Blog Archive

The Unique Needs of Older Drug Users: Are We Doing Enough?

Passerose Mantoy 20/05/2026

For the past 26 years, I have worked in the addiction sector in Dublin watching the landscape of substance use evolve. While much attention is given …

How AI Music is Advancing Far Right Narratives in Ireland

Molly Newell 28/04/2026

In the middle of summer 2024, the song “10 Drunk Cigarettes” became a TikTok sensation. This was the height of Brat Summer - a time when women …

Food (and fuel) for thought: unpacking Ireland’s fuel protests

Kieran Harrahill 14/04/2026

Over the past week, Ireland has witnessed scenes not seen for a generation. Forecourts running out of fuel, limits placed on purchases, and the …

Nearly 90% of Dublin’s data centres are in economically-deprived areas

Molly Newell 02/04/2026

In March, global data centre and colocation provider Equinix announced construction of a new data centre in Dublin’s Blanchardstown …

A Defence of Taxation, Revisited

Nat O'Connor 10/03/2026

In 2014, TASC published A Defence of Taxation. Its argument in favour of progressive alternatives to reducing public services through tax cuts …

Is the Draghi Report Good for EU Citizens?

Paul Sweeney 17/02/2026

Is the Draghi Report Good for EU Citizens? The EU Commission appointed Mario Draghi to examine how the European economy might be kick-started to …

Economic Inequality and the Rise of Populism, Revisited

Nat O'Connor 16/02/2026

In 2017, I published a paper entitled Three Connections between Rising Economic Inequality and the Rise of Populism. This has been my most cited …

25 Years of Change: Addiction Work in Dublin Through a Trauma Informed Lens

Passerose Mantoy 20/01/2026

If you walked into an addiction service 25 years ago – when I started working in Chrysalis CDP, a Dublin community drug project – the work looked …

Challenging disability access to transport in Ireland

Sophia Black 17/12/2025

In Ireland, people with disabilities, whether visible or non-visible, face various difficulties in accessing public transport. These challenges limit …

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