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Articles by The Hog

The Environmental Crisis: We Need To Act Now Or Regret It Forever
  • Opinion
  • 30 Jun 25

The Environmental Crisis: We Need To Act Now Or Regret It Forever

<i>Cabaret</i> and the rise of the Nazis: "The Roaring 20s came and went a century ago, but there are eerie and very worrying parallels with today"
  • Opinion
  • 20 May 25

Cabaret and the rise of the Nazis: "The Roaring 20s came and went a century ago, but there are eerie and very worrying parallels with today"

We Need A Proper Analysis Of Our Response To Covid
  • Opinion
  • 20 Apr 25

We Need A Proper Analysis Of Our Response To Covid

The Vietnam War: 50 Years On – "What will be celebrated in Ho Chi Minh City at the end of April is peace, not war"
  • Opinion
  • 24 Mar 25

The Vietnam War: 50 Years On – "What will be celebrated in Ho Chi Minh City at the end of April is peace, not war"

Washington 2025: "The bull isn’t just in the china shop. He’s on the streets, and in the skies and on the high seas too"
  • Opinion
  • 24 Feb 25

Washington 2025: "The bull isn’t just in the china shop. He’s on the streets, and in the skies and on the high seas too"

On this day in 1964: Bob Dylan released <i>The Times They Are a-Changin'</i>
  • Music
  • 10 Feb 25

On this day in 1964: Bob Dylan released The Times They Are a-Changin'

The Hog: "Donald Trump is the hot dog, the self-styled Alpha of misogynistic, bullying Alphas"
  • Opinion
  • 04 Feb 25

The Hog: "Donald Trump is the hot dog, the self-styled Alpha of misogynistic, bullying Alphas"

The Whole Hog End of Year Special: Addressing the Complexity of Immigration
  • Opinion
  • 27 Dec 24

The Whole Hog End of Year Special: Addressing the Complexity of Immigration

The Whole Hog End of Year Special: "Climate change has also been sucked into the culture wars"
  • Opinion
  • 24 Dec 24

The Whole Hog End of Year Special: "Climate change has also been sucked into the culture wars"

The Whole Hog End of Year Special: Drugs – The pilot Medically Supervised Injecting Facility is "not going to solve the capital’s public injecting and overdose problem on its own"
  • Lifestyle & Sports
  • 23 Dec 24

The Whole Hog End of Year Special: Drugs – The pilot Medically Supervised Injecting Facility is "not going to solve the capital’s public injecting and overdose problem on its own"

The Year In Culture: From <i>Brat</i> Green to Feuds Created and Abated
  • Opinion
  • 22 Dec 24

The Year In Culture: From Brat Green to Feuds Created and Abated

Women's Rights in 2024: The Ongoing Battle Against Misogyny
  • Opinion
  • 21 Dec 24

Women's Rights in 2024: The Ongoing Battle Against Misogyny

The Whole Hog End Of Year Special: Home Fires - "As ever with Official Ireland, we're chasing the play rather than making it, behind rather than ahead of the curve"
  • Opinion
  • 19 Dec 24

The Whole Hog End Of Year Special: Home Fires - "As ever with Official Ireland, we're chasing the play rather than making it, behind rather than ahead of the curve"

The Whole Hog End of Year Special: The Disinformation Game
  • Opinion
  • 19 Dec 24

The Whole Hog End of Year Special: The Disinformation Game

The Whole Hog End of Year Special: The AI of The Land
  • Opinion
  • 18 Dec 24

The Whole Hog End of Year Special: The AI of The Land

The Whole Hog End of Year Special: The Neck of Big Tech
  • Opinion
  • 17 Dec 24

The Whole Hog End of Year Special: The Neck of Big Tech

Donald Trump's re-election: "MAGA is characterised by vitriol, intolerance, racism and constant threat of bloodshed"
  • Opinion
  • 26 Nov 24

Donald Trump's re-election: "MAGA is characterised by vitriol, intolerance, racism and constant threat of bloodshed"

Online Disinformation: It's Getting Dark, Too Dark To See
  • Opinion
  • 30 Oct 24

Online Disinformation: It's Getting Dark, Too Dark To See

Ireland's inept public planning: "And people wonder why the cost of the National Children's Hospital could almost triple. The answer's easy"
  • Opinion
  • 02 Oct 24

Ireland's inept public planning: "And people wonder why the cost of the National Children's Hospital could almost triple. The answer's easy"

The Hog: "Going to college shouldn’t be easy: it should be challenging, a stretch, an opening up"
  • Opinion
  • 05 Sep 24

The Hog: "Going to college shouldn’t be easy: it should be challenging, a stretch, an opening up"

The Shooting of Donald Trump and the Future of Democracy
  • Opinion
  • 07 Aug 24

The Shooting of Donald Trump and the Future of Democracy

The Times They Are A-Changin’ – but there can be no place in 2024 for apathy
  • Opinion
  • 15 Jul 24

The Times They Are A-Changin’ – but there can be no place in 2024 for apathy

Israel and Palestine: A Ceasefire Must Be Just The Start
  • Opinion
  • 10 Jun 24

Israel and Palestine: A Ceasefire Must Be Just The Start

The Troubles: Who will speak up for the victims of the bombing outrages?
  • Opinion
  • 13 May 24

The Troubles: Who will speak up for the victims of the bombing outrages?

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