Europe to cockroaches (a favourite tactic of genocidal megalomaniacs) and called for…

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Anti-Immigration Ideology in Irish Politics

Patrick Gayer Apr 17, 2015 0

As the British general election approaches we are seeing a lot of the good old political issues being taken down from the attic for the traditional bun fights; healthcare spending, the growing disparity between rich and poor, general…