Back Issues / 2003
Modernising Ourselves
A splendid quotation from W.B. Yeats’ poem “I am of Ireland” was one of the most memorable moments of Mary Robinson’s Inauguration as President of Ireland in December 1990.
Equality
There have been well-articulated complaints about the “Equality Industry”, so this issue of Studies examines what we mean when we use the word “equality” and how ideals may be put into practice. The most important characteristic of “equality” is that it is multifaceted, covering equality in economic opportunities, representation, recognition and respect.
The Irish and Addiction
Nothing in recent reports about the problem of excessive drinking in Ireland surprised those of us who produce Studies from Leeson Street in Dublin, because our street’s very name has become a byword for excessive consumption of almost everything, especially in the early hours of the morning.
Ireland's Recent Memory
The number of legal immigrants arriving in Ireland is now recorded as being just above 47,000 per year. This figure is very close to the annual total of emigrants recorded fifty years ago. Such a change in half a century is unprecedented in Irish history and makes demands on our sense of who we are as a people, altering our self-definition.
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