Dublin City Council have resurfaced plans to turn College Green into a central plaza, but is city centre pedestrianisation enough to make Ireland’s capital genuinely liveable?
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Supporting League of Ireland Football
The 2021 League of Ireland season could be a turning point for the Irish football. Keith Duffy explores how Irish football fans can help Irish football culture grow.
The Resurgence of Black Lives Matter in Ireland
Aghogho Sophie Okpara analyses racism in Ireland, details her own experiences of its many manifestations, and offers a hopeful vision for where we can go from here.
Let's Talk About How We All Got Here…
‘Normal People’, the highly acclaimed television programme, adapted from a Sally Rooney novel, shows two 17-year-olds engage in sexual activities, leading to mixed reviews and radio controversy.
Why are Irish people so incapable of talking about sex?
When It's All Over...
Do you feel pressure to come out of isolation having 'achieved something'? We look at the possibility that changing our perspective could be the only change we really need.
Lockdown Activism?
How to keep fighting for what you believe in during the strange times of social distancing.
The Green Vote
This decade is critical for averting a climate catastrophe. Should climate change lead us to prioritise a green vote? We explore the general election in the context of the climate crisis.
Shades of Green and Blue
Irish politics meets Spot the Difference. With a general election less than two weeks out, we try our best to separate those most identical twins: Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil.
Fear in Film: When Sound Scares Us
What is it about sound that can evoke our deepest, darkest emotions? Kieran Enright discusses fear in film in our spooky Soapbox special.
High Rise Living
What’s up with these American influenced accents heard around Dublin? Fabian MacGinty O’Neill stands on the SoapBox to give us the low down on high rise inflections.
Josef Koudelka
'The maximum, that is what has always interested me' - FAC Looks Back at Czech photographer Josef Koudelka
Ógra Fianna Fáil
This recruitment campaign is gas!