Arts & Culture, College Life, Opinion, Politics

Minimum Unit Pricing- For Public Health or Health of Pubs?

Posted on by Ben McMahon

On the 4th of January this year, all hell broke loose. The price of alcohol in the Republic of Ireland has increased to a minimum of 10c for a gram of alcohol, or €1 for a standard drink. Cheap booze died overnight as prices were forced upwards to closely match their premium counterparts, while the price of a slab of …

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Analysis, Arts & Culture, Fuinneamh, Opinion

Has the Pandemic Changed the Arts Scene Forever?

Posted on by Ben McMahon

It has been a long and exhausting year and a half. On a personal level, even if you’ve had the luck not to lose anyone to the virus, or contract it yourself, spending so long under a Groundhog Day of isolation would drive anyone’s mental health into the mud. Even on a grander more sociological scale, we’ve been faced with …

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