The Gist: News of the World
England, Canada and Australia, all with election results in a week? This is the Gist.
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The Gist: Trans rights are Data rights
A UK court has made a decision defining genders which has put it at odds with a less noticed, more important, decision from the CJEU. This is the Gist.
The Gist: Tariffifing Behaviour
Donald Trump thinks he knows what a tariff is. He is wrong. It may be enough to destroy him. 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
Ireland
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.
GE24
Campaign Gist: Building a Wall
There are six constituencies with a risk of a far right candidate taking a seat. This is the Gist.
Ireland
Campaign Gist: Buffalo Stance
There wasn’t going to be a Campaign Gist until this happened. Now this is the only thing.
Ireland
Campaign Gist: SF's Duality, Galway's volatility
Polls look bad for SF. We look at the misunderstanding that took them here. This is the Campaign Gist.
Ireland
Campaign Gist: Greenhouse Grass
The theme of the day was farming, as the big parties unveiled their Cow Tools. This is the Campaign Gist.
Ireland
Campaign Gist: The Rentier Class
Drugs, homelessness and WhatsApp. This is the 2nd Campaign Gist.
USA
The Gist: Mourning in America
The US election has ended with Donald Trump triumphant. This is the Gist.
Campaign Gist: Early Warnings
The election has been called in Ireland and this is the first of the Campaign Gists.
Ireland
The Gist: A dirty little Act
Elected reps and candidates are being told that they could and should use a 1948 law to block housing for people seeking protection. They're wrong on both counts. This is the Gist.
UK
The Gist: Theatre of the Absurd
Sometimes things all feel a bit too serious. So this week's Gist is devoted to only inherently ridiculous stories.