My dear father, Patrick O’Dwyer died on Sunday, April 16th, after two years of illness that he endured with remarkable dignity and stoicism. He had a very peaceful passing at home, with his family by his side – it was just as he wanted. Here he is on his 50th wedding anniversary with Mum – I…
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Author Archives: davinodwyer
The long shadow of Trumpism
On the eve of the 2020 US presidential election, the most significant in my lifetime, there seems to be a glaring absence in the narrative. This is, we’re constantly told, a pivotal battle for the soul of America – a fork in the road with two possible paths, one towards continued democracy, the other towards…
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A tale of three referendums
To what degree can referendums not just measure the national character, but shape it? That was the question I was asking myself as I attended Dublin’s Pride Parade yesterday, because one thing was wonderfully obvious – Ireland is a very changed country from the one I grew up in. The streets of the capital were emblazoned…
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Mourning our daughter, as Ireland votes
We have been so moved by the outpouring of support and kindness in response to this piece my partner Aoife and I had published in the New York Times yesterday. It describes our experience of facing the cruelty of the 8th Amendment and laws against abortion after receiving a heartbreaking diagnosis. We are so touched…
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How smartphones killed off boredom – and ushered in an age of distraction
How smartphones killed off boredom – From The Irish Times, May 11th, 2017 Next month see the 10th anniversary of the release of the first iPhone and the start of the smartphone revolution that has shaped the intervening decade in many ways, both obvious and subtle.But the birth of the smartphone also presaged the death of…
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Democracy in the age of social media
From The Irish Times, May 14th, 2016 For political addicts in the western world, recent elections have offered more unpredictable twists than this year’s Premier League. We have just had an electoral split between the Civil War parties and a rise in Independents that was perhaps anticipated but certainly unprecedented. In the UK, Jeremy Corbyn…
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To like or to dislike, that is the question
From The Irish Times, September 19th, 2015 Since its introduction in 2009, Facebook’s “like” button has become a ubiquitous unit of online expression. However, its limitations were always obvious: it’s far too reductive even as a swift mode of interaction. One example I can recall occurred earlier this year when a good friend wrote…
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Three layers, two sides and one vote
A few weeks ago, I heard the most beautiful, inspiring story. A friend of a friend, a woman in her late 30s, had summoned the courage to be her true self – first she told her close friends, then she told her siblings, and finally she told her parents, that she was attracted to women….
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A chat with David Carr
So saddened to hear about the sudden death of David Carr. I was fortunate enough to interview him at the Web Summit in 2013, and he was terrific company, and just as hilariously irascible as you would imagine. His legacy, not just as a media critic but as a chronicler of our times, will…
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The iWatch Cometh…
The most highly anticipated Apple launch event since the arrival of the iPad in 2010 is rumoured to see the long-awaited unveiling of the iWatch – Apple’s bid to truly launch the era of wearable computing. I’m fortunate enough to be attending the event and will post thoughts on what is unveiled, but in…
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