Reviews

  1. A beginner's guide to the Irish political spectrumIreland often puzzles outsiders. To many in Melbourne, Irish political debate can look like a folk song sung in a language you almost understand. The parties…
  2. Living through the Celtic Tiger years in DublinThe phrase still comes up in Dublin pubs, usually delivered with a half-smile and a slow shake of the head. The Celtic Tiger. It rolls off the tongue in a way…
  3. How To Pair Stout With Food Beyond The ObviousStout is often treated as a one-note drinking companion: pour it beside oysters, beef pie or a chocolate dessert and call the work finished. Those combinations…
  4. Reading in Dublin: Where to Find the Quiet CornersTwo things happen when an Australian steps off the plane in Dublin. The first is the surprise of how compact the city feels — after Melbourne or Sydney, the…
  5. Why I Redesigned My Website for Readability Over FlashinessA personal website can easily become a performance. There are animated menus to add, oversized photographs to position, clever transitions to test and a…
  6. Why Ireland's data centre pause matters from Sydney to PerthWhen the Irish government signalled that new data centre builds could be paused while the country's electricity grid caught up with runaway demand, the news…
  7. Picking a coffee grinder without the overthinking spiralCoffee in Australia has long since stopped being a default and started being a daily craft. From the espresso bars tucked into Melbourne's laneways to the flat…
  8. Three decades of Irish newspapers and the stories that stayed with meI keep a stack of yellowing newsprint in the hallway cupboard, and every few months I dig it out. The pile starts with an Evening Herald from the spring I…
  9. Dublin's Historic Pubs and the Stories They KeepDublin's taverns feel less like drinking establishments and more like living museums, where the walls soak up centuries of conversation, rebellion, poetry, and…
  10. Why chasing work-life balance in tech is a losing gameFor more than a decade now, the phrase "work-life balance" has been treated like a holy grail inside the technology industry. Conferences run panels about it,…