by | Feb 28, 2026 | Latest News, The Sunday Read
“The whole world is in a terrible state of chassis”, is Captain Jack Boyle’s famous declaration at the end of Juno and the Paycock, written by the famous playwright and early member of our Union, Seán O’Casey. Capt. Boyle’s declaration of dismay was made as he saw his...
by | Feb 22, 2026 | Latest News Home, The Sunday Read
Something is badly broken in Waterford’s housing market, and the numbers make for uncomfortable reading. Average monthly rents in Waterford City now stand at €1,235, a staggering 55% rise since the pre-pandemic period. County-wide rents have increased by 53%...
by | Feb 2, 2026 | History, Latest News Home, The Sunday Read
It was the sight of an infant huddled beside its dead mother in the slums of Liverpool that awoke in the young Jim Larkin a great passion to struggle against injustice. As Jim’s granddaughter, Stella Larkin McConnon, recalls: “He was giving a hand with some work when...
by | Feb 1, 2026 | Latest News Home, The Sunday Read
A silent coup by a billionaire elite is rolling back hard-won progress, exacerbating inequality, and hollowing out democracy. As we face this modern counter-revolution, Larkin’s ‘Divine Gospel of Discontent’ is not a historical artefact, but an urgent manifesto writes...
by | Dec 7, 2025 | The Sunday Read
Back in 2009, I wrote that our South Africa moment was nearing. Despite the US-Israeli livestreamed genocide against over two million Palestinians in the illegally occupied and besieged Gaza Strip, I now think this moment is nearer than ever because the BDS movement...
by | Aug 10, 2025 | History, The Sunday Read
Wexford’s industrialised character was unique in southern Ireland and derived from the town’s seafaring and trading links with Bristol. The foundry industry had become well established in the town by the end of the nineteenth century. In June 1911, dockworkers became...
