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Suzanne Harrington

Suzanne Harrington

Fathers’ ad campaign is completely ill-conceived

Fathers’ ad campaign is completely ill-conceived

SO Bus Éireann is going to run an ad campaign on the side of their buses for the pressure group Fathers 4 Justice, riffing on the Dog’s Trust slogan: “A father is for life, not just for conception.”

Mon, 28 Nov, 2016

If truth be told, this post truth trash is one big inconvenient lie

If truth be told, this post truth trash is one big inconvenient lie

Post truthism has been gestating in the underbelly of the internet for more than a decade, writes Suzanne Harrington

Mon, 21 Nov, 2016

Bono should have been man enough to refuse ‘woman of year’ award

Bono should have been man enough to refuse ‘woman of year’ award

I AM outraged. Horrified and disgusted. Appalled and let down by the direction in which things are heading, writes Suzanne Harrington. 

Mon, 14 Nov, 2016

Right-wing shock jocks influence Americans more than the ‘corporate media’

Right-wing shock jocks influence Americans more than the ‘corporate media’

“TWO nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy,” is how Disraeli described the rich/poor divide in Britain, and could just as easily mean America mere days before we find out if they elect more of the corrupt corporate same, or go wildly off piste with the mad orange one, writes Suzanne Harrington.

Mon, 07 Nov, 2016

High street tat is the real Halloween horror show

High street tat is the real Halloween horror show

Trick or treat, because nobody except actual Irish people can pronounce Oíche Samhain, never mind spell it, writes Suzanne Harrington

Mon, 31 Oct, 2016

Please Hillary, make America think again

Please Hillary, make America think again

Perhaps once President Hillary is in power, she can divert serious funding into some serious education projects, so America never again makes another Trump, writes Suzanne Harrington

Mon, 24 Oct, 2016

A moment Frozen in time that melted my heart

A moment Frozen in time that melted my heart

Not only do we have apples, but we have gardens and houses, and freedom. And each other, writes Suzanne Harrington

Mon, 17 Oct, 2016

The wolf whistle is cowardly and unsexy

The wolf whistle is cowardly and unsexy

If somebody like Piers Morgan says something sexist (virtually everytime his mouth flaps open), he gets shut down, pulled up, ridiculed. 

Mon, 10 Oct, 2016

Manterrupting is about to trump mansplaining

Manterrupting is about to trump mansplaining

IF a man mansplains in the forest, do the trees roll their eyes? 

Mon, 03 Oct, 2016

Brangelina reporting should make us ask some serious questions ...

Brangelina reporting should make us ask some serious questions ...

When news emerged of Angelina Jolie filing for divorce from Brad Pitt, the internet swivelled its digital eyeball towards Pitt’s first wife, Jennifer Aniston, for her reaction. 

Mon, 26 Sep, 2016