Sadhbh Walshe

How Brexit Put a United Ireland Back on the Map

Despite the great strides the North has made toward an embedded peace, people from nationalist and unionist communities live largely parallel lives, following their own sports, religion, and politics. Brexit is exacerbating these tensions.

Why Irish America Is Not Evergreen

At this St. Patrick’s Day, one could be fooled into thinking that the Irish-American community is as robust as ever. But US immigration rules have largely closed the door to new entries, leading inexorably to a “graying” of Irish America.

Ireland’s Big Choice

No one on any side of the debate here expected Ireland's Citizens’ Assembly to vote as liberally as it did on the issue of the constitutional ban on abortion.