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Articles by The Hog

The Threat of War: "[Trump] wants to isolate Europe"
  • Opinion
  • 27 Jan 26

The Threat of War: "[Trump] wants to isolate Europe"

Climate crisis: "The battle must go on. The alternative is unthinkable"
  • Opinion
  • 31 Dec 25

Climate crisis: "The battle must go on. The alternative is unthinkable"

Migration: It's Time To Stop Blaming The Victims
  • Opinion
  • 24 Dec 25

Migration: It's Time To Stop Blaming The Victims

AI and Big Tech: "It would be foolish to believe that AI is going away – it isn’t"
  • Opinion
  • 19 Dec 25

AI and Big Tech: "It would be foolish to believe that AI is going away – it isn’t"

The Year in Culture: That's Entertainment (And Politics)
  • Opinion
  • 17 Dec 25

The Year in Culture: That's Entertainment (And Politics)

Life during wartime: "The ongoing violence frequently feels too nebulous to measure"
  • Opinion
  • 17 Dec 25

Life during wartime: "The ongoing violence frequently feels too nebulous to measure"

The Irish language's rising profile: More than the cúpla focal?
  • Opinion
  • 16 Dec 25

The Irish language's rising profile: More than the cúpla focal?

Rekindling the pagan spirit of midwinter – in a world where Christmas is more crass than class
  • Opinion
  • 07 Dec 25

Rekindling the pagan spirit of midwinter – in a world where Christmas is more crass than class

Michael D. Higgins: What always shines through is the vision, the world-view, the degree to which his core values of social justice and equality are undimmed by office
  • Opinion
  • 03 Nov 25

Michael D. Higgins: What always shines through is the vision, the world-view, the degree to which his core values of social justice and equality are undimmed by office

The Whole Hog Student Special: "We are never the finished article. But everything we do should be a form of learning"
  • Opinion
  • 08 Sep 25

The Whole Hog Student Special: "We are never the finished article. But everything we do should be a form of learning"

The search for a new president: "External influences are much more likely to be malign than benign"
  • Opinion
  • 17 Aug 25

The search for a new president: "External influences are much more likely to be malign than benign"

Remembering Hiroshima 80 years on: "August 6 should be a day of global silence, a day when we contemplate the terrors of war"
  • Opinion
  • 06 Aug 25

Remembering Hiroshima 80 years on: "August 6 should be a day of global silence, a day when we contemplate the terrors of war"

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

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