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Matthew Mulligan
Editor-at-Large
The Twisted Pepper last night played host to the launch of Emergency: Contraception in Ireland, a policy by the group Re(al)-Productive Health. The group submitted their policy suggestions to health organisations including the HSE, the Irish Pharmacy …
Online Editor
“Suddenly people are recognising me out of drag”, says Rory O’Neill “which is an entirely new experience!” As a young gay man, my awareness of Rory’s drag persona Panti Bliss has varied from Pride rally speeches …
Deputy News Editor
The influence of the Bahrain’s ruling Al-Khalifa dynasty reaches “all the way up to Stephen’s Green, the RCSI and the HSE,” a consultant with the Mater Private Hospital has claimed. Dr Damian McCormack made the …
Michael Lanigan
Staff Writer
Friday night at the Grand Social played host to MiXiM’s inaugural culture festival F.L.A.M.E. (Fashion, Live, Arts, Music, Entertainment), with what should appear to be the first in a series of similar events scheduled for the …
Editor
It’s that time of year again. The time that is pretty much universally detested, when campaigners and flyers and awful stunts punctuate our daily lives on campus for around two weeks: The SU elections. Although, it has …
Online Editor
The fabulous Irish gay icon and internationally acclaimed performer Miss Panti Bliss appeared on RTÉ’s Saturday Night Show last week. The mama of Irish drag queens and the rowdy landlady of the snazzy PantiBar on …
Comment Editor
Paul Krugman, winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics Science, visited the University Philosophical Society today. He gave a short speech on epistemology in economics and then answered questions from the floor and from …
Editor
Most students recognise the name. When trying to remember where they recognise it from, it usually brings up flashbacks of sitting on the loo in the arts block toilets and reading the replies to someone’s existential crisis …