Politics

Fifty Shades of Bunreacht Blue: Thoughts on an Eco-feminist Republic

Sinéad Mercier reflects on Ireland’s ecological, feminist, and republican legacies, from Celtic and Abrahamic kinship to the land wars and Rundale system, asking what kind of republic we live in and what kind we might still create.

Sinéad Mercier &

Dec 02, 2025 - 15 min read

Drawing of the roinn dáil system by BothAnd Group, featured as part of the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale as a response to the Curator's Special Project: "Food, Agriculture and Climate Change" within the overarching theme "The Laboratory of the Future". With thanks to Jarek Adamczuk, Alice Clarke, Andrew Ó Murchú and Kate Rushe for letting us feature their work alongside this article.

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