Carl Kinsella

1 week ago | thejournal.ie | Carl Kinsella

IT’S HARD TO know what lessons we can learn from watching the global economy crash, rebound and then crash again at the whim of one man whose motivations appear to be entirely vindictive. Is it a good thing that our collective economic futures depend upon investors who clap like seals because a mad king decided to partially stay the apocalypse he’d been planning for us all? Who’s to say? Sure, it’s hard to imagine a stupider alternative than this, but maybe there is one.

2 weeks ago | her.ie | Clara Kelly |Conor Heneghan |Carl Kinsella |Nina McLaughlin

The Minecraft film has not been a huge hit among critics however, moviegoers have been enjoying the film, especially one particular scene. When the first trailer dropped for A Minecraft Movie, many suspected it would tank at the box office. On the Warner Bros. YouTube page, the initial teaser trailer has over 1.8 million dislikes compared to the 740,000 likes. However, trends and memes were born after the film’s release which have encouraged people to check out the movie.

2 weeks ago | thejournal.ie | Carl Kinsella

“AW COME ON, man. Not again.”Anyone who remembers the breathless coverage of the Lehmann Brothers collapse that precipitated the 2008 financial crisis and the many spin-off crises that followed will have had the same reaction to US President Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariff announcements this week. You already got us! It was supposed to be one recession per lifetime, two at a push.

3 weeks ago | thejournal.ie | Carl Kinsella

FOR A LONG time we’ve waited for a TD to give us an image as unforgettable as Willie O’Dea pointing that gun directly at a camera. For a long time we have waited for a moment of Dáil tension as remarkable as Paul Gogarty’s “Fuck you, Deputy Stagg” outburst. Michael Lowry managed to deliver on both fronts with two fingers this week when he made an obscene gesture directed at People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy, who was filming Lowry on his phone as the Dáil once again descended into chaos.

1 month ago | thejournal.ie | Carl Kinsella |Paul O'Donoghue

AOIFE O’ROURKE has been defeated in the final of the 75kg category at the Women’s World Boxing Championships in Niš, Serbia. Entering the ring shortly after her sister Lisa’s defeat, Aoife also fell short in her quest for a gold medal after a narrow defeat to Anastasiia Shamonova of Russia. Shamonova took the first round on a 4-1 split and repeated the trick in the second round.