From the fifth storey of Belvedere College in Dublin 1, floor-to-ceiling glass windows give an uninterrupted view out to the Howth peninsula, taking in the city’s Georgian rooftops and the smooth blue of the Irish Sea. This is the vista from the school’s climate-controlled grow chamber, where plants flower in vertical towers of plastic under … Read more
Claims by Facebook whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams in her new memoir, Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism, have made headlines around the world. Wynn-Williams, who worked directly for Facebook’s former chief operations officer Sheryl Sandberg, alleges her then boss spent almost €12,000 on lingerie for herself and an assistant, and asked … Read more
Heartwheel, a sculpture involving a fractured wheel with a heart at its centre, has been erected at the St Francis Xavier Church on Gardiner Street in Dublin to honour abuse survivors who attended Jesuit schools. Replicas are to be put on public display in Jesuit schools throughout Ireland. It was created by sculptor John Coll, … Read more