brexit

Irish Chief economist Rowena Dwyer has commented on the adverse economic effects a no deal Brexit may have on the Irish Beef industry. "It is a known fact that we export 50 percent of our beef supplies to the UK.If we are displaced from…

Welcome to series 2 of Motherfoclóir! We've missed you something terrible so we have. An awful lot has been happening lately so to kick things off we're having a quick look at a topic that's likely to be looming in the background for the…

We are all anticipating the potential outcome of a “hard Brexit” on the Irish economy, and the implications of the activation of Article 50 on Trade, migration, employment, etc. However a pressing concern for Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, is the…

Mancando means dying away. It is one of the many Italian musical terms my guitar teacher hands me to learn off as the news breaks of the Notre Dame cathedral; as it was mancando. The pictures displayed it in blazing rapture. I mentioned it,…

The news cycle has been spinning so fast lately that Richie's gotten all dizzy and nauseous just trying to keep up. What better way to remedy this situation than by dedicating an episode of What Am Politics to the two hottest topics of the…

There's a strong post-punk re-emergence happening all across the UK and Ireland. Bands like The Murder Capital and Fontaines DC are spearheading the latter - while Bristol-based IDLES lead the way. Post-punk was born from pure punk, but…

This week on Dubland, PJ and Suzanne criticise Russell Brand’s parenting techniques, PJ doesn’t mind other dogs sniffing around his dog as long as it’s all consensual. Suzanne talks about burglaries in her neighbourhood and tidying up her…

Special guest Hugh Linehan, Irish Times Arts & Culture Editor. Host of Inside Politics Podcast People are rioting in the streets of France. The Federal Government of the United States has been shutdown for a month. The UK parliament…

*Content Warning: This article will feature references to suicide from the beginning* “There aint no scapegoats left to blame We brought this on ourselves, when we could have been the change Great Britain is fucking dead So cut our…

Squawking umbrellas, enchanted banisters and a concerning variety of tweed, it can only mean one thing: Mary Poppins has descended from the heavens upon jolly Ole London Town once again.  Disney’s follow up to the 1964 classic sees our…