music Is "Come Out, Ye Black & Tans" just the 1920 version of "Fuck The Police?" Thom Dunn

music Listen to 10 songs about whiskey and worker's rights on the new Forfocséic album Thom Dunn

music Listen to "Forfocséic," a new album of Irish Rebel Songs by Thom Dunn Thom Dunn

Irish trad Irish storyteller cleans up his act after kid reads him the riot act Séamus Bellamy

music Travel Tunes: Kíla: Suas Síos Séamus Bellamy

gender The weirdly conservative story of a famous American drag artist from the 1910s Thom Dunn

News McDonald's loses Big Mac trademark after bullying tactics against upstart rival backfire Mark Frauenfelder

law She's an Irish heiress, a psychic, a witch… and about to be extradited to the UK on fraud charges Rob Beschizza

air travel Irish national carrier's annual Blessing of the Planes Carolyn Townsend

Sinn Fein's Michelle O'Neill is the first Irish Republican to lead Northern Ireland Rob Beschizza

ireland A brief homage to the Wild Cat of Kilkenny, Shane MacGowan Natalie Dressed

podcast Fire Draw Near is a fascinating monthly podcast dedicated to the history of Irish folk songs Natalie Dressed

Comics Old Dog is a clever sci-fi twist on the classic "one more job" story Thom Dunn

Taco Tuesday LeBron James joins fight to liberate Taco Tuesday Jason Weisberger

booze Sales of caffeinated wine surge after Catholics denounce Protestant-themed marketing Thom Dunn

music Celebrate May Day with a new album of workers' songs Thom Dunn

racism Student loans as a strategy for social control Elías Villoro

media Graham Norton said we should listen to trans people, so JK Rowling accused him of supporting "rape and death threats" and her fans hounded him off Twitter Rob Beschizza

History The fascinating history and traditions of the Jack-o-Lantern Gareth Branwyn

Trader Joe's Trader Joe's cursed licorice "Gourmet Jelly Beans" Andrew Yi