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It’s the first time the ‘Green and White Army’ and the ‘Boys in Green’ have competed together in a football tournament – and it’s actually going rather well.
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As Australians commemorate the Anzacs who died at Gallipoli, spare a thought for the 10,000 French soldiers who also died on the Dardanelles in the first world war.
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As Europe wakens to a wave of newly elected right-wing Members of the European Parliament, our multi-racial continent needs to understand what are the psychological roots of this movement. We have some…
Human beings should be immensely proud of what they have achieved in modern civilization. Millions of people live together in relative harmony, reasonable health and with a standard of living which would…
At a joint German-Russian cabinet meeting in Siberia in 2006, German Chancellor Angela Merkel unsuccessfully tried to persuade President Vladimir Putin that cabinet ministers should be treated with respect…
World leaders who make war tend to have a particular personality profile called “high need for power”. American presidents who show this need have, throughout history, been more likely to take their country…
David Owen, former UK Foreign Secretary, noticed a tall man weaving his way through the post-Buckingham Palace banquet crowd. Looming over him, he said: “You are Lord Owen aren’t you?” “Yes,” Owen replied…
How can we explain the level of savagery that has been seen in Syria? And how on earth do the negotiators in Geneva hope to bridge an abyss of cruelty and suffering that has seen more than 100,000 people…
A girl called Holly Thompson yawned so hard in a boring school class that she dislocated her jaw and couldn’t close it again. The 17-year-old English schoolgirl had to be taken to hospital where the doctor…
In recent weeks there has been a spate of good economic news emanating from Ireland. The most significant was that in the latest 12-month period, employment increased by around 3%, an exceptional and surprising…
I knew I had a problem when, in the five seconds before the lift arrived, I found myself checking newsfeeds on my iPhone. The constant, restless fingering of the phone’s shiny surface, this filling of…
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin
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Assistant Professor in International Peace Studies, Trinity College Dublin
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Research fellow, history, Trinity College Dublin
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Professor in Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, Trinity College Dublin
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Assistant Professor in Ecology, Trinity College Dublin
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PhD Candidate, Migration, Climate Change, Human Rights, European Law., Trinity College Dublin
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Assistant Professor in Digital Humanities, Trinity College Dublin
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Director of the Trinity Centre for Forced Migration Studies, Trinity College Dublin
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Associate Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Trinity College Dublin
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PhD Candidate, Latin American Studies, Trinity College Dublin
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Teaching Fellow in Political Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin
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Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology, Trinity College Dublin
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Associate professor of history, Trinity College Dublin
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Associate Professor in Modern and Contemporary Art History, Department of History of Art & Architecture, Trinity College Dublin
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Assistant Professor in Sociology, Trinity College Dublin
