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Colin Sheridan

Colin Sheridan is a writer and columnist. A former officer in the Irish Defence Forces he has extensive deployment experience as a peacekeeper with the United Nations, having lived and worked in the former Yugoslavia, West Africa, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Palestine.

Protests planned outside Ed Sheerans concert

Colin Sheridan: Ed Sheeran’s ‘neutrality’ over Macklemore and Gaza is a political choice

Colin Sheridan says that wealth and influence bring greater responsibility when powerful industries punish artists for speaking out

Sat, 26 Sep, 2026

Colin Sheridan: Billionaires own the teams we love but it doesn't buy them moral authority

Colin Sheridan: Billionaires own the teams we love but it doesn't buy them moral authority

Dancing with the devil becomes easier once the devil sponsors the league.

Mon, 21 Sep, 2026

Family watching television together in living room

Colin Sheridan: The everyday things Gaza cannot get — and why Ireland should not look away

Colin Sheridan looks at the everyday goods and essential infrastructure restricted from Gaza and Ireland’s relationship with Israel.

Sat, 19 Sep, 2026

World single states political map

Greenland isn’t as big as you think: Why the world map we know is misleading

A new UN-backed campaign is challenging the familiar Mercator projection and asking whether maps shape how we perceive global power

Sat, 19 Sep, 2026

New York Mets catcher Mike Piazza (L) is congratul

Colin Sheridan: After 9/11, a home run gave grieving New York a moment of escape

Twenty-five years ago, 9/11 made sport feel irrelevant. Ten days later, Mike Piazza hit a home run for the New York Mets and a grieving city could momentarily care about the game

Mon, 14 Sep, 2026

Sept 11th

Colin Sheridan: We watched 9/11 happen. Then we forgot what the pictures were telling us

From Afghanistan and Iraq to Gaza, Colin Sheridan argues that 9/11 exposed a failure to recognise every victim’s humanity

Sat, 12 Sep, 2026

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S Colin Sheridan: Irish golf is having a moment, we must preserve it so that everyone can enjoy it

Last Week's Walker Cup triumph at Lahinch and this week's Irish Open at Doonbeg shows why golf tourists are crossing the Atlantic — it's because Ireland does not recreate American golf, and when it comes to access to the sport we should keep that

Sat, 12 Sep, 2026

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Colin Sheridan: What the World Nomad Games can teach us about the true meaning of sport

The World Nomad Games is a reminder that before sport became an industry, it belonged to communities and places and people

Mon, 07 Sep, 2026

Jason Arday resignation

Colin Sheridan: What Jason Arday’s death and ‘reputational warfare’ should teach Ireland

Jason Arday’s experience offers Ireland a warning about globalised smear campaigns and the need for proportionate, rigorous scrutiny.

Sat, 05 Sep, 2026

BIO-MAO ZEDONG-COMMUNISM

Colin Sheridan: Mao's murderous legacy still overshadowed by symbolism

The human cost of Mao's murderous ideology has never overcome the power of his cultural symbolism worldwide, despite attempts by writers and historians to correct the record

Sat, 05 Sep, 2026