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Poem: The Case of George Nkencho
January 4, 2021 - No comment
If this boy had been more prudently dropped into life on, say, a street with trees that throw out their annual yellow to...
January 4, 2021 - No comment
If this boy had been more prudently dropped into life on, say, a street with trees that throw out their annual yellow to...
Poem: The First Dissident
February 27, 2020 - No comment
The Commissars yet to be assigned their desks; you pick today to text: “What have the revolutionaries ever done for...
February 27, 2020 - No comment
The Commissars yet to be assigned their desks; you pick today to text: “What have the revolutionaries ever done for...
Poem: Febrile
September 30, 2019 - No comment
“I am the Empire in the last of its decline.” Paul Verlaine I am Britain in the final orgasm of its fall, that watches...
September 30, 2019 - No comment
“I am the Empire in the last of its decline.” Paul Verlaine I am Britain in the final orgasm of its fall, that watches...
Poem: To the Boys Who Carried Out the Ballybrit Mosque Attack
August 3, 2019 - No comment
You wish you could waddle up the Monivea Road like Lord Haw Haw wearing a scar the length of your jaw you got fighting...
August 3, 2019 - No comment
You wish you could waddle up the Monivea Road like Lord Haw Haw wearing a scar the length of your jaw you got fighting...
Poem: Let Me Tell You About Them
August 21, 2018 - 2 Comments
The teenagers we shot yesterday were shot responsibly through the eye with plain-speaking dum-dum bullets, manufactured...
August 21, 2018 - 2 Comments
The teenagers we shot yesterday were shot responsibly through the eye with plain-speaking dum-dum bullets, manufactured...
Poem: What Put The Diamonds In Your Owner’s Wife’s Ears?
August 4, 2018 - No comment
Introduction The Irish housing crisis is so acute it has led to university students spending the first week of term sleeping...
August 4, 2018 - No comment
Introduction The Irish housing crisis is so acute it has led to university students spending the first week of term sleeping...
Poem: The Euphemisms
May 24, 2018 - No comment
Introduction Tomorrow, Friday 25 May, Ireland will come out to vote in a historic referendum that will determine the future...
May 24, 2018 - No comment
Introduction Tomorrow, Friday 25 May, Ireland will come out to vote in a historic referendum that will determine the future...
Poem: Heavy Clogs
February 12, 2018 - No comment
Introduction The “mother and baby home” in Tuam, Co. Galway, was one of many Irish institutions run by religious...
February 12, 2018 - No comment
Introduction The “mother and baby home” in Tuam, Co. Galway, was one of many Irish institutions run by religious...
Poem: Exit
December 10, 2017 - No comment
As Theresa May hails a breakthrough in Brexit negotiations, Kevin Higgins gives an Irish view of a post-divorce Britain. For...
December 10, 2017 - No comment
As Theresa May hails a breakthrough in Brexit negotiations, Kevin Higgins gives an Irish view of a post-divorce Britain. For...
Poem: Irish Government Minister Unveils Monument to Victims of Pro-Life Amendment
July 16, 2017 - 2 Comments
Awaiting the unveiling of a monument for the victims of the 8th Amendment Introduction A ban on abortion...
July 16, 2017 - 2 Comments
Awaiting the unveiling of a monument for the victims of the 8th Amendment Introduction A ban on abortion...
