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Kelly Earley: How giving up alcohol strengthened my connection to the LGBTQ+ community

Alcohol and nights out have long been central to Irish queer culture, but stepping away from drinking altogether left me feeling more connected to my...

09.06.2026 10

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Kelly Earley: Society's gender norms – who do they really serve?

As Pride season begins, whether you’re straight, queer, cisgender or trans, society’s narrow rules come with a price that few of us manage to escape.

02.06.2026 10

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Kelly Earley: Militarism might be Ireland’s next economic disaster

From the crash to housing, each generation has lived through political failures in Ireland. Let’s not sleepwalk into militarisation and abandoning...

26.05.2026 10

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Kelly Earley: Could Mountjoy Square be Dublin’s most important park?

In praise of Mountjoy Square, Dublin 1’s much-maligned park that is one of the city’s most important green spaces.

19.05.2026 20

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Kelly Earley: Should we scrap HAP? Ireland urgently needs an alternative

HAP was meant to be a solution to the housing crisis, but instead its recipients are being pushed deeper into poverty, isolation and housing...

12.05.2026 20

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The housing crisis: Like wildfire, we need to abandon the delusion it’ll burn itself out

The only real way out of the housing crisis is through the introduction of a state construction company, argues Kelly Earley.

06.05.2026 30

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Kelly Earley: Don’t fall for the idea that Dublin is dangerous

Falling crime rates and global rankings tell one story of Dublin, but social media and public discourse often tell another.

28.04.2026 30

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