Cathryn Costello

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‘It is hard not to rail at David Cameron’s awful hubris, Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage’s corrosive lies, the barely veiled racism and xenophobia the debate unleashed.’ Photograph: EPA/Andy Rain
Brexiteers offered an alternative that is a mirage

I recall vividly the moment of encountering a beautiful idea in the library of University College Cork over 20 years ago. I happened across Neil MacCo(...)

Refugees walk towards a ferry at the port in Mytilini on September 9th, 2015 in Lesbos, Greece. Photograph: Eric Thayer/Getty Images
The view from Lesbos: Politicians prevaricate while refugees suffer
  • Opinion
  • September 10, 2015, 04:00

Last Sunday, on a mountain road on the Greek island of Lesbos, we saw hundreds of people walking in the heat – groups of men, young couples, families (...)