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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.

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S Colin Sheridan: Title drought makes it easy to understand why Yankees dropped pretension

Meanwhile, it appeared Mayo were about to hit rock bottom against Armagh on Saturday but Davitt Neary's inspirational goal proved the catalyst for the type of comeback to which supporters have become accustomed.

Mon, 24 Feb, 2025

Big Asteroid Closing to the Earth Planet. Apocalypse Concept. "Elements of this image furnished by NASA "

Colin Sheridan: Asteroids, AI, and austerity — how do we cope with a world in chaos?

Asteroids, AI, and apocalypse — are we all living through history, or just overwhelmed by it?

Sat, 22 Feb, 2025

Working Hard in the Office

S Colin Sheridan: I'm sick of telling computers that I'm not a robot

If interrogators want to break me, all they have to do is make me go online and join my local GAA club. Or apply for an Arts Council grant. Or begin the process of obtaining Garda vetting

Sat, 15 Feb, 2025

Galway v Mayo - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Preliminary Quarter-Final

S Colin Sheridan: Is there a danger Galway are the new Mayo?

Win while you can, is the message for Galway, because the good times don’t last forever.

Mon, 10 Feb, 2025

Colin Sheridan: We need a national tree strategy

Colin Sheridan: We need a national tree strategy

European countries boast an average 35% forest cover yet Ireland stands at a disgraceful 11%; much of our country is as barren as the Sierra Nevada

Sat, 08 Feb, 2025

Brentford v Tottenham Hotspur - Premier League - Gtech Community Stadium

S Colin Sheridan: Rabid Spurs inconsistency makes it hard to turn that corner

History suggest not all of Spurs' ills are down to Ange Postecoglou.

Mon, 03 Feb, 2025

Taoiseach visits President Michael D Higgins

Colin Sheridan: Michael D Higgins' record as an advocate for human rights is unimpeachable

President has the courage and intellect to articulate carefully chosen sentiments of empathy and concern for events both past and present

Sun, 02 Feb, 2025

TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 - Day 3

S Colin Sheridan: Kaepernick proves it pays to remain silent

The NFL, which had protected and forgiven all manner of criminals, including countless domestic abusers, consciously cancelled Kaepernick for deigning to protest racial and social injustice.

Mon, 27 Jan, 2025

New Taoiseach appointed

Colin Sheridan: As first days go, Ceann Comhairle's was 'Reeling in the Years' worthy

Verona Murphy had just one job to do — and even if that job was to herd a crowd of megalomaniac cats, she failed

Sat, 25 Jan, 2025

Taoiseach visit to Naas

S Colin Sheridan: Political leaders must reclaim high ground in a moral vacuum

Muddying the waters to make them seem deep — this seems to be what a lot of Irish politics is about right now

Sat, 18 Jan, 2025