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Los Angeles 1968. As the morning sun beats down on a busy street, a woman steps off the curb to cross to the other side. But just as she reaches the middle of the road her body begins to shake uncontrollably. A nearby police officer shouts…

The National Women’s Council of Ireland recently called for the introduction of gender quotas in Irish local elections due to the fact that only 21% of the country’s 949 local councillors are female. In this argument, they pointed out that…

Freelance writing can be a misunderstood art. A lot of people have translated any career with the prefix, “freelance” as “unemployed,” or the less popular but equally hurtful, “probably drunk right now.” But at least one of these is going…

The crisis in our housing sector is no mistake. It is the result of political decisions, and is seen as “the norm” by people like Conor Skehan, the Government’s top housing advisor. Long-term disinvestment in social housing and the…

“Is it hard to see death when it is disguised and tricked out in the surface trappings of life?” These words were written by a journalist named John Healy in 1967 in reference to the decline of his native Charlestown in Mayo over the course…

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…

The world moves fast. If you don’t stop and read the papers, you might just miss a few things. So with this in mind, let’s take you through a few of those global stories that you may have missed during the week. Argentina Argentina has…

Virtual reality might sound very futuristic, but it’s already a part of modern life. VR dates as far back as 1838, more than a century before someone first coined the term, by trying to make people feel like they were part of a painting or…

This is a new series of pieces which will try and sum up what we feel we learned from our amazing guests. All episodes of The Suss are available to sink into your earholes now across a range of platforms. In Episode 25, we sat down with…

The current president of the United States is fond of taking credit for accomplishments that aren't his. One namesake he's definitely earned, however, and something he'd probably rather not hang his name on, is something mental health…