The Gist: The Price of Ugliness
Jack Chambers announces his new policy to fill Ireland with ugly things. This is the Gist.
The Gist: A Bad State of Affairs
This week, the talk has been about empowering the state. This is the Gist.
The Gist: A Confederacy of Dunces
Look, I don't like it any more than you. But we've to do Trump some time. This is the Gist.
The Gist: The Landlord's Game
The Government has a new policy to increase housing, which is to keep doing their failed policy, but even harder. This is the Gist.
The Gist: The Group Think Government
Wednesday's Dáil chaos reveals the limits of Executive power. This is the Gist.
Campaign Gist: And in the end...
The election campaign ended with the public's vote but only now do we have a Government. This is the final Campaign Gist.
The Gist: "My Daughter's Path"
The last of the holiday pieces before normal service is resumed is a short story I wrote when I was 20. This is the New Year's Gist.
The Gist: Paul Duane's "My Christmas Memories"
Horror film director, Paul Duane, gives us a Christmas ghost story haunted by the stuff of childhood memory. This is the Guest Gist.
The Gist: Sarah Manvel's 2024 Cinema Year
Sarah Manvel on film; 2024's sex aversion, Daniel Craig's queer renaissance and women seeking new lives. This is the Gist.
The Gist: Cartoon Year In Review
Allan Cavanagh's cartoon round up on some of the Gist's biggest stories from the year, (together with some words from Simon). Ireland's Internet Age Rating Few stories will ever match the sheer number of memorable phrases provided by the Coimisiún na Meán's
The Gist: AI, a talking dog for the 21st Century.
Séamas O'Reilly on the year's biggest con, AI. This is a Christmas Cracker Gist.
The Gist: A week of Christmas Crackers
To keep us all afloat in the great void of leftovers between Christmas and New Year, I've asked some people whose work I enjoy to contribute a piece to the Gist. These are the Christmas Crackers you found on Stephens' Day and keep opening on the drifting
Campaign Gist: FG finds the voters revolting
Whoever the winner of the election turns out to be, it's clear the loser has been FG. This is the Campaign Gist.