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Populism is tricky to define for what we see as a populist move here in Ireland, might not seem populist in Hungary. The term Populism is traditionally seen as a person or party who pertains to be looking out for the concerns of the…

You’re a stuffy, uptight middle class voter living in a nice house somewhere in Surrey. You voted for New Labour when you were younger and optimistic, but voted for David Cameron’s version of Conservatism in the wake of the economic crash.…

This week, The UK decided to leave the EU, we said goodbye to Anton Yelchin, and hailed Robbie Brady as our fine and glorious leader following Ireland's match against Italy on Wednesday. The UK votes for #Brexit to the surprise of, well,…

This week, we said goodbye to David Gest, told David Cameron to resign, criticised some comments made by Stephen Fry, and watched the Pope tweet a few questionable tweets. Anti-austerity protesters call for the resignation of #DavidCameron…

It's that time of year again. The end of it. The time when Christmas has already been going on for about four months and we're just waiting for it to finally be over. When we're all trying to convince ourselves that 2016 might just be our…

This week, the UK voted in favour of airstrikes in Syria, Hilary Benn made a speech, Kylie Jenner used a wheelchair as a fashion accessory, and lots of people marched to save the climate. Mark Zuckerberg also had a baby, and pledged to give…

Denis Staunton, a columnist with The Irish Times, finds nostalgia at the heart of two recent films in his column on 20.11.2015. The latest James Bond film, Spectre, is set in a globalised England. The Alan Bennett bio-pic, The Lady in the…

This week, the UK was forced to pay for plastic bags, talks of a living wage reached a high in Britain and Ireland, and everybody fell in love with Shane Long. Ireland are guaranteed a place in the Euro 2016 play-offs #COYBIG…

Lots and lots of stuff happened this week. I wrote about some of them already, but I'm going to write about them again and include some tweets too because they were pretty important, and also funny. The important one was the Shout Your…

In 2011, Charlie Brooker’s speculative anthology series Black Mirror first aired on Channel 4. Described by Brooker himself as “… all about the way we live now – and the way we might be living in 10 minutes if we’re clumsy,” the show…