A Lust For Life • 23rd July 2020

How emotional intimacy can transform your mental health

Intimacy, according to the Oxford English Dictionary can be defined as “the state of having a close personal relationship with somebody”. It involves connecting with someone on an emotional, physical or spiritual level and usually requires some level of reciprocal trust and vulnerability.

HeadStuff • 6th July 2020

How Children’s Fairy Tales Ease Our Lockdown Blues

We’re all familiar with the fairy tales and classic stories of Cinderella, The Three Billy Goats Gruff or Robin Hood that permeated our nightly routines as our parents or loved ones tucked us into bed.

GCN • 23rd May 2020

Reestablishing a sense of community during lockdown: being LGBT+ in the face of social isolation

Author Tadgh Dolan finds a new sense of community during lockdown.

A Lust For Life • 4th February 2020

A simple pleasure

I wonder what happens when I remove myself from the structures that make up my life. Computers, television screens, even news outlets, all designed to give the illusion of connection. In truth, we’re all disconnected.

A Lust For Life • 22nd November 2019

Love may be the greatest drug of all

It’s peculiar how love can take a hold of you. It locks you in its grasp, sometimes so tightly that it’s hard to breathe. But the release gives way to moments of pure ecstasy.

GCN • 25th October 2019

Landline: The story of the UK helpline for isolated gay farmers

Landline is a short film directed by Matt Houghton which chronicles the telephone calls of gay farmers in the UK as they contact the only helpline set up to support them.

A Lust For Life • 13th August 2019

Learning to forgive

It seems to come in those most doubtful of times, a silent whisper, as if cast by a distant God, dropping to tell you it’s time to forgive.

A Lust For Life • 15th May 2019

I am not perfection

Perfection disguises itself as a rosy red apple, sweet to the touch but filled with a bitterness and toxicity that can course through your veins, and reduce you to a former relic of the person you’re supposed to be.

A Lust For Life • 7th May 2019

Know your ACE score: the long term health effects of early childhood adversity

After watching Dr. Nadine Burke Harris’ TED Talk entitled ​"How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across A Lifetime" ​my mind was opened in a way that I could only later explain to my friends as a moment of pure illumination.

A Lust For Life • 13th March 2019

Notes To Self: You are Something

You move mountains with your courage and the generosity that lies at the core of all you do. Your timid ways are not factions, to be moulded or manipulated by others, but are powerful torrents that move people together and help those that are in distress. In short, you are nothing shy of perfection.

Attitude • 11th October 2018

Jair Bolsonaro and LGBT+ Rights in Brazil

Following Jair Bolsonaro’s win last weekend, Tadgh Dolan has compiled a list of queer artists in Brazil who are working to promote LGBT+ rights.

DIVA • 2nd May 2018

OPINION: Repeal The 8th Is A Queer Issue Too

"Imagine a world, where the government has ownership of our bodies" - the line sounds dystopian, quoted from an Orwellian novel, and yet in 2018, it's a real issue at the forefront of Irish political life.

GCN • 16th April 2018

What I Learnt About Intimacy From SZA’s Hit Album Ctrl

It seems that in a world filled with easy access to sex with hook-up apps like Grindr, and a generation of young people taking to social media to express their innermost thoughts, real intimacy is hard to find.

GCN • 10th April 2018

We’re More Connected To The Height of the AIDS Epidemic Than We Think

I went to see Robin Campillo’s film 120 BPM (Beats Per Minute) this weekend and was surprised by my ignorance.

GCN • 13th March 2018

True Beauty Is More Than An Instagram Selfie

“Beauty comes in many forms.” It’s a line many of us have heard from our parents as children, or even later, as adults. It is a sentiment that is evident in Disney movies, Pixar films, and a clear majority of modern children’s fables.

Attitude • 19th February 2018

The Classic Musicals Which Still Resonate With LGBT Audiences

The Greatest Showman has catapulted to success since its release by 20th Century Fox earlier this year. Starring Hollywood heavyweight Hugh Jackman as Phineas T Barnum...

Attitude • 31st January 2018

Before RuPaul's Drag Race, There Were These Legendary Queens

With the recent arrival of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 3, drag fever is once again sweeping the nation as the lip-sync-filled reality series continues to become one of the most popular and lucrative shows on TV.

Attitude • 26th January 2018

Five Movies That Changed The Game For Modern LGBT Cinema

Every so often a film comes along that’s a game changer: whether it’s Stephen Spielberg defining the modern blockbuster with his smash hit Jaws (1975) or Wes Craven reigniting the slasher genre...

SpunOut.ie • 24th August 2016

Being gay in Ireland following the marriage referendum - SpunOut.ie - Ireland's Youth Information Website

Tadgh talks about how he felt in the lead up to the referendum and what the results mean to him.

The Journal • 3rd July 2016

'Psoriasis can have devastating effects on your body image'

Tadgh Dolan talks about the impact psoriasis has had on his life.