NEWSLETTER May 2018
Letters published – online here
A powerful narrative is emerging. Irish Indepedent 18 May
Karl Marx’s manifesto has been retrofitted by… Financial Times 12 May
Maybe we should have another referendum – one about men. Irish Independent 9 May
A parent’s guide to the Eighth Amendment referendum Irish Independent 28 April
The eighth amendment is a clumsy tool for… Irish Examiner 3 May
Syria is not a problem for the West to (patronisingly) sort out. Irish Examiner, Belfast Telegraph 18 April
Maintaining hope and faith in humanity is hard enough these days. Guardian, Irish Independent, Financial Times, Irish Examiner, Irish Times 10-13 April 2018
Occasional blog
Save the eighth or save Ireland
Dear RTE
One billboard outside Dublin
Crabbing was reviewed by Jessica Traynor in Poetry Ireland Review - issue 124 just out. "The debut collection is often a composite creature; a mythological hybrid of sorts [...] When they are successful they have the savage beauty of a sphinx or a chimera."
Many thanks to those of you who came to the launch of Yours etc in Hodges Figgis. It was a pleasure to see you there. I made it on to the bestseller shelves in Hodges Figgis (at number 26) for one week!
A powerful narrative is emerging. Irish Indepedent 18 May
Karl Marx’s manifesto has been retrofitted by… Financial Times 12 May
Maybe we should have another referendum – one about men. Irish Independent 9 May
A parent’s guide to the Eighth Amendment referendum Irish Independent 28 April
The eighth amendment is a clumsy tool for… Irish Examiner 3 May
Syria is not a problem for the West to (patronisingly) sort out. Irish Examiner, Belfast Telegraph 18 April
Maintaining hope and faith in humanity is hard enough these days. Guardian, Irish Independent, Financial Times, Irish Examiner, Irish Times 10-13 April 2018
Occasional blog
Save the eighth or save Ireland
Dear RTE
One billboard outside Dublin
Crabbing was reviewed by Jessica Traynor in Poetry Ireland Review - issue 124 just out. "The debut collection is often a composite creature; a mythological hybrid of sorts [...] When they are successful they have the savage beauty of a sphinx or a chimera."
Many thanks to those of you who came to the launch of Yours etc in Hodges Figgis. It was a pleasure to see you there. I made it on to the bestseller shelves in Hodges Figgis (at number 26) for one week!
