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Dave Duggan is a novelist and dramatist born in London, raised in Waterford, and living in Derry. He is the author of the novels The Greening of Larry Mahon (Guildhall Press, 2004), A Sudden Sun (Guildhall Press, 2012), and Makaronik (Cló Iar Chonnacht, 2018). His film work includes the Oscar nominated Dance Lexie Dance (Raw Nerve Productions, 1996). Dave’s theatre work has played throughout Ireland and in Edinburgh, Liverpool, New York and Afghanistan. His fourth novel, Oak and Stone, is published by Merdog Books (2019).

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Michael O’Leary Rules! Okay?

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Recent moves at City of Derry Airport prove that Michael O'Leary rules, if not Ireland, Britain and a chunk of the rest of Europe, then significant aeronautical hectares of them. Michael O'Leary is Mr. Ryanair, CEO of the airline company…
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Warding Off Terror With Luck

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Fintan O'Toole (F O'T) is an opinion writer for The Irish Times. He is one of Ireland’s best-known columnists, with a large readership in Ireland and internationally. He is also a well-regarded theatre critic. Writing on July 16th, directly…
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Is Your Mind Demoralised?

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John F Schumaker, writing in April 2016's issue of New Internationalist, reckons 'our' minds are demoralised and that it is 'our' culture, and not 'us' that is sick. Western consumer culture is creating a psycho-spiritual crisis that…
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Foregoing the Right to Offend

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Approaching the consideration of offensive utterances as a matter of rights leaves us with major problems. An editorial in Saturday's edition of The Irish Times exposes them. In the week Paris marked the anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo…
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Christmas Time & Seasonal Shame

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The Irish Times is a major newspaper in Ireland. The weekend edition is published each Saturday and includes a magazine with human-interest features on celebrities, personalities, food, fashion, travel and gardening. There's a comprehensive…