Paulie Doyle

I like to work The Sopranos into classes I teach. Earlier this year, while teaching a module on narrative studies, I played one of my favourite scenes for some undergraduates.

I knew things were about to get pretty Serious when I saw Stephen Collins. The Irish Times columnist had written yet another piece explaining we’d better start acting like adults because our betters in Europe and the United States aren’t looking at us favourably right now.

Ivan Yates was at least honest about the tactics he would need to use to get a candidate like Heather Humphreys elected president.

The political right hates Michael D Higgins – with good reason.

About two weeks ago in Tallaght a gang of young men brutally attacked a man from India as he walked down the street. Falsely accusing him of behaving inappropriately towards children, they ripped off his clothes and left him lying naked and bloodied on the pavement.