This radio documentary (July 2021) is about a small cottage in the Cooley Peninsula in County Louth in Ireland. The programme maker and owner of the cottage, Chris Nikkel, tells the story of his home that was once owned by renowned psychiatrist …
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Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) An Ethical Perspective
The public debate on ECT in Ireland demonstrates little in the way of ethical reflection. 'Is Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) Ever Ethically Justified? If so, Under What Circumstances.' This is the title of an article I wrote which was …
Virtue Ethics Ireland
President Michael D. Higgins launched a Nationwide Ethics Initiative on 14th February, 2014. The stated aim of the initiative was to develop a public discourse that places human flourishing and an ethic of active citizenship at its heart. This …
Musical composition “Rivers Unseen”
A new musical work composed by the Trinity Long Room Hub’s inaugural Artist in Residence, composer Michael Gallen, was premiered in a live performance at the institute on October 19th, 2016. Rivers Unseen was composed in response to three paths of …