Hog | Opinion

Europe needs urgency and intent rather than pieties and inertia
  • Opinion
  • 14 Oct 26

Europe needs urgency and intent rather than pieties and inertia

Student Special: "How can Irish educators help young people prepare for the lives they hope to lead, if the future is unknowable?"
  • Opinion
  • 13 Sep 26

Student Special: "How can Irish educators help young people prepare for the lives they hope to lead, if the future is unknowable?"

We Must Not Lose Sight Of The Importance Of The EU
  • Opinion
  • 11 Jul 26

We Must Not Lose Sight Of The Importance Of The EU

The United States at 250: "Consideration of the 250 years of the US should include a healthy measure of self-questioning and contrition"
  • Opinion
  • 23 Jun 26

The United States at 250: "Consideration of the 250 years of the US should include a healthy measure of self-questioning and contrition"

Welcome to the AI Apocalypse – brought to us by largely uncontrolled, mostly US-owned tech corporations
  • Opinion
  • 16 May 26

Welcome to the AI Apocalypse – brought to us by largely uncontrolled, mostly US-owned tech corporations

Strait of Hormuz and rising oil prices: "Trump and Netanyahu have made  a monumental miscalculation – and the rest of us are stuck with the consequences"
  • Opinion
  • 20 Apr 26

Strait of Hormuz and rising oil prices: "Trump and Netanyahu have made  a monumental miscalculation – and the rest of us are stuck with the consequences"

The war dogs couldn’t give a damn about climate change – so where does that leave us?
  • Opinion
  • 25 Mar 26

The war dogs couldn’t give a damn about climate change – so where does that leave us?

Online and side-line abuse: "Nobody is safe. The monster never sleeps"
  • Lifestyle & Sports
  • 23 Feb 26

Online and side-line abuse: "Nobody is safe. The monster never sleeps"

The Year in Sport: "With that goal, Ireland’s World Cup hopes were shaken up like a green, white and orange snow globe"
  • Lifestyle & Sports
  • 31 Dec 25

The Year in Sport: "With that goal, Ireland’s World Cup hopes were shaken up like a green, white and orange snow globe"

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

Migration: It's Time To Stop Blaming The Victims

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

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"

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 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

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"

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