Daily archives: October 14, 2016


The new Ireland: new moral state? Saturday 22 October, 12.00 – 13.00 , Pit Theatre  In May 2015, Ireland voted by an overwhelming majority to legalise same-sex marriage, becoming the first country in the world to do so by popular vote. This decision, hailed as a social revolution, marks an […]

The new Ireland: new moral state?


Death and the meaning of life Sunday 23 October, 16.00 – 17.15 , Cinema 3  ‘Not to be here, not to be anywhere, and soon.’ Philip Larkin’s words help us focus on the great existential question: how should we live our lives when we are permanently under the shadow of […]

Death at the Battle of Ideas