Tag Archive | opinion
Pornographic? Yes. Misogynistic? No…
New Danish TV show Blachman has angered many. But, as The Daily Shift’s Barry Gormley asks, are many just over-reacting? About these ads
Adventures in music: Teen pop
Do you ever get bored of the music on your iPod? Do you ever worry that you might be missing out on the greatest song you’ve never heard? Fret not, The Daily Shift’s Austin Maloney takes a journey on the outer reaches of music, to see just what you’re missing…
Barbie girl?
We all grew up wanting to look like Barbie, but what would it really mean? Gill Fitzsimons of The Daily Shift shows us what a Barbie body would really be like…
Victims get lost in a public gripped by female killers
If it were the Black Widower, The Scissor Brothers or Sean ‘Lying Eyes’ Collins would we still be as interested in the trials and tribulations of some of Ireland’s most notorious criminals?
Margaret Thatcher: The philistine PM immortalised in culture
Margaret Thatcher will be cremated tomorrow following a military funeral. The Daily Shift’s Roisin Peddle takes a look at her long shadow cast over culture by her tenure as British Prime Minister…
Opinion: The problem with today’s pop stars is… the fans
Hate One Direction and Justin Bieber? No, you don’t, says The Daily Shift’s Ben Finnegan. You just hate their fans…
Ahh here, put it back in
Are children growing up too quickly? Angela MacNamara seems to think so, and Nicole Balmaine of The Daily Shift agrees with her…
The cutest cartoon sidekicks
The Daily Shift’s Roisin Peddle takes a look at some of the cutest ever cartoon sidekicks…
Getting baked; should soft drugs be legalised?
The Daily Shift’s Nicole Balmaine gives her two cents on Bressie’s thoughts about legalising drugs…
So what exactly did happen in Cyprus?
The Mediterranean island of Cyprus has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. The Daily Shift’s Shane Burke takes a look over the latest bailout economy…
Review:Oz, The Great And Powerful
Oz: The Great and Powerful is still in cinemas. The Daily Shift’s Roisin Peddle reviews it…
Review: Move over, Fifty Shades
The Daily Shift’s Roisin Peddle reviews Aoife Brennan’s new novel, The Cougar Diaries Part I…
Ireland’s newest cougar writes… (NSFW)
Aoife Brennan‘s new novel, The Cougar Diaries Part I, is available on Amazon now. So why did she decide to write erotic fiction?
Songs for Mother’s Day
As Mother’s Day draws to a close, The Daily Shift’s Roisin Peddle picks out some songs celebrating Mammys…
Review: Bowie quietly shows how it’s done
The Daily Shift’s Roisin Peddle reviews David Bowie’s new album, The Next Day…
