As Brexit Nears Completion, Ireland Looks to Expand Its Global Influence
The small nation has big plans to take on a new role within Europe and soften the blow of Britain's defection from the E.U.
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To What Extent Is Your Shamrock Shake a Racial Fantasy?
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, Pacific Standard rates five St. Patrick’s Day cultural icons on a scale of total American fiction to some parts made in Ireland.
The Next Irish Revolution
Will Ireland become the first country to legalize same-sex marriage through a popular vote? M.V. Lee Badgett explains why the Catholic nation may create a turning point in the global LGBT rights movement.
Irish Dance and Our Invented Concepts of Race and Ethnicity
When one cultural tradition evolves, borrowing and melding with other cultural traditions, it increasingly belongs to everyone.
Ireland: Gentrification of a Nation
The term is selectively applied, depending on personal politics, and obscures much more pressing problems.
The Heart of Demographic Doom
Nearly a century ago, during the Great Migration, less-educated individuals were the ones who left home in search of better lives. The opposite is true today, with the educated more mobile than ever before, leaving some places in a spiral of decline.