Notions have their place, we need to put them back in their place.   As humanity wrestles with the greatest challenge it has faced since the Second World War, there is a widespread feeling that our ideas on how to organise and run our societies leave a lot to be desired.   Lots of ink … Continue reading A Requiem for Notions →

As speculation mounts over the political future of the island, there is a distinct shortage of advocacy for social, rather than geographic unity. Thomas Makem’s famous ballad Four Green Fields is an allegory for Ireland’s four provinces, only three of which have been returned to her since independence. The idea that Ulster — the fourth … Continue reading Ireland Can Only Be United Socially, Not Geographically →